Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Trump has extended the US-Iran ceasefire for a second time in two weeks, stepping back from threats of escalation while diplomatic talks remain deadlocked. The decision buys more time but leaves the path to a lasting deal deeply unclear, with the US simultaneously sending additional troops to the region.
SpaceX has struck a deal giving it the option to acquire Cursor, the AI-powered code editor that has quietly become one of Silicon Valley's hottest developer tools, for $60 billion — or alternatively pay $10 billion for a partnership. The move signals Elon Musk's ambition to muscle into an AI developer tools market currently dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic.
Virginia voters have approved a new congressional map designed to give Democrats a shot at picking up four additional US House seats, dealing a direct blow to Trump's strategy of using mid-decade redistricting to lock in Republican control of Congress. The vote is the latest move in a national tit-for-tat redistricting battle that began after Trump pressured Texas Republicans to redraw their state's lines.
Meta has built an internal tool that records employees' mouse movements and button clicks to generate training data for its AI systems — a surveillance-meets-development approach that blurs the line between workplace monitoring and model improvement. The company has not disclosed which employees are subject to the tool or what limits, if any, exist on the data collected.
A clinical trial of a vaccine targeting the H5N1 bird flu strain has begun, aiming to get ahead of a virus that has already decimated bird populations worldwide and carries pandemic potential if it gains the ability to spread between humans. The trial marks a significant step in pandemic preparedness efforts, even as H5N1 has not yet achieved human-to-human transmission.
