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Trump administration live updates: NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faces senators’ questions

Get live updates and the latest news as NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya testifies on Capitol Hill and the Senate considers a bill to fund ICE and Board Patrol.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 11:55am EDT

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO plans reveal blockbuster spending on rockets and AI

NPR - May 21, 2026 11:36am EDT

Nvidia's record results fail to impress investors

The chip giant reported more stellar results but its shares fell after-hours as investors wonder if it can keep up its pace of growth amid greater competition.

BBC News - May 21, 2026 10:39am EDT

US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms

Beneficiaries include start-up backed by firm with links to the Trump family.

Ars Technica - May 21, 2026 9:54am EDT

Intuit axes 3,000 – without blaming AI

'Margin expansion' and a 'faster, leaner' company are CEO Sasan Goodarzi's goals

Register UK - May 21, 2026 8:54am EDT

SpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototype

The new third-generation Starship, dubbed V3, which is larger, more powerful and a step closer to being fully reusable, is expected to launch Thursday evening.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 8:44am EDT

Quantum stocks soar as U.S. reportedly plans $2 billion ‘award’ and taking equity stakes

Quantum computing shares popped following reports that the U.S. government will award grants to nine firms operating in the space.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 8:42am EDT

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Employees Success 'Isn't a Given' As Meta Begins Thousands Of Layoffs

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees that success "isn't a given" as the company conducts thousands of layoffs and furthers its push on AI.

International Business Times - May 21, 2026 8:20am EDT

Germany urges the E.U. to offer Ukraine ‘associate membership’ and boost talks with Russia

Europe is weighing whether to try to launch its own negotiations with the Kremlin, with U.S. mediated talks bogged down while America’s attention focuses on the Iran war.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 8:12am EDT

Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped

Red Hat’s free distro loses a desktop, but makes an important new friend

Register UK - May 21, 2026 7:16am EDT

'Europe doesn't realize how dangerous it is': Telecoms CEO warns of U.S. dominance in satellites, AI

Europe is vulnerable with a non-state actor like Starlink having the power to switch off the continent's connectivity.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 7:06am EDT

Irish PM urges full probe of death of Congolese man restrained outside store

The Irish Network Against Racism expressed concern that excessive force may have been used against Yves Sakila and said in a statement that “the death of a black man in such circumstances is extremely worrying.”

NBC News - May 21, 2026 7:02am EDT

How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they've found the answer.

Live Science - May 21, 2026 6:03am EDT

Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back

A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.

BBC News - May 21, 2026 5:48am EDT

Nvidia Wants to Decouple Its Reputation From Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

Gizmodo - May 21, 2026 5:38am EDT

Australian judge fines X $465,000 for online safety breach after 3-year court battle

The social media giant had argued it was not obliged to answer questions from Australia’s online safety watchdog about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 5:27am EDT

SpaceX: Musk's empire targeting the stars, Mars and now IPO

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with a grand goal of sending humans to Mars and colonizing Earth's neighboring planet. Today, the company is...

Daily Sabah - May 21, 2026 5:19am EDT

Brandon Sanderson's 'Skyward' TV Series Adaptation in the Works

Gizmodo - May 21, 2026 5:06am EDT

Zombie user account let hackers control the city’s water

Failing to disable a former employee’s account was a huge mistake

Register UK - May 21, 2026 5:04am EDT

Tesla brings 'Full Self-Driving' to China after years of delays as local EV rivals race ahead

Tesla's full self-driving (FSD) capabilities are now available in China after years of delay, the company said in an X post on Thursday.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 4:54am EDT

AMD to invest $10 billion in Taiwan's AI industry to advance top-end chips

AMD's investments will focus on partnerships with companies to "advance" chip packaging and manufacturing required for next-generation AI infrastructure.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 4:28am EDT

Google’s Gmail can now talk back and manage your inbox with AI

Google’s new Gmail Live turns your inbox into a conversational AI assistant, using Gemini to answer questions, summarize emails and manage tasks by voice.

Gulf News - May 21, 2026 4:27am EDT

No break for Nvidia as AI demand fuels another blockbuster quarter

Chip giant and world's most valuable company Nvidia reported on Wednesday record quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion, blowing past Wall Street...

Daily Sabah - May 21, 2026 4:02am EDT

Zuckerberg Says Meta Unlikely to See More Company-Wide Layoffs This Year

Deccan Chronicle - May 21, 2026 2:18am EDT