AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day workweek

April 7, 2026
As governments grapple with how to manage the economic fallout of superintelligent machines, OpenAI has released a set of policy proposals outlining the ways wealth and work could be reshaped in an “intelligence age.” The ideas blend traditionally left-leaning mechanisms like public wealth funds and expanded social safety nets with a fundamentally capitalist, market-driven economic…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Xiaomi poaches Tesla's delivery operations manager in Europe ahead of 2027 launch

April 7, 2026
Xiaomi has hired Dieter Lorenz, Tesla’s Senior Manager of Delivery Operations for Central Europe, as its new Head of Delivery & Logistics Europe. The move signals that Xiaomi is aggressively building an operations infrastructure on the ground in Europe well ahead of its confirmed 2027 market entry. Lorenz isn’t the only Tesla operations employee making the jump, either. At least one other…
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DefenseNews

Trump’s budget proposes massive defense spending with 10% cut to other programs

April 7, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-defense discretionary spending for fiscal 2027 and a massive $500 billion increase in defense spending, as the United States continues its war against Iran. The 2027 budget request comes as the president faces risky choices abroad, with the administration sending U.S. service members to the Middle East, and a public at home feeling the…
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ComputersNews

Inside Project Nova, Firefox’s biggest redesign in years

April 7, 2026
Almost any browser is at a fundamental disadvantage in terms of users and influence (that is, unless you’re Google or Microsoft). But that hasn’t stopped Mozilla, which is reshaping its Firefox browser in a “Project Nova” overhaul, while threading the needle between AI, privacy, and additional features. The simple questions is this: Why aren’t more people using Firefox and what could…
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