Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said startups are reaching $1-10 million annual revenue with fewer than 10 employees due to “vibe coding,” a term coined by OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy in February.

“You can just talk to the large language models and they will code entire apps,” Tan told CNBC (video). “You don’t have to hire someone to do it, you just talk directly to the large language model that wrote it and it’ll fix it for you.” What would’ve once taken “50 or 100” engineers to build, he believes can now be accomplished by a team of 10, “when they are fully vibe coders.” He adds: “When they are actually really, really good at using the cutting edge tools for code gen today, like Cursor or Windsurf, they will literally do the work of 10 or 100 engineers in the course of a single day.”

According to Tan, 81% of Y Combinator’s current startup batch consists of AI companies, with 25% having 95% of their code written by large language models. Despite limitations in debugging capabilities, Tan said the technology enables small teams to perform work previously requiring dozens of engineers and makes previously overlooked niche markets viable for software businesses.

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Hulu’s lineup of original content is lighter in April than in previous months but includes the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale (April 8), the dystopian drama based originally on Margaret Atwood’s novel but that has long since evolved into a world of its own. According to the Hulu synopsis, June (Elisabeth Moss), Luke, and Moira make up the resistance to bring down Gilead. A sequel series, The Testaments, also based on an Atwood novel of the same name, is in development for release after The Handmaid’s Tale ends.

Hulu has a new original reality competition show launching in April to take on Peacock’s hit series The Traitors. On Got to Get Out (April 11), 20 contestants are racing against time to steal $1 million from each other and escape without getting caught. The show is hosted by Simi Liu and includes reality stars like Spencer Pratt, Cynthia Bailey, and Val Chmerkovskiy.

April also brings season two of Hulu original series No Man’s Land (April 16) about the Syrian war and a new standup special from Jessica Kirson (I’m the Man, April 25).

Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in April.

What’s coming to Hulu in April 2025

Arriving April 1

• Arrival (2016)

• Arrival En Espanol (2016)

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

• Black Swan (2010)

• Boys on the Side (1995)

• Concussion (2015)

• Concussion En Espanol (2015)

• Copycat (1995)

• Enough Said (2013)

• The Equalizer (2014)

• The Equalizer En Espanol (2014)

• Gifted (2017)

• The Good Thief (2003)

• Gone Girl (2014)

• Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

• The History of the World Part I (1981)

• I Heart Huckabees (2004)

• Interstellar (2014)

• Interstellar En Espanol (2014)

• Jumanji (1995)

• Jumanji En Espanol (1995)

• Jurassic Park (1993)

• Jurassic Park III (2001)

• The Karate Kid (1984)

• The Karate Kid En Espanol (1984)

• The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

• The Karate Kid: Part II En Espanol (1986)

• The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

• The Karate Kid Part III En Espanol (1989)

• Little Man (2006)

• Little Man En Espanol (2006)

• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

• Made in America (1993)

• Me, Myself and Irene (2000)

• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

• Oddity

• Red Sparrow (2018)

• The Revenant (2015)

• Runaway Jury (2003)

• Sexy Beast (2001)

• Shark Tale (2004)

• The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

• Superbad (2007)

• Superbad En Espanol (2007)

• Tombstone (1993)

• True Story (2015)

• 21 Jump Street (2012)

• 22 Jump Street (2014)

• Wall Street (1987)

• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

• War of the Worlds (2005)

• Widows (2018)

• Wild (2014)

• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

• The Wolf Of Wall Street En Espanol (2013)

• Year One (2009)

• You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

Arriving April 2

• Beyblade X: Complete Season 1B

Arriving April 3

• Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America: Complete Limited Series

Arriving April 4

• FX’s Dying for Sex: Complete Limited Series

• Fire Force: Season 3 Premiere (Subbed)

• Classified (2024)

• The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

• The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

• Rushmore (1999)

Arriving April 5

• American Monster: Complete Season 3

• Bering Sea Gold: Complete Season 3

• Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: Complete Seasons 1-2

• I Love A Mama’s Boy: Complete Season 2

• The World According to Allee Willis (2024)

Arriving April 6

• Witch Watch: Series Premiere (Subbed & Dubbed)

Arriving April 8

• The Handmaid’s Tale: Sixth & Final Season Premiere

• Small Things Like These (2024)

Arriving April 9

• Angels & Demons (2009)

• The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Arriving April 10

• Court Cam: Complete Season 7

• Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life: Complete Season 1

• Ca$h (2010)

• Hesher (2010)

• Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights (2024)

• Red Dog (2011)

• So Undercover (2012)

• Spun (2002)

Arriving April 11

• Got to Get Out: Series Premiere

• Garfield (2004)

• Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties (2006)

• Magpie (2024)

Arriving April 12

• Fixer Upper: Complete Season 5

• MythBusters: Complete Season 5

• The Family Chantel: Complete Season 4

Arriving April 15

• Lake George (2024)

Arriving April 16

• No Man’s Land: Complete Season 2

• Synduality Noir: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed)

• The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Complete Season 3

Arriving April 17

• The Stolen Girl: Series Premiere

• Bible Secrets Revealed: Complete Season 1

• Gangland Chronicles: Complete Season 1

• Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Complete Seasons 1 and 2

• Martin Short: Complete Season 1

• The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead (2024)

Arriving April 18

• The Order (2024)

Arriving April 19

• Breaking Amish: Complete Season 4

• Disappeared: Complete Season 6

• Gypsy Sisters: Complete Season 3

• Moonshiners: Complete Season 13

Arriving April 21

• Secrets of the Penguins: Complete Limited Series

• No Hard Feelings (2023)

• No Hard Feelings En Espanol (2023)

Arriving April 22

• In a Violent Nature (2024)

Arriving April 24

• Airline Wars: Complete Season 1

• Customer Wars: Complete Season 4

• Tell Me How I Died: Complete Season 1

• Tiny House World: Complete Season 1

• Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story

Arriving April 25

• Jessica Kirson: I’m the Man: Special Premiere

• Azrael (2024)

Arriving April 26

• Chopped: Complete Season 60

• Four Weddings: Complete Season 9

• House Hunters Renovation: Complete Season 16

• Jessica Chambers: An ID Murder Mystery: Complete Season 1

Arriving April 29

• Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024)

What’s leaving Hulu in April 2025

Leaving April 6

• Agnes (2021)

Leaving April 13

• She Will (2021)

Leaving April 16

• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)

Leaving April 20

• Totally Under Control (2020)

Leaving April 24

• The Good Neighbor (2022)

Leaving April 27

• Resurrection (2022)

Leaving April 30

• After Everything (2018)

• Code Name Banshee (2022)

• Stars Fell Again (2023)

NASA’s Landsats captured views of a Swiss glacier 40 years apart, showing how a warming world has reduced its footprint.

Before he was abruptly fired last month, Derek Copeland worked as a trainer at the US Department of Agriculture’s National Dog Detection Training Center, preparing beagles and Labrador retrievers to sniff out plants and animals that are invasive or vectors for zoonotic diseases, like swine fever. Copeland estimates the NDDTC lost about a fifth of its trainers and a number of other support staff when 6,000 employees were let go at the USDA in February as part of a government-wide purge orchestrated by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Before he received his termination notice, he says, Copeland had just spent several months training the only dog stationed in Florida capable of detecting the Giant African land snail, an invasive mollusk that poses a significant threat to Florida agriculture. “We have dogs for spotted and lantern flies, Asian longhorn beetles,” he says, referring to two other non-native species. “I don’t think the American people realize how much crap that people bring into the United States.”

Dog trainers are just one example of the kind of highly specialized USDA staff that have been removed from their stations in recent weeks. Teams devoted to inspecting plant and food imports have been hit especially hard by the recent cuts, including the Plant Protection and Quarantine program, which has lost hundreds of staffers alone.

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Time and again, studies and surveys identify the time it takes to charge an electric vehicle as one of the most significant hurdles affecting EV adoption. For generations, drivers have gotten used to being able to refuel their cars in five minutes using energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons, and plenty of them balk at the idea of having to drive a car where recharging a battery takes half an hour or more. Now it seems that may not be an excuse for much longer—in China, at least.

New tech has been developed by BYD, the Chinese automaker that recently eclipsed Tesla as the leading EV maker by volume. Called the “super e-platform,” the new batteries are able to charge at 10C, and the new DC chargers peak at 1,000 kW. BYD says this will add 249 miles (400 km) of range in just five minutes. By contrast, most current Tesla Superchargers peak at 250 kW, with Electrify America’s chargers maxing out at 350 kW, and even the powerful new chargers used by Formula E can only reach 600 kW.

“Our goal is to make EV charging as fast as refueling a gasoline car,” said BYD chairperson Wang Chuanfu.

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She was a witch. He was her ogre familiar. Can we make it any more obvious?

The rumors were right: Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy cyber security start-up Wiz for $32 billion, the biggest acquisition in the search group’s history. From the report: Alphabet held talks over a $23 billion acquisition of Wiz last year, although the negotiations collapsed after some of the cyber security company’s directors and investors became worried about antitrust hurdles.

The deal, which will rank as the biggest deal of the year so far, was announced on Tuesday morning. It will probably still face scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission under President Donald Trump, whose new chair Andrew Ferguson has maintained guidelines giving the agency the ability to block large deals used by his predecessor Lina Khan.

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Disney+ has sophomore seasons of two significant series coming in April. The second installment of Lucasfilm’s Emmy-nominated thriller Andor—the prequel to Rogue One and set five years prior—tells the origin story of Rebel spy Cassian Andor and the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Diego Luna reprises his role from the film and the first season of the series. A three-episode premiere is set for 6 p.m. PT on April 22, with additional episodes dropping weekly on Tuesdays until mid-May.

Also on the April schedule is season two of Doctor Who. Ncuti Gatwa stars as the Doctor, who is on a quest to get Belinda Chandra (played by Varadu Sethu) back to Earth. Millie Gibson stars as Ruby Sunday, with a guest appearance from Alan Cumming. After the premiere on Saturday, April 12, new episodes will be released weekly.

Other content premiering in April includes season two of Light & Magic (April 18), a three-part docuseries about Lucasfilm’s visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, and Disney+ Original documentary film Pets (April 11) from director Bryce Dallas Howard.

Disney+ will also be wrapping up weekly episodes of Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again (Tuesdays through April 15) and releasing the final two installments of the six-part NatGeo docuseries David Blaine Do Not Attempt (April 7), which premiered last month.

Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in April.

Disney Plus series with new episodes weekly in April 2025

• Andor (Season 2)—Disney+ Original, new episodes on Tuesdays beginning April 22

• Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again—new episodes on Tuesdays through April 15

• Doctor Who (Season 2)—new episodes on Saturdays beginning April 12

Disney+ will also be streaming SC+, a SportsCenter show exclusive to the platform, every weekday at 6 a.m. PT and on weekend mornings. Each stream will be available for 24 hours.

Movies and complete series/seasons coming to Disney Plus in April 2025

Arriving April 1

• Lost Treasures of Rome (S2, 6 episodes)

• National Parks: USA (S1, 5 episodes)

• RoboGobo (S1, 24 episodes)

Arriving April 3

• Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America (S1, 3 episodes)

Arriving April 7

• David Blaine Do Not Attempt

• Not Just a Goof

Arriving April 9

• Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends (S3, 4 episodes)

Arriving April 11

• The Abyss 4K

• Pets

Arriving April 12

• Titanic: The Digital Resurrection

• To Catch a Smuggler (S8, 8 episodes)

Arriving April 16

• Big City Greens (S4, 7 episodes)

• SuperKitties (S2, 3 episodes)

Arriving April 18

• Light & Magic (Season 2)

Arriving April 21

• Secret of the Penguins (S1, 3 episodes)

Arriving April 22

• ABC News Live Special: Last Lands (S1, 4 episodes)

• Sea Lions of the Galapagos

• Guardians of the Galapagos

Arriving April 25

• Megastructures: Real Madrid Super Stadium

Arriving April 30

• Chibi Tiny Tales: Shorts (S5, 7 episodes)

• Mickey Mouse Funhouse (S3, 5 episodes)

Hulu + ESPN content coming to Disney+ in April 2025

As in previous months, Disney+ subscribers will also have access to select content from Hulu and ESPN in March, including live streams of PGA Tour and NWSL events, the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, and select NHL games. Here are a few of the other titles coming to Disney+:

• Clipped

• Tell Me Lies

• Interior Chinatown

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

• White Collar

• Reasonable Doubt

• Prey

• Crazy Hearts

• Say Anything

• The Night House

• College Gameday

• Pardon the Interruption

• The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny

• Vince’s Places

• P.K.’s Places

• E60 Once Upon a Time in Anaheim

• No Easy Victories: The 1994 New York Rangers

Because percussion makes everything better (besides a headache), this is a video of musician Joe Porter (previously) performing the iconic guitar lick from Weezer’s ‘Buddy Holly’ on 31 unusual instruments. “In a row?” IN A ROW. It was a fun watch. Personally, I’m only master of one instrument: my voice. I try to think of it as the sort of rumbling bass God might sing with, but it’s been likened to a dog farting on a pleather sofa.

The study supports a new take on a controversial hypothesis from the 1950s.

It’s no surprise that companies continue to experiment with new AI features. Artificial intelligence has been the center of emerging tech for nearly three years now, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. But whether you love generative AI or you find it useless, I think we can all agree that using AI to write Instagram comments is pretty stupid.

And yet, Meta appears to be testing exactly that. As reported by SocialMediaToday, some Instagram accounts are now seeing a new icon to the left of the text field after choosing to leave a comment on a post. When you tap this icon (a pencil with a star), you pull up a new Meta AI menu, which presents a series of comment choices, presumably based on whatever content you happen to be looking at. In one example, the bot offers three choices: “Cute living room setup,” “Love the cozy atmosphere,” or “Great photo shoot location.” Could there be anything lazier than this?

I’ll admit: This news took me a bit off guard. I know Meta is comfortable shoving its AI experiments down our throats—often with no way to turn them off. But even as it becomes more difficult to avoid AI-generated content on Meta’s platforms, I didn’t think the company would offload the “effort” of having to write comments to the bots.

I can’t imagine many (or perhaps any) Instagram users are so busy or exhausted that they’d rather scroll through an AI’s idea of what to say rather than say something themselves. The human-generated comments on Instagram pages are already low-effort as it is; not to mention, there are too many comments from bots on social media platforms. Do we really want more bots in the comments, only this time sent to us by real people?

We need to stop letting AI make the decisions

This is just an experiment, and likely a limited one at that. For what it’s worth, I do not have the option on my Instagram account, so I guess I’m forced to think up my own comments for now. (Or at least open another app to ask a different AI to generate a comment for me.) But this experiment speaks to the current state of AI in tech: offering solutions to problems that don’t exist. Writing comments isn’t hard, and yet, someone at Meta thought there was a usefulness—a market—for AI-generated comments. They probably want more training data for their AI machine, which tracks, considering companies are running out of internet for models to learn from. But that doesn’t mean we should be okay with outsourcing all human tasks to AI.

That’s what bugs me most: ceding so many of our cognitive tasks and decisions to the machines. If you’re on Instagram, you’re already letting the algorithm choose the content you see. Please don’t hand over even more decisions to the machines, as low-effort as those decisions may be. If you do see the experiment on your end, I encourage you not to use it; both for your own sake, as well as depriving Meta of any more training data generated by its user base for free.

The Trump White House is ready to divvy up public lands for private profits.