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From Techmeme: Citizen Lab details two spying campaigns that abuse weaknesses in the SS7 and Diameter protocols across 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks to track people's locations (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

From Techmeme: An overview of Elon Musk's $134B lawsuit against Sam Altman, scheduled to begin on April 27, accusing him of reneging on a vow to keep OpenAI nonprofit (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

From Techmeme: Intel's upbeat outlook suggests CEO Lip-Bu Tan is making progress on a turnaround, having strengthened the company's balance sheet and now improving operations (Ian King/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: The value of US government's stake in Intel has increased fourfold to ~$36B, a roughly $27B paper gain since they announced the investment in August 2025 (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: A $16B financing for a giant Oracle data center in Michigan has closed, with BofA selling $14B in bonds; Oracle plans to use the campus to power apps for OpenAI (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: LinkedIn profile review shows Thinking Machines Lab has been hiring more researchers from Meta than from any other employer; TML's headcount now stands at ~140 (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

From Techmeme: Adyen plans to acquire Talon.One, a platform for loyalty and incentives that serves more than 300 global merchants, for €750M, expected to close in H2 2026 (PYMNTS.com)

From memeorandum: A Mayor With No Pants Has Become the Talk of This North Carolina Town (Scott Calvert/Wall Street Journal)

From memeorandum: Matt Gertz on the Fox News presidency (Aaron Rupar/Public Notice)

From memeorandum: Senate Republicans Bench Trump's Voting Bill (Al Weaver/NOTUS)