4.28.26 | Microsoft, OpenAI end deal; GitHub Copilot shifts to usage billing; Men stare at walls

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:17) - Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal (01:53) - GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing (03:15) - Men who stare at walls (04:28) - Is my blue your blue? (05:39) - 4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor (07:10) - Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained (08:21) - Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 (09:45) - Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers (10:46) - Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico (12:08) - FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss (13:20) - Outro Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing dealhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-27/microsoft-to-stop-sharing-revenue-with-main-ai-partner-openaihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921248GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billinghttps://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923357Men who stare at wallshttps://www.alexselimov.com/posts/men_who_stare_at_walls/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47920074Is my blue your blue?https://ismy.blue/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=479268614TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercorhttps://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919630Pgbackrest is no longer being maintainedhttps://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackresthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919997Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930https://talkie-lm.com/introducing-talkiehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927903Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowershttps://quarkdown.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919240Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Picohttps://github.com/WeebLabs/DSPihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47901433FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing losshttps://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-ever-gene-therapy-treatment-genetic-hearing-loss-under-national-priority-voucherhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919733