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Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a rare glimpse into tech's workings, ending with a whimper — Even as protests increase, the collapse of Mr. Musk's suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman will speed up the artificial intelligence juggernaut.
More: Reuters, Benzinga, Tech Times, New York Times, and Washington Examiner
| CNBC: |
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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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple unveils Apple Intelligence-powered accessibility features, subtitles generated on device, a Vision Pro feature for controlling power wheelchairs, and more — In what I expect will be an overarching theme at WWDC 2026, Apple's Accessibility group took the wraps off an impressive collection of features coming later this year.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft says it plans to bring Snapdragon X2 chips to the new Surface Pro and Laptop later in 2026; sources say the delay is due to component availability — Although not available today, the company has confirmed that customers will be able to buy its new Surface devices with Snapdragon X2 chips later this year.| Microsoft Devices Blog: |
Microsoft unveils Intel-based business laptops: a 13" Surface Pro for $1,950+, a 13.8" or 15" Surface Laptop for $1,950+, and a 13" Surface Laptop for $1,300+ — Every IT leader and partner we work with is navigating the same challenges: AI is changing the demands of how teams work …
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| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Epic says Fortnite has returned to Apple's App Store globally, after its US relaunch in 2025, signaling confidence in a favorable outcome in an ongoing lawsuit — Epic Games said on Tuesday its popular shooter title “Fortnite” has returned to global App Stores, as the videogame maker signaled confidence … | 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 …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Plex says the price for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 in July — Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan. Starting in July, Plex says that the Lifetime Plex Pass price will increase from $249.99 to a whopping $749.99.| 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.
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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 — Comments from CEO Bill Winters come as bank sets out plans to cut almost 8,000 jobs — Standard Chartered plans … | 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 …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers accessed its network from November 2025 to February 2026, stealing 1.8M+ people's data, medical records, and fingerprints — New York public health provider NYC Health and Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data … | 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 …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic says last week it began letting Mythos users responsibly share cybersecurity threats with others who face similar vulnerabilities, changing its stance — How to restrict access while still allowing users to share threat information is a major challenge facing AI companies
More: BleepingComputer, InfoRiskToday.com, and Reuters
| Grant Bourzikas / Cloudflare: |
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| Benedict Evans: |
An overview of macro tech trends: a capex explosion, unprecedented chip demand growth, 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’.
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| Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: |
Viktor, which is developing an AI agent that operates like a virtual coworker embedded inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raised a $75M Series A led by Accel — Fryderyk Wiatrowski, CEO and co-founder of Viktor, joined Meta with the aim of finding a co-founder.| Reuters: |
Mistral acquires Austria-based Emmi AI for an undisclosed sum to boost its industrial offerings in Europe; Emmi raised €15M in Austria's largest round in 2025 — Europe's leading artificial intelligence firm, France's Mistral AI, said on Tuesday it has acquired Vienna-based Emmi AI … | Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC: |
Radar, which helps retailers like American Eagle manage inventory and cut back on theft and lost merchandise, raised a $170M Series B at a $1B+ valuation — Radar, a startup backed by American Eagle CEO Jay Schottenstein that helps retailers manage in-store inventory and cut back on theft … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Demis Hassabis was an angel investor in Anthropic; PitchBook and Dealroom say ex-DeepMind researchers founded 12+ companies since 2021, raising $14B+ — Demis Hassabis, the founder of Google DeepMind, was an early investor in Anthropic, a previously undisclosed stake that highlights …
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Intel asks its leading PC partners, including those in the US, China, and Taiwan, to use more 18A CPUs, citing better supply than chips on older nodes — TAIPEI — Intel is urging notebook and PC clients to use its most advanced chip production technology for CPUs as surging demand … | Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal: |
KPMG partners with Anthropic to embed Claude into its tax and advisory platforms; KPMG's tax and legal services unit saw revenue grow ~8% YoY to $9.3B in 2025 — The Big Four firm will embed Claude on a platform that will house the majority of its nonaudit services
More: Bloomberg Law and KPMG
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Unframe, which customizes AI apps for enterprises via pre-built modular components, raised a $50M Series B led by Highland Europe, for $100M in total funding — Unframe, which customizes AI applications for enterprises, raised a $50 million Series B led by Highland Europe …
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