IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs

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• April 13, 2026 at 07:11 PM

IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. DOJ over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices.”

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Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis

The search for a new CEO, which lasted over a year following the sudden resignation of Peter Rawlinson, is finally over.

TechCrunch• Apr 14, 2026, 12:22 PM

Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments

Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.

TechCrunch• Apr 14, 2026, 09:00 AM

Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month

Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections. The app had already been scheduled for retirement.

TechCrunch• Apr 13, 2026, 08:59 PM

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now

Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.

TechCrunch• Apr 13, 2026, 08:20 PM

Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?

Fake it till you make it.

Ars Technica• Apr 13, 2026, 07:58 PM

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.

TechCrunch• Apr 13, 2026, 07:05 PM