--- title: Best TechLinked posts — April 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best TechLinked posts — April 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of TechLinked — April 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/that-s-enough-youtube--glihnkvid "That's Enough, YouTube.") Video TechLinked · 22w That's Enough, YouTube. A tech news roundup covering several stories: YouTube serving 90 non-skippable ads (later called a bug) and raising Premium prices by up to $4/month; CPUID's website being hacked to serve malware targeting Chrome passwords for \~6 hours; France's government plan to switch from Windows to Linux and open-source alternatives; Keychron releasing CAD source files for 83 keyboards and mice on GitHub; OpenAI reportedly finalizing a restricted-release AI product similar to Anthropic's; the first conviction under the 2025 Take It Down Act for AI-generated non-consensual deepfakes; BlackBerry patent trolling via an Irish firm suing Brother printers; and Honor's Mouse Buds Pro combining a travel mouse with built-in earbuds. 15 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/china-doesn-t-want-our-money-l7rtkkpeo "China Doesn’t Want Our Money") Video TechLinked · 20w China Doesn’t Want Our Money A tech news roundup covering China's directive for top tech companies to reject US investments without government approval, Meta laying off 8,000 employees (10% of workforce) while committing $135B to data centers, Microsoft offering voluntary buyouts to \~8,700 senior employees, Apple patching an iOS vulnerability that allowed the FBI to recover deleted Signal messages via push notification databases, Microsoft enabling IT admins to uninstall Copilot from enterprise devices, a ransomware negotiator pleading guilty to secretly aiding the Black Cat hacking group, and Sony's AI ping-pong robot becoming the first machine to beat a professional player under official tournament rules. 19 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-gives-amd--tootgrokh "What gives, AMD?") Video TechLinked · 20w What gives, AMD? A tech news roundup covering several stories: AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D launch was met with lukewarm reviews and unusually limited reviewer access, sparking speculation that AMD knew the $900 chip was underwhelming. Framework unveiled a redesigned Laptop 13 Pro with CNC aluminum chassis, 2.8K touchscreen, 20+ hour battery, and Ubuntu option. Anthropic's unreleased 'Mythos' AI model was accessed by unauthorized users via a contractor credential combined with a data breach. Other quick hits include Deezer fighting AI-generated music floods, Meta installing employee keystroke-tracking software, Intel expanding overclocking to budget CPUs, and a YouTuber fabricating working RAM cells in a garden shed clean room. 10 [See all TechLinked archives](/sources/techlinked/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/04#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/04","name":"Best TechLinked Posts — April 2026","description":"The most upvoted TechLinked posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/04#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/that-s-enough-youtube--glihnkvid","name":"That's Enough, YouTube."},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-doesn-t-want-our-money-l7rtkkpeo","name":"China Doesn’t Want Our Money"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-gives-amd--tootgrokh","name":"What gives, AMD?"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TechLinked","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"April 2026"}]}]} ```