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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

Bulgaria wins Eurovision amid massive boycott over Israeli participation (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Israel

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

EU natural gas stockpiling at record low – Gazprom (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Europe

US cancels troop deployment to Poland amid tensions with allies (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Poland

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

NDS 2026 – Focus on high-intensity conflict neglects peacekeeping and HADR (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-18

'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

Massive crowds gather in London for anti-immigration march (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Immigration London

Protesting Israeli Control over Palestinian Archeological Sites (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-18 Israel

Slashing Climate, Weather and Ocean Research to Pay for 32 Hours of Iran War (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-18 Climate Iran

Araghchi: BRICS look at Iran with Different Eyes after “American Failure” (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-18 U.S. Iran

Rehearsal isn't resilience (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-5-18

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

The EU's sanctions fever: From Russia to China, a crisis expands (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Russia China Europe

Indian national killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow | Russia-Ukraine conflict (www.rt.com)
2026-5-18 Russia India Drone Ukraine

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