Tech

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 (www.ft.com)
2026-5-29 Amazon

A look at Anthropic's hiring process, which prohibits AI use in interviews and features a culture interview that candidates describe as highly intense (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29 Interview AI

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 (www.dealstreetasia.com)
2026-5-29 Startup AI Singapore

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 (www.ft.com)
2026-5-29 Fintech

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29 IPO SpaceX

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 (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-29 China AI Tencent

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29 China

UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby warns that rejecting AI in public services means choosing “decline”, vowing to prioritize its Whitehall rollout (www.ft.com)
2026-5-29 AI

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29 Samsung

MIT Researchers Develop a Low-Cost Technique To Get Lithium Out of Rocks (science.slashdot.org)
2026-5-29

Microsoft overhauled Copilot's design in Microsoft 365 with a minimalist black-and-white, text-focused interface aimed at creating a more consistent experience (www.engadget.com)
2026-5-29 Microsoft

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 (www.forbes.com)
2026-5-29 AI

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.com)
2026-5-29 AI

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 (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-29 France

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29

AI researchers ran 15-day simulations of worlds governed by different AI models: Claude Sonnet 4.6 recorded zero crime, while Gemini 3 Flash had the most at 683 (fortune.com)
2026-5-29 AI

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.com)
2026-5-29 AI

Anthropic confirms Claude Mythos-class models will roll out to the public (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-29

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.com)
2026-5-29 AI

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-29 Google

Europe Told To Cool Its Datacenter Boom Before Water, Power Run Short (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-29 Europe

GreyVibe hackers use ChatGPT, Gemini to power cyberattacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-29

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 (apnews.com)
2026-5-29 California

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 7%+ after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-29 AI

Anthropic Releases Opus 4.8 With New 'Dynamic Workflow' Tool (slashdot.org)
2026-5-29

BTMOB Android malware service generates custom phishing payloads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-29 Android

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 (www.ft.com)
2026-5-29 Amazon AI

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 (www.axios.com)
2026-5-29

Doc: the EU is preparing emergency powers to intervene in Europe's chip supply chains during shortages, including by forcing chipmakers to override contracts (www.ft.com)
2026-5-29 Europe

Occupy Wall Street Co-Founder Built an On-Device AI For Activists (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-29 AI Wall Street

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