Tech

Honda Retreats To Hybrids After Failed EV Bet Triggers Record $9 Billion Loss (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 Honda

Microsoft Edge to stop loading cleartext passwords in memory on startup (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16 Microsoft Startup

Gridcare, which uses AI to detect underused capacity in electric grids, raised a $64M Series A, following a $13.5M seed in 2025 (www.latitudemedia.com)
2026-5-16 AI

Inside the REMUS Infostealer: Session Theft, MaaS, and Rapid Evolution (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-16

A look at Matthew McConaughey's novel legal strategy to fight unauthorized AI use of his image, which involves trademarking video and audio clips of him (variety.com)
2026-5-15 AI

Microsoft to automatically roll back faulty Windows drivers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-15 Microsoft

Ofcom says X has committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hate content within 24 hours, following a probe (www.ft.com)
2026-5-15

Nvidia's future in China remains unclear after the Trump-Xi Summit; Trump says China “chose not to” buy Nvidia chips as “they want to try to develop their own” (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-15 Trump China Nvidia

Google confirms it's testing a new storage policy after some users reported that new Gmail accounts get only 5GB of free storage unless they add a phone number (www.androidauthority.com)
2026-5-15 Google

Americans Would Rather Have a Nuclear Plant In Their Backyard Than a Datacenter (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-15 U.S.

The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £175M deal with London-based Quantexa to use its AI tech to identify fraud incidents and fix tax return errors (www.bbc.com)
2026-5-15 Tax AI London

For those needing fast, portable storage, this tiny 1TB Samsung SSD is $270 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-15 Samsung

Indian ride-hailing app Rapido raised $240M led by Prosus as part of a broader primary and secondary financing transaction, valuing Rapido at $3B post-money (www.dealstreetasia.com)
2026-5-15 India

xAI launches Grok Build, an agentic CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows, in beta for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15

Meta rolls out new features for Ray-Ban Display glasses, including neural handwriting support for all users, and opens up the device to third-party developers (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-15 Ban

Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash (www.calcalistech.com)
2026-5-15 Israel Startup AI Browser

Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering entry into the company valued at $370B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 China

Kioxia reports record Q4 earnings of ~$3.8B, forecasts Q1 operating profit of ~$8.2B, and says it is planning a US listing; Kioxia shares are up 300% YTD (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 4Q

Bill Ackman says his fund has taken a new stake in Microsoft after the company's recent share price decline; Ackman says investors have underestimated Microsoft (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 Microsoft

Microsoft warns of Exchange zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-15 Microsoft

SpaceX Unveils Sweeping Starship V3 Upgrades (science.slashdot.org)
2026-5-15 SpaceX

A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing projects, cutting staff, and pleasing Wall Street, while steering the company toward an AI-focused era (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 Amazon AI Wall Street

London-based edtech startup Multiverse raised $70M at a $2.1B valuation from Index and others as it pushes into AI training; it acquired StackFuel in January (www.ft.com)
2026-5-15 Startup AI London

Musk Accused of 'Selective Amnesia', Altman of Lying As OpenAI Trial Nears End (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-15

UK-based Iceotope, which develops data center liquid cooling tech, raised a $26M Series B co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures (siliconangle.com)
2026-5-15 Climate

Alphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 Japan AI Alphabet

In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028 (www.anthropic.com)
2026-5-15 China AI

Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos to help build a macOS kernel memory corruption exploit circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement tech (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-15 Apple

Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading (www.forbes.com)
2026-5-15 Startup AI

Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $30B fundraising at a $900B valuation, with Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Altimeter co-leading the round (www.ft.com)
2026-5-15

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