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| Kyle Kucharski / ZDNET: |
Google unveils Googlebook, its new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS merging ChromeOS and Android, with devices from Dell, HP, and others coming this fall — ZDNET's key takeaways — Googlebook is a new device line coming this fall. — It merges Android and ChromeOS for smoother phone-to-laptop use.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and letting users vibe code Android widgets — We're one step closer to our phones just using themselves. … It is, once again, Gemini season.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:NEW |
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Sam Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his kids — OpenAI's Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk's insistence that he have complete control …
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google unveils Android security features, including protection from spoofed banking calls, default theft protection, and biometric protection for Mark as lost — Here's a look at the sweeping set of Android security and privacy upgrades Google has in store for you this year. — • — TL;DR| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B at an up to $950B valuation, up from $380B after raising $30B in February 2026 — The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.
More: Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, The Next Web, Silicon UK, Tech Funding News, Implicator.ai, and The Asia Business Daily
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| CNBC: |
Nvidia says Jensen Huang is joining President Trump on his China trip; a source says Trump asked Huang to join him after seeing media coverage of his absence — BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China, after initial indications the executive had not been invited.
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| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Anduril raised a $5B Series H led by Thrive and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027 — The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Foxconn says some of its North American factories suffered a cyberattack in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data — Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data.
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| Molly Taft / Wired: |
Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site — Emails show that Elon Musk's company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue “recursive self-improvement” — Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort … | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$35.8B, below ~$36.3B est., and net income up ~100% to ~$3.7B, in part due to investments, as it seeks to monetize AI — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted its first operating loss since the depths of the Covid pandemic, underscoring the extent …
More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, and Wall Street Journal
| 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 — Anthropic PBC identified a number of secondary marketplaces as unauthorized sellers of the company's shares, telling investors that buying the stock won't work.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies — Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves … | Google DeepMind: |
Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts — We are developing more seamless, intuitive ways to collaborate with AI — The mouse pointer has been a constant companion …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix software issues that may cause them to drive onto flooded roads, after some were seen stalled on flooded streets — Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to “drive onto a flooded roadway …
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Forums: r/technology and r/news
| Reuters: |
Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to reach a pay deal; the union has said workers will strike for 18 days from May 21 if its demands are not met — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and its union failed to reach a pay deal on Wednesday, heightening the risk of a massive strike … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on May 12, as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron fell 3.61% — Chip stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling back from a massive rally that broadened the artificial intelligence trade beyond Nvidia and propelled the sector to new highs.
More: Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, Livemint, and Barron's Online. Forums: r/StockMarket
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to make the Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, along with noticeable design changes across Siri, Safari, Weather, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making the software fully customizable as part of a broader set of user interface changes coming in its next iPhone software update.
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X: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Winnie Hsu / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: contract prices for NAND chips are up 600%+ since late September 2025, while those for DRAM chips are up ~400%, with analysts expecting further gains — The worsening shortage in global memory chips due to the artificial intelligence buildout is driving a widening gulf in corporate results and stock performances.
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| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
How the “Facebook House” in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's former residence, became a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley's AI boom — Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
X: @ruima, @yilingliu95, @ivylala, @tianyuf, @restofworld, @kyleichan, @violazhouyi, @violazhouyi, and @restofworld
| Amber Tong / Bloomberg: |
Metis TechBio, a biotech company using AI to deliver and formulate drugs, surged as much as 185% in its Hong Kong market debut after raising ~$270M in its IPO — Shares of Metis TechBio Co, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to deliver and formulate drugs …
More: South China Morning Post
| Kim Bhasin / New York Times:NEW |
How eBay CEO Jamie Iannone transformed the company, refocusing on power buyers in categories with especially high resale demand like trading cards and sneakers — The online marketplace has remade itself by focusing on collectibles and other high-end goods — and attracted an unwelcome takeover bid from GameStop.
More: Financial Times, 80 Level, Ars Technica, and Tech Times
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| Shiona McCallum / BBC: |
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Project Intercept, a partnership with Google, TikTok, and Meta, sent 70M+ warning messages to users seeking CSAM in two years — More than 70 million warning messages have been sent to people attempting to access child sexual abuse material (CSAM) … | William Sandlund / Financial Times: |
China's CSI AI Index, which tracks AI supply chain companies, is up 28%+ YTD, while HK's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Alibaba and Tencent, is down 8% — Tencent and Alibaba left behind as investors focus on pure AI plays — China's big tech companies including Alibaba and Tencent … | Bloomberg: |
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