Daily dispatch

April 28, 2026

Issue filed Apr 28, 2026 · 24 headlines · By Oz Gultekin

Daily dispatch for April 28, 2026. 24 headlines from labour, tech, and policy feeds, rewritten by hand for the class war in progress.

№ 01 The New York Times

Elon Musk and Sam Altman Bring OpenAI Trial Spectacle to Oakland

Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of the tech.
№ 02 The New York Times

What Elon Musk’s Clash With Sam Altman of OpenAI Is Really About

Mr. Musk’s lawsuit against Mr. Altman and OpenAI makes the case that all-encompassing greed is Silicon Valley’s defining feature.
№ 03 The Verge

Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’

On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky.
№ 04 MIT Tech Review

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping.
№ 05 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 trial between two of Silicon Valley’s biggest tycoons kicked.
№ 06 The Verge

Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. The trial begins with.
№ 07 Financial Times

Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use

Over 560 employees sign open letter to Sundar Pichai following the Pentagon’s clash with Anthropic
№ 08 Fast Company

Elon Musk and ChatGPT’s Sam Altman head to an AI trial that promises clashing testimony

The high-stakes trial could change the balance of power in AI.
№ 09 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.
№ 10 The Guardian

Tech giants face new levy to pay for Australian news as Meta calls position ‘simply wrong’

Google also rejects need for reform after Albanese government reveals draft news bargaining incentive scheme Follow our Australia news live blog for latest.
№ 11 The New York Times

Microsoft and OpenAI Loosen Their Partnership

Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest financial partner, will continue to license the start-up’s technology but will no longer be its exclusive licensee.
№ 12 Financial Times

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

Regulators had reviewed whether deal violated Beijing’s investment rules
№ 13 Financial Times

OpenAI and Microsoft loosen ties in revised AI deal

Companies redraw $135bn alliance as ChatGPT maker seeks greater independence to increase revenues
№ 14 The New York Times

Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side

After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California.
№ 15 Simon Willison

Tracking the history of the now-deceased OpenAI Microsoft AGI clause
№ 16 Fast Company

The next stage of silent firing

Mass layoffs will be due to AI, but companies won’t admit that.
№ 17 TechCrunch

OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal

OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a.
№ 18 The Verge

Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years.
№ 19 Fast Company

College students are choosing ‘AI-proof’ majors as anxiety rises over a bleak U.S. job market

According to a 2025 poll from the Harvard Kennedy School, nearly 70% of college students see AI as a threat to their future jobs.
№ 20 TechCrunch

China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.
№ 21 TechCrunch

OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps

There have been plenty of rumors about OpenAI's hardware plans, which involve launching a pair of earbuds. A new note from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
№ 22 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.
№ 23 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.
№ 24 Fast Company

Why Manus has become a crucial prize in the global AI race

Beijing’s move to halt Meta’s Manus acquisition sharpens the U.S.-China AI rivalry and signals a tougher push for sovereign control over advanced artificial.

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