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- YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others (Mia Sato/The Verge) [1d]
- Filings: YouTube and Snap reached agreements to settle a lawsuit headed to trial in June over claims addiction to social media has disrupted students' learning (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Professional services firm EY has withdrawn a study on loyalty rewards programs after researchers at GPTZero found apparent AI hallucinations and fake footnotes (Stephen Foley/Financial Times) [1d]
- How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how such efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AVs, and more (Bill Gurley/Bill's Substack) [1d]
- In a viral X post that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, General Catalyst posted a "VC vs GC" video, with the VC apparently modeled after Marc Andreessen (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Semiconductor stocks fell globally on Friday after the Trump-Xi summit concluded without major chip deals; Nvidia closed down 4.42% and AMD closed down 5.69% (Mauro Orru/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Sources: SpaceX aims to make its IPO prospectus public by next week, targeting a June 12 listing on Nasdaq, driven by a faster-than-expected SEC review (Reuters) [1d]
- Sources: Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup that is pursuing a hardware-level quantum error correction approach, raised $30M at a $1.4B valuation (Sean Silcoff/Globe and Mail) [1d]
- Source: Kraken cut ~150 staff after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO may be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to a drop in digital-asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) [1d]
- OpenAI's disavowal of a liability shield in Illinois SB 3444 bill and endorsement of a stronger SB 315 suggest it is open to meaningful AI safety legislation (Transformer) [1d]
- ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media) [1d]
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- “We tried to keep the soul of the original attraction, but level it up” — Disney World transforms Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin into a real-time ride system powered by Unreal Engine [1d]
- How to watch the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final online for FREE from anywhere [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #1070) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #804) [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #1573) [1d]
- Attack of the AI lawnmowers? Yarbo forced to patch products after experts reveal method to remotely hijack thousands of devices [1d]
- I taught ChatGPT to distrust itself, and suddenly it stopped hallucinating [1d]
- Massive Lithium deposit potential worth $1.5 trillion found in Oregon — a huge cache could massively strengthen the US stance in building items such as smartphones, but environmentalists urge caution in acting too fast [1d]
- “I think it can be a point of no return” — experts issue warning as Chinese EV manufacturers hunt for European manufacturing plants [1d]
- Two hi-fi greats just announced cool, curved new stereo speakers — one's passive, one's active, take your pick [1d]
- I think therefore I am: cutting-edge AI used to 'revive spirit' of French Mark Twain and spawn a new sharp satire more than 350 years after his death [1d]
- 'This work is a glimpse of what is coming': Security team lays out how Anthropic Mythos helped build a working macOS exploit in five days [1d]
- The ultimate Samsung tech challenge — from Galaxy phones to QD-OLED TVs, prove how well you know its gadgets with our quiz [1d]
- It's time to ditch your takeout coffee habit — I'm a trained barista, and these are the top 3 coffee makers I recommend for cafe-quality lattes at home [1d]
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