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At some point in 2025, Windows stopped feeling like an operating system and started feeling like a demo for AI. Open Notepad to jot something down, and there it was, nudging you to summarize. Fire up Edge, and Copilot would politely wave from the sidebar. Even apps like Microsoft Paint began to feel different, not because they got simpler, but because they suddenly wanted to generate, edit, and enhance images for you. Microsoft wasn’t just adding AI, it was threading it into every corner of the experience. And for a while, that felt exciting. Then it started to feel… a…

If you Ask any bike shop owner or manager if they fix electric bikes, you get an interesting array of stories.“I know a guy who has lost a finger working on ebikes,” says MacKenzie Hardt, owner of Hardt Family Cyclery in Aurora, Colorado, and the former executive director of the nonprofit bike shop and community hub Bikes Together. Hardt has torn tendons in his own hand after accidentally triggering a cadence sensor that caused the wheel to spin out of control on the stand, even when the motor and battery were disconnected.He now has a message on the company voicemail…

Something has shifted in the air around AI. It is not a dramatic turn of events, the kind that usually heralds a new dawn, but more akin to a hushed room, where everyone suddenly looks around.This has happened over the last couple of days, as a few high-profile figures have begun to raise a question previously deemed as fantasy. Is AI safe, they are asking, in the event it does not do what they expected?That is the general theme in this report on why some are worried AI may eventually “go rogue.” As the pieces of AI are assembled and…

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 5, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire Tech Moves: Microsoft names corporate VP; Amazon exec departs for Google; Zoom names CPO Microsoft names a corporate VP for Identity & Network Access, while a CVP of product management departed for Zoom. … Read More Non-compete ban stirs optimism and uncertainty in Washington state — here’s…

CoreWeave Inc. today announced that it has won a multiyear contract to supply Anthropic PBC with cloud infrastructure. The company’s shares closed 11% higher on the news. The data center capacity commissioned by Anthropic developer will start coming online later this year. CoreWeave said the infrastructure will “support the development and deployment of Anthropic’s Claude.” That suggests Anthropic plans to run both model training and inference workloads on the platform. CoreWeave didn’t specify the dollar value of the deal. However, Chief Executive Michael Intrator did tell Bloomberg that Anthropic will use a “variety” of Nvidia Corp. chips deployed in U.S.…

The feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI is getting even more contentious as the two sides get ready for trial later this month. The latest development in the legal back-and-forth saw OpenAI accuse Elon Musk and his latest proposals as a “legal ambush,” as first reported by Bloomberg. OpenAI filed its response on Friday, which detailed that Musk was “sandbagging the defendants and injecting chaos into the proceedings, while trying to recast his public narrative about his lawsuit.”The lawsuit dates back to 2024 when Elon Musk sued both OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the AI giant of ditching its original mission…

CAC is up. B2B sales cycles are getting longer. And half your new ARR comes from existing customers. The SaaS marketing statistics for 2026 are uncomfortable. Everyone has a list of SaaS marketing statistics. Most are recycled, vague, or so broad that they tell you nothing actionable. “The SaaS market is growing.” Cool. What do I do with that on Monday? It’s not that list. These are seven numbers that should change how you think about acquisition, retention, channel strategy, and where SaaS marketing is actually heading. Each one has a real implication. Let’s get into it. 1. It Now…

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features a fun mix of categories. The purple one isn’t too hard today, it’s actually a fun one! Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can…

When I first got my hands on the Galaxy S26, my expectations were tempered from Samsung’s latest compact flagship. And these were well-founded for many reasons as I editorially trashed it in my review. The camera hardware feels stale, the charging speed is underwhelming, and for a phone that not starts for around $899, “safe” isn’t exactly a compliment. But still I was genuinely surprised that after spending more time with the Galaxy S26, it still hangs around in my pocket as my secondary phone. And in this time, I even grew quite found of it. Despite the various issues,…

Australian clothing brand Cotton On has no plans to exit Asia, nor close any operations in the region, said the retail store giant in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 31). The statement came after media reports suggested that Cotton On stores in Asia were shutting down, citing a Government Gazette notice on Monday (Mar 30). The notice referred to the winding up of Cotton On Asia and an extraordinary general meeting held via video call last Wednesday (Mar 25), during which PwC Singapore was appointed as liquidator to wind up the business. A separate notice also called on creditors to…