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Study: rate of fabricated references in biomedical papers has grown 12x+ since 2023; in early 2026, one in 277 papers had at least one non-existent reference (Tristan Bove/Fortune)

Study: rate of fabricated references in biomedical...

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How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used techniques like AI-assisted malware development and SEO poisoning to target companies during the US-Iran war (Check Point Research)

How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used tec...

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SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Monday, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp if they go public (Bloomberg)

SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Mon...

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Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has reached $1B in lifetime funding; it remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

Star Citizen, a video game in development since 20...

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Tether plans to launch GELT, an "official" stablecoin representing the Georgian lari, with the support of Georgia's government in an unusual partnership (Reuters)

Tether plans to launch GELT, an "official" stablec...

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Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the coming months, or ~20% of its workforce, after weak Q1 earnings and a ~50% collapse of its stock in 2026 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the...

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A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling (Washington Post)

A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's...

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In the ~43,000-word text, the Pope urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems and decried "new forms of slavery" of people tending AI systems (Joshua McElwee/Reuters)

In the ~43,000-word text, the Pope urged governmen...

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More than 5,500 GitHub repositories were infected with malware in a supply chain attack, dubbed Megalodon, on May 18 that relies on automated commits (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

More than 5,500 GitHub repositories were infected ...

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Pope Leo XIV presents his encyclical on AI, calling for regulation of AI companies, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more (New York Times)

Pope Leo XIV presents his encyclical on AI, callin...

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Sources: execs from Meta, Google, and Amazon met with Vatican officials in April, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical (Océane Herrero/Politico)

Sources: execs from Meta, Google, and Amazon met w...

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A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says "Reid AI" has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024 (Joann S. Lublin/Wall Street Journal)

A growing number of execs are creating AI digital ...

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A look at Xiaomi's AI push to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem, as it recently committed ~$8.8B in AI investments over the next three years (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

A look at Xiaomi's AI push to future-proof its har...

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A profile of Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, a top...

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A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem (@bookwormengr)

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The UK, outpaced by the US and China in AI, is turning to experimental technologies like neuromorphic computing in search of computing sovereignty (Charles Clover/Financial Times)

The UK, outpaced by the US and China in AI, is tur...

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At an IEEE conference, Huawei proposed a new chip scaling law and said it aims to design chips with transistor density equivalent to 1.4nm by 2031 (Nikkei Asia)

At an IEEE conference, Huawei proposed a new chip ...

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Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse's infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3 (Melissa Shin/Bloomberg)

Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse's infrastructure ar...

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