Techmeme River
Freitag, 29. Mai 2026
10:45
A BBC Question Time episode featured a panel with AI-generated historical figures like Churchill, intended to show AI images' “hyper-real and persuasive” nature
The Independent
09:50
Sources: ByteDance has partnered with chipmaker InnoStar to develop an AI inference chip modeled after Groq's LPUs, which are built to run AI models at low cost
The Information
09:20
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
The Verge
08:35
Xcena, whose MX1 chip performs data orchestration and KV cache management directly within memory modules, raised a $135M Series B at a $570M valuation
TechCrunch
08:10
Former Tesla data labelers say FSD relies on laborious mapping for hazards; crash data analysis shows Tesla exaggerates FSD's safety via flawed methodology
Reuters
07:35
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
Washington Post
06:50
MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's, as the mobile chip designer bets on AI demand for growth
Nikkei Asia
06:25
OpenAI says it has briefed the White House on its new biodefense program, which uses GPT-Rosalind to help develop biodefense and pandemic preparedness tools
Axios
06:05
London-based Inherent, which aims to combine human scientific research with AI to produce innovations, emerges from stealth with $50M led by Index Ventures
Sifted
05:55
Paxos says the US SEC has approved its registration as a clearing agency, allowing it to provide clearing and settlement services for eligible transactions
The Block
04:50
Lenovo's stock is up 105% in May, marking its biggest monthly gain since 1999, after earnings showed AI-related revenue helped offset rising memory costs
Bloomberg
03:25
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
Financial Times
02:30
A look at Anthropic's hiring process, which prohibits AI use in interviews and features a culture interview that candidates describe as highly intense
Bloomberg
02:15
EY-Parthenon: VC funding for Singapore startups fell 34% YoY to $4.6B in 2025, with AI startups accounting for 42.8% of the 472 deals, raising $1.4B, up 28% YoY
DealStreetAsia
02:05
A look at strains in the UK's fintech sector, as former industry darlings are forced to overhaul their operations or merge under pressure to reach profitability
Financial Times
01:40
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
Bloomberg
01:35
Tencent bets on smaller AI models in the race with Chinese rivals, as EVP Dowson Tong says AI now contributes 20%+ of its revenue and 95%+ of new internal code
Nikkei Asia
01:20
BYD announces the Xuanji A3 chip, which it calls China's most powerful chip for ADAS and the centerpiece of its new laptop-sized central computing platform
Bloomberg
01:15
UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby warns that rejecting AI in public services means choosing “decline”, vowing to prioritize its Whitehall rollout
Financial Times
01:00
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
Bloomberg
Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2026
23:55
Microsoft overhauled Copilot's design in Microsoft 365 with a minimalist black-and-white, text-focused interface aimed at creating a more consistent experience
Engadget
23:30
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
Forbes
23:15
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
TechCrunch
22:40
France's market regulator warns crypto companies they could face blacklisting and lawsuits if they don't have MiCA licenses by the EU's June 30 deadline
Reuters
21:50
Sources: TikTok is cutting music label-facing jobs to focus on its music distribution arm SoundOn and other projects that connect it more directly with artists
Bloomberg
21:35
AI researchers ran 15-day simulations of worlds governed by different AI models: Claude Sonnet 4.6 recorded no crimes, while Gemini 3 Flash had the most at 683
Fortune
21:05
Dell reports Q1 AI server revenue up 757% YoY to $16.1B and raises its FY 2027 AI server revenue forecast to $60B, up from its prior projection of $50B
SiliconANGLE
19:40
Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024
TechCrunch
19:15
Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a ~$36B debt financing deal to purchase Google TPUs for Anthropic to lease
Bloomberg
18:35
California AG Rob Bonta sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected ~7M people across the US
Associated Press
18:25
Okta reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $765M, vs. $752M est., says the agentic AI build-out is spiking demand for its identity tools; OKTA jumps 19%+
CNBC
17:35
Sources: Amazon has shut down an internal leaderboard that tracked employees' use of AI tools after workers tried to boost their scores with needless tasks
Financial Times
17:15
Sources: Airwallex raised new funding led by Lee Fixel's Addition at a ~$12B valuation, up from $8B late last year, and hit $1.5B in ARR, up from $1B in October
Axios
17:00
Doc: the EU is preparing emergency powers to intervene in Europe's chip supply chains during shortages, including by forcing chipmakers to override contracts
Financial Times
16:30
Dell reports Q1 revenue up 88% YoY to $43.84B, vs. $35.43B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; DELL jumps 33%+
CNBC
16:25
Autodesk agrees to buy MaintainX, a company focused on maintenance tools, in an all-cash deal that values MaintainX at $3.6B
Bloomberg
16:20
Snowflake stock closed up 36% on Thursday, its best day ever, after the company boosted guidance and announced an AI compute deal with Amazon
CNBC
16:15
Fonoa, which helps enterprises manage indirect tax compliance, raised a $110M Series C led by Headline and acquired PwC's Indirect Tax Edge platform
Axios
16:10
Anthropic adds dynamic workflows to Claude Code, enabling hundreds of subagents to run in parallel for complex engineering tasks such as framework migrations
Claude
15:35
The CFTC moves to vacate a $5M settlement with Gemini, reversing a Biden-era enforcement action, following a lobbying campaign by the Winklevoss twins
Wall Street Journal
14:12
Anthropic raised a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation, overtaking OpenAI's $852B valuation, and says its revenue run rate crossed $47B this month
New York Times
14:10
Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers “in the coming weeks” following the development of stronger safeguards
Axios
13:25
Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance for startups, raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation, up from $1.3B on May 6, for a total funding of $378M
TechCrunch
13:13
Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, saying it's “more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims”, at the same price as 4.7
TechCrunch
12:35
Elon Musk says Anthropic's Colossus deal is “a 180 day lease with 90 day notice”; SpaceX's S-1 said Anthropic “agreed to pay a monthly fee through May 2029”
TechCrunch
11:40
Meta's Oversight Board says Meta agreed to increase its funding by $13M, ensuring that it will be funded through 2028, reversing a planned decrease in funding
Platformer
11:30
IBM plans to invest more than $10B in quantum computing over five years as it aims to build the first large-scale, error-free quantum computer by 2029
Reuters
11:25
Waymo unveils Ojai, a vehicle designed in partnership with Zeekr for robotaxi use, initially for select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix
Bloomberg
11:20
YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an “Auto speed” setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode
TechCrunch
11:05
Saris, which builds AI agents to automate back-office work for banks and credit unions, raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC
Axios
10:40
Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed
Variety
10:20
Visa makes an undisclosed investment in Replit; the two will explore how developers on Replit can use Visa Intelligent Commerce and the Trusted Agent Protocol
TechCrunch
10:15
Source: Groq is raising up to $650M from existing investors; the AI chipmaker earlier signed a $20B Nvidia licensing deal that saw much of its senior team leave
Axios
09:45
Tel Aviv-based web development company Wix cuts ~20% of its workforce, citing the “fast evolution of AI capabilities” and currency exchange rate difficulties
CNBC
09:25
Intel unveils its first dedicated handheld gaming chips, the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme, featuring Xe3 GPU cores, arriving first in the Acer Predator Atlas 8
The Verge
09:20
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon C, an entry-level ARM-based SoC for Windows 11 devices starting from $300 and shipping in 2026, taking aim at the MacBook Neo
Windows Central
09:13
Sources: at WWDC, Apple is likely to showcase how 15 years of designing chips gives it an advantage in running AI locally, and will use a distilled Gemini model
The Information
08:50
Filing: CNN sues Perplexity in New York for allegedly unlawfully copying and distributing CNN content, after failing to agree on terms with Perplexity in 2025
CNN
08:40
YouTube adds a “custom feed” to its home page that lets users prompt it to create a constantly refreshing feed, available to signed-in US users with history on
9to5Google
08:22
Illustrations based on sources detail Apple's Siri overhaul, like a new UI and chatbot-style app, and major iOS 27 changes, ahead of the WWDC keynote on June 8
Bloomberg
08:10
Oura unveils the Oura Ring 5, with a 40% smaller form factor, improved sensing, and repositioned LEDs, shipping from June 4 for $399, up from the Ring 4's $349
Bloomberg
07:50
Letter: US Central Command says it received “threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data” to target US personnel in war zones
Reuters
07:40
IBM and Red Hat commit $5B to Project Lightwell, an AI-driven initiative to help enterprises secure open-source software, deploying 20,000 engineers globally
Wall Street Journal
07:30
AWS has used Resilient Network Graphs, a quasi-random networking architecture with a flat mesh design, since late 2025 and says it accelerates information flows
Wired
07:22
Source: the Shanghai Futures Exchange is in the early stages of designing futures contracts for AI tokens; US exchanges are set to launch GPU compute futures
Reuters
07:10
Samsung's Securities, SDS, and Card units say they will acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, which operates South Korea's largest crypto exchange, for ~$446M in cash
The Korea Herald
07:05
London-based Geordie AI, which builds a security and governance platform for AI agents, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton at an estimated $180M valuation
Fortune
06:55
The Steam Deck's huge price hike, from $399 in 2022 to $789 today, is the end of an era for gaming handhelds, coming amid RAMageddon, tariffs, and the Iran war
The Verge
06:45
As Google plans to build a $15B AI data center hub in Visakhapatnam, India, locals and rights groups are raising concerns over “extremely high” water stress
Wall Street Journal
06:40
The European Commission fines Temu €200M under the DSA for allegedly failing to adequately stop the sale of illegal products; further penalties could follow
Reuters
06:35
London- and SF-based Orbital Industries, which uses its Orb model to design advanced materials and then sell them directly, raised a $50M Series B led by Plural
Fortune
06:30
Internal speech: JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong vows to protect the company's 900,000 employees from AI and automation, saying it will “do everything possible”
Bloomberg
06:25
The European Commission opens a full review of JD.com's €2.2B acquisition of Germany-based electronics retailer Ceconomy under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation
Bloomberg
06:20
UK researchers gain access to Google's Willow quantum chip, which it says solves a problem in five minutes that would take supercomputers 10 septillion years
BBC
06:10
Dealroom: London overtakes Paris to reclaim its position as Europe's leading tech hub, and now ranks fourth globally; London startups raised $17.7B in 2025
Reuters
06:00
Mistral says it is accelerating superintelligence development to ensure Europe's independence from US tech giants, and signs deals to supply Airbus and BMW
Wall Street Journal
05:50
Chip design software maker Synopsys reaches a deal with Elliott, giving one board seat to the activist investor's Jesse Cohn, after roughly two months of talks
Reuters
05:45
Sources: Australia-founded Airwallex, which Keith Rabois accused of being a “Chinese backdoor”, is relocating some staff out of China as it plans a US expansion
Financial Times
04:45
As the US AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, startups on the continent are pivoting to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local VC firms
Bloomberg
04:32
Swedish chip optical component maker Sivers, whose stock is up ~1,700% YTD, giving it a ~$2.5B market cap, has become one of the country's most-shorted stocks
Bloomberg
02:30
Anthropic and OpenAI seem to have finally found product-market fit with coding agents, which are quickly becoming daily drivers for very well-paid professionals
Simon Willison's Weblog
02:20
Surging AI demand is causing shortages and price increases across the entire optical supply chain, from lasers and substrates to optical fibers and connectors
Nikkei Asia
02:15
Sources: ByteDance is developing its own CPUs to support its growing AI infrastructure needs, as chip price hikes and supply shortages constrain expansion plans
Reuters
01:55
A record ~$6.2B spent on data centers in Australia, almost double QoQ, drove Q1 investment growth and helped an economy strained by energy costs and high rates
Bloomberg
01:45
Analysis: the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which tracks the 30 top US-listed chipmakers, is up ~75% YTD and on track for its biggest annual gain since 1999
Financial Times
01:40
Global AI hardware demand is easing China's concerns over a stronger yuan hurting exports, as AI hardware exports surge and chip equipment imports rise
Bloomberg
01:35
Taiwanese tech companies have completed a record $14.5B of debt deals so far in 2026, as they race to secure financing to meet soaring demand for AI capacity
Bloomberg
01:25
Companies are using AI at their global capability centers in India to bring more creative work in-house, cutting turnaround times and reliance on ad agencies
Reuters
01:00
Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety says the quick commerce company will avoid India's spending war, as Amazon and Flipkart shrink delivery times and expand discounts
Bloomberg
00:55
Kirkland & Ellis, the world's highest-grossing law firm, is setting aside $500M to build its own AI platform rather than rely on tools available to its rivals
Financial Times
00:20
The Trade Desk's market cap is down ~70% from its December 2024 peak, as it contends with frustrated agency partners and competition from Google and Amazon
Wall Street Journal
Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2026
23:35
Memo: Meta plans to embed engineers and product managers inside large corporate customers as part of a new Enterprise Solutions unit to help deploy its AI tools
The Information
23:25
Sources: the Pentagon is pursuing funding deals with US drone companies, potentially with equity stakes, to increase domestic production and lower weapon costs
Wall Street Journal
22:55
Last.fm says it is now an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS, and plans to keep its current team and continue the service as normal
Engadget
22:30
Kuaishou reports Q1 revenue up 3.4% YoY to ~$5B and Kling AI revenue up 300%+ YoY to ~$96M; Kling reached a ~$500M annualized revenue run rate in March 2026
South China Morning Post
21:55
The US CFTC files alongside Gemini to nullify Gemini's $5M January 2025 settlement, arguing that the agency's current management wouldn't have pursued the case
CoinDesk
20:55
Filing: Amazon will acquire Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar as part of its acquisition of the satellite provider and create a subsidiary to conduct the merger
PCMag
20:20
SoFi makes SoFiUSD, its US dollar-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana, available for its 14.7M members to buy, sell, hold, and convert within the SoFi app
The Block
20:00
Mark Zuckerberg tells shareholders that a Meta cloud computing business is “definitely on the table” if Meta overspends on data centers and has excess capacity
CNBC
19:40
Illinois Legislature passes SB 315, a bill requiring annual independent third-party safety audits of leading AI companies; OpenAI and Anthropic backed the bill
NBC News
19:25
The US DOD announces a ~$9.7B, five-year deal with Dell to provide Microsoft 365, advanced cloud subscriptions, and on-premises licensing to the US military
CNBC
19:10
US prosecutors charge Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with using inside information to make ~$1.2M via Polymarket bets on Google's Year in Search 2025 results
ABC News
17:55
Sources: Uber increases its Delivery Hero stake to nearly 37% by acquiring Aspex Management's 14.6% share at a €12B valuation, after a takeover offer last week
Financial Times
16:50
HP reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.4B, above $14B est., Personal Systems revenue up 13% YoY to $10.2B, and forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS above estimates
Bloomberg
16:35
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $11.13B, vs. $11.05B est., Agentforce annual recurring revenue up 205% to $1.2B, and forecasts Q2 revenue below est.
CNBC
16:30
Snowflake reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $1.39B, vs. $1.32B est., and commits to spending $6B on AWS, including to buy chips, over five years; SNOW jumps 30%+
CNBC
16:00
The UK's GCHQ head says the UK and allies have a “narrowing window” to counter cyber threats from China and Russia, as Russia intensifies “daily” hybrid warfare
CNBC
15:25
Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS
Variety
15:05
Valve hikes the Steam Deck OLED's prices due to “rising memory and storage costs”: from $549 to $789 for the 512GB model and from $649 to $949 for the 1TB model
The Verge
14:30
Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, and tests $7.99/month and $19.99/month Meta AI plans, and a $49.99/month creator plan
TechCrunch
13:35
OpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and backing legislation to curb deepfakes
Axios
12:50
Starlette, an open-source Python framework underpinning FastAPI, has a vulnerability called BadHost that can allow hackers to bypass authorization
Ars Technica
12:45
OpenAI Foundation says it is committing an initial $250M for grants, partnerships, and direct work aimed at helping workers and economies navigate AI disruption
Reuters
12:20
Tensormesh, whose inference platform uses KV caching to reduce costs, raised a $20M seed extension, bringing its total funding to $24.5M
Axios
11:35
NYC-based Pace, whose AI agents automate back-office operations for insurance companies, raised a $46M series B led by Thrive and Sequoia at a $375M valuation
Forbes
11:30
AI coding startup Cognition AI raised more than $1B at a $26B valuation, and says its revenue run rate has increased to $492M from $37M in May 2025
Bloomberg
11:20
Opendoor co-Founder Eric Wu's NavigateAI, which is building an expert AI coach for construction workers, raised a $25M seed led by Elad Gil at a $225M valuation
Forbes
10:30
ElevenLabs launches Music v2, which can switch genres mid-track and handle complex vocal compositions, built on licensed data and cleared for commercial use
TechCrunch
10:20
Trajectory, founded by ex-DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI and Meta researchers to build continual learning models, raised a $15M seed at a $115M post-money valuation
Wired
10:15
Roku launches its first major homescreen overhaul in over a decade, including a large “marquee” ad spot to tout apps or shows, in a bid to drive more engagement
The Hollywood Reporter
10:10
Amazon says it is making the “architecture, starter code, and learnings” from Alexa for Shopping available to third-party retailers, starting with Kate Spade
CNBC
10:05
The EU proposes new satellite access rules to let non-European companies like SpaceX bid for the airwaves, while preserving 33%+ of licenses for local companies
Bloomberg
09:50
DC-based Airis Labs, which uses AI to convert visual data to law enforcement intelligence, emerges from stealth with a $31M Series B, for $60M in total funding
Axios
09:35
Polymarket is making it harder to use VPNs to access its service, blocking some IPs and suspicious accounts, and is asking some customers to identify themselves
The Information
09:10
YouTube makes its AI content labels more prominent on desktop and mobile, and will apply them automatically if it detects “significant photorealistic AI use”
Variety
08:45
Robinhood launches a feature that lets users connect AI agents to a dedicated account and virtual Gold Card to automate stock trades and credit card purchases
Wall Street Journal
08:26
Biohub, a Mark Zuckerberg- and Priscilla Chan-funded institute, releases “a world model of protein biology” to researchers for prediction, design, and discovery
Axios
07:45
The Shanghai Stock Exchange says memory maker CXMT cleared a listing review for the exchange's Nasdaq-like STAR Board, in what could be China's top IPO in 2026
Wall Street Journal
07:35
Source: TSMC CEO C.C. Wei told staff that they will see a 30%+ bump in their profit-sharing payouts in 2026 on average, after some staff voiced concerns online
Bloomberg
07:25
Temu owner PDD reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$15.7B, below ~$16.2B est., net profit down 15% to ~$1.85B, below ~$3.4B est.; PDD closes down 10.38%
Wall Street Journal
07:20
Sources: ByteDance is discussing up to $70B of 2026 capex as it builds out data centers and other AI infrastructure, underwritten by its ~$50B profit in 2025
Bloomberg
07:10
Demis Hassabis says he still broadly expects AGI around 2030, though he now sees 2029 as a possibility, and 2026's “agentic era” is a “bit like a practice run”
Axios
06:55
Milan-based social travel startup WeRoad raised a $58M Series C led by Airbnb, taking its total funding to ~$100M, to expand into the US, starting in Austin
TechCrunch
06:40
Sources: Germany and Spain are leading opposition to the EU's plan to ban Chinese suppliers like Huawei from telecom networks as part of new cybersecurity rules
Bloomberg
06:30
Jensen Huang says Nvidia spends $100B-$150B per year on its Taiwan supply chain, up from $10B-$15B in 2022-2023, and will boost its 1,000 staff there to 4,000
Nikkei Asia
06:05
Datacurve releases the DeepSWE coding benchmark, a 113-task test across 91 open-source repositories: GPT-5.5 leads at 70%, GPT-5.4 got 56%, and Opus 4.7 got 54%
VentureBeat
05:50
Xreal launches a new sub-brand, X by Xreal, and $299 a01 display glasses with micro OLED displays, a 50° FOV, and a 62g weight, set for a July release in the US
CNET
04:55
Sources: Taiwan suspects three people smuggled at least one shipment of Nvidia chips to China after exporting them to Japan; Taiwan detained the trio last week
Bloomberg
04:40
Amazon says it invested £15B+ in the UK in 2025, including new sites and expanded studio facilities, keeping it on track to invest £40B over three years by 2027
Reuters
04:20
How AI is starting to dismantle the hegemony of the Big Four consultancies and other large firms, as AI agents help smaller consultancies handle big workloads
Financial Times
04:05
Sources: EU leaders are divided on curbing Big Tech as they weigh cloud tender rules and giving EU companies preferential access to mobile satellite spectrum
Reuters
02:35
A deep dive into how Anthropic's Claude Code and Peter Steinberger's OpenClaw unleashed the AI agent revolution that is rapidly transforming modern computing
Wired
02:30
Q&A with Claude Code creator and head Boris Cherny on how the title “software engineer” could disappear, why AI may create more jobs than it destroys, and more
Platformer
02:25
A look at the Pentagon's embrace of autonomous weapons before its fight over Anthropic's two “red lines”, and AI's creeping influence in military operations
The Verge
02:20
Sources and docs detail how China is modernizing its decade-old domestic surveillance network by investing in new generations of AI-enabled cameras and software
Financial Times
02:15
Analysis: the share of entry-level tech hiring in India fell from 28% in 2024 to ~15% in 2025 as companies focused on AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and automation
The Economic Times
01:45
Sources: software-specialist PE firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, the BBC, WBD, and others manage IP licensing, for $500M
Financial Times
01:10
President Trump says it is “critically important” that the CFTC keep exclusive authority to oversee prediction markets, as some states attempt to regulate them
The Hill
Dienstag, 26. Mai 2026
23:35
Initial benchmarks: Nvidia's Vera Rubin CPU, which features 88 Nvidia-designed Olympus cores, packs a heavy-hitting punch, beating Intel's and AMD's x86_64 CPUs
Phoronix
23:15
Document: Samsung plans to invest ~$1.5B to build a semiconductor testing plant focused on legacy chips in Vietnam; the plant is slated to open in November 2027
Reuters
22:25
Samsung's largest union approves a pay deal that would give chip workers an average bonus of ~$340K, with ~74% of members voting in favor, staving off a strike
Bloomberg
21:15
SK Hynix tops $1T in market value after jumping 9% on Wednesday, becoming the third Asian company to hit the milestone; shares are up 1,000%+ in the past year
Bloomberg
20:50
Sources: inference cloud startup Fireworks AI is in talks to raise funding at a $15B valuation, up from $4B after it announced a $250M round in October 2025
Bloomberg
19:50
Source: AI inference provider Baseten is in talks to raise $1B at an $11B post-money valuation, up from $5B after its $300M Series E announced in February 2026
The Information
18:35
OpenAI hires ServiceNow CMO Colin Fleming as CMO for its business unit, succeeding Kate Rouch, who stepped down in April 2026 “to focus on cancer recovery”
Adweek
18:30
US cybersecurity company Zscaler reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $850.5M, above $835.4M est., and forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; ZS drops 25%+
Reuters
17:25
Sources: Bond Capital is leading a new investment into AI startup Suno, which would value it at ~$5B, up from $2.45B last fall; Suno is expected to raise $250M+
Axios
16:50
Charter confirms a data breach after ShinyHunters claimed to steal 40M customer records from Charter's Salesforce instance and threatened to leak the data
BleepingComputer
16:30
Micron hit a $1T market value for the first time on Tuesday as its stock closed up 19.29%, after hitting $700B earlier in May, driven by high memory chip demand
CNBC
15:50
London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platform for drug development is being used by top pharmaceuticals, raised a $12M seed led by Accel
Fortune
14:30
Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the information ecosystem with Search changes, putting AI agents in everything, when AI will replace him as CEO, and more
The Verge
13:05
Nvidia officially retires its legacy GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years, after porting the majority of its important features to the Nvidia app in 2025
The Verge
12:20
Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000+ camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more
TechCrunch
11:45
SpaceX filing: X's ad revenue was $1.8B in 2025, $1.7B in 2024, and $2.3B in 2023, below Twitter's $4B in 2021; X and Grok now have 6.3M active paid subscribers
The Hollywood Reporter
11:35
American Airlines picks SpaceX's Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on 500+ planes; SpaceX already has contracts with United Airlines, Southwest, and Alaska Airlines
CNBC
11:06
Sources: Qualcomm reached a deal with ByteDance to supply millions of ASICs for AI data centers to support AI agents in the Doubao chatbot; QCOM closed up 4.48%
Bloomberg
10:55
Filing: Monzo reports its “refer a friend” payouts grew 40% YoY to £29.5M for the 12 months ending March 2026, as part of a broader £143M marketing spend
Financial Times
10:36
China executes a man called Xu Yao for killing Yoozoo Games founder Lin Qi in 2020; Lin reportedly sidelined Xu, who helped land the 3 Body Problem Netflix deal
BBC
09:45
How AI startups like Altur are using chatbots to help automate debt collection; YC incubated six debt collection and settlement startups in the past six years
Wired
09:30
Dropbox founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO after 19 years to become executive chairman, replaced by Ashraf Alkarmi, who is SVP and GM of Dropbox Core
CNBC
09:15
Google Fitbit Air review: slim, comfortable, and stylish, robust tracking, seven-day battery life, and cheaper than Whoop, but can only be worn on the wrist
The Shortcut
09:06
The Dutch government blocks the acquisition of authentication IT supplier Solvinity by US-based Kyndryl, citing “a possible risk to the public interest”
Politico
08:51
Spain says it is blocking Polymarket and Kalshi as a precautionary measure while it probes possible gambling law violations over the next three to four months
Wall Street Journal
08:40
Spotify launches a library of 650+ narrated long-form magazine articles in English for Premium subscribers; free users can buy individual articles for $1.99
The Verge
08:30
OpenRouter raised $113M led by CapitalG, a source says at a $1.3B valuation, and now processes 25T tokens across 400+ models weekly, up from 5T six months ago
New York Times
08:21
Atlanta-based e-commerce logistics company Stord raised a $250M Series F led by Strike at a $3B valuation, up from $1.5B after a $200M Series E in May 2025
TechCrunch
08:06
SEC filing: Quantinuum is seeking to raise $1.05B in its US IPO, marketing ~21M shares for $45 to $50 each, giving it a $12.7B valuation at the top of the range
Bloomberg
07:51
Sources: SpaceX successfully lobbied the Pentagon to pay more for use of Starlink on LUCAS kamikaze drones amid increasing tensions over Starlink's pricing
Reuters
07:20
US law enforcement documents: the DHS, FBI, and other agencies introduce a novel domestic threat category termed “anti-tech violent extremism” amid the AI boom
Wired
06:50
Pony AI reports Q1 revenue up 145% YoY to ~$34.3M, above $21.7M est., and increases its 2026 robotaxi fleet target by 500 to 3,500 vehicles on fast growth
Bloomberg
06:25
Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that “controlled” products are superior to unregulated AI “slop”
Financial Times
06:10
Xiaomi reports Q1 revenue down 11% YoY to ~$14.6B, its first quarterly decline in three years, and net income down 57% to $695M amid a global memory price jump
Bloomberg
05:45
Sources: ByteDance is offering low-priced stock options linked to growth in its Seed AI division to staff of the unit, a first, to fend off poaching from rivals
Financial Times
04:40
Sources: Chinese government agencies begin imposing overseas travel restrictions on individuals involved in advanced AI work, including at Alibaba and DeepSeek
Bloomberg
02:00
Kelp DAO says its restaked Ether token has been restored after a five-week recovery effort following a $293M exploit by North Korea's Lazarus Group on April 18
Cointelegraph
00:50
A Samsung union representing its consumer electronics division says it asked a South Korean court to block a pay deal vote that mainly benefits chip workers
Reuters
Montag, 25. Mai 2026
22:00
A surge in AI-generated “pro se” cases, or lawsuits filed by self-represented litigants, is democratizing the US legal system but consuming more court resources
New York Times
20:30
Visually impaired Waymo users in California say riding in a Waymo gives them a feeling of independence and spares them from discrimination from human drivers
New York Times
19:20
Massachusetts formally recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents ~70,000 workers and is the first state-certified rideshare union in the US
The Boston Globe
18:20
The US FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting
The Verge
16:55
X says it is cracking down on large accounts that have been gaming its revenue-sharing program by “programmatically reuploading content from smaller accounts”
Business Insider
16:35
Iranian state media: President Masoud Pezeshkian issues an order to reopen international internet access, after a blackout lasting 87 days, per Netblocks
Reuters
14:25
Handelsblatt: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of a 2025 probe over concerns it favors its own services in Search
Reuters
13:30
A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers probe AI models for safety gaps, as its work becomes a blueprint for other governments' AI policies
New York Times
12:15
Study: the rate of fabricated references in biomedical papers has grown 12x+ since 2023; in early 2026, one in 277 papers had at least one non-existent citation
Fortune
09:50
SoftBank's shares jumped 4.6% to a record high on May 25, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy if they go public
Bloomberg
08:45
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, reaches $1B in lifetime funding; the game remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date
Variety
07:45
Tether plans to launch GELT, an “official” stablecoin representing the Georgian lari, with the support of Georgia's government in an unusual partnership
Reuters
07:40
Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the coming months, or ~20% of its workforce, after weak Q1 earnings and a ~50% collapse of its stock in 2026
CTech
07:15
A section of Pope Leo's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling
Washington Post
06:10
In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains
Reuters
06:05
More than 5,500 GitHub repositories were infected with malware in a supply chain attack, dubbed Megalodon, on May 18 that relies on automated commits
SecurityWeek
05:55
Pope Leo XIV presents Magnifica humanitas, his encyclical on AI, calling for AI regulation, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more
New York Times
05:35
Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon executives met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical
Politico
04:45
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says “Reid AI” has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024
Wall Street Journal
01:50
A look at Xiaomi's AI push to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem, as it recently committed ~$8.8B in AI investments over the next three years
South China Morning Post
01:25
A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, a top lieutenant of Mark Zuckerberg who is leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-first company
Wall Street Journal
00:50
A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem
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Sonntag, 24. Mai 2026
23:45
Huawei says it aims to make 1.4nm chips by 2031 using its “LogicFolding” tech, which is based on its new Tau Scaling Law intended to bypass Moore's Law limits
Nikkei Asia
22:55
Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse's infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3
Bloomberg
22:15
Quartermaster, which is building an analytics platform and a SmartMast, with sensors on a ship's mast to relay real-time maritime data, raised a $43M Series A
TechCrunch
21:00
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets
New York Times
20:10
As AI tools like Mythos create a “bug-pocalypse”, Glassdoor says Q1 cybersecurity job postings rose 11% YoY, and executive search firms are turning away clients
New York Times
16:55
Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed
Financial Times
14:45
The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons
Financial Times
11:15
A deep dive into Apple Watch and Health efforts; sources: iOS 27 to get a revamped AirPods control panel and default support for AirPlay rivals like Google Cast
Bloomberg