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Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raises ~$300 million seed round led by crypto a16z at a valuation of ~$2 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How to build a business that endures through all times | Eric Ries, author of Lean…

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Microsoft and G42’s billion-dollar geothermal data center in Kenya is blocked after the government fails to provide annual payment guarantees requested by Microsoft (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How to build a business that endures through all times | Eric Ries, author of Lean…

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Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues and plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in ’27’ operating systems (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How to build a business that endures through all times | Eric Ries, author of Lean…

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Most of the technology on display at this year’s Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-powered, driven by the Trump administration’s focus on U.S. border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How to build a business that endures through all times | Eric Ries, author of Lean…

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Experian says 40% of 5,000 data breaches handled in 2025 were AI-based, and predicts agentic AI will be the leading cause of data breaches in 2026 (Jennah Haque/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The unlikely marriage of Anthropic and SpaceX, the revelations of the OpenAI trial, the AI…

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Inside Consensus Conference, one of the largest crypto conferences, which took on a decidedly corporate sheen in 2026 amid Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The unlikely marriage of Anthropic and SpaceX, the revelations of the OpenAI trial, the AI…

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Executives at Palantir, whose stock has risen about 16 times since its AI platform debuted in 2023, often denounce other AI as shoddy as competition from frontier AI labs grows (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Executives at Palantir, whose stock has risen about 16 times since its AI platform…

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The FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecommunications carriers, including VoIP providers, to verify users’ identities before activating the service, sparking privacy fears (Ken Macon/Reclaim The Net)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 9, 2026

Ken Macon / Reclaim the Net: The FCC has passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecommunications carriers, including VoIP providers, to…

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How SpaceMob, an online community of about 50,000 people, fueled a rally similar to that in shares of satellite networking company AST, which is up about 6,000% over a 22-month period (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 9, 2026

Bloomberg: How SpaceMob, an online community of about 50,000 people, fueled a rally similar to that in shares of satellite…

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Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies met with Hindu, Sikh and Greek Orthodox leaders to draft principles on how to infuse ethics and morality into models (Krysta Fauria/Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The unlikely marriage of Anthropic and SpaceX, the revelations of the OpenAI trial, the AI…

‘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

5 years later – The diplomat

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

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

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

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Browsing: Technology

Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raises ~$300 million seed round led by crypto a16z at a valuation of ~$2 billion (Bloomberg)

Microsoft and G42’s billion-dollar geothermal data center in Kenya is blocked after the government fails to provide annual payment guarantees requested by Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues and plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in ’27’ operating systems (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Most of the technology on display at this year’s Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-powered, driven by the Trump administration’s focus on U.S. border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal)

Experian says 40% of 5,000 data breaches handled in 2025 were AI-based, and predicts agentic AI will be the leading cause of data breaches in 2026 (Jennah Haque/Bloomberg)

Inside Consensus Conference, one of the largest crypto conferences, which took on a decidedly corporate sheen in 2026 amid Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)

Executives at Palantir, whose stock has risen about 16 times since its AI platform debuted in 2023, often denounce other AI as shoddy as competition from frontier AI labs grows (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

The FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecommunications carriers, including VoIP providers, to verify users’ identities before activating the service, sparking privacy fears (Ken Macon/Reclaim The Net)

How SpaceMob, an online community of about 50,000 people, fueled a rally similar to that in shares of satellite networking company AST, which is up about 6,000% over a 22-month period (Bloomberg)

Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies met with Hindu, Sikh and Greek Orthodox leaders to draft principles on how to infuse ethics and morality into models (Krysta Fauria/Associated Press)