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Microsoft Gives Up On Xbox Copilot AI (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-7 Microsoft AI Xbox

SCOTUS rejects Apple's request to temporarily block a judicial order in the Epic Games lawsuit that found Apple in violation of court-mandated App Store changes (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-7 Apple

Why ransomware attacks succeed even when backups exist (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-7

The UK FCA says it is investigating PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa for alleged anti-competitive behavior, in a rare antitrust investigation by the regulator (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6

Google updates AI Mode and AI Overviews to add “a preview of perspectives” from firsthand sources like social media and Reddit, presented as “Expert Advice” (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-6 Google AI Reddit

MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-6

Webinar: Why network incidents escalate and how to fix response gaps (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-6

Apple's R&D spending hit 10.3% of revenue in Q2, up from 7.6% in Q1 and 9% in Q2 2025, amid the AI boom; Q2 revenue rose 17% YoY, while R&D jumped 34% YoY (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-6 AI Apple

Morgan Stanley rolls out a crypto trading pilot on E*Trade, charging clients lower prices than Coinbase and Robinhood, ahead of a wider launch later in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-6 Morgan Stanley Coinbase

Nvidia is investing $500M in Corning as part of its partnership to expand US manufacturing of fiber optics for AI infrastructure; GLW jumps 20%+ pre-market (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-6 AI Manufacturing Nvidia

reMarkable Paper Pure review: the new $399 e-paper slate has a great display, responsiveness, and design, but no backlight or typing, and some software issues (www.engadget.com)
2026-5-6

Magnitt: startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa was flat YoY at $799M in Q1 amid the Iran war; Saudi VC firms are pressing ahead with fundraising (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-6 Startup Iran Africa

A profile of David Sacks, appointed as White House AI adviser in December 2024, who has a ruthless devotion to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act (www.theatlantic.com)
2026-5-6 AI

Corning and Nvidia partner to open three advanced manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Texas dedicated to optical tech, boosting Corning's US capacity 10x (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-6 Manufacturing Nvidia Texas

Sources: in a reshuffle, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will lead Microsoft's new Work Experiences Group, including Teams, after 35-year veteran Rajesh Jha retired (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-6 Microsoft LinkedIn

OpenAI partners with Microsoft, AMD, Broadcom, Nvidia, and Intel researchers to detail the Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC) protocol to help scale compute (www.thedeepview.com)
2026-5-6 Microsoft Intel Nvidia AMD

White House App Is a Terrifying Security Mess (it.slashdot.org)
2026-5-6

Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.02B, above $1.01B est., GTV up 13% YoY to $10.3B, and orders up 10% YoY to 91.2M, as users focus on affordability (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-6

Crypto miner Hut 8 signs a lease worth $9.8B+ over 15 years to provide computing power to a “high-investment-grade company” at its Nueces County, Texas campus (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-6 Texas

Uber reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $13.2B, below $13.3B est., Gross Bookings up 25% YoY to $53.7B, trips up 20% YoY to 3.6B, and a $1B revenue UK tax law hit (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 Uber Tax

Everything you need for PDFs (and then some) in one $40 desktop app (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-6

Document: SpaceX proposes a $55B investment to build a Terafab chip facility in Grimes County, Texas, with potential total capital expenditures reaching $119B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-6 SpaceX Texas

Finnish AI lab QuTwo, led by ex-AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, raised a €25M angel round at a €325M valuation, and secures $23M in committed partnership revenue (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-6 AI Finland AMD

Sources: Denver-based, Blue Owl Capital-owned Stack Infrastructure is considering selling all or some of its Asia data center operations in an up to $30B deal (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-6 Asia

Palo Alto Networks warns of firewall RCE zero-day exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-6

Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise funds, and the Big Fund, China's biggest state-backed chip fund, is seeking to lead the investment at a ~$45B valuation (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 China

Meta plans advanced ‘agentic' AI assistant for consumers (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 AI

DefiLlama: investors pulled ~$14B from the DeFi sector after North Korea-linked hackers stole $290M from Aave in April, weeks after stealing $280M from Drift (www.ft.com)
2026-5-6 Korea

CO2 Levels In the Atmosphere Hit 'Depressing' New Record (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-6

A medical student reverse-engineered AI tools used by medical colleges on suspicion they were filtering his applications, highlighting AI-driven hiring concerns (www.wired.com)
2026-5-6 AI

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