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Learn piano for less than $24 a year with this AI-powered piano tutoring app
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (362+ words) TL; DR: Learn piano on your own time with this three-year subscription to'flowkey Piano Learning App Classic Plan for just $69. 99 through April 17. Learning piano doesn't have to be dull or something you dread week after week. The flowkey Piano Learning…...
Is Claude down? Anthropic confirms outage.
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (374+ words) Updated on Wednesday, April 15 at 2: 08 p. m. ET "A recent Claude status page update confirmed that "This incident has been resolved." An Anthropic spokesperson said that the company appreciates users' patience as it fixed the problem. Previous updates reported issues with Claude....
Snap announces massive layoffs after collapse of Perplexity deal
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (190+ words) Artificial intelligence was linked to an estimated 50, 000 layoffs in 2025, and just this year, Amazon, Atlassian, Pinterest, Block, and Fiverr have announced layoffs linked to AI. Now, you can add Snap to the list. The memo to employees cited the importance…...
Vylit, the next app from ex-Only Fans CEO, is here
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (252+ words) The self-proclaimed "HBO of social media" is here. "I spent years watching creators build audiences on one platform and monetize on another. That fragmentation doesn't work. Vylit brings both together," Gan said in a press release shared with Mashable. Gan…...
'The Daily Show' calls BS on Trump's AI Jesus post being a 'joke"
2+ day, 42+ min ago (223+ words) Donald Trump's Truth Social post with an AI image of himself as Jesus is still all over our feeds, with vice president JD Vance attempting to play the post off as a "joke." "He had to come out yesterday to…...
Open AI follows Anthropic's lead in limited release of GPT5. 4 Cyber
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (222+ words) Open AI has unveiled GPT-5. 4-Cyber, a new AI model that may be willing to accept seemingly malicious prompts in the name of cybersecurity. Fortunately, the Chat GPT developer won't let just anyone play with its less restrictive, more freewheeling…...
Is Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing a PR stunt? Experts weigh in.
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1446+ words) Anthropic put the entire tech world on notice last week with an unprecedented announcement: it made an AI model so advanced that it was too dangerous to release to the public. Anthropic said the new frontier language model, Claude Mythos…...
This $60 bundle takes you from beginner to professional coder in no time
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (292+ words) TL; DR: Learn to code and score the right tools to help with this Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 and The Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle, on sale now for $59. 99 (reg. $1, 999. 99). Want to learn how to code? These days, you…...
AI bots are coming for us! The story behind the New Yorker's scary new cover
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (306+ words) The cover of the Future Issue of The New Yorker, dated April 13, 2026, depicts terrifying days ahead. Created by artist Christoph Niemann, "New Horizon" features a red sky and giant AI bots menacing a clueless human; the bots' eyes pointedly match…...
Parents are turning their teens' texts into AI emo songs
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (273+ words) Parents have long turned to social media to unload about the tiny indignities of raising teenagers. The difference now is that they can feed those texts into AI and turn them into pop-punk songs that sound like they were ripped…...