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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% (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-16 Trump Nvidia AMD

The Era of 15GB Free Gmail Storage Is Ending (tech.slashdot.org)
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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 (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-16 IPO SpaceX

Sources: Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup that is pursuing a hardware-level quantum error correction approach, raised $30M at a $1.4B valuation (www.theglobeandmail.com)
2026-5-16 Startup Quantum

Funnel Builder WordPress plugin bug exploited to steal credit cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16 WordPress Credit Card

Bill To Block Publishers From Killing Online Games Advances In California (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 California

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-16 IPO AI Asset

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 (www.transformernews.ai)
2026-5-16 AI

OpenAI Now Wants ChatGPT To Access Your Bank Accounts (news.slashdot.org)
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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 (www.404media.co)
2026-5-16 AI Ban

Microsoft Exchange, Windows 11 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16 Microsoft

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 (www.wired.com)
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Popular node-ipc npm package compromised to steal credentials (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop (slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 AI Ban

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.com)
2026-5-16 Apple

OpenAI launches personal finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro users, letting them connect to 12K+ financial institutions to analyze spending, plan finances, more (techcrunch.com)
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Avada Builder WordPress plugin flaws allow site credential theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16 WordPress

Congress Introduces Bill To Permanently Block Chinese Vehicles From US (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 China

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.com)
2026-5-16 Startup AI

Honda Retreats To Hybrids After Failed EV Bet Triggers Record $9 Billion Loss (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 Honda

Microsoft Edge to stop loading cleartext passwords in memory on startup (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16 Microsoft Startup

Gridcare, which uses AI to detect underused capacity in electric grids, raised a $64M Series A, following a $13.5M seed in 2025 (www.latitudemedia.com)
2026-5-16 AI

Inside the REMUS Infostealer: Session Theft, MaaS, and Rapid Evolution (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16

A look at Matthew McConaughey's novel legal strategy to fight unauthorized AI use of his image, which involves trademarking video and audio clips of him (variety.com)
2026-5-15 AI

Microsoft to automatically roll back faulty Windows drivers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-15 Microsoft

Ofcom says X has committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hate content within 24 hours, following a probe (www.ft.com)
2026-5-15

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” (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-15 Trump China Nvidia

Google confirms it's testing a new storage policy after some users reported that new Gmail accounts get only 5GB of free storage unless they add a phone number (www.androidauthority.com)
2026-5-15 Google

Americans Would Rather Have a Nuclear Plant In Their Backyard Than a Datacenter (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-15 U.S.

The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £175M deal with London-based Quantexa to use its AI tech to identify fraud incidents and fix tax return errors (www.bbc.com)
2026-5-15 Tax AI London

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