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Human rights off agenda at Trump-Xi summit in Beijing – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 12, 2026

At their summit in Beijing this week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will discuss trade, the…

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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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World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: AI Backlash gets violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot is coming The…

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Voice actors around the world are mobilizing to protect their livelihoods and personality rights as Hollywood studios push AI dubbing to replace human performances (Rina Chandran/Rest of the World)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The Pentagon’s AI Plan + Behind the Human Struggle — With Undersecretary of War Emil…

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MLB deploys “robot umps,” or an automated ball-striking system, using advanced cameras made by Sony to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

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Meta Oversight Board Says Community Ratings Are Not a Proper Substitute for Fact-Checking and Warns Expanding Beyond the U.S. Could Pose Human Rights Risks (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Bubble Discussion A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon,…

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Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Andrew J. Hawkins / The edge: Waymo claims its fleet has traveled more than 170 million miles as of December…

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OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held leadership roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir and Meta (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg: OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August…

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Q&A with Elon Musk on Launching 1TW of Space GPUs, Grok and Human Consciousness, Optimus, xAI’s Business Plan, Winning Chinese Manufacturing, DOGE, and More (Cheeky Pint)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Elon Musk on space GPUs, AI, Optimus and its manufacturing method Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

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Cloudflare is acquiring AI data marketplace Human Native for an undisclosed amount, aiming to create a new system in which AI developers pay creators for training content (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 16, 2026

Davis Giangiulio / CNBC: Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native for undisclosed amount, aiming to create new system in…

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

1MDB fugitive Jho Low asked US President Trump for forgiveness, report says – The Diplomat

Pakistan’s biggest film goes to China. The real test of cultural connections comes next. – The diplomat

Russia and the Sino-American summit – The Diplomat

Why hasn’t China criticized Australia’s national defense strategy? – The diplomat

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug moves into late-stage trial

Versant (VSNT) Q1 2026 results

Allegiant CEO defends low-cost airline plan as Sun Country deal closes

Beer demand falls due to rising gas prices, data shows

Kool-Aid Kraft Heinz to launch electrolytes without artificial colors

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

Trump barely arrives in China with a thud

Kash Patel Shamed for Alleged Drinking During Senate Hearing

He doesn’t care about the American people

Investigation expanded into Trump demanding editorial control over CNN

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200 million to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar $50 million deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Klarna reports first-quarter revenue up 44% year-over-year to $1.01 billion, above estimate, GMV up 33% to $33.7 billion, active customers up 20% to $119 million and profit of $1 million, up from a loss of $99 million year-over-year (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 29% year-over-year to ~$67 billion and net profit up 19% year-over-year to ~$1.6 billion, matching estimate as it boosts production of AI servers, its largest source of revenue (Wall Street Journal)

Filing: Jensen Huang’s foundation purchased $108.3 million worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Sources: Apollo Global, Morgan Stanley and others are testing Grok internally as part of xAI’s financial sector push, but financiers rarely use it for their work (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Browsing: human

Human rights off agenda at Trump-Xi summit in Beijing – The Diplomat

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)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Voice actors around the world are mobilizing to protect their livelihoods and personality rights as Hollywood studios push AI dubbing to replace human performances (Rina Chandran/Rest of the World)

MLB deploys “robot umps,” or an automated ball-striking system, using advanced cameras made by Sony to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

Meta Oversight Board Says Community Ratings Are Not a Proper Substitute for Fact-Checking and Warns Expanding Beyond the U.S. Could Pose Human Rights Risks (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

OpenAI hires Arvind KC as Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held leadership roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir and Meta (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

Q&A with Elon Musk on Launching 1TW of Space GPUs, Grok and Human Consciousness, Optimus, xAI’s Business Plan, Winning Chinese Manufacturing, DOGE, and More (Cheeky Pint)

Cloudflare is acquiring AI data marketplace Human Native for an undisclosed amount, aiming to create a new system in which AI developers pay creators for training content (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)