Techmeme

Sources and documents detail Satya Nadella's effort to revamp Microsoft's senior leadership, creating a startup-style operating model to compete in the AI race (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
US and Canadian authorities arrest 23-year-old Jacob Butler, known online as "Dort", for allegedly operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet, which infected ~2M devices (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered "Ask" feature, on iOS (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
Sources and data: billions in crypto went through Binance to Iranian regime-linked networks in the two years before the US-Iran war; Binance denies wrongdoing (Wall Street Journal)
AMD CEO Lisa Su projects the CPU market will grow over 35% annually through 2031, up from 3% to 4% historically, driven by AI inference and agentic AI demand (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $21.6B, above $18.7B est., net profit up 479% to $521M, above $271M est., as the PC maker pushes into AI server markets (Reuters)
Sources: Nintendo asked partners and suppliers to assemble ~20M Switch 2 consoles by March 2027, ~20% above the 16.5M public sales outlook issued in early May (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
Meta, Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, and Synopsys launch a $125M "Semiconductor Hub" at UCLA to advance AI chip research and more (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
Sources: David Sacks told President Trump that federal reviews of AI models before release would slow down innovation and hurt the US in its AI race with China (Politico)
Sources: last-minute calls with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, David Sacks, and others helped persuade President Trump not to sign the highly anticipated AI EO (Washington Post)
Sources: Trump delayed signing the AI EO because "he just hates regulation"; he spoke with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and David Sacks just prior to the delay (Axios)
Socket: TeamPCP, the gang claiming GitHub's repositories breach, also executed 20 "waves" of supply chain attacks recently, compromising 500+ pieces of software (Wired)
Shares of quantum computing companies surged Thursday after the US government announced grants with equity stakes: D-Wave closed up 33%, Rigetti 30%, IBM 12% (Chloe Taylor/CNBC)
Sources: Sony's Bungie plans significant layoffs as it ends development on its online game Destiny 2 with no new projects lined up; Destiny 2 launched in 2017 (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
Waymo suspends freeway rides and pauses its Atlanta operations, as it updates software to improve performance around construction zones and flooded roadways (Reuters)

Wired

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Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
What to Do in LA if You’re Here for Business (2025)
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
Best Window Air Conditioners of 2026: Midea, Zafro, GE
Mustard Made Storage Lockers Are on a Rare Sale Through May 31
Palantir Held Another ‘Hack Week.’ This Time, the Focus Was ICE
Why the 2026 Hurricane Season Might Not Be That Bad
I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs
Best Duffel Bags: Eastpak, Patagonia, Baboon to the Moon (2026)
11 Best Meal Delivery Services, Tested by an Ex-Restaurant Critic
5 Best Android Tablets in 2026: OnePlus, Lenovo, and Pixel Compared
3 Best Smart Ring Brands: Oura, RingConn, and Samsung (2026)
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The Best Home Security System Is Modular (2026)
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
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Engadget

Trump postpones AI oversight executive order
Google won't rest until Gemini is everywhere in your home
Are you really going to talk to Gemini like that?
Airbnb expands into hotel bookings and even grocery deliveries
Cuneflow's e-paper writing tablet uses AI to record and transcribe meetings
Destiny developer Bungie will reportedly lay off a 'significant number' of people
An hour-long PlayStation State of Play is set for June 2
XGIMI Titan Noir Max projector review: Excellent image quality, but short on features
Engadget Podcast: Google I/O 2026 was AI all the way down
Meta quietly released a new Reddit-like app called Forum
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
Anker debuts Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro earbuds with its Thus AI chip
The Herman Miller Coyl is a very handsome and modular gaming desk
Mercedes-AMG's 1,153 hp electric GT 4-Door takes on Porsche's Taycan
Samsung faces strike from nearly 48,000 union workers
You can now add ChatGPT to PowerPoint
Analogue 3D's latest update lets you save whenever you want

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