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FDA launches a pilot using AI and cloud computing to give the agency a “direct data feed” to real-time clinical data, aiming to shorten drug approval timelines (www.nextgov.com)
17 days ago AI

Analysts: TikTok Shop generated $4.9B in US sales during Q1 2026, doubling its volume from the previous year; Q1 consumer spending on the platform rose 46% YoY (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago

SenseTime releases SenseNova-U1, an open-source image model that it says can “read” images without translating them to text, reducing computing power needs (www.wired.com)
17 days ago

Visa says its stablecoin settlement pilot supports nine networks, including Base, Polygon, Canton Network, Arc, and Tempo, and has hit a $7B annualized run rate (www.coindesk.com)
17 days ago

How US schools' overreliance on YouTube for educational content encourages students to drift into endless video scrolling on school-issued devices (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago YouTube

Sources: the White House opposes Anthropic's plan to expand access to Mythos to 70 additional companies and organizations because of concerns about security (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago

The Quad should share intel on critical-mineral supply risks (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
17 days ago Intel

Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for language translation, real-time changes to ad copy, and easier ad targeting (www.nytimes.com)
17 days ago Google AI

On state visit to the US, Charles III cameos as King of Australia (www.lowyinstitute.org)
17 days ago Australia

UK Islamist sect members arrested over rape and slavery allegations (www.rt.com)
17 days ago U.K.

US presidential security deliberately weak – anti-terrorism expert (www.rt.com)
17 days ago Terrorism

Massachusetts-based brain implant company Axoft raised a $55M Series A and says it tested its device in a Shanghai patient, with plans for more trials in China (www.bloomberg.com)
17 days ago China Shanghai

Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to ~$90.2B, vs. ~$89.4B est., and operating profit up 756% to ~$38.5B, vs. ~$37.2B est., driven by AI-linked memory demand (www.cnbc.com)
17 days ago Samsung AI

Sources: SoftBank plans to create an AI and robotics company called Roze in the US to build data centers and list it as early as 2026, seeking a $100B valuation (www.ft.com)
17 days ago AI Robot

The quiet contradiction at the heart of the energy transition (www.lowyinstitute.org)
17 days ago Energy

Australia's innovation funds are multiplying, but the mission still isn't clear (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
17 days ago Australia

New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court's Time, Judge Says (yro.slashdot.org)
17 days ago

Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says he was a “fool” for backing OpenAI, accusing Altman and Brockman of manipulating him into donating tens of millions of dollars (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago Elon Musk

Popular WordPress redirect plugin hid dormant backdoor for years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
17 days ago WordPress

Official SAP npm packages compromised to steal credentials (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
17 days ago

When technology becomes a target of political violence (www.lowyinstitute.org)
17 days ago

Ubuntu's AI Plans Have Linux Users Looking For a 'Kill Switch' (news.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Linux Ubuntu AI

Settler pogroms in Palestine are part of Israel's policy (www.rt.com)
17 days ago Israel

Germany in four charts: Berlin tumbles back toward crisis (www.rt.com)
17 days ago Germany

Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., and Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est.; GOOG jumps 6%+ after hours (s206.q4cdn.com)
17 days ago Google Alphabet

Meta says Q1 family daily active people fell 20M QoQ to 3.56B, vs. 3.62B est., due to internet disruptions in Iran and WhatsApp access restrictions in Russia (www.cnbc.com)
17 days ago Russia WhatsApp Iran

Sources: Anthropic has begun weighing a new funding round at a $900B+ valuation, after previously resisting investor proposals at an $800B+ valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
17 days ago

Grid Emergency = Bullish for Aluminum (dailyreckoning.com)
17 days ago Aluminum

Regime Change: Powell, Chair of Mega-QE & “Ample Reserves Regime,” to Be Replaced by Warsh, who Wants a Smaller Balance Sheet (wolfstreet.com)
17 days ago

Google says paid subscriptions reached 350M in Q1, up 25M QoQ, driven by YouTube and Google One, while Gemini Enterprise paid MAUs grew 40% QoQ (techcrunch.com)
17 days ago Google YouTube

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