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May 29, 2026, 8:40 PM
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Microsoft faces backlash after a blog post implied criminal referral and legal action against security researcher Nightmare Eclipse over public bug disclosures  —  After a security researcher published a series of unpatched bugs in Microsoft products, along with code to exploit them …
Pritam Biswas / Reuters:
Coinbase and Kalshi introduce perpetual crypto futures, marking the first time the contracts will be available to US investors via domestic, regulated exchanges  —  Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN.O) and prediction markets platform Kalshi said on Friday they are introducing perpetual crypto futures …
Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal:
After hitting their annual AI budget in months or seeing their AI bills double or triple due to “tokenmaxxing”, some companies are rationing or tracking AI use  —  Executives are scrambling to track returns on AI investments as the bill for massive computing needs comes due
PCMag:
What to expect at Computex 2026: AI chips, budget PCs competing with the MacBook Neo, Nvidia entering laptop SoC market with the rumored N1X chip, and more  —  The theme for Computex 2026, according to organizer TAITRA, is “AI Together.”  Sure, it sounds a little like a tech-industry group hug.
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
Dell stock closed up 32.81%, its best day ever, after reporting its fastest pace of revenue growth for any period since returning to the public market in 2018  —  Shares of Dell Technologies closed 32.76% higher on Friday, wrapping its best day ever after the company reported its fastest pace …
Diana Novak Jones / Reuters:
Filing: a Kentucky school district secured ~$27M in settlements from Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube in a social media harms lawsuit; Meta paid the most, at $9M  —  A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled …
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Allegations that China is behind US data center protests draw criticism from allies of the AI industry, who say the industry and politicians are in denial  —  Claims that China and overseas propaganda drive Americans to rise up against data centers are based on scant evidence.  —  Summary
Sebastian Herrera / Fortune:
Sources: Microsoft is working on an app that will include GitHub Copilot, Copilot chat, Copilot Cowork, and a new agentic workflow tool called Autopilot  —  Microsoft needs to solve a nagging problem: It has various Copilot AI assistants throughout its portfolio of products, irking customers who seek a single destination.
Reuters:
Former Tesla data labelers say FSD relies on laborious mapping for hazards; crash data analysis shows Tesla exaggerates FSD's safety via flawed methodology  —  Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers.  But the figures the company uses to support …
Barratt Dewey / Tectonic Defense:
Picogrid, which is building a hardware and software integration layer for military systems, raised a $45M Series A led by Bessemer  —  Picogrid is proving that teamwork really does make the dream work.  —  This morning, the El Segundo-based hardware and software integration startup announced …
ElevenLabs:
ElevenLabs launches Dubbing v2, which it says preserves the original speaker's emotion, tone, and pacing across 90+ languages while staying synced to content  —  Today we're launching Dubbing v2, our revolutionary new AI dubbing model.  —  For the first time, the emotion and performance …
Robert Hart / The Verge:
AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots  —  Shift says a ‘magic hat’ will record its cleaners working inside your home. … AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free.
Danny Park / The Block:
Paxos says the US SEC has approved its registration as a clearing agency, allowing it to provide clearing and settlement services for eligible transactions  —  Quick Take  — Paxos said its subsidiary, Paxos Securities Settlement Company (PSSC), has received registration as a clearing agency …
Claude:
Anthropic adds dynamic workflows to Claude Code, enabling hundreds of subagents to run in parallel for complex engineering tasks such as framework migrations  —  Early access users and teams inside Anthropic have been using dynamic workflows for a wide range of use cases, including:
Madison Mills / Axios:
Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers “in the coming weeks” following the development of stronger safeguards

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New York Times:
Sources: the White House directed FBI Director Kash Patel to personally oversee the probe into NYT reporting about Air Force One, before subpoenas were issued

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Lionsgate's Michael crosses $1B at the global box office, its first film to reach the milestone, per Rentrak, reviving Hollywood's last major independent studio

Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
The Media Rating Council's quarterly accreditation status updates show VideoAmp and Nielsen One have pulled out of the accreditation process

More News

Financial Times:
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which exploded during testing on Thursday, was set to ferry 48 Amazon Leo satellites on Monday; Amazon paid Blue Origin $2.7B
Jo Constantz / Bloomberg:
A look at Anthropic's hiring process, which prohibits AI use in interviews and features a culture interview that candidates describe as highly intense

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Sources: SpaceX is currently targeting an IPO valuation of at least $1.8T, down from a previous $2T+ target, after consultations with advisers and investors
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung says it has started shipping its first 12-layer HBM4E samples to major clients; SK Hynix said in April that it aimed to ship HBM4E samples in H2 2026
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
Pittsburgh-based Gray Swan, which stress-tests AI models for top frontier AI labs, raised a $40M Series A at a $200M valuation co-led by Wing VC and Madrona
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Asana acquires StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, for $75M as part of Asana's broader AI pivot; PitchBook: StackAI raised ~$20M
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