Artemis II Beams 4K Video from Moon to Earth with Laser Communications, Meta AI Rolls Out Parental Supervision for Teen Chat Topics, and Apple Rushes Out Update to Block FBI Access to ‘Deleted’ Signal Messages.
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Tesla Taps Intel for Terafab AI Chips
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company’s Terafab AI chip complex in Austin will utilize Intel’s next-generation 14A manufacturing process. This move is considered a significant boost for Intel’s struggling contract manufacturing business, as it secures a major external customer, addressing previous concerns about the viability of its manufacturing arm. However, the Terafab project itself is a massive and complex undertaking with many undisclosed details, leading to skepticism among Tesla’s investors despite Musk’s claims about its necessity for future revenue from robotics and data centers. Analysts view the contract as a substantial win for Intel, regardless of whether Tesla meets Musk’s high production estimates.
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NASA Streams 4K Video from the Moon via Laser
NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully used laser communications to beam 4K video from the moon to Earth, demonstrating the potential for high-throughput space-to-Earth connections using a significantly cheaper, experimental terminal. This low-cost, $5 million terminal, developed by the Australian National University with Observable Space and Quantum Opus, successfully achieved a data rate of 260 megabits per second, suggesting that affordable laser downlinks are now ready to be scaled into a global network, despite the known challenges of weather and line-of-sight requirements.
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Meta Expands Parental Oversight for Teen AI Use
To address safety concerns for teens, Meta is rolling out a new supervision feature allowing parents to view the general topics their teens discussed with Meta AI across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram over the past week. This feature, located in a new Insights tab, displays broad categories like “School” and “Health” with drill-down sub-categories. Meta is also offering “conversation starters” developed with the Cyberbullying Research Center and forming an AI Wellbeing Expert Council, even as the company reportedly relies more on AI and parental supervision for moderation following vendor cutbacks.
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Apple Fixes Bug Exposing Deleted Messages
Apple released an urgent software update for iPhones and iPads to fix a major bug allowing law enforcement, such as the FBI, to access deleted or disappearing messages from apps like Signal. The flaw stemmed from the operating system caching notification content—including the message text in a device’s database for up to a month even after deletion in the messaging app. This vulnerability became public following a report detailing the FBI’s successful extraction of deleted Signal messages, prompting Signal’s president to push Apple for the fix, which is now available for supported and older iOS versions.
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Lyft Expands Internationally with Gett UK Acquisition
Lyft Inc. is acquiring the UK business of London black cab app Gett to expand internationally and better compete with Uber. This acquisition, Lyft’s third in the last year, will connect Lyft with about 75% of Greater London’s registered black-cab drivers. Although financial terms were not disclosed, Gett’s UK unit reported £60.6 million in revenue and positive EBITDA in 2024. The Gett UK team will transfer to Freenow, and the Gett app will initially remain separate before being integrated.
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Threads Introduces Live Chats for Events
Meta’s new “live chats” on Threads offer real-time, scheduled community discussions for live events. Unlike Instagram’s broadcast channels, selected hosts (e.g., media figures, Community Champions) control contributions, which can include various media and text. All users can watch, react, and vote in polls, and chats remain viewable afterward without requiring community membership. The feature launched during the NBA Playoffs in the NBAThreads Community and will roll out gradually with future updates, including co-hosting.
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Mac mini Shortage Signals Demand or Refresh
The base Mac mini model (M4 chip, 256GB storage, 16GB RAM) is out of stock, along with some higher-end 32GB RAM models, although configurations with M4 Pro and 24GB RAM are still available. This stock shortage could indicate an upcoming product refresh or be due to high demand for the Mac mini for local AI, exacerbated by a global memory demand surge driving up RAM costs. This memory shortage previously led to the removal of the 512GB Mac Studio. While M5 and M5 Pro Mac mini versions are in development for 2026, the ongoing RAM supply issues might push the launch later in the year.
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Google Unveils Major Workspace AI Upgrades
Google announced major Workspace updates at Cloud Next 2026. Key features include an 8.5x expanded, Gemini-powered “Take Notes for me” in Google Meet, now summarizing transcripts for in-person, Teams, and Zoom meetings. Other additions are “Projects” in Google Drive for organization, “Canvas” in Google Sheets for data visualization, and “skills” in Workspace Studio for automation. Chrome Enterprise launched agentic auto browse, and the new Workspace MCP Server allows deeper third-party app integration with core services like Drive, Gmail, and Calendar.
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Spotify Reveals 20-Year Streaming Leaders
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Spotify announced its all-time most-streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts, and audiobooks on Thursday, April 23rd. The lists confirmed the popularity of artists such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weeknd, and Ed Sheeran. Bad Bunny’s 2022 album Un Verano Sin Ti led the most-streamed albums with a record 22 billion streams, followed by The Weeknd’s Starboy and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Deluxe). The Weeknd also had the most-streamed song with “Blinding Lights.”
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