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Live updates: Trump scores more primary election wins
Get live updates and the latest news as Trump scores more primary election wins in Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, including Thomas Massie’s loss to Ed Gallrein.
NBC News - May 20, 2026 12:43pm EDT
Disney sued over facial recognition technology at California parks
The suit alleges that the company does not adequately disclose its use of the technology and is not transparent with how the collected data will be used.
NBC News - May 20, 2026 12:27pm EDT
If a setting fails in the forest and nobody hears it ...
Register UK - May 20, 2026 12:02pm EDT
Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Most People Are Right-Handed
Gizmodo - May 20, 2026 11:58am EDT
Fintech firm Mercury hits $5.2 billion valuation after funding round, up 49% in 14 months
Mercury has emerged as one of a select group of fintech firms, like Ramp and Stripe, that continued to thrive after the collapse of pandemic-era valuations.
CNBC - May 20, 2026 11:18am EDT
Gizmodo - May 20, 2026 11:16am 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 20, 2026 11:01am EDT
Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use
Guardian UK - May 20, 2026 10:48am EDT
HSBC CEO Tells Staff Not To Resist AI As It Could Make Them 'More Productive Versions Of Themselves'
HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery told staff not to fight AI as it could make them "more productive versions of themselves".
International Business Times - May 20, 2026 10:34am EDT
Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
Access to TV OS's source code could allow users to limit ads, tracking.
Ars Technica - May 20, 2026 9:59am EDT
Google Unveils Gemini AI Agent To Help With Users' Digital Life
Google used its annual I/O developers conference on Tuesday to unveil a broad wave of artificial intelligence updates, including a completely new personal AI assistant "designed to proactively manage tasks and help you navigate your digital life, all under your direction."
International Business Times - May 20, 2026 9:30am EDT
Bezos says 2-3 year timeline for space data centers is a 'little ambitious'
Space companies are racing to make data centers in space a reality, as artificial intelligence skyrockets demand for energy and land resources.
CNBC - May 20, 2026 9:25am EDT
Up to 350 jobs under threat at Meta in Ireland
Meta has submitted a collective redundancy notification to Ireland's Department of Enterprise.
BBC News - May 20, 2026 9:11am EDT
The Conversation - May 20, 2026 8:44am EDT
Former Google CEO booed for AI commencement speech | Fox News Video
Kurt Knutsson discusses growing public backlash against AI, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt being booed at a University of Arizona commencement. He further discusses the development of artificial eggs that could revive dead species.
Fox News - May 20, 2026 8:40am EDT
She paid an insurance company $99,000 to generate retirement income for life. Then it collapsed.
Risks are mounting in the life insurance industry, and experts are concerned state regulators aren’t protecting policyholders.
NBC News - May 20, 2026 8:00am EDT
Robo-top: The machines that could make your next t-shirt
Most clothes are made in Asia, but new machines could bring some of that work back to the West.
BBC News - May 20, 2026 7:48am EDT
Vance defends stock trading spree in Trump financial filings: 'Come on, man'
Vice President JD Vance said at the White House on Tuesday that he and President Donald Trump both support banning congressional stock trading.
CNBC - May 20, 2026 7:17am EDT
Dutch cops’ shame game works wonders as most wanted scammers now turned in
Game Over?! gamified the identification of scammers who sought thrills from terrorising the elderly
Register UK - May 20, 2026 6:35am EDT
Scientists hatch live chickens from 3D-printed eggshells: Could artificial wombs be next?
Scientists have achieved a major and wondrous breakthrough in biological sciences by hatching 26 healthy chickens from 3D-printed eggshells. Hailing as scientific “stepping stone”, the...
International The News - May 20, 2026 5:39am EDT
Live Science - May 20, 2026 5:35am EDT
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
Wired News - May 20, 2026 5:05am EDT
A new whale detection network launches in San Francisco Bay, alerting ships in real time
The system, called WhaleSpotter, scans the bay around the clock for whale blows and heat signatures up to 2 nautical miles away
NBC News - May 20, 2026 4:36am EDT