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Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained

Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.

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Technology Apr 29, 2026

Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning h...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Germany has become the largest ammunition producer in the world

Article URL: https://prm.ua/en/the-us-is-no-longer-the-leader-germany-has-become-the-largest-ammunition-producer-in-the...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Gooseworks (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Engineer

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gooseworks/jobs/ztgY6bD-founding-growth-engineer Comments URL: https...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Vera: a programming language designed for machines to write

Article URL: https://github.com/aallan/vera Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955118 Points: 3 # Com...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off

Nintendo recently announced a new pricing policy, which knocks $10 off the cost of digital versions of future first-part...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

I benchmarked Claude Code's caveman plugin against "be brief."

Article URL: https://www.maxtaylor.me/articles/i-benchmarked-caveman-against-two-words Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

I accidentally made law enforcement shut down their fake honeypot

Article URL: https://lina.sh/blog/ddos-honeypot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47954638 Points: 14 ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t re...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs

Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of its ea...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Researchers show scammers are using AI-manipulated footage of celebrity interviews to trick users into sharing their per...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter

Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pich...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results

Article URL: https://abc.xyz/investor/news/news-details/2026/Alphabet-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results-2026-X-ge4Dm...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year

Article URL: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-jumps-from-225m-55b-drones-cheap-attacks-overwhelm-us-defenses C...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

California high-speed rail price tag jumps to $231B, nearly 7x 2008 estimate

Article URL: https://kmph.com/news/local/california-high-speed-rail-price-tag-jumps-to-231b-nearly-seven-times-2008-est...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

OpenTrafficMap

Article URL: https://opentrafficmap.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953541 Points: 10 # Comme...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years

Article URL: https://jivx.com/kyoto-bloom Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953275 Points: 10 # Comm...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Female Looksmaxxer Alorah Ziva Is Suing Clavicular for Alleged Battery

Aleksandra Mendoza, aka Alorah Ziva, alleges that the 20-year-old influencer injected her with drugs on a livestream and...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

"People who don't use AI will be left behind"

Article URL: https://migrainebrain.bearblog.dev/people-who-dont-use-ai-will-be-left-behind/ Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Apr 29, 2026

ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight

Broadcast license renewals are "all but automatic" due to 1996 change in US law. ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"

Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life." ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

The end of "Just ask Sarah"

Article URL: https://simme.dev/posts/the-end-of-just-ask-sarah/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4795...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Anthropic bug causes $200 extra charge, refuses refund

Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/53262 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months af...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Copy Fail – CVE-2026-31431

Article URL: https://copy.fail/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

Technology Apr 29, 2026

All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revea...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers

Most are keeping their subscriptions after signing up, too, research firm says. ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says

FTX fraudster came out as Republican, then tried to claim Biden's DOJ targeted him. ...