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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-04-28.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ • GitHub Copilot is ending its all-you-can-eat buffet, moving to usage-based billing on June 1st.
▸ • Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiate their $50B deal, ending Microsoft's exclusive model access to dodge legal peril.
▸ • A massive supply chain attack hit the `element-data` Python package, stealing cloud credentials from over a million monthly downloads.
Starting June 1st, GitHub Copilot is moving from a flat-fee premium request model to usage-based billing. Turns out, letting developers run infinite agentic loops against Claude Opus was the AI equivalent of Red Lobster's Endless Shrimp, and Microsoft is officially closing the kitchen.
To dodge legal crossfire over a $50B Amazon deal, Microsoft has dropped its exclusive rights to OpenAI's models. OpenAI can now peddle its wares to any cloud provider, while Microsoft gets to keep its 27% stake and stop paying revenue share. A rare win-win born entirely out of antitrust panic.
Google has reportedly inked a classified deal allowing the Department of Defense to use its AI models for 'any lawful government purpose.' This comes just hours after employees demanded Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using their tech. Timing is everything, folks.
The social network where film bros go to log their fourth viewing of Fight Club is reportedly up for sale. Potential buyers include Hollywood media companies hoping to monetize your pretentious reviews of 90s indie films.
With the recent leak of Claude Code's 512K lines of TypeScript, the legal community is having a field day debating who actually owns the output of AI coding assistants. It's a fascinating dive into the murky waters of copyright law when your pair programmer is a cluster of GPUs.
The insatiable energy appetite of modern data centers is pushing tech giants toward natural gas. New projections show these gas-powered compute hubs could soon emit more greenhouse gases than entire nations, making all those 'net-zero' corporate pledges look like pure science fiction.
An inside look at how Zoox designed its bidirectional autonomous vehicle by prioritizing sensor placement over traditional car aesthetics. It turns out that when you don't need a steering wheel, you can build something that actually makes sense for a computer to drive.
The popular Python package `element-data` suffered a massive supply chain attack via a GitHub Actions vulnerability. Attackers pushed a malicious release that actively hunts for AWS, GCP, and Snowflake credentials. If you've pulled v0.23.3, it's time to rotate every secret you own.
DARPA's Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge let top cybersecurity teams loose on 54 million lines of code injected with vulnerabilities. The results highlight how AI bug-finding systems are evolving, and why the next generation of script kiddies might just be autonomous agents.
Google and Kaggle are launching a new 5-day intensive course on building AI agents. They're unironically calling it 'Vibe Coding,' which is either a brilliant marketing move or proof that we've completely lost the plot on software engineering terminology.
A popular period tracking app has been caught quietly sharing users' menstrual cycle data with Meta. Because nothing says 'targeted advertising' quite like Mark Zuckerberg knowing exactly when you're out of ibuprofen.
A new startup called Golden Child just raised $37M to sell high-end dog food, including a proprietary 'drizzle' for the 1%'s pets. Meanwhile, human developers are surviving on instant ramen and the fading hope of a liquidity event.