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Meta, Broadcom and others to launch $125 million semiconductor research hub at UCLA

Broadcom, Meta, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries and Synopsys are joining forces to launch a $125 million "Semiconductor Hub" at UCLA.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 4:44pm EDT

Trump Postpones AI Executive Order Over China Competition Concerns

President Donald Trump abruptly postponed a planned executive order on artificial intelligence on Thursday, saying he "didn't like certain aspects" of the measure and feared it could slow the United States in its race against China.

International Business Times - May 21, 2026 4:41pm EDT

Microsoft shuts down illegal code-signing operation used by ransomware crims to mask their malware

'Thousands' of US victims, including 12+ machines owned and operated by Redmond

Register UK - May 21, 2026 4:26pm EDT

Zuckerberg warns ‘success isn’t a given’ after laying off 10% of Meta

As Meta laid off 10% of the company Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tech giant’s reorganization in a memo to employees.

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

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

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

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

Gizmodo - May 21, 2026 12:10pm EDT

Ubisoft shares plunge after Assassin’s Creed maker warns of further losses to come

Ubisoft shares plunged on Thursday after the Assassin's Creed maker warned of further losses this year.

CNBC - May 21, 2026 12:09pm 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

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 latest record earnings 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 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

NASA set to unveil major Moon Base strategy and mission update

NASA is all set to host a news conference to officially share Moon Base plans and spotlight advancement toward sustainable lunar habitation. The primary motive behind this conference is to...

International The News - May 21, 2026 7:15am 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