The Yonge Street Journal
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk Designation Halted By Judge

A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week.

At Palantir’s Developer Conference, AI Is Built to Win Wars

As business soars, Palantir is doubling down on a vision of AI built for battlefield advantage—and attracting customers who agree.

Arm’s CEO Insists the Market Needs His New CPU. It Could Piss Everyone Off

Arm just confirmed the rumors: It’s producing its own chip for the first time. CEO Rene Haas explains why this won’t alienate the many chipmakers who license the company’s designs.

Gas Prices Are Soaring. So Is the Demand for Used EVs

Dealerships say they’re getting busier as the Iran war and the shipping crisis at the Strait of Hormuz drag on.

Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic

The White House is preparing an executive order targeting the AI startup, even as its earlier actions against the company face a major test in court.

‘She’s Never Going to Age’: Porn Stars Are Embracing AI Clones to Stay Forever Young

AI companion platforms like OhChat and SinfulX are offering adult creators digital twins, who are always at their peak and stay monetizing.

There Aren't a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone

The company is reportedly building a new AI-powered mobile device. If Amazon follows through on the plan, experts warn it would be next to impossible to break into a crowded market.

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation

The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.

LinkedIn Invited My AI 'Cofounder' to Give a Corporate Talk—Then Banned It

When social media is constantly exhorting people to use AI, what is the point of not letting AI agents participate?

ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance

OpenAI plans to allow sexting with ChatGPT. A human-AI interaction expert warns of a privacy nightmare.

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, plans to prove it.

Taylor Lorenz’s Screen Time Is Almost 17 Hours a Day

The extremely online journalist and content creator doesn’t believe in tech hygiene and yearns for a world where “inbox infinity” is celebrated.

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