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The UK Finally Starts Reforming Its 'Computer Misuse Act' (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17

Experts: Stuxnet-linked Fast16 malware, designed to subvert nuclear weapons testing simulations, was likely part of a campaign to slow Iran's nuclear ambitions (www.zetter-zeroday.com)
2026-5-17 Iran

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 (www.ft.com)
2026-5-17 Google AI London

Milan-based Webidoo, which develops an operational layer designed to help SMBs access AI tools, raised $25M led by IXC3 for North American expansion (www.eu-startups.com)
2026-5-17 U.S. AI

Filings: in Q1, Trump traded $220M-$750M in NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, META, ORCL, and others; millions of dollars of NVDA were bought shortly before major news (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-17 Trump

Amazon Stops Supporting Pre-2013 Kindles Today. Some Owners Turn to Jailbreaking (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 Amazon

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.com)
2026-5-17 AI Malta

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.com)
2026-5-17

Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes. Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries? (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 Solar

An Entire Wikipedia That's 100% AI Hallucinations (slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 AI

How I Added an LLM-Based Grammar Checking + TeX Math Import To LibreOffice (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 Mathematics

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-17 Vietnam

Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-17 Microsoft

The Apple-OpenAI Alliance is Fraying, Setting Up a Possible Legal Fight (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 Apple

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 (www.politico.com)
2026-5-17 Ban Texas

California Law Limits 'Recyling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 California

Anthropic's Mythos Helped Build a Working macOS Exploit in Five Days (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17

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 (x.com)
2026-5-17 AI Career

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-17 India

The Search for the Next 'James Bond' Actor Has Begun (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17

Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative Blocked by Community Backlash (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 AI

Trump Phones Start Shipping - But Were There Really 600,000 Preorders? (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17 Trump

Why Is the US Job Market So Tough, Especially for Recent College Grads? (it.slashdot.org)
2026-5-17

Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-17 Russia P2P

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 (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-17

This premium PDF tool is built for Mac users—and is $70 off right now (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16

Linux Kernel Outlines What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 Linux AI

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 (www.forbes.com)
2026-5-16 Shenzhen

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 Japan Robot

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% (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-16 AI

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