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From The Sports Desk: Thunder strike

The Thunder evened the NBA’s Western Conference finals with a 122-113 win against the Spurs at home. We recap that, plus look at the Montreal Grand Prix.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 4:05pm EDT

Trump postpones signing artificial intelligence order out of concern it would hurt the AI industry

Toronto Star - May 21, 2026 3:46pm EDT

How 'Age Tech' might help you grow old at home and with more ease

It can be hard for older adults to live independently if they don’t have a caregiver or anyone close by to help them out. Now, there’s technology that can help older adults broaden their options, make their homes safer and ease caregivers’ minds.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 3:31pm EDT

America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames

I wonder what's in 'external-secret-repo-creds.yaml' and 'AWS-Workspace-Firefox-Passwords.csv'?

Register UK - May 21, 2026 3:30pm EDT

Republicans cancel votes amid fight over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The Senate had planned to vote on a bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term but scuttled it after the president sought to add $1.8 billion for the DOJ fund.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 2:50pm EDT

Lightspeed Commerce open to acquisitions but not eyeing anything large-scale: CFO

Montreal-based maker of sales technology remains eyes small deals to help accelerate product development

The Globe and Mail - May 21, 2026 2:42pm EDT

Anthropic, Microsoft in talks for AI chip deal after $5 billion investment

Microsoft has not made the Maia 200 chips available to customers, but they are used in the company's data centers, offering better efficiency than other silicon.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 2:32pm EDT

Mamdani announces $50 World Cup ticket lottery for New York City residents

New York’s mayor said the city is distributing 1,000 tickets for residents of the five boroughs through a random draw.

NBC News - May 21, 2026 2:10pm EDT

Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage

This is the service we get when we spend $10m plus? asks automated code deployment outfit

Register UK - May 21, 2026 1:35pm EDT

Trump cancels AI order signing over concerns about US competitiveness

U.S. President Donald Trump called off a planned Thursday signing ceremony for a new artificial intelligence executive order after expressing concerns that...

Daily Sabah - May 21, 2026 1:15pm 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 12:41pm EDT

SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers

Gizmodo - May 21, 2026 12:10pm EDT

End of Stephen Colbert's show illustrates risks of stirring a polarized nation to laughter - The demise of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" raises questions of whether humor can bring together a polarized nation. By - Stephen Humphries - / 6 min

Christian Science Monitor - May 21, 2026 11:50am EDT

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

NPR - May 21, 2026 11:36am EDT

Bloom Energy rises 12% after partnering with European AI infrastructure upstart in $2.6 billion deal

Nebius said Wednesday that it would deploy Bloom's fuel-cell technology to generate electricity faster and more quickly at its data centers.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 11:29am EDT

Amazon Makes Final Clearance Push on Fire TV Stick 4K Plus at 40% Off With a Month of Xbox Game Pass for Free

Gizmodo - May 21, 2026 11:21am EDT

China's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2

Live Science - May 21, 2026 11:08am 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

Years after UK Post Office scandal broke, Accenture and OneView Commerce bag contract to replace Horizon

Service tries to move on from troubled decades of Fujitsu relationship with £410 million in deals for system that hurt so many

Register UK - May 21, 2026 9:54am EDT

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

Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.

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

Attackers spill plaintext passwords of 46k Myspace93 users after 2021 breach

Leakage blamed on treacherous friends exposed unencrypted credentials, email addresses

Register UK - May 21, 2026 8:54am 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

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