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May 14, 2026, 9:40 AM

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Cisco reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $15.84B, above $15.56B est., raises its FY 2026 AI orders forecast, and is cutting ~4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 15%+  —  Cisco shares soared 15% after the networking company issued results and guidance that topped Wall Street's projections on Wednesday after the bell.
Reuters:
Sources: the US cleared ~10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, to buy Nvidia H200 chips, but no deliveries have been made  —  The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Cerebras prices its IPO at $185 per share, above the expected range of $150 to $160 per share, raising at least $5.55B and valuing it at $56.4B fully diluted  —  Cerebras Systems, a maker of artificial intelligence chips, priced its IPO at $185 a share on Wednesday, above the expected range …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
AI Security Institute:
Mythos Preview is the first AI model to complete both of the AISI's cyber ranges, which measure AI models' cyberattack capabilities; GPT-5.5 solved only one  —  In February 2026, we internally estimated that the length of cyber tasks AI models could complete had doubled every 4.7 months since late 2024 …
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Anthropic unveils Claude Agent SDK credits for paid plans, which users can allocate for programmatic use of third-party agents like OpenClaw, starting June 15  —  Good news, OpenClaw fans — you can once again use your Claude AI subscription to power the hit, open source, autonomous AI agentic harness!
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Spotify says it will adopt Apple's HTTP Live Streaming tech for video podcasts later in 2026, helping creators distribute podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify  —  Spotify is making two video podcast announcements today, including one related to Apple's big video podcast enhancement.
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans  —  The survey found that Republicans and Democrats are uncomfortable living near a data center, but opposition is especially intense among Democrats.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix says its ad tier now has 250M monthly active viewers, up from 94M in 2025, and is expanding to 15 new countries, as it tests an ad personalization tool  —  The streaming service's ad-supported tier now reaches 250 million viewers each month. … For the second year in a row …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches TikTok GO in the US for users to book hotels, attractions, and experiences directly in the app, partnering with Booking.com, Expedia, and others  —  TikTok announced on Tuesday that it's launching TikTok GO, a way for users to discover and book hotels, attractions, and experiences directly within its app.
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and screen, great battery life, sharp camera, and native stylus support, but heavier than Z Fold 7 and lackluster AI  —  rating : 8.8 / 10  — Big, bright screens - Great battery life - Surprisingly sharp cameras - Native stylus support - Good performance
Gyana Swain / CSO:
Microsoft unveils MDASH, a security system that orchestrates 100+ AI agents to find vulnerabilities, and says it identified 16 previously unknown Windows flaws  —  The agentic tool, codenamed MDASH, will open to enterprise customers in private preview in June.
Jared Perlo / NBC News:
OpenEvidence, an AI-powered medical search tool, says two-thirds of US physicians, or ~650K doctors, and 1.2M doctors internationally use its services  —  OpenEvidence, an AI-powered medical search tool, has become a fast friend to America's doctors and is now used by nearly two-thirds of physicians.

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