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YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-18 AI YouTube

Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized lax industry attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-18

Microsoft says it's retiring Teams' Together Mode, debuted in 2020, and plans to simplify meeting layouts and focus on video quality, stability, and performance (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-18 Microsoft

Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: participants earned a total of ~$1.3M for 47 vulnerabilities, with successful exploits of AI products like Codex, Cursor, and LM Studio (www.securityweek.com)
2026-5-18 Germany AI

Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, following a request by FSB's Chair (www.ft.com)
2026-5-18

Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-18 Samsung

Chinese chipmaker CXMT reports Q1 revenue up 719% YoY to ~$7.5B, net profit up 1,688% to $3.6B, and says Omdia ranks it No. 4 in DRAM with a 7.67% global share (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-18 China

Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-18 Iran Venezuela

Linus Torvalds: AI-Detected Bug Reports Make Kernel Security List 'Almost Entirely Unmanageable' (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 AI

Quebec-based telecom software startup Gaiia raised a CA$54.8M Series B led by JMI Equity, bringing its total funding to ~CA$90M from backers including YC (betakit.com)
2026-5-18 Startup Quebec Equity

America's Library of Congress Officially Inducts... the Soundtrack for the Videogame 'Doom' (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 U.S.

A look at Apple's ongoing strategy to repurpose “binned” chips for cheaper devices; sources: Apple placed new A18 Pro orders for MacBook Neo amid its popularity (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-18 Apple MacBook

New York City-based GovWell, which uses AI to streamline government processes like permitting and licensing, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners (www.axios.com)
2026-5-18 AI New York

AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50M Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85M after raising a $25M Series A in February 2026 (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-18 Startup AI

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Booed During Graduation Speech About AI (slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 Google AI

Ciridae, which is developing AI to streamline back-office operations for real-economy businesses, raised a $20M seed led by Accel, with a16z participating (fortune.com)
2026-5-18 AI

This Montessori learning app is 76% off for a lifetime subscription (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-18

Tycoon2FA hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via device-code phishing (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-18 Microsoft

New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-18

Small Town Fights Over Flock's AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 AI

Source: Shein is acquiring US DTC brand Everlane from its majority owner, L Catterton, in a $100M deal; Everlane sought funding to clear ~$90M in debt (puck.news)
2026-5-18

Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Actively Exploited, in a Bad Week for Microsoft (it.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 Microsoft

Analysis: 34 leading AI startups are generating ~$80B in annualized revenue, up 112% from six months ago, with Anthropic and OpenAI capturing 89% of the revenue (www.theinformation.com)
2026-5-18 Startup AI

'We Still Can't See Dark Matter. But What If We Can Hear It?' (science.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18

Grafana says hackers have accessed its GitHub environment and demanded a ransom to prevent the release of its codebase; Grafana refused to pay (thehackernews.com)
2026-5-18 GitHub

Analysis: mass adoption of smartphones and social media may be a primary driver of declining birthrates globally, in part by reducing in-person socializing (www.ft.com)
2026-5-18

Us Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 Social Media Mathematics

Publicis agrees to acquire LiveRamp, which allows companies to share and build new data sets and models that can power agentic frameworks, for $2.2B in cash (www.adweek.com)
2026-5-18

How Owners of EVs from Bankrupt Fisker Saved Their Cars With an Open Source Nonprofit (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-18 Open Source

Sources: DayOne, the spinoff of China's largest data center operator GDS Holdings, plans dual IPO in Singapore and NY, seeking to raise $5B at a ~$20B valuation (www.ft.com)
2026-5-18 China IPO Singapore

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