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Musk v. Altman: the jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman, as he filed them outside of a three-year statute of limitations  —  After less than two hours of deliberations, a jury on Monday rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman …
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says the judge and jury “never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality” and he will file an appeal  —  Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality. There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question
New York Times:
OpenAI's win against Elon Musk leaves it free to continue its IPO plans, but it still faces many issues, like rising competition and dozens of other lawsuits  —  A jury's rejection of Elon Musk's $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI was a major hurdle crossed.  But the maker of ChatGPT faces a list of other problems.
Eli Tan / New York Times:
Internal memo: Meta reassigns 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, as it prepares to cut 10% of its staff, or ~8,000 jobs, on May 20  —  The company announced the changes two days before it plans to lay off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8,000 employees.
Wall Street Journal:
Blackstone announces a joint venture with Google to create a US company that will offer customers Google TPU access, and makes a $5B initial equity commitment  —  Investment firm to put $5 billion toward venture using Google's chips  —  Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plan to create …
Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier.bsky.social:
In a town hall, PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusives  —  SCOOP: PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony is hiking PlayStation Plus subscriptions' one-month and three-month starting prices in “select regions”, due to “ongoing market conditions”, from May 20
Grant Bourzikas / Cloudflare:
Cloudflare tests Mythos against 50+ repositories, highlights its ability to chain bugs into a single exploit, and details a vulnerability discovery harness
Benedict Evans:
An overview of macro tech trends: capex explosion, unprecedented surge in chip demand, supply chain bottlenecks, model commoditization, AI automation, and more  —  Twice a year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry.  —  New in May 2026, ‘AI eats the world’.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
A CISA contractor maintained a now-offline GitHub repo that exposed credentials to AWS GovCloud accounts and CISA systems; CISA is investigating the situation  —  Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository …
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Anthropic acquires NYC-based Stainless, which generates SDKs from APIs, and plans to wind down its hosted products, after reportedly discussing a $300M+ deal  —  Anthropic announced Monday it has acquired Stainless, a startup founded by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray whose software …
Krysta Escobar / CNBC:
Modular data center maker Armada raised a $230M Series B co-led by Overmatch, 8090 Industries, and BlackRock at a $2B valuation, and plans a new Arizona factory  —  Armada, which builds modular data centers that are becoming increasingly popular with customers in defense, energy and the military sector …
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Arjun Neil Alim / Financial Times:
Standard Chartered plans to cut nearly 8,000 back-office positions by 2030, a 15%+ reduction in support functions in hubs like Bengaluru, amid growing AI usage  —  Bill Winters says new strategy focuses on replacing ‘lower-value human capital’ in drive for ‘sustainable growth’
Bloomberg:
CertiK: physical attacks on crypto holders rose 75% YoY to 72 confirmed cases and $41M in known losses in 2025; Coinbase spent ~$7.6M to protect Brian Armstrong  —  After a year of kidnappings, assaults and armed home invasions targeting cryptocurrency holders, the industry is racing to harden its defenses.
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Cursor releases Composer 2.5, built on Kimi K2.5, and says it is better at sustained work on long-running tasks and follows complex instructions more reliably  —  Composer 2.5 is now available in Cursor.  —  It's a substantial improvement in intelligence and behavior over Composer 2.

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From Mediagazer

Jeff Stein / NOTUS:
Former hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller says he used AI to write a WSJ op-ed, likening it to using a calculator for math problems; WSJ hasn't commented

Bloomberg:
Sources: bankers approached potential buyers about acquiring WBD's New Line Cinema, and its cable networks draw interest, as Paramount's legal fight drags on

Marc Malkin / Variety:
NYT pop culture writer Kyle Buchanan announces he has left the NYT and will launch a video podcast about Hollywood, The Kyle Buchanan Show, in mid-October

More News

Jason Nelson / Decrypt:
Vitalik Buterin says AI-assisted “formal verification” could help secure blockchain networks, smart contracts, and cryptographic systems against software flaws
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
A deep dive into Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana, expected to reach 5 GW of compute capacity; source: Meta plans to spend $200B+ on the project
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Procurement records: the FBI seeks a vendor that can provide access to automated license plate readers nationwide; Flock and Motorola are among the few options

Earlier Picks

Jackson Chen / Engadget:
X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to “50 original posts and 200 replies per day”, down from 2,400 posts per day
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
Seagate closed down 6.87%, leading a group-wide sell-off after its CEO's comments raised concerns it won't be able to meet demand fueled by the AI buildout
Emily Forgash / Bloomberg:
NextEra's $67B deal to buy Dominion, the largest utility merger in US history, signals a new era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy, blaming “increasingly stringent compliance obligations”
Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg:
Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated “podcasts” on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI “co-hosts”, using content from media outlets
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