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Q&A with Panos Panay, Amazon’s head of devices and services, on Alexa+, the company’s focus on home devices, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: Q&A with Panos Panay, Amazon’s head of devices and services, on Alexa+, the company’s focus…

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Paymentology, which provides real-time card processing and payments technology to banks and fintechs, has raised $175 million co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Paymentology, which provides real-time card processing and payments technology to banks and fintechs, has raised $175…

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Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI is pursuing a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Molly Taft / Wired: Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI…

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Sources: Anthropic in preliminary talks to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of more than $900 billion; the cycle should close at the end of this month (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Bloomberg: Sources: Anthropic in preliminary talks to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of more than $900 billion;…

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Musk vs. Altman: Altman said that in 2017, Musk demanded complete control of a for-profit branch of OpenAI, thinking he would pass it on to his children (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Bloomberg: Musk vs. Altman: Altman said that in 2017, Musk demanded complete control of a for-profit arm of OpenAI, thinking…

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The U.S. DOD says it is deploying Mythos to find and remediate vulnerabilities across the U.S. government, even as it considers moving away from Anthropic (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Reuters: The US Department of Defense says it is deploying Mythos to detect and remediate vulnerabilities within the US government,…

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AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak— Amazon Ring, facing…

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Human Rights Watch: At least six EU member states, including Bulgaria and Denmark, have sold surveillance technology to more than 24 countries known to violate human rights (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Human Rights Watch: At least six EU member states, including Bulgaria and Denmark, have sold surveillance…

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Instructure struck a deal with hackers who hacked its Canvas platform to return stolen data and destroy the copies, without disclosing what it gave in exchange (Qasim Nauman/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

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AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 12, 2026

Georgia Wells / The Wall Street Journal: AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak…

‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

The fall of Victory Day in Kazakhstan – The Diplomat

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

Pakistan and the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing – The Diplomat

Spirit Airlines planes head into the desert, led by repo pilots

Creator content comes into play, not just for YouTube

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

OpenAI partners with Malta’s AI for All initiative to offer citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete an AI literacy course from the University of Malta (Cointelegraph)

The Vietnamese government, which once considered video games a social risk, has designated gaming as one of its key cultural industries in 2025 and is now promoting it at exhibitions (Bloomberg)

Hill County, which was facing eight new data centers, passed what could be Texas’ first countywide ban, lasting one year; state only tracks VA in data centers (Mike Lee/Politico)

The SF atmosphere is frenetic over the huge gap between results and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years, around 10,000 people in AI have achieved retirement wealth (Deedy/@deedydas)

On the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, competitors won $385,750 after exploiting 15 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and more (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Browsing: Technology

Q&A with Panos Panay, Amazon’s head of devices and services, on Alexa+, the company’s focus on home devices, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

Paymentology, which provides real-time card processing and payments technology to banks and fintechs, has raised $175 million co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 in the last two months; xAI is pursuing a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

Sources: Anthropic in preliminary talks to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of more than $900 billion; the cycle should close at the end of this month (Bloomberg)

Musk vs. Altman: Altman said that in 2017, Musk demanded complete control of a for-profit branch of OpenAI, thinking he would pass it on to his children (Bloomberg)

The U.S. DOD says it is deploying Mythos to find and remediate vulnerabilities across the U.S. government, even as it considers moving away from Anthropic (Reuters)

AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50 million Series B led by Peak

Human Rights Watch: At least six EU member states, including Bulgaria and Denmark, have sold surveillance technology to more than 24 countries known to violate human rights (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Instructure struck a deal with hackers who hacked its Canvas platform to return stolen data and destroy the copies, without disclosing what it gave in exchange (Qasim Nauman/New York Times)

AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a peak of more than 20 million in January; Recon Analytics says U.S. paid adoption of Grok remains nearly flat year-over-year in second quarter (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)