• 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)
| • Top Megelin Deals for Laser and LED Therapy Devices (2026)
• The Pentagon Releases New Trove of Declassified UFO Files
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
• Vimeo Promo Code: 40% Off This May 2026
• Walmart Promo Codes: 65% Off
• Womanizer Coupons: Save 15% in May
• AT&T Promo Codes and Bundle Deals: Save $50 in May
• Groupon Promo Codes: 60% Off in May 2026
• HP Discount Codes: 60% Off May 2026
• Maytag Promo Codes: 15% Off Appliances
• Target Promo Code: $50 Off | May 2026
• 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
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| • Discord is recovering from an outage that took some users offline
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• 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
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