Techmeme

Honeywell's Quantinuum files for a US IPO, reporting a $136.6M net loss on revenue of $5.2M for the three months ended March 31; sources: it could raise $1.5B+ (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)
Trump Media and Technology Group reports Q1 net sales up 6% YoY to $871,200 and a $405.9M net loss; DJT is down 35% so far in 2026 for a market cap of ~$2.47B (Todd Spangler/Variety)
The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates at least until 2029, extending its earlier 2027 cutoff (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Sources: WH is preparing to order US agencies to partner with AI companies on cybersecurity; the EO wouldn't require pre-release model testing by the government (Bloomberg)
EU warns that VPNs are being used to bypass online age-verification systems, calling their use "a loophole in the legislation that needs closing" (Alex Lekander/CyberInsider)
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 (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects AI)
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 (Bloomberg)
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 (Bloomberg)
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 (Associated Press)
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 (Bloomberg)
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 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
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 (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Sources: Apple and Intel have reached a formal deal in recent months for Intel to manufacture some chips for Apple devices; INTC closes up 13.93% (Wall Street Journal)
OnlyFans agrees to sell a ~16% stake to Architect Capital for $535M in a deal that values the company at about $3.15B (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)
Investor letter: TCI, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, cut almost all of its $8B Microsoft stake, citing AI risks primarily for Office and some for Azure (Costas Mourselas/Financial Times)

Wired

Top Megelin Deals for Laser and LED Therapy Devices (2026)
The Pentagon Releases New Trove of Declassified UFO Files
Tesla’s Latest Recall? Wheels May Fall Off Cybertrucks
Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement’
There’s a Long-Shot Proposal to Protect California Workers From AI
The Best Mobile Gaming Controllers for iPhone and Android (2026)
We Asked Coffee Pros to Blind Test Coffee Machines. The Results Were Surprising
Billie Eilish Doesn't Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
The Best Cat Water Fountains of 2026: Petlibro, Petkit, Oneisall
Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria
Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink
The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle
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Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI
Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome
Why the Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak Isn’t Likely to Become a Global Crisis
How I Fixed My Webcam Lighting for Zoom Calls (2026)
ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
Best Last-Minute Mother’s Day Deals on Mom-Approved Gifts (2026)
One of DOGE’s Young Engineers Is Now Running a Defense Tech Startup
Diabetes Detection Needs Better Tools. They’re on the Way
Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Google Ditches the Screen With the New Fitbit Air (2026)
Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Smart Bed: Redefining Support
Best Printers for Any Home-Office Need (2026): Brother, HP, and More
Best Bug Spray (2026), Tested and Reviewed
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
This Reggae Band Is in a Nightmare Battle Against AI Slop Remixes
11 Best Sunscreens, WIRED Tested and Reviewed
Bottom G Wants You to Know He’s More Than Just ‘Gay Andrew Tate’
There Is No Evidence the Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged. People Still Believe They Were
Everyone Should Travel With a Pair of Cheap Wired Headphones (2026)
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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Trump’s Team Wants Him to Accept an Iran Deal He’s Already Rejected
Anthropic Gets in Bed With SpaceX as the AI Race Turns Weird
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
Mexico City Is Sinking. A Powerful NASA Satellite Just Revealed How Fast
I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes
Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

Engadget

Discord is recovering from an outage that took some users offline
Prime Video is adding a TikTok-like feed
Department of War sets up UFO website, but there isn't much to see
InMusic will acquire Native Instruments, putting it under the same umbrella as Akai
Shoot up Xenomorphs in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, arriving this summer
Intel has reportedly signed a preliminary deal to produce chips for Apple
Resident Evil Requiem gets a new Leon Must Die Forever mode, out today
Legendary Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka is seemingly retiring from the company
The studio that (technically) made Disco Elysium just dropped a trailer for its new game
How to watch The Android Show: Google I/O Edition on May 12
Sony and Bandai get into bed with generative AI
Boox announces Tappy, a wireless page-turning remote
Engadget Podcast: Gamestop's wild eBay gamble
Blackmagic Camera hands-on: Apple Watch compatibility gives vloggers remote control
ChatGPT can reach out to a friend if you're at risk of self-harm
DJI teases the dual-camera Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal
Sony wants TSMC's help to make image sensors
The Morning After: Google's new wearable doesn't have a screen
Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices as chip crisis bites
Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools

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