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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI acquires io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, for nearly $6.5B in stock; Ive and LoveFrom will remain independent but take over design for all of OpenAI — OpenAI will acquire the AI device startup co-founded by Apple Inc. veteran Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5 billion all-stock deal …
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Bluesky: @minimaxir, @seanokane, @hypervisible, @chafkin, @neilturkewitz, @carnage4life, @brianmc, @edzitron.com, @ernie.tedium.co, @stevekovach, @kevinbuist.com, @edzitron.com, @drewharwell.com, and @drewharwell.com
Threads: @benedictevans and @chriswelch
X: @sama, @thebeautyofsaas, @autismcapital, @mayfer, @litcapital, @prestonattebery, @austen, @founderspodcast, @danshipper, @nosduhz, @robertmsterling, @garyfung, @willobri, @chrisfralic, @willystaley, @jonyiveparody, @jaesmail, @yochanders, @allgarbled, @andreworlowski, @fuckedupyogis, @growing_daniel, @localghost, @wolfejosh, @nikitabier, @basicappleguy, @snazzylabs, @robertmsterling, @brianroemmele, @wolfejosh, @basicappleguy, @mike_matas, @xlr8harder, @growing_daniel, @markgurman, @tomwarren, @scobleizer, @benbajarin, @markgurman, @markgurman, @benbajarin, @parkerortolani, @bradlightcap, @pitdesi, @keachhagey, @pitdesi, and @markgurman
LinkedIn: Christel Buchanan, Ghassan Kassabji, Liam Darmody, Graham Furlong, and Steve Witmer. Forums: Hacker News
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Leaked recording: Sam Altman told his staff that OpenAI aims to ship 100M AI “companion” devices meant for everyday life, and to release the first by late 2026 — Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Information, Mashable, Quartz, New York Times, The Decoder, PhoneArena, The Verge, and Analytics India Magazine
Bluesky: @kattenbarge, @mvij.org, @drewharwell.com, @mertbulan.com, @hypervisible, and @jen-johnson
Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @vnchocotaco, @sonofalli, @vnchocotaco, @enriqueabeyta, @mylesudland, @stevemoser, and @andrewmccalip. Forums: Hacker News
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Kuo: Ive and Altman's device could be larger than Humane's AI pin, may connect to smartphones and PCs to use their computing and display capabilities, and more — Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is mostly known for Apple rumors, and now says users might be able to wear OpenAI's future device around their neck.
More: MacRumors, iClarified, BGR, and CTech
Bluesky: @aaronrosspowell.com, @emmanewman, @hypervisible, and @tomwarren.co.uk
X: @mingchikuo, @scobleizer, @benbajarin, and @bengeskin
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Bluesky: @mvij.org, @mvij.org, @carlquintanilla, @davekarpf, and @caseynewton. Mastodon: @Possiblydrew@pnw.zone
LinkedIn: Benedict Evans, Alon Matas, and Pramod Gosavi
Forums: r/business, r/artificial, r/apple, r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| New York Times: |
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X: @mikeisaac, @yanatweets, @thomasbcn, @glazou, @mikeisaac, @newhouseb, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @bjornjeffery. Forums: Slashdot
| OpenAI: |
More: OpenAI on YouTube, Business Insider, KnowTechie, Fortune, KRON4, Axios, Music Ally, Financial Times, City A.M., Beebom, Silicon UK, from ITPro in, Stuff, BGR, Tech Funding News, CNBC, and Arabian Business
Bluesky: @helenlewis, @emmavj, @knibbs, @katebevan.com, @fredericl, @seldo.com, and @stevekovach
Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon … and @_Davidsmith@mastodon.social. Threads: @vishwanathsarangkeller
X: @openai, @sonofalli, @juanbuis, @benhylak, @benhylak, @iconredesign, @charlespattson, @snazzylabs, @matdryhurst, @benadam11, @dctanner, @richlightshed, @jasonfried, @0xcharlota, @iansilber, @bobbythakkar, @nrehiew_, @tahahossain_, @joodalooped, @thuleanfuturist, @samsheffer, @sytaylor, and @maratberenstein
LinkedIn: Chester Chipperfield, Maxmillian Minichetti, Matt Wyndowe, Thomas Lewis, and Aaron McReynolds
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/singularity, and MacRumors Forums
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google is tapping its users' data to give its AI models an advantage over OpenAI and Anthropic, starting with its opt-in “Gemini with personalization” feature — Google is slowly giving Gemini more and more access to user data to ‘personalize’ your responses.
More: CTech, Gulf Business, Expats.cz, and Financial Times
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin on AI frontier models, scaling data centers, reasoning, DeepThink, AGI, and more — Google co-founder Brin says “anybody who's a computer scientist should not be retired right now. They should be working on AI."
More: Business Insider, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Tech in Asia, Engadget, Axios, The Verge, Android Headlines, Adweek, and TechRadar
X: @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
More: The Keyword, Simon Willison's Weblog, Google DeepMind, Decrypt, The Decoder, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
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LinkedIn: Aaron Gokaslan, Lian Jye Su, Blanca Huergo, and Antonio Gulli
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/mlscaling
| Wired: |
A security researcher finds an exposed Elastic database with 184M records, including login credentials for Apple, Meta, Google, and others; its owner is unknown — A trove of breached data, which has now been taken down, includes user logins for platforms including Apple, Google, and Meta.
More: AppleInsider, Website Planet, 9to5Mac, PCMag, XDA Developers, PhoneArena, Hackread, and WebProNews
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is reducing “politically focused emails” internally and externally; workers cannot send emails mentioning “Palestine”, “Gaza”, or “genocide” — Employees discovered that emails with a variety of terms related to Gaza and Palestine have been blocked internally.
More: Drop Site News, Windows Central, Quartz, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, The Guardian, New York Post, The Intercept, Fortune, WinBuzzer, The Economic Times, TechIssuesToday.com, and Cyber Security News
Bluesky: @privacyinternational.org and @parismarx.com
Mastodon: @Jinjirrie@mastodon.social and @BruceMirken@mas.to
X: @hossam_nasr0, @fida, @murchadhfinn, @wikileaks, @worqas, @kirabira, @rafaelshimunov, @tomwarren, @mixtupmixy, and @ryangrim
LinkedIn: Mohammad Fadel and Kevin Beaumont
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Two new books on OpenAI and the AI industry bust Sam Altman's myths around OpenAI, and highlight the pursuit of power behind the do-gooder rhetoric — Two timely and myth-busting books show that the AI boom is driven by the pursuit of power, wealth and hubris
More: Wired, The Guardian, New Yorker, New York Times, Business Insider, and Wired
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Signal says its desktop app will block Windows from taking screenshots of it by default due to Recall's privacy risks; users can enable screenshots in settings — Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall …
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Bluesky: @timbray.cosocial.ca …, @lokman.org, @huibmodderkolk, @swallez.com, @ketanjoshi.co, @jukkan, @selectric.space, and @meredithmeredith
X: @alex4only and @signalapp
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, r/signal, r/signal, and Ars OpenForum
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Kraken plans to offer tokenized versions of 50+ stocks and ETFs, including Apple and Tesla stocks, to customers in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia — The platform will offer overseas customers tokenized versions of more than 50 stocks and ETFs — Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange …
More: CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, The Block, Blockchain.News, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Basic, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, and CNBC
| IGN: |
Q&A with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto on Super Nintendo World, redesigning Donkey Kong, growing Pikmin, enhancing games for the Switch 2, and more — “What's important is to be able to create something new.” — In May of 2015, Nintendo officially announced plans to partner … | Tech Policy Press: |
The US House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget bill that would ban states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years; the bill now heads to the Senate — The United States House of Representatives early Thursday narrowly passed a budget bill that, if enacted, would ban states …
More: Washington Post, National Conference …, The White House, BBC, Ways and Means, The Hill, Associated Press, and Forbes
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @viacristiano, and @lindseyadler
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI partners with G42 and others to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Abu Dhabi called Stargate UAE, its first large-scale project outside the US — Stargate UAE project is part of a push by the Gulf petrostate to become a big player in artificial intelligence
More: OpenAI, The Daily Upside, Tom's Hardware, CNN, New York Times, TechCrunch, Axios, CNBC, Gulf News, Arabian Business, Wall Street Pit, Bloomberg, Gulf Business, Business Wire, and WebProNews
Bluesky: @medru, @mxp, and @riehlalice
| Financial Times: |
M&S CEO Stuart Machin says hackers accessed the UK retailer's systems using social engineering tactics via a third-party supplier, putting M&S “on its backside” — Hackers gained access via third-party supplier to perpetrate attack that put M&S ‘on its backside’
More: BBC, Tech Monitor, Metro.co.uk, Mirror, Vogue Business, and New York Times. Bluesky: @stephenkb
| Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ recently told Google it is examining whether Google structured an agreement with Character.AI to avoid formal government merger scrutiny — Antitrust enforcers have recently told Google they're examining whether it structured an agreement with the company known as Character.AI … | Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A New York jury convicts Braden John Karony, the former CEO of crypto company SafeMoon, of conspiracy to defraud the US, money laundering, and wire fraud — A New York jury found Braden John Karony, the former CEO of cryptocurrency company SafeMoon, guilty of three felony charges after less than a day of deliberation.| Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the Xring O1, a Xiaomi-made 3nm chip that will power three devices, including the Tablet 7 Ultra, in a bid to compete with Apple — The 5-meter long vehicle's top model can go 760 kilometers on a single charge and hit 100 km/h in 3.23 seconds …
More: The Verge, MacRumors, The Economic Times, Nokiamob, Reuters, Reuters, CNBC, XiaomiTime, Mashable India, DigiTimes, and DigiTimes
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Nansen: the 220 winners of President Trump's May 22 dinner contest spent $394M on the $TRUMP token, with the top seven spending $10M+ each and a third $1M+ each — In total, the 220 winners of the contest to attend the dinner spent $394 million on Trump's official cryptocurrency.
More: New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Politico, and CoinDesk
Bluesky: @scottwiener, @simonwdc, @ericjgeller.com, and @kevincollier. Mastodon: @wdlindsy@toad.social
| Rebecca Dzombak / New York Times: |
Microsoft researchers and others detail Aurora, an AI weather model they say makes accurate 10-day forecasts faster and at smaller scales than many other models — A Microsoft model can make accurate 10-day forecasts quickly, an analysis found. And, it's designed to predict more than weather.
More: Nature, The Register, Microsoft Research, Microsoft on GitHub, Microsoft Research, and Microsoft
Bluesky: @marypcbuk and @wessel.ai
LinkedIn: The Alan Turing Institute, Satya Nadella, Reisel González Pérez, and Microsoft Research
| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Bitcoin reached a new all-time high on May 21, surpassing $110K and breaking its January 2025 record, after slumping to $74K in April 2025 amid macro concerns — WATCH NOW — Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high on Wednesday, breaking its January record.
More: Cointelegraph, GreenBot, NewsBTC, Coinpedia Fintech News, Benzinga, The Daily Upside, Decrypt, crypto.news, MarketWatch, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, Decrypt, CNBC, Cointelegraph, Fortune, UPI, CoinDesk, The Block, and Bloomberg
X: @ericbalchunas, @lookonchain, @pentosh1, @cryptohayes, @tradermayne, @moonoverlord, @lookonchain, @blknoiz06, @crediblecrypto, @divine_economy, @saylor, @wazzcrypto, @dogetoshi, @paoloardoino, @nayibbukele, @crediblecrypto, and @ercwl
LinkedIn: Surendra S, William Stickevers, orabi Hassan, Andrea Lisi, CFA, Bloomberg Television, and Mila H Rothschild. Forums: r/literaciafinanceira
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon introduces AI shopping experts, an audio feature that summarizes product details, customer reviews, and more, on select products for some US customers — Amazon is adding another AI twist to its shopping app with an audio feature that provides highlights and insight about certain products.| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Inside the making of ASML's High NA: the latest-gen EUV machine costs $400M+, has four modules, is assembled in the Netherlands, and five units have shipped — WATCH NOW — ASML's giant $400 million High NA transforms how chips are made. Here's an exclusive first look.| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI updates its Responses API for building agentic applications to include remote MCP server support, image generation and Code Interpreter tools, and more — OpenAI is rolling out a set of significant updates to its newish Responses API, aiming to make it easier for developers and enterprises …
More: OpenAI, The Decoder, and WinBuzzer
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