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Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked
Guardian UK - May 22, 2026 10:10am EDT
Workday jumps 14% as it bumps up margin forecast on AI strength
Workday's CEO says the company is seeing success in artificial intelligence.
CNBC - May 22, 2026 10:04am EDT
Span wants to turn homes into mini data centers
Smart-panel start-up Span wants to turn spare household electricity into AI computing power. How far it can scale and what effect that would have on the residential grid remain unsettled
Scientific American - May 22, 2026 9:35am EDT
Gizmodo - May 22, 2026 9:32am EDT
The Conversation - May 22, 2026 9:31am EDT
Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate our feeds
Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.
BBC News - May 22, 2026 9:10am EDT
Gizmodo - May 22, 2026 8:55am EDT
Christian Science Monitor - May 22, 2026 8:38am EDT
Google explains how it will infuse ads into AI answers
Just like in The Truman Show
Register UK - May 22, 2026 8:30am EDT
Data Centers Can Make Neighborhoods Up to 4 Degrees Hotter, Study Finds
Gizmodo - May 22, 2026 7:33am EDT
Mega-IPOs could signal market top, say analysts as SpaceX and OpenAI prep record floats
SpaceX's IPO, expected on June 12, could mark the largest float in history.
CNBC - May 22, 2026 7:23am EDT
Flipper One wants to be the Linux multi-tool in your pocket
Not a Zero successor, ARM box aims for openness, but shipping remains the hard part
Register UK - May 22, 2026 6:43am EDT
Standard Chartered boss says AI comments taken ‘out of context’ after backlash
The Asian-focused bank unveiled plans on Tuesday to cut around 7,800 jobs as it ramps up the use of AI across its operations.
Evening Standard - May 22, 2026 6:19am EDT
AI pioneer calls for stronger guardrails for AI systems
The Straits Times - May 22, 2026 6:13am EDT
Bixonimania’—the fake illness that AI fell for
How an experiment involving a made-up skin condition exposes the risks of increasingly popular AI medical advice
Scientific American - May 22, 2026 6:12am EDT
Web devs sleeping with the enemy: AI is doing their job and they worry it's after their desk too
Most software engineers now use AI for most of their code and fear the existential threat
Register UK - May 22, 2026 6:10am EDT
AWS parades orgs that took up its offer for Euro Sovereign Cloud
Customers want their data kept and processed strictly within the EU
Register UK - May 22, 2026 5:17am EDT
Can a fashion fix help smart glasses finally take off?
Smart glasses have had a slow uptake. Tech Now explores if stylish new designs could change that.
BBC News - May 22, 2026 5:17am EDT
SpaceX Starship launch delayed again: Here’s what went wrong
Elon Musk’s aerospace company has once delayed the long-awaited launch of its upgraded Version 3 of Starship, scheduled on Thursday. The next-generation Starship rocket was set to take off...
International The News - May 22, 2026 5:07am EDT
Lenovo shares jump 15% on record earnings as AI revenue nearly doubles
Shares of Lenovo surged over 15% on Friday, after the electronics giant posted strong revenue growth bolstered by its artificial intelligence business.
CNBC - May 22, 2026 4:02am EDT
Police bosses urge unsafe social media to be blocked for under-16s
The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.
BBC News - May 22, 2026 2:11am EDT
What do young people think of an under-16 social media ban?
UK online safety minister Kanishka Narayan says any ban on social media for under-16s agreed at Westminster will apply in NI.
BBC News - May 22, 2026 1:53am EDT
‘Huge validation’: Trump administration backs Aussie quantum tech
Two of Australia’s most prominent quantum names have been drawn into the Trump administration’s growing portfolio of strategic technology companies.
Sydney Morning Herald - May 22, 2026 12:39am 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 11:33pm EDT