This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through April 4)

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through April 4) Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. SingularityHub Staff Apr 04, 2026 Image Credit NASA/Joel Kowsky Share Artificial Intelligence How AI Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company Erin Griffith | The New York Times ($) "From his house in Los Angeles, Mr. Gallagher, 41, used AI to write the code for the software that powers his company, produce the website copy, generate the images and videos for ads and handle customer service. ...This year, they are on track to do $1.8 billion in sales." Computing The First Quantum Computer to Break Encryption Is Now Shockingly Close Karmela Padavic-Callaghan | New Scientist ($) "A quantum computer capable of breaking the encryption that secures the internet now seems to be just around the corner. Stunning revelations from two research teams outline how it could happen, with one suggesting that the current largest quantum machine is already more than halfway towards the size needed." Space Four Astronauts Are Now Inexorably Bound for the Moon Eric Berger | Ars Technica "For NASA and the Artemis II crew members, [Thursday's main engine burn] marked a point of no return for more than a week. About three-quarters of the American population has not witnessed humans leaving low-Earth orbit in their lifetimes. The last time this occurred was 1972, with the final Apollo Moon mission." Be Part of the Future Sign up to receive top stories about groundbreaking technologies and visionary thinkers from SingularityHub. 100% Free. No Spam. Unsubscribe any time. Computing New Fiber-Optic Record Allows 50,000,000 Movies to Be Streamed at Once Matthew Sparkes | New Scientist ($) "Faster speeds have been achieved before in highly regulated experiments, but this work crucially used existing cables that have been heavily used, have dirty connectors, sit underneath a bustling city full of traffic and noise, and represent a real-world test that shows it could be rolled out on existing infrastructure. The researchers say that commercial roll-out could happen within five years." Tech AI Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom Accelerates Erin Griffith | The New York Times ($) "OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo and other artificial intelligence companies shattered fund-raising records in the first three months of the year with a $297 billion haul, according to data from Crunchbase, which tracks private investment. To put that sum into perspective: Last year was already record breaking, with technology start-ups raising $425 billion, up 30 percent from 2024. The first three months of 2026 put the industry on track to almost triple that amount." Energy Battery Tech That Stores Over 9 Times More Energy Is Here and It’s Perfect for Your Gadgets Pranob Mehrotra | Digital Trends "This new design tackles [reliability problems] by making the batteries more stable. If it performs as expec