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Show Notes
Artemis II Begins Historic Lunar Flyby Mission
The nine-day Artemis II lunar flyby, launched Monday, carrying four astronauts (three American, one Canadian) on the Space Launch System rocket from Florida, is a vital test for NASA’s return to the Moon. Objectives include manual piloting (by Pilot Victor Glover), life-support checkouts, and a record loop past the Moon’s far side. After initial checks, the Orion spacecraft is set for a trans-lunar injection burn on Thursday evening, sending the crew farther than any human has traveled, before a planned Pacific Ocean splashdown on April 10.
Beehiiv Expands Into Podcasting
Beehiiv is launching native podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization, integrating tools to compete with Substack and Patreon. Driven by user demand and the synergy between newsletters and sponsored content, the feature includes distribution to major apps, IAB analytics, SEO-optimized pages, transcripts, and the option to bundle with paid subscriptions. Creators keep 100% of their revenue, appealing to current Beehiiv users with podcasts and podcasters seeking to start a newsletter for audience growth.
Tech Layoffs Continue Amid AI Shift
In March, U.S. technology companies led all industries with 18,720 announced job cuts, a 24% increase from the prior year, bringing the sector’s year-to-date total to over 52,000. This trend is driven by companies redirecting budgets toward AI and adopting leaner staffing models, with AI being cited as the reason for a quarter of all U.S. layoffs across all industries. While overall U.S. job cuts reached 60,620, the overall labor market is characterized as “low-hire, low-fire,” with total layoff announcements down 78% from March of the previous year, despite soft hiring plans for the year.
France Pushes Forward With Offshore Wind Expansion
France has launched a major tender for 10 offshore wind projects (10 GW) across seven zones, combining fixed and floating turbines, with winners expected in late 2026 or early 2027. This initiative aims to build the domestic industry, lead in floating wind technology, and reduce reliance on China by requiring European manufacturing. Despite high sector costs, the government is targeting a guaranteed price below €100/MWh. This push supports France’s goals of achieving carbon neutrality, targeting 15 GW offshore wind by 2035 and 45 GW by 2050.
Cash App Introduces Pay-Over-Time for Transfers
Cash App, owned by Block, has introduced a new “pay-over-time” feature for transfers of $25 or more, allowing eligible users to extend repayment over up to six weeks for a 7.5% fee. This service is positioned as a cash flow management tool for users with variable income, such as gig workers. Repayments can be made in weekly increments or as a single payment by the due date, with dynamic loan limits based on customer assessment. Block’s Global Head of Business, Owen Jennings, emphasized the feature’s non-revolving nature to prevent “debt spirals,” adding to Cash App’s existing financial flexibility services, amidst ongoing scrutiny of the “buy now, pay later” industry.
Amazon Eyes Globalstar to Challenge Starlink
Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire Globalstar, a satellite telecom group, to enhance its low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite business, Leo (formerly Project Kuiper), and compete with SpaceX’s dominant Starlink network. The potential deal, which spiked Globalstar’s shares by 24% and requires negotiations with 20% shareholder Apple, underscores intense LEO competition. Starlink currently boasts over 9,500 satellites and millions of users, contributing to SpaceX’s estimated $1.75 trillion potential valuation, while Amazon’s Leo has 180 satellites and targets similar customers. This news coincides with SpaceX’s confidential filing for a potentially record-breaking stock market listing.
WhatsApp Warns Users of Spyware Attack
WhatsApp notified around 200 users, mostly in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a malicious, unofficial iPhone app containing spyware from Italian firm SIO. WhatsApp logged out the affected users, warned them of the risks, and urged them to download the official app. This incident follows a 2025 revelation that SIO, which develops government surveillance technology via its ASIGINT subsidiary, was behind various malicious Android apps with its “Spyrtacus” spyware and had previously targeted journalists and activists. WhatsApp plans to issue a formal legal demand to SIO.
Google Boosts AI Pro Storage to 5TB
Google has upgraded its $19.99 per month AI Pro subscription, increasing the included storage from 2 TB to 5 TB at no extra cost. This additional 3 TB of storage can be used across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos, significantly boosting the value of the AI Pro tier, which now offers much more storage than the $7.99 AI Plus plan with 200 GB. The change is not yet reflected on Google’s storage management pages or mobile app.
Breakthrough Energy-Efficient AI Chip Developed
Researchers at Loughborough University developed a novel, energy-efficient AI computer chip utilizing nanoporous oxide memristors for in-hardware reservoir computing. This specialized hardware processes time-dependent data using material physics, which forms electrical pathways functioning as a neural network’s hidden layer. This method is up to 2,000 times more energy efficient than conventional software, offering a scalable and practical solution to address the high energy consumption associated with tasks like image recognition and predicting chaotic systems.