The Co-Authored Verdict
The Vatican's first encyclical on AI calls the technology an "idolatry of profit" — and an AI company's co-founder stood at the Pope's side, his fingerprints on the text. Across town, the secular moral authority is staffed by the same labs it judges. The industry is sourcing its own oversight.
Pope Leo XIV presents Magnifica humanitas, his encyclical on AI, calling for AI regulation, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more
The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.
A deep dive into Apple Watch and Health efforts; sources: iOS 27 to get a revamped AirPods control panel and default support for AirPlay rivals like Google Cast
Also: iOS 27 AirPods, Genmoji and AirPlay details. — Now over a decade old, the Apple Watch is in need of a shake-up as the health and fitness wearables market pivots.
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets
Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.
A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem
Have you ever wondered, how DeepSeek may make money, and lot of it? They didn't come up with competitive coding plans like GLM, MoonShot and MiniMax.
Huawei says it aims to make 1.4nm chips by 2031 using its “LogicFolding” tech, which is based on its new Tau Scaling Law intended to bypass Moore's Law limits
TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies on Monday said it has found a new way to design chips to bring its semiconductor capabilities close …
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has reached $1B in lifetime funding; it remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date
Cloud Imperium Games marked a major milestone Sunday (May 24) as the game developer's open world massively multiplayer online space game …
The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting
More specifically, it was fined for allegedly lying by claiming that it could. … An exceptionally weird controversy has come …
Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical
As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.
A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening them into unlinking Apple IDs from stolen iPhones
Tens of thousands of smartphones were reported stolen in the British capital in recent years. For some victims, losing their phone was only the beginning.
SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Monday, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp if they go public
SoftBank Group Corp. shares climbed to a record high, spurred by hopes of big returns from the Japanese investor's stakes in OpenAI …
Tether plans to launch GELT, an “official” stablecoin representing the Georgian lari, with the support of Georgia's government in an unusual partnership
Tether, the world's biggest stablecoin issuer, plans to launch a crypto token representing the Georgian lari with the support …
Quartermaster, which is building an analytics platform and a SmartMast, with sensors on a ship's mast to relay real-time maritime data, raised a $43M Series A
Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers …
A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers probe AI models for safety gaps, as its work becomes a blueprint for other governments' AI policies
The government's A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.'s emerging risks.
Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed
Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber
Austin Cowan had expected a quiet year. — The headhunter, who helps Fortune 100 companies find and attract cybersecurity executives …
Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse's infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3
The infrastructure arm of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will take Canadian database company Information …
Report: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of a 2025 probe over concerns it favors its own services in search results
The European Union is planning to fine Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of an antitrust investigation …See also Mediagazer
How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used techniques like AI-assisted malware development and SEO poisoning to target companies during the US-Iran war
Key Findings — The Iranian, IRGC affiliated, threat actor Nimbus Manticore resurfaced during Operation Epic Fury …
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says “Reid AI” has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024
In a glimpse into the future, a small number of executives have created AI replicas to take over some of their responsibilitiesLinkedIn:Paul Jurcys, PhDandJudy AlbersLinkedIn:Paul Jurcys, PhD:“Before ...
X says it is cracking down on large accounts that have been gaming its revenue-sharing program by “programmatically reuploading content from smaller accounts”
X is introducing new strategies to rein in its copycat economy. — Elon Musk's social media platform is now cracking …
The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons
Supervisor to stress seriousness of risks to financial system at hastily arranged meeting — The European Central Bank …
A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, a top lieutenant of Mark Zuckerberg who is leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-first company
Andrew Bosworth, Meta's outspoken chief technology officer, has a new mission: transforming the company's workforce using AI
Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access after a near-90-day blackout
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday …
Study: rate of fabricated references in biomedical papers has grown 12x+ since 2023; in early 2026, one in 277 papers had at least one non-existent reference
It was a process that had become routine for Maxim Topaz. — The associate professor at Columbia University's School of Nursing …
The UK, outpaced by the US and China in AI, is turning to experimental technologies like neuromorphic computing in search of computing sovereignty
Military capability depends increasingly on data centres. Now governments outpaced in AI are looking to experimental technologies.
Rising DRAM prices are driving “forced premiumization” in the smartphone market in India and Africa, as consumers in the sub-$200 segment risk being priced out
Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the coming months, or ~20% of its workforce, after weak Q1 earnings and a ~50% collapse of its stock in 2026
The company will reduce roughly 20% of its workforce after a steep stock decline and rising AI-related costs.
How the AI boom is transforming global M&A, now dominated by the AI-driven race to control the world's energy, fiber networks, and computing capacity
Deals hit record highs, unloved companies turn sexy and PE finds a new gold mine. Up until this week, NextEra Energy …
Hands-on with a pre-release build of Google Docs Live, an AI-powered voice tool for drafting documents, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers
More than 5,500 GitHub repositories were infected with malware in a supply chain attack, dubbed Megalodon, on May 18 that relies on automated commits
Fake automated commits injected GitHub Actions workflows containing payloads to steal credentials, CI secrets, keys, and tokens.
Tether buys out SoftBank's ~26% stake in bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, taking Tether's stake to ~71%; SoftBank's stake was worth ~$679M
Moment, which develops AI tools for automating fixed-income and equities trading tech, raised a $78M Series C led by Index Ventures, with a16z participating
A look at Xiaomi's AI push to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem, as it recently committed ~$8.8B in AI investments over the next three years
Xiaomi is betting on artificial intelligence to future-proof its sprawling hardware empire, pouring massive resources into open-source models …
DeepSeek says it will lower V4 Pro API prices by 75% to $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens, making permanent the discount prices set to expire on May 31
The prices listed below are in units of per 1M tokens.Vincent Chow /South China Morning Post:DeepSeek V4 Pro tops global bang-for-buck ranking after 75% price cutMarcus Schuler /Implicator.ai:DeepSeek...
Salesforce's promotional videos showcased Agentforce mock-ups and features that are not widely available, as CEO Marc Benioff defends forward-looking marketing
In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday …
Sources: Princeton Digital Group to sell its Chinese data center assets for as much as $1B, as global buyout firms retreat from China's data center market
Pope Leo XIV presents his encyclical on AI, calling for regulation of AI companies, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more
The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.
A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling
In “Magnifica humanitas,” he fires a broadside against AI companies, warning of the technology's dangers in the same way Pope Francis did about climate change.