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How Amazon, which took a measured tone to AI, went from an AI also-ran to a real contender, thanks to $200B in spending, custom AI chips, and savvy deals (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)
Polymarket and Kalshi continue to operate in India despite a government advisory on April 25, directed at VPN providers, labeling prediction markets "illegal" (Bloomberg)
After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools (Fred Lambert/Electrek)
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says "AI tools are great" but the flood of duplicate AI bug reports has made the security list "unmanageable" (Simon Sharwood/The Register)
A look at a new class of jobs created by AI companies, including AI storytellers or "evangelists", forward deployed engineers, AI chiefs, and AI gig workers (Brent D. Griffiths/Business Insider)
Companies running bug bounty programs are tightening background checks and building AI agents to triage a flood of low-quality reports generated by AI (Jamie John/Financial Times)
A look at how the AI industry's intense pressure and high rewards are creating "walls of resentment" between Silicon Valley workers and their spouses (Alessandra Ram/Wired)
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized lax industry attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93 (John Markoff/New York Times)
Microsoft says it's retiring Teams' Together Mode, debuted in 2020, and plans to simplify meeting layouts and focus on video quality, stability, and performance (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: participants earned a total of ~$1.3M for 47 vulnerabilities, with successful exploits of AI products like Codex, Cursor, and LM Studio (Eduard Kovacs/SecurityWeek)
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, following a request by FSB's Chair (Financial Times)
Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
Chinese chipmaker CXMT reports Q1 revenue up 719% YoY to ~$7.5B, net profit up 1,688% to $3.6B, and says Omdia ranks it No. 4 in DRAM with a 7.67% global share (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela (Wall Street Journal)
Quebec-based telecom software startup Gaiia raised a CA$54.8M Series B led by JMI Equity, bringing its total funding to ~CA$90M from backers including YC (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

Wired

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Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shake-Up
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Engadget

Microsoft ditches Teams feature that put attendees into the same virtual room
Fortnite players get a 10-minute sneak peek of The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 19
Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit for not refunding its customers after 'unlawful' tariffs
Terraria developer confirms cross-play is coming and teases 15th anniversary collector's items
1047 Games' spiritual successor to Titanfall will reportedly be called Empulse
Apple's new Siri app will reportedly offer auto-deleting chat options
This new Mac app locks the keyboard to prevent chaos when your cat tramples all over it
What to read this weekend: Celestial Lights and If Destruction Be Our Lot
SpaceX is reportedly getting ready to go public as early as June
Analogue 3D's latest update lets you save whenever you want
Engadget review recap: Razr Fold, Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker, Ultrahuman Ring Pro and more
OpenAI is offering ChatGPT Plus to citizens of Malta for a year
Perseverance checks in from Mars with a selfie, the mounting pollution from satellite launches, and more science stories
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just got an assist from Mars on the way to its asteroid namesake
Fresh horror from Supermassive, a Battlestar Galactica roguelite and other new indie games worth checking out
Microsoft lets Insiders choose their Windows 11 Start menu size
YouTube's AI deepfake detection tool is now available to all creators 18 and older
Snap and YouTube have reportedly settled another major social media addiction lawsuit
New crash data highlights the slow progress of Tesla's robotaxis
California lawmakers are working on a bill to preserve access to online games

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