Morning Scan

Adjacent Morning Scan — April 6

The robots are getting chattier, the job market is defying AI apocalypse predictions, and someone at CBP really needs a lesson in operational security. Meanwhile, Big Tech keeps doubling down on AI agents while pretending this isn't all one massive, expensive experiment.

67,000+ — Software engineering job openings are up 30% this year, the most in three years. (Business Insider)

AI Gets to Work

I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well 

Google's AI is now your personal taco tour guide, which honestly might be its most useful application yet. (The Verge)

Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft's 

Slack's biggest overhaul since the $27.7B acquisition transforms the bot from chat assistant to actual workplace agent. (The Next Web)

TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 

Turns out AI isn't killing coding jobs — it's creating demand for people who can wrangle the AI systems. (Business Insider)

How OpenAI's Codex Team Builds with Codex 

OpenAI's product team reveals how they actually ship without traditional QA processes, which explains a lot. (Creator Economy)

"Those 30,000 workers cost about $8 billion a year." — Andrew Yang on AI automation scaling

Money Moves

Indian IT giant Wipro agrees to buy Mindsprint for $375M 

The $1B eight-year contract sweetener makes this acquisition look like smart positioning for the AI services boom. (Reuters)

The Trade Desk is changing how advertisers buy — and what they can see 

New "Trading Modes" bundle media, data, and tech fees into one price, which is either brilliant simplification or opacity by design. (Digiday)

China Started Preparing for an Energy Crisis Long Before the Iran War 

Beijing's energy security playbook is looking prescient as geopolitical tensions spike oil markets again. (NYT)

Security Theater

CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards 

Someone put highly confidential border security procedures on Quizlet, because apparently operational security training needs its own flashcard deck. (Ars Technica)

Researchers didn't want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them 

Finally, cybersecurity researchers are treating ransomware gangs with the professional respect they deserve: absolutely none. (The Register)