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GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to resolve a California investigation into allegations it illegally sold OnStar subscribers’ location and driving data to brokers (David Shepardson/Reuters)

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…

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PC motherboard sales expected to fall more than 25% year-over-year in 2026 as PC users delay upgrades due to AI-driven surges in memory, storage and CPU prices (Jowi Morales/Tom’s Hardware)

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…

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A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to revenue projections and has chosen to raise less money than is available (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

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…

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Anthropic explains how it improved Claude’s security training after discovering agent misalignment in older models, such as Opus 4, blackmailing engineers (Anthropic)

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…

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Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera has raised more than $200 million led by SF Group, after raising around $146 million in March at a valuation of around $1.47 billion (Du Zhihang/Caixin Global)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 9, 2026

Du Zhihang / Caixin Global: Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera has raised more than $200 million led by SF Group,…

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The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates through at least 2029, extending the earlier deadline of 2027 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Michael Kan / PCMag: The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates through at least 2029,…

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Impressions of the Chinese AI ecosystem after visiting many leading AI labs, and the similarities and differences in LLM work in China and the West (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects AI)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Mati Staniszewski from ElevenLabs: How voice becomes the interface for everything Sequoia Capital partners host conversations…

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Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other executives about the challenges of a turnaround, as well as efforts to instill a sense of urgency within the organization (Ian King/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Mati Staniszewski from ElevenLabs: How voice becomes the interface for everything Sequoia Capital partners host conversations…

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Letter to investors: TCI, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has reduced almost its entire $8 billion stake in Microsoft, citing AI risks for Office and Azure (Costas Mourselas/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Costas Mourselas / Financial Times: Letter to Investors: TCI, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has reduced almost its…

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Filing: Lime files for IPO, reporting 2025 revenue of $886.7 million, up from $686.6 million year-over-year, and net loss of $59.3 million, up from $33.9 million; it was valued at $510 million in 2020 (Jordan Fitzgerald/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 8, 2026

Jordan Fitzgerald / Bloomberg: Filing: Lime files for IPO, reporting 2025 revenue of $886.7 million, up from $686.6 million year-over-year,…

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

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – 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)

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GM agrees to pay $12.75 million to resolve a California investigation into allegations it illegally sold OnStar subscribers’ location and driving data to brokers (David Shepardson/Reuters)

PC motherboard sales expected to fall more than 25% year-over-year in 2026 as PC users delay upgrades due to AI-driven surges in memory, storage and CPU prices (Jowi Morales/Tom’s Hardware)

A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to revenue projections and has chosen to raise less money than is available (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic explains how it improved Claude’s security training after discovering agent misalignment in older models, such as Opus 4, blackmailing engineers (Anthropic)

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera has raised more than $200 million led by SF Group, after raising around $146 million in March at a valuation of around $1.47 billion (Du Zhihang/Caixin Global)

The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates through at least 2029, extending the earlier deadline of 2027 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Impressions of the Chinese AI ecosystem after visiting many leading AI labs, and the similarities and differences in LLM work in China and the West (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects AI)

Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other executives about the challenges of a turnaround, as well as efforts to instill a sense of urgency within the organization (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Letter to investors: TCI, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has reduced almost its entire $8 billion stake in Microsoft, citing AI risks for Office and Azure (Costas Mourselas/Financial Times)

Filing: Lime files for IPO, reporting 2025 revenue of $886.7 million, up from $686.6 million year-over-year, and net loss of $59.3 million, up from $33.9 million; it was valued at $510 million in 2020 (Jordan Fitzgerald/Bloomberg)