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Google rolls out a Google Wallet redesign, including "dynamic quick access" for favourites, a "View more" floating action button, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google) Google rolls out a Google Wallet redesign, including "dynamic quick access" for favourites, a "View more" floating action button, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google) Reviewed by swadu on May 22, 2026 Rating: 5
Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure Reviewed by swadu on May 22, 2026 Rating: 5
'No means no': Greenlanders protest against Trump outside new US consulate 'No means no': Greenlanders protest against Trump outside new US consulate Reviewed by swadu on May 22, 2026 Rating: 5
August Robotics, which makes autonomous robots for construction and industrial applications, raised $30M led by Big Pi Ventures (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) August Robotics, which makes autonomous robots for construction and industrial applications, raised $30M led by Big Pi Ventures (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) Reviewed by swadu on May 21, 2026 Rating: 5
Charges dismissed against official at school where six-year-old shot teacher Charges dismissed against official at school where six-year-old shot teacher Reviewed by swadu on May 21, 2026 Rating: 5
Could a football match soften North Korea-South Korea relations? Could a football match soften North Korea-South Korea relations? Reviewed by swadu on May 20, 2026 Rating: 5
Whale to be removed from Danish island after failed German rescue Whale to be removed from Danish island after failed German rescue Reviewed by swadu on May 20, 2026 Rating: 5
Granta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use (The Guardian) Granta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use (The Guardian) Reviewed by swadu on May 20, 2026 Rating: 5
'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads 'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads Reviewed by swadu on May 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave Two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave Reviewed by swadu on May 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Uncontrolled California wildfires seen from space Uncontrolled California wildfires seen from space Reviewed by swadu on May 19, 2026 Rating: 5
Seagate shares drop 9%+, leading a group-wide sell-off after comments from its CEO raised concerns it won't be able to meet demand fueled by the AI buildout (CJ Haddad/CNBC) Seagate shares drop 9%+, leading a group-wide sell-off after comments from its CEO raised concerns it won't be able to meet demand fueled by the AI buildout (CJ Haddad/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on May 18, 2026 Rating: 5
Judge rules gun and writings are admissible in Luigi Mangione's New York murder trial Judge rules gun and writings are admissible in Luigi Mangione's New York murder trial Reviewed by swadu on May 18, 2026 Rating: 5
Source: Shein is acquiring DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and "radical transparency", in a $100M deal (Lauren Sherman/Puck) Source: Shein is acquiring DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and "radical transparency", in a $100M deal (Lauren Sherman/Puck) Reviewed by swadu on May 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Analysis: 34 leading AI startups are generating ~$80B in annualized revenue, up 112% from six months ago, with Anthropic and OpenAI capturing 89% of the revenue (The Information) Analysis: 34 leading AI startups are generating ~$80B in annualized revenue, up 112% from six months ago, with Anthropic and OpenAI capturing 89% of the revenue (The Information) Reviewed by swadu on May 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Eurovision winner Dara arrives to screaming fans in Bulgaria Eurovision winner Dara arrives to screaming fans in Bulgaria Reviewed by swadu on May 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Grafana says hackers have accessed its GitHub environment and demanded a ransom to prevent the release of its codebase; Grafana refused to pay (The Hacker News) Grafana says hackers have accessed its GitHub environment and demanded a ransom to prevent the release of its codebase; Grafana refused to pay (The Hacker News) Reviewed by swadu on May 17, 2026 Rating: 5
Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive Reviewed by swadu on May 16, 2026 Rating: 5
Man killed by 13ft shark in Western Australia Man killed by 13ft shark in Western Australia Reviewed by swadu on May 16, 2026 Rating: 5
SF vibes are frenetic over the huge divide in outcomes and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years ~10K people in AI attained retirement wealth (Deedy/@deedydas) SF vibes are frenetic over the huge divide in outcomes and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years ~10K people in AI attained retirement wealth (Deedy/@deedydas) Reviewed by swadu on May 16, 2026 Rating: 5
ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media) ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media) Reviewed by swadu on May 15, 2026 Rating: 5
New York Times defends journalist after Israel threatens to sue New York Times defends journalist after Israel threatens to sue Reviewed by swadu on May 15, 2026 Rating: 5
US to seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staff members US to seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staff members Reviewed by swadu on May 15, 2026 Rating: 5
Ford stock jumped as much as 25% in two days after the launch of Ford Energy, a new subsidiary providing battery storage capacity to AI data centers (Christian Davies/Financial Times) Ford stock jumped as much as 25% in two days after the launch of Ford Energy, a new subsidiary providing battery storage capacity to AI data centers (Christian Davies/Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on May 14, 2026 Rating: 5
A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre job application by GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, who does not have the money to buy eBay, to become eBay's CEO (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre job application by GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, who does not have the money to buy eBay, to become eBay's CEO (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on May 14, 2026 Rating: 5
Warning of record global temperatures Warning of record global temperatures Reviewed by swadu on May 14, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: Microsoft is in discussions to acquire LLM developer Inception; SpaceX also courted Inception, which is looking for a price of over $1B (Reuters) Sources: Microsoft is in discussions to acquire LLM developer Inception; SpaceX also courted Inception, which is looking for a price of over $1B (Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on May 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Cisco reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $15.84B, vs. $15.56B est., forecasts Q4 revenue above est., and is cutting almost 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 17%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC) Cisco reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $15.84B, vs. $15.56B est., forecasts Q4 revenue above est., and is cutting almost 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 17%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on May 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Mythos Preview is the first AI model to complete both of AISI's cyber ranges, which measure models' cyberattack capabilities; GPT-5.5 solved only one of them (AI Security Institute) Mythos Preview is the first AI model to complete both of AISI's cyber ranges, which measure models' cyberattack capabilities; GPT-5.5 solved only one of them (AI Security Institute) Reviewed by swadu on May 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Q&A with Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao on the "cone of uncertainty" in AI, allocating compute, returns to frontier intelligence, platform vs. application, and more (Invest Like The Best on YouTube) Q&A with Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao on the "cone of uncertainty" in AI, allocating compute, returns to frontier intelligence, platform vs. application, and more (Invest Like The Best on YouTube) Reviewed by swadu on May 13, 2026 Rating: 5
Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children (Bloomberg) Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on May 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Anthropic names eight unauthorized secondary market sellers of its shares, including Hiive and Forge Global, warning that any share transactions there are void (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg) Anthropic names eight unauthorized secondary market sellers of its shares, including Hiive and Forge Global, warning that any share transactions there are void (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on May 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Lebanon says two paramedics among 10 killed in Israeli strikes Lebanon says two paramedics among 10 killed in Israeli strikes Reviewed by swadu on May 12, 2026 Rating: 5
Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time Reviewed by swadu on May 11, 2026 Rating: 5
How hotels are stopping the 'dawn dash' for sunbeds after man wins payout How hotels are stopping the 'dawn dash' for sunbeds after man wins payout Reviewed by swadu on May 10, 2026 Rating: 5
Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg) Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on May 10, 2026 Rating: 5
UK warship HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz mission UK warship HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz mission Reviewed by swadu on May 09, 2026 Rating: 5
Akamai says it struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a "leading frontier model provider"; sources: the deal was with Anthropic and is worth $1.8B (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) Akamai says it struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a "leading frontier model provider"; sources: the deal was with Anthropic and is worth $1.8B (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on May 08, 2026 Rating: 5
Trump and Lula's private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain - and effort to avoid tension Trump and Lula's private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain - and effort to avoid tension Reviewed by swadu on May 08, 2026 Rating: 5
OpenAI launches Trusted Contact, an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that lets adult users assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) OpenAI launches Trusted Contact, an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that lets adult users assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on May 07, 2026 Rating: 5
Three women linked to Islamic State arrested in Australia on return from Syria Three women linked to Islamic State arrested in Australia on return from Syria Reviewed by swadu on May 07, 2026 Rating: 5
Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge) Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on May 06, 2026 Rating: 5
Anthropic says it signed a deal with SpaceX to use "all of the compute capacity" at Colossus 1, giving it access to over 300 MW of new capacity within the month (Axios) Anthropic says it signed a deal with SpaceX to use "all of the compute capacity" at Colossus 1, giving it access to over 300 MW of new capacity within the month (Axios) Reviewed by swadu on May 06, 2026 Rating: 5
Subquadratic launches with a $29M seed and debuts SubQ, an LLM that uses a subquadratic sparse attention architecture to achieve a 12M-token context window (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) Subquadratic launches with a $29M seed and debuts SubQ, an LLM that uses a subquadratic sparse attention architecture to achieve a 12M-token context window (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) Reviewed by swadu on May 05, 2026 Rating: 5
OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis (Sara Fischer/Axios) OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis (Sara Fischer/Axios) Reviewed by swadu on May 05, 2026 Rating: 5
Former Trump and Biden AI advisers Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan urge bipartisan action on AI security risks, including tighter export controls and safety audits (New York Times) Former Trump and Biden AI advisers Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan urge bipartisan action on AI security risks, including tighter export controls and safety audits (New York Times) Reviewed by swadu on May 04, 2026 Rating: 5
Anthropic co-founder explains why there's a 60%+ chance of AI systems autonomously building their successors by 2029 and the consequences of automated AI R&D (Jack Clark/Import AI) Anthropic co-founder explains why there's a 60%+ chance of AI systems autonomously building their successors by 2029 and the consequences of automated AI R&D (Jack Clark/Import AI) Reviewed by swadu on May 04, 2026 Rating: 5
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