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- 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 (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) [2d]
- 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 (Joseph Cox/404 Media) [2d]
- A CISA contractor maintained a now-offline GitHub repo that exposed credentials to AWS GovCloud accounts and CISA systems; CISA is investigating the situation (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) [2d]
- Internal memo: Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, two days before it is set to lay off 10% of its workforce (Eli Tan/New York Times) [2d]
- Sources: AI chip designer Tenstorrent has drawn takeover interest from Intel and Qualcomm; Tenstorrent could be valued at more than $5B in a potential deal (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Anthropic last week began letting Mythos users share cybersecurity threats with others who may face similar vulnerabilities, modifying its previous stance (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- 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 (Elon Musk/@elonmusk) [2d]
- Akamai is seeking to raise $2.6B in a convertible bond offering, and plans to use $350M of the offering to buy back its common stock from buyers of the bonds (David Morris/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Cloudflare tests Mythos against 50+ repositories, highlights its ability to chain bugs into a single exploit, and details a vulnerability discovery harness (Grant Bourzikas/Cloudflare) [2d]
- Anthropic acquires NYC-based Stainless, which generates SDKs from APIs, and plans to wind down its hosted products, after reportedly discussing a $300M+ deal (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) [2d]
- X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to "50 original posts and 200 replies per day", down from 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget) [2d]
- Uber increases its stake in Delivery Hero to 19.5%, up from 7% in April, and says it "has no intent to acquire 30% or more" of Delivery Hero's voting rights (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Seagate shares drop 9%+, leading a group-wide sell-off after comments from its CEO raised concerns it won't be able to meet demand fueled by the AI buildout (CJ Haddad/CNBC) [2d]
- Sigma, which sells a cloud-native analytics platform that sits on top of data warehouses, raised an $80M Series E led by Princeville Capital at a $3B valuation (Cristian Dina/The Next Web) [2d]
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- Microsoft's finally letting you change the Copilot key back to what it was before Windows 11's AI assistant existed [2d]
- Researchers have built a device that increases computer chip processing speed by 1000 times — but without generating extra heat, potentially ushering in a new generation of devices, but you won't get one for several years at least [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #1576) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #1073) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #807) [2d]
- Here are the 3 Google I/O 2026 Android XR smart glasses announcements I'm hoping to see [2d]
- You can't buy them for your home or office, but AWS just snapped up a host of Apple's most highly desired M3 Ultra Macs [2d]
- Yamaha's new budget AV receivers mean you can build a Dolby Atmos system with 4K 120Hz passthrough for the price of a decent soundbar setup — and it's even offering a bundle with a 5.1 surround setup to prove it [2d]
- With a chart-topping 86,000 supporters on its subreddit, Proton VPN has built-in community of like-minded privacy advocates – and it's a good time to join them with $48 off the usual price [2d]
- The Sonos Move 2 has a new Bluetooth speaker competitor that comes in a cool and practical Scandi design — and it's way cheaper, though it lacks two key features [2d]
- 'I'm sorry Dave': NASA is working on an AI chip to help next-generation spacecraft think for themselves — so clearly they haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey [2d]
- 'We have not seen the limits of what Atlas can do': Boston Dynamics shows off Atlas robot's impressive fridge-lifting and drink delivery capabilities — it's only 'limited by our imagination' [2d]
- Thinking of upgrading to the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra? Here's why you should consider an older model instead [2d]
- 12 Memorial Day TV Deals worth shopping at Best Buy — up to $2,000 off best-rated Samsung, Sony, and LG TVs [2d]
- As TechRadar's TV tester, I've created 4 TV and soundbar setups to suit every budget — just in time for the World Cup [2d]
- ‘Coming Bright Up’ — Apple reveals when to tune into the WWDC 26 keynote and teases what’s coming — and yes, it’s probably Siri [2d]
- 21 of the top deals from the Best Buy Memorial Day sale — get up to 50% off TVs, appliances, laptops, headphones, wearable, and more [2d]
- Anthropic to present exposed Mythos flaws to global watchdog – claims critical vulnerabilities found ‘in every major operating system and web browser’ [2d]
- What is the release date for Half Man episode 5 on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer? [2d]
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