Tech

EU warns that VPNs are being used to bypass online age-verification systems, calling their use “a loophole in the legislation that needs closing” (cyberinsider.com)
2026-5-9

Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 Japan Nintendo

Impressions of China's AI ecosystem after visiting many leading AI labs there, and the similarities and differences in working on LLMs in China and the West (www.interconnects.ai)
2026-5-9 China AI

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data On the Open Web (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9

Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are among private credit lenders in talks with Broadcom over a ~$35B financing deal to fund the development of AI chips (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 AI

Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $125-$135 after drawing orders for more than 20x the number of shares available (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 IPO

A hack of Instructure's Canvas locked out students at schools and universities across the US in the middle of finals period; some US colleges postponed exams (apnews.com)
2026-5-9

Pentagon Begins Releasing New Files On UFOs (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 Pentagon

Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 Google AI

Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 Intel Apple

Akamai says it struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a “leading frontier model provider”; sources: the deal was with Anthropic and is worth $1.8B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9

Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other execs about the challenges of a turnaround, along with efforts to instill a sense of urgency in the organization (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 Intel

Sources: Apple and Intel have reached a formal deal in recent months for Intel to manufacture some chips for Apple devices (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-9 Intel Apple

Shadow AI Is Everywhere. Here's How to Find and Secure It. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-9 AI

AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 AI

NVIDIA confirms GeForce NOW data breach affecting Armenian users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-9 Nvidia

OnlyFans agrees to sell a ~16% stake to Architect Capital for $535M in a deal that values the company at about $3.15B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9

Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB AI Model On Your Device Without Consent (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 AI Chrome

Cloudflare To Cut About 20% Workforce As AI Adoption Reshapes Operations (slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 AI

Investor letter: TCI, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, cut almost all of its $8B stake in Microsoft, citing AI-related risks to Office and Azure (www.ft.com)
2026-5-9 Microsoft AI

Whoop plans to offer on-demand video consultations with licensed clinicians for US users, and adds electronic health records and AI-powered health guidance (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-9 AI

10 Overlooked People Who Accidentally Changed the World (listverse.com)
2026-5-9

10 Books That Were Allegedly Written by Ghosts (listverse.com)
2026-5-9

Why More Analysts Won't Solve Your SOC's Alert Problem (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-9

OAuth review checklist: 4 steps to assess risk [Free Guide] (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-9

Agentic AI is spreading fast. Here's how to find and secure it. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-9 AI

Sony reports a $765M impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during the financial year ending March 31, 2026 (www.ign.com)
2026-5-8 Sony

Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some Trump officials and congressional aides fearful that it represents a reversal of its hands-off AI policy (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-8 Trump AI

Sources: Apple plans to let iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 users choose from third-party AI models to perform tasks like generating and editing text and images (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-8 IOS AI Apple

Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-8

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