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May 18, 2026, 6:45 AM
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Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions  —  Samsung Electronics Co.'s shares climbed more than 6% after its union signaled a willingness to negotiate and a local court granted …
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but the flood of duplicate AI bug reports has made the security list “unmanageable”  —  Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating ‘unnecessary pain and pointless work’
Alessandra Ram / Wired:
A look at how the AI industry's intense pressure and high rewards are creating “walls of resentment” between Silicon Valley workers and their spouses  —  Are you married to a man who's obsessed with AI?  I'm so, so sorry.  —  If i had to listen to another minute of my husband talking …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela  —  Regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket over wagers tied to political events and military operations
Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
Eric Schmidt faced loud boos during his University of Arizona commencement speech while discussing “rational” fears over the impact of AI and automation on jobs  —  - Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the University of Arizona's commencement address this year.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized lax industry attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93  —  For decades, he criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy.  And he developed solutions.
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  —  Grafana has disclosed that an “unauthorized party” obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company's GitHub environment and download its codebase.
Tracy Qu / Wall Street Journal:
Baidu reports Q1 revenue down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7B, above ~$4.5B est., and net profit down 55% YoY to ~$506.6M, above ~$462.5M est., amid a slow AI payoff  —  First-quarter net profit fell 55% from a year earlier  —  Baidu recorded another sharp profit drop and a fourth straight quarter …
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Lauren Sherman / Puck:
Source: Shein is acquiring San Francisco-based DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which focuses on sustainability and “radical transparency”, in a $100M deal  —  The Millennial D.T.C. company built a global brand based on sustainability and radical transparency.

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From Mediagazer

Associated Press:
After a short-term hold, SCOTUS denies former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge's bid to stay an $800-a-day fine if she refuses to reveal a source

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Comcast co-CEO Brian Roberts' earlier bundling strategy for connectivity and content, and his plan now to unbundle in order to keep growing

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez criticizes the agency's move to dismiss a petition by former FCC members and media advocates challenging the news distortion policy

More News

Theo Baker / New York Times:
A college senior at Stanford describes how AI changed classes: cheating using AI “has become omnipresent” with students “fudging just about everything”

Earlier Picks

John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Analysis: mass adoption of smartphones and social media may be a primary driver of declining birthrates globally, in part by reducing in-person socializing
Alison Weissbrot / Adweek:
Publicis agrees to acquire LiveRamp, which allows companies to share and build new data sets and models that can power agentic frameworks, for $2.2B in cash
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's revamped Siri may launch in beta, and will have an option to auto-delete chats; Apple plans to add Suggested Genmoji to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
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