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- The European Commission says it is in ongoing discussions with OpenAI and Anthropic to access their latest AI models; OpenAI is "proactively offering" access (Inti Landauro/Reuters) [36m]
- Microsoft's Playground Games accidentally uploads unencrypted pre-load files for Forza Horizon 6 to Steam, leaking the PC version before its release next week (Jez Corden/Windows Central) [55m]
- Circle raised $222M via the presale of its native Arc token at a $3B valuation; a16z led with a $75M investment, with participation from BlackRock and others (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC) [1h]
- Filing: Wise plans to debut on the Nasdaq as WSE, and relist in London for its secondary listing; Wise reports year-to-March net revenue up 19% YoY to $2.5B (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg) [1h]
- Musk v. Altman: profiles of US judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an Obama-nominated blunt and efficient operator, and Elon Musk's and OpenAI's attorneys (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) [1h]
- Turkish mobile gaming startup Grand Games raised a $70M Series B led by Balderton Capital, after raising $30M in 2025, taking its total funding to $103M (Tugce Ozsoy/Bloomberg) [1h]
- Dua Lipa files a $15M lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that it used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission starting in 2025 (Gene Maddaus/Variety) [1h]
- TikTok plans to roll out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older in the coming months, after testing the option in 2023 (Sean Keach/The Sun) [2h]
- The 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is dead, as LLMs compress bug finding and exploit development time, and critical issues must be patched immediately (Himanshu Anand) [3h]
- Brookings: clerical and administrative workers, 85%+ of whom are women, are among the most exposed to AI-driven displacement and least equipped to navigate it (Taylor Telford/Financial Times) [3h]
- A look at "YouTube whisperers" like Paddy Galloway and Mario Joos, a booming class of advisers that help popular YouTube creators grow their audiences (CNBC) [5h]
- Chinese state media: CAS Cold Atom Technology has built the 200-qubit Hanyuan-2, the world's first dual-core quantum computer, with a core for error correction (Luke James/Tom's Hardware) [6h]
- SoftBank partners with South Korea's Cosmos Lab and DeltaX to mass produce next-gen data center batteries in Japan at the scale of one GWh per year in FY 2027 (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg) [6h]
- Sources: OpenAI facilitated a $6.6B secondary share sale in October 2025 for 600+ current and ex-employees; over 75 people cashed out the maximum cap of $30M (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal) [7h]
- Nvidia embraces its role as an AI investor in 2026, committing $40B+ to equity investments including a $30B stake in OpenAI, $3.2B in Corning, and $2.1B in IREN (CNBC) [7h]
- Q&A with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on 2026 as "year of agents", the end of the smartphone-centric world, 6G turning humans into "walking cameras", and more (Fortune) [9h]
- Corporate lawyers say AI-transcribed meeting notes may not have attorney-client privilege, making otherwise protected conversations discoverable in lawsuits (Sarah Kessler/New York Times) [10h]
- Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $150-$160 per share, potentially raising ~$4.8B at the top of the new range (Echo Wang/Reuters) [12h]
- A look at Janitor AI, a romantic fantasy roleplay chatbot site run by three men that claims 2.5M DAUs and 15M total users, with 70% to 80% identifying as women (Anna Tong/Forbes) [12h]
- Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg) [15h]
- Microsoft and G42's $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya stalls after the government couldn't provide annual payment guarantees that Microsoft requested (Bloomberg) [17h]
- A profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf, a Palantir alum and self-identified Democrat, as Anduril's defense tech shakes up the US military-industrial complex (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune) [19h]
- Sources: Apple is working on a "slight redesign" for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues, plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in "27" OSes (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [21h]
- Most of the tech on display at this year's Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-equipped, driven by the Trump administration's focus on US border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal) [23h]
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- And so it begins — Sony has pledged to AI use for PlayStation, claiming it will 'unleash the creativity of our studios', and this is what I've been worried about [17m]
- 6 smart plant-care gadgets that will help your houseplants thrive, with minimal effort and expertise required [35m]
- Zara data breach saw 197,000 people have information exposed — but luckily, hackers may not have accessed private info [36m]
- AI memory crunch will make smartphones more expensive [52m]
- Gmail is adding new AI tools to make your work emails sound even more like you [1h]
- Digital sovereignty is no longer a policy debate, it’s technology decision [1h]
- Trump Mobile’s terms and conditions have been updated to suggest the T1 Phone might never ship, surprising almost no one [1h]
- 'AI is no longer a future concept, but an operational reality': New KPMG report claims firms are "racing" to deploy AI - but need to ensure they have the right security protections [1h]
- Why AI-generated ads are becoming indistinguishable [1h]
- Gartner: GenAI has broken traditional cybersecurity awareness – what comes next? [1h]
- Your humble digital wallet may soon become the gatekeeper to your purchases [2h]
- 'The next few months and years will be pivotal': Most tech workers aren't sure MPs understand what AI actually does [2h]
- Compression’s new goal: Reducing how much an AI ‘overthinks’ [2h]
- VPN deal of the week: Get Norton VPN Standard at half-price with TechRadar's exclusive deal where you get a $30 Amazon gift card with any two-year Norton VPN plan – perfect for keeping data secure on your phone, tablet, or computer [3h]
- Everyone’s doing AI, but who’s seeing value? [3h]
- These bookshelf speakers just replaced basically every part of my hi-fi set-up in one fell swoop — after months of testing, I really appreciate the Edifier M90's sheer range of connectivity [10h]
- Rivals season 2 review: Jilly Cooper bonkbuster is still as steamy as ever — but troubling tensions take over in first three-episode release [12h]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game #799) [12h]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game #1065) [12h]
- Quordle hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game #1568) [12h]
- I'm impressed that Microsoft keeps on improving PowerToys with smart additions — but I wonder why the newest monitor trick isn't in Windows 11 by default [13h]
- Tiny company steals AMD's thunder and challenges Nvidia with old-tech PCIe AI accelerator that runs 700B LLMs locally, sipping just 240W thanks to decade-old DDR4 and 28nm chips [15h]
- Samsung has a massive TV sale ahead of Memorial Day — up to $1,500 off top-rated 4K, QLED, and OLED TVs [16h]
- I’ve been testing controllers for half a decade, and not a single budget option has impressed me like the 8BitDo Pro 3 [16h]
- These 18 clever outdoor kitchen solutions from IKEA will let you create a stunning summer cooking space on a budget [16h]
- 'It feels like a slap in the face' — never fact-check your doctor with ChatGPT as study shows doing so 'undermines' your relationship with human experts — and could even offend them by making them feel 'disrespected' [17h]
- How to watch Barcelona vs Real Madrid: Live Streams & TV Channels for El Clasico 2025/26 [19h]
- 'People use smartphones more but invest less in their security': New report claims McAfee and Norton remain the most loved antivirus brands as users ditch lesser-known security products for free tools like Microsoft Defender or Apple Xprotect [20h]
- I’m a certified TV calibrator, and I tested the LG C6 and LG G5 OLEDs side-by-side to see which is better value — and I was surprised by the result [20h]
- Hear me out: MagSafe has failed to reach its potential, but the foldable iPhone Ultra could revive it — here’s how [21h]
- As a fitness editor, I thought I knew what I liked in a gym shoe — but after using the VivoBarefoot Motus Strength II for one month, I'm not sure I'm ever going back [21h]
- I'm looking forward to using the new Philips Hue smart light sports sync feature during the World Cup — as long as it doesn't signal goals too early [22h]
- What is the release date for The Testaments episode 8 on Hulu and Disney+? [22h]
- I'm a running coach: this is my long run survival kit for all eventualities, from the best watches and vest to the ideal phone to carry [23h]
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