OpenAI enables cost-per-click ads inside ChatGPT, setting bids at between $3 and $5 per click, in addition to CPMs (Digiday)

https://digiday.com/marketing/openai-turns-on-cost-per-click-ads-inside-chatgpt/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p17#a260421p17

Humble unveils a fully electric cabless autonomous truck called the Humble Hauler and comes out of stealth with a $24M seed led by Eclipse (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)

https://fortune.com/2026/04/21/exclusive-humble-freight-autonomous-truck-eclipse-trucking/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p16#a260421p16

Draft of SpaceX's confidential IPO prospectus: Elon Musk increased his stake in SpaceX last year by purchasing $1.4B of stock from current and former employees (The Information)

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musk-bought-1-4-billion-spacex-shares-helping-boost-control
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p15#a260421p15

Australia-based Syenta, which aims to use electrochemical "stamping" to speed up chip manufacturing, raised $26M and says Pat Gelsinger will join its board (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-syenta-raises-26-million-ease-ai-chip-bottleneck-former-intel-ceo-2026-04-21/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p14#a260421p14

Stripe and Paradigm-backed Tempo launches a "stablecoin advisory" for businesses and is working with DoorDash to let delivery workers get paid in stablecoins (Jack Kubinec/Fortune)

https://fortune.com/2026/04/21/stripe-and-paradigm-tempo-advisory-stablecoin-adoption/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p13#a260421p13

Trump says his administration had "some very good talks" with Anthropic during a WH meeting last week and "it's possible" there will be a deal with DOD (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/trump-anthropic-department-defense-deal.html
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p11#a260421p11

Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

https://stratechery.com/2026/tim-cooks-impeccable-timing/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p10#a260421p10

Sources: Revolut is aiming for a valuation of $150B to $200B in an IPO; founder Nik Storonsky said this week that Revolut would IPO in 2028 at the earliest (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/dc9d96ed-07e7-4184-8c26-9d4ee29d81a2
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p9#a260421p9

UK's Ofcom launches an investigation into Telegram over concerns of CSAM being shared on the platform and it being used by predators to groom children (Muvija M/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-regulator-investigates-telegram-over-child-sexual-abuse-concerns-2026-04-21/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p8#a260421p8

The UK proposes an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ban smartphones in all schools in England; a ban was previously just advisory (Sally Weale/The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/mobile-phones-statutory-ban-schools-england-bill-amendment
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p7#a260421p7

Tim Cook's 15-year legacy by the numbers: Apple's market cap grew from $350B in 2011 to $4T+ now, net income rose ~700% to $112B for FY 2025, and more (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/apple-ceo-tim-cook-s-15-year-legacy-by-the-numbers
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p6#a260421p6

A profile of John Ternus, a mechanical engineer by background, who joined Apple in 2001 and whose biggest success was helping Mac's transition to Apple Silicon (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-rise-of-apples-new-ceo-a-hardware-expert-takes-over-in-the-ai-era-bdc7046e?st=peQvJd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p5#a260421p5

Longtime colleagues say John Ternus will bring back Jobs-era decisiveness, shifting from Cook's era when decisions were made collectively by top executives (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/apple-bets-new-ceo-john-ternus-will-bring-back-jobs-era-decisiveness?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3Njc1Mzc3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzc3MzU4NTc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURFRMUTFUOU5KTFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.rtRqSJcuyutT1hD9Dck5d5AxXx25dQK1Zk93ziaeaqY
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p4#a260421p4

A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hold ~70% of EU cloud and US vendors get 80% of enterprise software spend (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-big-tech-donald-trump-alexander-scholtes-breakup-still-hooked/
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p3#a260421p3

Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly picking the right successor in John Ternus, much like Jobs did with Cook (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/another_day_has_come
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p2#a260421p2

A look at transnational scam syndicates in Cambodia, running hundreds of online scam operations and call centers and infiltrating Cambodia's ruling class (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/cambodia-cybercrime-rise-why-2f2c03cc?st=tL8LBy&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p1#a260421p1

Chinese PCB maker Victory Giant surges ~57% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$2.6B in its IPO, the largest in the city so far this year (Eunice Xu/South China Morning Post)

https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3350801/chinese-circuit-board-supplier-victory-giant-jumps-hong-kong-share-debut
http://www.techmeme.com/260420/p35#a260420p35

Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus is close to a $10B fundraising deal, which includes an initial $6.2B raise in November, at a $38B post-money valuation (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/87ea0ced-bf3c-4822-8dda-437241570ded
http://www.techmeme.com/260420/p34#a260420p34

In an email to employees, Johny Srouji details newly combined hardware engineering and hardware technologies division, organized across five key areas (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/apple-to-focus-hardware-team-on-five-areas-under-johny-srouji
http://www.techmeme.com/260420/p33#a260420p33

Apple says Tim Cook, as executive chairman, "will assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)

https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/20/tim-cook-to-remain-involved-in-apples-government-relations-around-the-world/
http://www.techmeme.com/260420/p32#a260420p32