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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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| Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy: |
Andrej Karpathy says he has joined Anthropic as the “next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative” — Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| New York Times: |
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, and New York Times
| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
| CNBC: |
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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.
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| 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 … | 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.
More: Gizmodo, VideoCardz.com, PCWorld, Windows Central, Blockonomi, and Notebookcheck. Forums: r/Surface
| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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 … | Kyle Baird / The Block: |
Polymarket partners with Nasdaq to launch markets tied to private company milestones, including IPO timing, valuations, earnings, and secondary market activity — Quick Take — Early offerings focus on AI, fintech, and crypto unicorns, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Kraken.
More: Business Wire, Benzinga, Reuters, Blockonomi, Yahoo Finance, CoinGape, and Bloomberg
| 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 … | 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.| 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’.
More: Tech in Asia. X: @stevesi, @alexmacgregor__, @anquetil, and @saasletter
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| 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 Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is reorganizing hardware development to integrate silicon teams with product creation and speed up their work — Apple Inc. Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is reorganizing hardware development and shifting oversight of key functions …
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| 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 … | Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg: |
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange partners with financial infrastructure company Ornn to launch USD-denominated futures contracts for computing power — Intercontinental Exchange Inc., owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is adding futures contracts for computing power as the market …
More: The Next Web
| Nick Lichtenberg / Fortune: |
Yahoo Finance launches AlphaSpace, a customizable research dashboard with an AI assistant, for subscribers of its $479.40/year or $39.95/month Gold plan — Any finance professional who has used the Bloomberg Terminal's brightly colored keyboard knows a secret: if you figure out the right question to ask, data is at your fingertips.| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
Relay, which builds banking and money management software for small businesses, raised $50M; it previously raised ~$51.5M, including a $32.2M Series B in 2024 — Relay, which builds banking and money management software for small businesses, raised $50 million, CEO Yoseph West tells Axios exclusively.
More: FinSMEs, Relay Financial Inc., and Ventureburn
| 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
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| Grant Bourzikas / Cloudflare: |
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