Daily dispatch

April 27, 2026

Issue filed Apr 27, 2026 · 24 headlines · By Oz Gultekin

Daily dispatch for April 27, 2026. 24 headlines from labour, tech, and policy feeds, rewritten by hand for the class war in progress.

№ 01 The Verge

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

Mark Zuckerberg presenting at Meta Connect on September 17th, 2025. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in.
№ 02 The Guardian

Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission

Musk’s lawsuit accuses Altman of fraud, while OpenAI says that Musk is ‘motivated by jealousy’ A lawsuit between two of Silicon Valley’s biggest tycoons goes.
№ 03 The Verge

Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy

Might as well jump, as the poet David Lee Roth once said. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when.
№ 04 The Guardian

Bosses don’t like the sound of a ‘four-day workweek’. Maybe it’s time to rebrand it

Some employers are reluctant to cut workers’ hours but pay them the same, but it just might be the future of work We keep hearing that the four-day workweek is.
№ 05 The New York Times

How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses

The rocket maker has been a useful financial tool for Mr. Musk, providing the billionaire with loans and aiding his struggling companies, a Times examination.
№ 06 The Verge

China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals

Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete.
№ 07 VentureBeat

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into.
№ 08 The Guardian

China blocks $2bn Meta takeover of AI agent developer Manus

Beijing says domestic tech companies must seek explicit government approval for accepting US investment Business live, latest updates China has blocked Meta’s.
№ 09 TechCrunch

Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space

Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.
№ 10 Financial Times

China blocks Meta’s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus

Regulators had reviewed whether deal violated Beijing’s investment rules
№ 11 TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO apologizes to Tumbler Ridge community

In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about.
№ 12 The New York Times

Google Commits to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic

The investment comes as the A.I. start-up looks to keep up with accelerating demand for its business and coding products.
№ 13 Fast Company

Inside the xAI exodus: Meet the dozens of people who have left Elon Musk’s AI company

More than 80 people, including cofounders and AI engineers, have departed xAI in recent months.
№ 14 The New York Times

Sam Altman’s Next High-Wire Act: Getting OpenAI to Make More Money

Mr. Altman, who has faced criticism over OpenAI’s direction, has culled company projects and is trying to be more disciplined with strategy.
№ 15 The Verge

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

Claude users can access more apps with Anthropic's AI now thanks to new connectors for everything from hiking to grocery shopping. Anthropic already supported.
№ 16 VentureBeat

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code, Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and.
№ 17 The Guardian

Oil at three-week high as US-Iran peace talks stall; China blocks Meta’s takeover of AI agent Manus, business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Shares in athletic apparel and footwear company Adidas have jumped by almost 1.75% in early trading.
№ 18 Financial Times

Large UK companies in the dark about how their data is used overseas by AI

Survey of senior technology and data executives finds lack of understanding about how information is handled abroad
№ 19 Financial Times

Advertisers seek to capitalise on the promise of AI

Marketers need to balance the efficiency offered by automation with the authenticity that consumers demand
№ 20 The New York Times

Social Media Captures the Chaos and Mundane of Shooting at Correspondents’ Dinner

Journalists and guests shared the surreal and confusing scenes from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner after gunfire erupted on Saturday.
№ 21 TechCrunch

To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity

Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco.
№ 22 The Guardian

UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zero One vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean.
№ 23 TechCrunch

Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce

In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and.
№ 24 TechCrunch

Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium

L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers, lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.

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