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May 19, 2026, 12:55 PM
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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.
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
Madison Mills / Axios:
Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to help launch a team focused on using Claude to accelerate pre-training research; he helped found OpenAI and worked at Tesla  —  Andrej Karpathy, one of the best-known AI researchers in the world and a founding member of OpenAI, announced Tuesday that he's joining rival AI lab Anthropic.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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’.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
A live blog of the Google I/O 2026 keynote, where the company is set to announce the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more  —  I/O 2026 kicks off today as Google's biggest event of the year to showcase what's new for users and developers.
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 …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Filing: Paramount seeks a $1.88B bond from state AGs, based on its calculation of ticking fees and other costs it will have to pay due to the WBD deal delay

Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's tenure will be felt for a long time, and she leaves government and media relations far worse than she found them

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump lashed out at CNN reporter Kristen Holmes, telling her to “be quiet” after her questions; CNN says White House's personal attacks are “beneath the office”

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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
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
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
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