Montag, 18. Mai 2026

23:40
An overview of macro tech trends: capex explosion, unprecedented surge in chip demand, supply chain bottlenecks, model commoditization, AI automation, and more
Benedict Evans
21:40
Sources: Analog Devices, one of the largest analog chip makers, is in talks to buy Empower, which makes chips used to regulate voltage, for $1.5B in cash
Bloomberg
20:55
Vitalik Buterin says AI-assisted “formal verification” could help secure blockchain networks, smart contracts, and cryptographic systems against software flaws
Decrypt
20:15
Blackstone announces a JV with Google to create a US company that will offer customers access to Google's TPUs, and makes an initial equity commitment of $5B
Wall Street Journal
19:45
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
Bloomberg
19:20
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
404 Media
18:50
A CISA contractor maintained a now-offline GitHub repo that exposed credentials to AWS GovCloud accounts and CISA systems; CISA is investigating the situation
Krebs on Security
18:15
In a town hall, PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
18:10
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
New York Times
18:05
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
17:45
Anthropic last week began letting Mythos users share cybersecurity threats with others who may face similar vulnerabilities, modifying its previous stance
Wall Street Journal
17:30
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
@elonmusk
17:00
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
Bloomberg
16:40
Cloudflare tests Mythos against 50+ repositories, highlights its ability to chain bugs into a single exploit, and details a vulnerability discovery harness
Cloudflare
16:05
Anthropic acquires NYC-based Stainless, which generates SDKs from APIs, and plans to wind down its hosted products, after reportedly discussing a $300M+ deal
TechCrunch
14:55
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
Engadget
14:50
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
Bloomberg
14:25
Seagate shares drop 6.87%, 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
CNBC
14:05
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
The Next Web
13:40
Musk v. Altman: the jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman, finding that the claims were filed outside of the statute of limitations
CNBC
13:25
Cursor releases Composer 2.5, saying it's better at sustained work on long-running tasks and follows complex instructions more reliably; it's built on Kimi K2.5
Cursor
12:40
NextEra's $67B deal to buy Dominion, the largest utility merger in US history, signals a new era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand
Bloomberg
12:35
Sony is hiking the starting price of one-month and three-month PlayStation Plus subscriptions in “select regions”, blaming “ongoing market conditions”
The Verge
12:15
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy, blaming “increasingly stringent compliance obligations”
CoinDesk
11:50
Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out
Bloomberg
11:35
Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated “podcasts” on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI “co-hosts”, using content from media outlets
Variety
10:05
Arkham: Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, processed $2.3B+ since 2023 via Tron and BNB Chain, including $23M+ since the Iran war started in February
Reuters
09:35
Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped
Bloomberg
09:30
The Vatican says Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah will join Pope Leo on May 25 to launch the pope's first encyclical, setting out his views on the AI age
Bloomberg
09:25
Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech, raised $300M at a ~$4B valuation, up from $3.1B after raising $153M in August 2025
Wall Street Journal
09:15
Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an $80,985 average price from May 11 to May 17, taking its holdings to 843,738 BTC, or 4%+ of the total supply
The Block
09:00
Sources: competition for Google's TPUs among its employees and researchers intensified as it prioritizes cloud customers and flagship AI products over research
Bloomberg
08:35
Dust, which helps enterprises design and deploy specialized AI agents that work alongside humans, raised a $40M Series B led by Abstract and Sequoia
Axios
07:55
Steve Bannon and 60+ Trump allies sign a Humans First-led letter urging Trump to mandate government testing and approval of powerful AI models before release
Axios
07:00
How gambling companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, as well as Meta and a16z's founders, are pouring millions into state-level election campaigns via super PACs
Bloomberg
06:40
Eric Schmidt faced loud boos during his University of Arizona commencement speech while discussing “rational” fears over the impact of AI and automation on jobs
Business Insider
06:20
Baidu reports Q1 revenue down 1.1% YoY to ~$4.7B, above ~$4.5B est., and net income down 55% YoY to ~$506.6M, above ~$462.5M est., amid a slow AI payoff
Wall Street Journal
06:10
A college senior at Stanford describes how AI has changed classes: cheating using AI “has become omnipresent” with students “fudging just about everything”
New York Times
05:55
How Amazon, which took a measured tone on AI, went from an AI also-ran to a real contender, thanks to $200B in spending, a bet on custom chips, and savvy deals
Wall Street Journal
05:45
Polymarket and Kalshi continue to operate in India despite an April 25 government advisory, addressed to VPN providers, labeling prediction markets as “illegal”
Bloomberg
04:55
After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools
Electrek
04:40
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but duplicate bug reports have made the security list “almost entirely unmanageable”
The Register
04:25
A look at the new class of jobs created by AI companies: AI storytellers, forward deployed engineers, AI accelerators, AI philosophers, AI gig workers, and more
Business Insider
04:00
Companies running bug bounty programs are adding more stringent background checks and building AI agents to triage a flood of low-quality, AI-generated reports
Financial Times
03:45
How the AI industry's intense pressure to keep up and its financial rewards are creating “walls of resentment” between Silicon Valley workers and their spouses
Wired
02:15
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93
New York Times
02:05
Microsoft says it's retiring Teams' Together Mode, debuted in 2020, and plans to simplify meeting layouts and focus on video quality, stability, and performance
The Verge
01:40
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: participants earned a total of $1,298,250 for 47 vulnerabilities, with successful exploits of AI products like Codex, Cursor, and LM Studio
SecurityWeek
01:10
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, after a request by the FSB's Chair
Financial Times
01:00
Samsung's shares closed up 3.88% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions
Bloomberg
00:35
Chinese chipmaker CXMT reports Q1 revenue up 719% YoY to ~$7.5B, net profit up 1,688% to $3.6B, and says Omdia ranks it No. 4 in DRAM with a 7.67% global share
Nikkei Asia

Sonntag, 17. Mai 2026

23:45
Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela
Wall Street Journal
23:05
Quebec-based telecom software startup Gaiia raised a CA$54.8M Series B led by JMI Equity, bringing its total funding to ~CA$90M from backers including YC
BetaKit
22:05
A look at Apple's ongoing strategy of repurposing binned chips for cheaper devices; sources: Apple ordered more A18 Pros for the MacBook Neo amid its popularity
Wall Street Journal
21:40
New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to streamline government processes like permitting and licensing, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners
Axios
20:35
AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50M Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85M after raising a $25M Series A in February 2026
Business Insider
18:45
Ciridae, which is developing AI to streamline back-office operations for real-economy businesses, raised a $20M seed led by Accel, with a16z participating
Fortune
17:45
Source: Shein is acquiring SF-based DTC clothing retailer Everlane, which was founded on sustainability and “radical transparency” principles, in a $100M deal
Puck
16:35
Analysis: 34 top AI startups are generating nearly $80B in annualized revenue, up 112% from six months ago, with Anthropic and OpenAI currently capturing ~89%
The Information
14:35
Grafana says “an unauthorized party” accessed its GitHub environment and demanded a ransom “to prevent the release of our codebase”; Grafana refused to pay
The Hacker News
13:50
Analysis: the mass adoption of smartphones and social media may be a primary driver of declining birthrates globally, in part by reducing in-person socializing
Financial Times
12:50
Publicis agrees to acquire LiveRamp, which allows companies to share and build new data sets and models that can power agentic frameworks, for $2.2B in cash
Adweek
12:35
Sources: DayOne, a spinoff of China's largest data center operator, GDS, plans a dual IPO in Singapore and New York, seeking to raise $5B at a ~$20B valuation
Financial Times
10:50
Sources: Apple's revamped Siri may launch in beta, and will have an option to auto-delete chats; Apple plans to add Suggested Genmoji to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
Bloomberg
08:00
Developers say Chinese AI labs lead US rivals in video generation, as ByteDance and Kuaishou train models on vast short-form video libraries from their own apps
Financial Times
05:00
A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics firm and holds a ~67% stake worth $13.3B, as AI tests SAS' strategy
Forbes
02:00
Experts: Stuxnet-linked Fast16 malware, designed to subvert nuclear weapons testing simulations, was likely part of a campaign to slow Iran's nuclear ambitions
ZERO DAY
01:20
King's Cross, where Google's new UK HQ is due to open later this year, has become London's new tech, VC, and AI hub, attracting OpenAI, Anthropic, and others
Financial Times
00:55
Milan-based Webidoo, which develops an operational layer designed to help SMBs access AI tools, raised $25M led by IXC3 for North American expansion
EU-Startups
00:50
Filings: in Q1, Trump traded $220M-$750M in NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, META, ORCL, and other stocks; millions of dollars of NVDA were bought shortly before major news
CNBC

Samstag, 16. Mai 2026

23:25
OpenAI partners with Malta's AI for All initiative to give citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete a University of Malta AI literacy course
Cointelegraph
22:00
Nectar Social, which offers an agentic OS for marketers, raised a $30M Series A led by Menlo Ventures, with GV and True Ventures among investors
TechCrunch
17:20
Vietnam's government, which once saw video games as a social risk, named gaming as one of its key cultural industries in 2025 and now promotes them at expos
Bloomberg
16:30
Hill County, which faced eight new data centers, passed what may be Texas' first county-wide ban on them, for one year; the state trails only VA in data centers
Politico
14:45
SF vibes are frenetic over the huge divide in outcomes and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years ~10K people in AI attained retirement wealth
@deedydas
14:00
ASML will partner with Tata Electronics to help it bring an $11B 300mm chip factory online in Gujarat, expanding India's ability to produce chips domestically
Bloomberg
11:50
On Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 day 2, competitors earned $385,750 after exploiting 15 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and more
BleepingComputer
10:30
In an experiment that let Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok run radio stations, Claude tried to incite a revolution and Gemini cheerfully detailed tragic events
The Verge
06:30
Shenzhen-listed RoboTechnik, which claims to be the largest silicon photonics tool maker and whose stock is up 340% over the past year, files for a HK listing
Forbes
02:30
US Bureau of Labor Statistics data: employment in 18 AI-exposed occupations fell 0.2% between May 2024 and May 2025, while the broader US labor market rose 0.8%
Bloomberg
02:00
LA-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-powered banking and cross-border payments services across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, raised a $51M Series B
CoinDesk
01:05
Sources: Kalshi has probed and flagged 400+ suspicious trades YTD, more than 2x the number it investigated in all of 2025; Polymarket has seen a similar uptick
Reuters
00:55
South Korea's Hana Bank agrees to acquire a 6.55% stake in Dunamu, which runs South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, for $672.5M from Kakao
Wall Street Journal

Freitag, 15. Mai 2026

21:55
Power prices on the largest electric grid in the US, operated by PJM, jumped 76% YoY to an average of $136.53/MWh in Q1 due to rampant demand from data centers
Bloomberg
20:55
Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools to create clones of people's voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg had raised roughly $4M
New York Times
20:45
Sources detail friction between Samsung's memory and logic chip businesses over higher bonuses for memory chip workers, leading many to leave or apply elsewhere
Reuters
20:35
Seoul-based WIRobotics, which develops wearable and humanoid robots and is collaborating with Nvidia and AWS, raised a ~$68M Series B led by JB Investment
The Elec
19:05
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others
The Verge
18:55
Filings: YouTube, Snap, and TikTok reach agreements to settle a lawsuit, set for trial in June, over claims social media addiction disrupted kids' learning
Bloomberg
18:40
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market
Bloomberg
18:15
Professional services firm EY has withdrawn a study on loyalty rewards programs after researchers at GPTZero found apparent AI hallucinations and fake footnotes
Financial Times
17:15
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's Substack
16:40
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
TechCrunch
16:25
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%
Wall Street Journal
16:05
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
15:35
Sources: Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup that is pursuing a hardware-level quantum error correction approach, raised $30M at a $1.4B valuation
Globe and Mail
14:45
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
Bloomberg
14:35
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
14:10
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
404 Media
13:33
OpenAI memo: Greg Brockman says he will lead product strategy as part of a reorg, folding ChatGPT, Codex, and developer-facing API into one core product team
Wired
12:45
Replit says it has “worked things out with Apple”, which has approved a Replit update after four months, following a reported dispute over vibe coding apps
9to5Mac
12:15
OpenAI debuts personal finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro users, partnering with Plaid to give access to 12K+ financial institutions to analyze spending and more
TechCrunch
11:35
A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2
TechCrunch
10:25
Gridcare, which uses AI to detect underused capacity in electric grids, raised a $64M Series A, following a $13.5M seed in 2025
Latitude Media
09:05
A look at Matthew McConaughey's novel legal strategy to fight unauthorized AI use of his image and likeness, by trademarking video and audio clips of himself
Variety
08:35
Ofcom says X has committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hate and terror content within 24 hours, after a probe
Financial Times
08:30
Nvidia's future in China remains unclear after the Trump-Xi Summit; Trump says China “chose not to” buy Nvidia chips as “they want to try to develop their own”
New York Times
07:40
Google confirms a new storage policy test, after some users reported that new Gmail accounts get 5GB, not 15GB, of free storage if they don't add a phone number
Android Authority
07:30
Indian ride-hailing app Rapido raised $240M led by Prosus as part of a broader primary and secondary financing transaction, valuing Rapido at $3B post-money
DealStreetAsia
07:20
The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £175M deal to use London-based Quantexa's AI tech to help identify fraud incidents and fix tax return errors
BBC
07:10
xAI launches Grok Build, an agent and CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows, in early beta, available first for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers
Bloomberg
07:05
Meta rolls out new features for its Ray-Ban Display glasses, including neural handwriting support for all users, and opens up support for third-party apps
The Verge
06:35
Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash
CTech
06:30
Sources: HSG, formerly known as Sequoia China, set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering ByteDance exposure at a ~$370B valuation
Bloomberg
05:45
Bill Ackman says his fund has taken a new stake in Microsoft after the company's recent share price decline; Ackman says investors underestimate Microsoft 365
Bloomberg
05:10
Kioxia reports record Q4 operating profit of ~$3.8B, forecasts Q1 operating profit of ~$8.2B, and says it's planning a US listing; Kioxia's stock is up 300% YTD
Bloomberg
02:35
A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing projects, cutting staff, and assuring investors, all while also placing staggeringly expensive bets on AI
Bloomberg
00:55
London-based edtech startup Multiverse raised $70M at a $2.1B valuation from Index and others as it pushes into AI training; it acquired StackFuel in January
Financial Times

Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2026

23:00
UK-based Iceotope, which develops data center liquid cooling tech, raised a $26M Series B co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures
SiliconANGLE
22:45
Alphabet sold ~$3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest yen deal by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates
Bloomberg
22:10
In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028
Anthropic
21:30
Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos to help build a macOS kernel memory corruption exploit circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement tech
Wall Street Journal
21:00
Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $30B fundraising at a $900B valuation, with Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Altimeter co-leading the round
Financial Times
20:55
Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading
Forbes
19:40
Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence
Associated Press
19:30
California Governor Gavin Newsom pitches a 7.25% tax on web-based software sales, targeting $1.1B in state and local revenue next budget year and $2B/year after
Bloomberg
19:10
Gemini reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to $50.3M, vs. $47.9M est., and announces a $100M strategic investment from Winklevoss Capital Fund; GEMI jumps 25%+
CNBC
19:06
Cerebras' co-founders, CEO Andrew Feldman and CTO Sean Lie, own stakes worth $3.2B and $1.7B, respectively, representing about 5.5% and nearly 3% of the company
CNBC
18:25
Cerebras shares closed up 68% at $311.07 in the company's Nasdaq debut on May 14 after it raised $5.5B in 2026's largest IPO, giving it a market value of $67B
Bloomberg
17:15
OpenAI adds remote access to Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, letting users control Codex sessions running on a computer directly via iOS, iPadOS, and Android
9to5Mac
17:00
Figma reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $333.4M, vs. $313.2M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates, citing traction on AI monetization; FIG jumps 10%+
Reuters
16:15
Sources: Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital told its stakeholders that it has invested ~$100M in Shopify, framed as a bet on how AI could lead to gains in commerce
Bloomberg
16:00
Sources: Microsoft plans to remove most of its Claude Code licenses and push its developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI, after previously pushing Claude Code
The Verge
15:40
The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity Act, which would make the CFTC the main regulator for most of crypto while the SEC oversees digital securities
Bloomberg
15:20
Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layoffs, firings, and voluntary departures; many have joined Meta and TML
The Information
15:15
Sources: Intel has begun testing production of “low-end/legacy iPhone, iPad, and Mac processors”; Apple recognizes TSMC's resources will keep tilting toward AI
@mingchikuo
15:06
Ford's stock jumped as much as 25% over two days after the launch of Ford Energy, a subsidiary offering battery storage capacity using CATL tech to data centers
Financial Times
14:15
A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre job application by GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, who does not have the money to buy eBay, to become eBay's CEO
Bloomberg
13:17
Cerebras pops 68% in Nasdaq debut, pushing the AI chipmaker's market cap to $95 billion
CNBC
13:02
Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple after expectations that ChatGPT's Siri integration would generate billions per year in revenue fell short
Bloomberg
12:35
OpenAI says two employee devices were impacted via a supply chain attack on open-source library TanStack but no user data or production systems were compromised
TechCrunch
12:30
Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bookkeeper, raised a $10M seed led by Khosla; Crosby founded Bench, which raised $100M+ and imploded in 2024
TechCrunch
11:40
Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200M to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar, $50M deal with OpenAI in January
Reuters
11:20
Razer updates the Blade 18 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus chip, starting at $4000 with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, up $500 from the comparable 2025 model
The Verge
10:15
Wirestock, which says it provides multi-modal data to six of the largest foundation AI labs, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $26M
TechCrunch
09:25
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an “agreement in principle” to form a joint venture that aims to end wireless dead zones in the US, without giving many details
The Verge
09:15
Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and screen, great battery life, sharp cameras, and stylus support, but heavier than the Z Fold 7 and lackluster AI
Engadget
09:05
Gallup: 71% of Americans oppose local AI data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans
Washington Post
08:40
Klarna reports Q1 revenue up 44% YoY to $1.01B, above est., GMV up 33% YoY to $33.7B, customers up 20% YoY to 119M, and a $1M profit, vs. a $99M loss in Q1 2025
Wall Street Journal
08:20
Spotify says it will adopt Apple's HTTP Live Streaming tech later in 2026, helping Spotify creators distribute video podcast shows on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
9to5Mac
07:35
The UK CMA launches an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's business software dominance, focusing on its bundling of Windows, Word, Teams, and other apps
Reuters
07:25
Meta President Dina Powell McCormick went with President Trump on his China trip and met King Charles III in April, indicating she's Meta's new global emissary
Bloomberg
07:15
SMIC reports Q1 revenue up 11.5% YoY to ~$2.5B and net profit up 5% YoY to ~$197.4M, below $223.6M est., weighed down by higher operating expenses, up 30% YoY
Wall Street Journal
06:35
As Meta prepares to lay off ~10% of its staff on May 20, sources say morale is low, and it moved 1,000+ engineers to an AI unit to build generative AI models
Wired
06:20
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust raised $1.75B in its US IPO, selling 87.5M shares for $20 each, and plans to acquire data centers worth $250M to $1.5B
Bloomberg
06:01
Zhaopin: Chinese graduates returning home from abroad rose 12% YoY in 2025, fueling Beijing's plans to take on Silicon Valley; China is offering big incentives
Wall Street Journal
05:40
Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to ~$67B and net profit up 19% YoY to ~$1.6B, meeting est., as it boosts AI server production, its largest revenue source
Wall Street Journal
02:30
Filing: Jensen Huang's foundation bought $108.3M worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes
Reuters
02:20
Canadian legaltech company Clio says its ARR has reached $500M, citing demand for its AI tools; Clio had a $5B valuation after a $500M Series G in November 2025
TechCrunch
02:15
Sources: the US has cleared ~10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, to buy Nvidia H200 chips, but no deliveries have been made
Reuters
01:45
Riyadh-based Stitch, which develops software for banks and financial services companies, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z, its first investment in the Gulf
Bloomberg
01:05
Sources: climate watchdog SBTi drops proposed rules that would limit tech companies' claims that gas-fueled data centers are covered by clean energy investments
Financial Times
00:50
Musk v. Altman filing: Sam Altman holds $2B+ in stakes in companies that have done business with OpenAI, including a $1.7B stake in fusion startup Helion Energy
Reuters
00:40
LY Corp and Bain Capital launch a bid to acquire Kakaku.com, which operates restaurant review and booking site Tabelog, for ~$4B, challenging EQT's ~$3.75B bid
Nikkei Asia

Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2026

23:50
ZipRecruiter: IT and CS job postings are up 14.2% YoY in April; entry-level roles fell from 8.1% a year ago to 7.4%, while senior roles grew from 38.8% to 43.1%
Wall Street Journal