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AI-powered surveillance company Palantir created a chore coat. Great, now I have no choice but to burn mine | Van Badham

Guardian UK - May 08, 2026 11:21am EDT

INIU Pocket Rocket P50 Review: The Smallest 45W Power Bank, Engineered to Disappear

We lab-test the INIU Pocket Rocket P50 — the smallest 45W 10,000mAh power bank. Full teardown, thermal analysis, and real‑world fast‑charging data for iPhone, Samsung, and more.

International Business Times - May 08, 2026 10:56am EDT

Cloudflare stock sinks 24% after earnings as company cuts 1,100 employees due to AI changes

The cloud provider announced it is laying off 20% of its workforce as agentic artificial intelligence "fundamentally changes" the company's work.

CNBC - May 08, 2026 10:47am EDT

Video Musk back on stand in OpenAI feud

ABC News - May 08, 2026 9:34am EDT

Online hate groups sustain their messages by repeating powerful stories or routinely adding new allegations

The Conversation - May 08, 2026 9:23am EDT

IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power

Customers say services were down for at least 4 hours, while status page showed no issues

Register UK - May 08, 2026 9:21am EDT

40,000 tech workers to receive AI training to automate coding, build agentic systems by 2029

The Straits Times - May 08, 2026 9:09am EDT

Hackers ate my homework: Educational SaaS Canvas down after cyberattack

ShinyHunters takes the credit and gives developer an F for security

Register UK - May 08, 2026 7:48am EDT

Canvas Hack Impacts Thousands of Schools Ahead of Finals

A major cyberattack is impacting millions of students across the United States just ahead of finals week. Hackers shut down Canvas, an online learning website that’s used by thousands of universities and schools. NBC’s Christine Romans joins TODAY to break down what to know about the hack and how it might have happened.

NBC News - May 08, 2026 7:29am EDT

Sony targets double-digit profit growth despite slowdown in PlayStation 5 sales amid memory price crunch

While hardware sales took a hit in Sony's fourth-quarter, strong revenue from its image sensing and music businesses offset the dip.

CNBC - May 08, 2026 7:13am EDT

Meta fights Ofcom over how many billions count as billions

Social media biz says watchdog's fine formula is 'disproportionate' and should stop counting global revenue

Register UK - May 08, 2026 7:07am EDT

AWS warns of EC2 'impairment' as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region

Extra aircon found to cool overheating datacenter as users complain their resources are... nowhere

Register UK - May 08, 2026 6:57am EDT

Scientists make AI play Battleship to help it do science better

AI models and people played “collaborative” Battleship to test strategies for efficiently solving problems

Scientific American - May 08, 2026 6:51am EDT

Instagram purge wipes millions of followers from major accounts

Doha, Qatar: Instagram carried out a cleanup of bots and inactive accounts that resulted in a noticeable drop in follower counts for several accounts...

Peninsula Qatar - May 08, 2026 6:41am EDT

They’re Low-Paid. Big Companies Exploit Them. They’ve Made All Your Favorite Viral Videos.

Unfortunately, it's why you know who Clavicular is.

Slate - May 08, 2026 6:31am EDT

Giant black holes are cosmic ‘Frankensteins’ built by mergers, new study reveals

A new research has revealed the true origin of the Universe’s biggest black holes, addressing one of the most significant missing link problems in modern astrophysics. New analysis of...

International The News - May 08, 2026 6:04am EDT

As Mark Zuckerberg makes an AI version of himself, will your next boss be an avatar?

Who’s accountable for any decision? Because Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t said it – his persona has, writes Chris Stokel-Walker

Evening Standard - May 08, 2026 4:59am EDT

Nintendo to hike Switch 2 price, warns on profits

Tokyo: Japanese gaming giantNintendosaid Friday it will hike the price of its Switch 2 gaming console as component costs soar, warning that net profit...

Peninsula Qatar - May 08, 2026 4:32am EDT

Google’s new Fitbit has no screen — and that’s the point

Google unveils Fitbit Air, a $99 screenless fitness band focused on passive health tracking, long battery life and AI-powered insights via the Google Health platform.

Gulf News - May 08, 2026 3:18am EDT

Canadian tech star PointClickCare has contingency plan to move to U.S. if trade war worsens

If forced to pick between the two countries for its home base, the company would choose the U.S., CEO says

The Globe and Mail - May 07, 2026 10:02pm EDT

'You just happen to be $30 billion richer?': OpenAI co-founder grilled at Musk trial

In the trial over Musk's claims against OpenAI's other co-founders, Musk's attorney questioned whether Greg Brockman's stake in the company conflicted with its nonprofit values.

NBC News - May 07, 2026 9:34pm EDT

Video Artemis III prep accelerates ahead of moon mission

ABC News - May 07, 2026 7:04pm EDT

Medical and utility tech companies admit digital breakins

: Itron, Medtronic disclose breaches in Friday filings

Register UK - May 07, 2026 4:03pm EDT

French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk, X over child sexual abuse images on platform

Prosecutor also investigating deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by AI system Grok

The Globe and Mail - May 07, 2026 3:59pm EDT