4.28.26 | Microsoft, OpenAI end deal; GitHub Copilot shifts to usage billing; Men stare at walls

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:17) - Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal
• (01:53) - GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
• (03:15) - Men who stare at walls
• (04:28) - Is my blue your blue?
• (05:39) - 4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
• (07:10) - Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained
• (08:21) - Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
• (09:45) - Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers
• (10:46) - Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico
• (12:08) - FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss
• (13:20) - Outro

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357

Men who stare at walls
https://www.alexselimov.com/posts/men_who_stare_at_walls/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47920074

Is my blue your blue?
https://ismy.blue/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926861

4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
https://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919630

Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained
https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919997

Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
https://talkie-lm.com/introducing-talkie
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927903

Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers
https://quarkdown.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919240

Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico
https://github.com/WeebLabs/DSPi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901433

FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-ever-gene-therapy-treatment-genetic-hearing-loss-under-national-priority-voucher
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919733