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| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but duplicate bug reports have made the security list “almost entirely unmanageable” — Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating ‘unnecessary pain and pointless work’
More: lkml.org, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, PC Gamer, WinBuzzer, Ghacks, Cyber Security News, XDA Developers, Neowin, and Phoronix
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/linux_gaming, r/pcmasterrace, r/theprimeagen, and Slashdot
| 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.
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| Theo Baker / New York Times: |
A college senior at Stanford describes how AI has changed classes: cheating using AI “has become omnipresent” with students “fudging just about everything” — At Stanford University, where I am a senior, tech chief executives are something like rock stars.
More: Implicator.ai, CNBC, The Decoder, and Business Insider
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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 …
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| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it's retiring Teams' Together Mode, debuted in 2020, and plans to simplify meeting layouts and focus on video quality, stability, and performance — The company wants to focus on improving video quality and performance instead of gimmicks.
More: PCMag, Computerworld, WinBuzzer, TechRadar, and Engadget
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| Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg: |
Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped — Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz …
More: Fars, Decrypt, ZyCrypto, Protos, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinGape, crypto.news, Yahoo Finance, The Block, Blockonomi, Bitcoinist.com, CoinDesk, BanklessTimes, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin News, Blockchain.News, ZeroHedge News, Crypto Briefing, The Gateway Pundit, The Defiant, and Coinpedia Fintech News. Forums: r/politics
| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized the industry's lax 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.| Alessandra Ram / Wired: |
How the AI industry's intense pressure to keep up and its financial 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 …
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| James Hunt / The Block: |
Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an $80,985 average price from May 11 to May 17, taking its holdings to 843,738 BTC, or 4%+ of the total supply — Quick Take — Strategy has purchased another 24,869 BTC for approximately $2.01 billion at an average price of $80,985 per bitcoin … | Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
How gambling companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, as well as Meta and a16z's founders, are pouring millions into state-level election campaigns via super PACs — With Congress largely stalemated, companies turn to states to gain leverage over regulations.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, after a request by the FSB's Chair — US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
More: The Guardian, PYMNTS, Reuters, The Next Web, BanklessTimes, Benzinga, The Decoder, and The Paypers
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| Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg: |
The Vatican says Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah will join Pope Leo on May 25 to launch the pope's first encyclical, setting out his views on the AI age — Pope Leo XIV's launch of his first encyclical focusing on artificial intelligence next week will feature an unexpected guest: Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic.
More: Associated Press, The Decoder, Forbes, Reuters, and Politico
| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools — When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles …
Forums: Hacker News, r/InterstellarKinetics, and Slashdot
| 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
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| Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech, raised $300M at a ~$4B valuation, up from $3.1B after raising $153M in August 2025 — Decart's valuation hits nearly $4 billion as investors pour capital into startups making AI computing more efficient
More: Decart AI, CTech, VC Cafe, The Next Web, The Tech Portal, and Globes
| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: participants earned a total of $1,298,250 for 47 vulnerabilities, with successful exploits of AI products like Codex, Cursor, and LM Studio — Participants demonstrated exploits for Windows, Linux, VMware, Nvidia, and AI products.| Tracy Qu / Wall Street Journal: |
Baidu reports Q1 revenue down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7B, above ~$4.5B est., and net income 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 …
More: Reuters, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, Proactive, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, and Blockonomi
| Reuters: |
Arkham: Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, processed $2.3B+ since 2023 via Tron and BNB Chain, including $23M+ since the Iran war started in February — Iran's Nobitex has processed at least $2.3 billion through Tron and BNB Chain, blockchain ledgers started by backers of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial.| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Sources: competition for Google's TPUs among its employees and researchers intensified as it prioritizes cloud customers and flagship AI products over research — In the race to build the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence, Alphabet Inc.'s Google has an enviable position …
More: The Next Web
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Steve Bannon and 60+ Trump allies sign a Humans First-led letter urging Trump to mandate government testing and approval of powerful AI models before release — A group of more than 60 loyal allies of President Trump is urging him to test and approve the most powerful AI models before they're released … Sponsor Posts
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