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• Millions of student-loan borrowers' accounts are set to be transferred to the Treasury.
• A group of Democratic lawmakers is requesting information on the Treasury's capability to assume the portfolio.
• The transfer would occur in phases

• Paramount is hiring former Google VP Hugh Williams to boost its advertising tech and product.
• Williams also worked with Bill Gates at Microsoft and helped build Bing.
• Read the memo from Paramount's product chief, Dane Glasgow.

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• Hedge funds such as Millennium and Citadel were up in the first quarter of 2026.
• Meanwhile, managers, including Balyasny and LMR, lost money thanks to rocky market conditions.
• Most funds have outperformed the S&P 500, which lost 4.6% in the first quarter.

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Publisher and game management platform indie.io just announced the pending launch of something called Indie Pass. This is a subscription service, so it's sort of like Game Pass but for indie titles.

It launches on April 13 and will offer over 70 games on that date, with more coming down the line. Not a single person on this planet wants another monthly subscription to manage, but this one costs

• Jack Dorsey said his "ideal case" was personally managing all 6,000 Block employees.
• Block's AI shake-up will make that flattening "much more manageable," he said on "Long Strange Trip."
• Block's maximum number of layers between Dorsey and an employee is currently five, he said.

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• Billy Queen's undercover ATF mission infiltrating the Mongols was supposed to last a few months.
• It stretched on for two years, costing him his personal life and role as a father, he says.
• The operation's aftermath forced agencies to rethink undercover strategies and prioritize agent safety.

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Russia has closed a loophole that allowed its citizens to pay for Apple digital services. "As of April 1, 2026, payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other Apple Media Services in Russia," the company wrote in a support document (via 9to5Mac).

The change affects all Apple services. However, the company says iCloud+ subscribers' data will remain available