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Polymarket and Kalshi continue to operate in India despite a government advisory on April 25, directed at VPN providers, labeling prediction markets "illegal" (Bloomberg)

Polymarket and Kalshi continue to operate in India...

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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)

After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owner...

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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)

In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds sa...

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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)

A look at a new class of jobs created by AI compan...

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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)

Companies running bug bounty programs are tighteni...

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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)

A look at how the AI industry's intense pressure a...

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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)

Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticiz...

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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)

Microsoft says it's retiring Teams' Together Mode,...

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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)

Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: participants earned a total o...

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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)

Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial S...

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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)

Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the ...

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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)

Chinese chipmaker CXMT reports Q1 revenue up 719% ...

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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)

Sources: US authorities in recent months have issu...

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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)

Quebec-based telecom software startup Gaiia raised...

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A look at Apple's ongoing strategy to repurpose "binned" chips for cheaper devices; sources: Apple placed new A18 Pro orders for MacBook Neo amid its popularity (Wall Street Journal)

A look at Apple's ongoing strategy to repurpose "b...

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New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to streamline government processes like permitting and licensing, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners (Chris Metinko/Axios)

New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to stre...

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AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50M Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85M after raising a $25M Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50M S...

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Ciridae, which is developing AI to streamline back-office operations for real-economy businesses, raised a $20M seed led by Accel, with a16z participating (Jack Kubinec/Fortune)

Ciridae, which is developing AI to streamline back...

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