The Wiz
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AI & Tech
Peter Sarlin’s Qutwo hits $380m valuation in angel round
Peter Sarlin, who sold Silo AI for $665 million, has launched Qutwo, a quantum software startup that achieved a $380…
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AI & Tech
Real-estate dev startup Davis raises $5.5M to shrink timelines from months to days
Davis, an AI-native startup co-founded by two Entrepreneurs First alumni, secured $5.5 million in pre-seed funding from Heartcore and Balderton…
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Business
China’s Big Fund leads DeepSeek round as price doubles in two weeks
A fundraising effort for a chip venture grew from an initial $300 million at a $10 billion valuation to a…
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AI & Tech
LG Display Unveils 27-Inch 5K OLED Screen
LG Display has unveiled a 27-inch 5K OLED panel with 220 pixels per inch and a 120Hz refresh rate, debuting…
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AI & Tech
AI Blueprint for Strengthening Democracy
Personal AI agents will fundamentally change how citizens consume information and act on it, mediating relationships between individuals and governing…
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AI & Tech
NCSC Warns of AI-Driven Patch Vulnerability Wave
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that organizations must prepare for a wave of critical software patches driven…
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AI & Tech
Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach
Trellix, a major US cybersecurity firm formed from the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, confirmed on May 4 that…
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AI & Tech
Apple Details 3 New iPhone Features in iOS 26.5
iOS 26.5 Release Candidate introduces end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, a Pride Luminance wallpaper, and Suggested Places in Maps.…
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AI & Tech
ChatGPT Gets a Security Upgrade – Here’s How to Opt In
OpenAI's Advanced Account Security is a new opt-in feature for individual ChatGPT users that provides enhanced protection beyond passwords, including…
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AI & Tech
PayPal bets on AI to revive its tech company roots
PayPal is betting on artificial intelligence to modernize its tech platform, shift to cloud-native architecture, and boost developer productivity, aiming…
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BigTech Companies
Education Tech Giant Instructure Breached, Hackers Steal Student Data
Instructure confirmed a data breach of its Canvas platform, with ShinyHunters hacking group stealing sensitive student data including names, email…
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AI & Tech
Google Launches New Data & Experimentation Tools for Better Measurement
Google is upgrading its measurement tools with a focus on data integration, experimentation, and media mix modelling to help advertisers…
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AI & Tech
ChatGPT Ads Show Strong Early CTRs, But Scale Remains a Challenge
Early data shows ChatGPT ads achieving higher click-through rates than traditional display and podcast ads, likely due to high-intent user…
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Artificial Intelligence
Half of Europe’s youth use AI to discuss intimate topics
Half of Europe's young people now use AI chatbots as confidants for deeply personal topics like relationships and mental health,…
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AI & Tech
Inside Ford’s Skunkworks: Designing a $30,000 Electric Pickup
Ford's Electric Vehicle Development Center operates with a lean team of about 480 people, using a simplified drawing and release…
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AI & Tech
1990s Search Giant AltaVista Shuts Down
Ask.com shut down its search operations on May 1, 2026, after nearly 30 years, as parent company IAC pivots away…
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AI & Tech
Borderlands 4 Boss Sparks Fan Backlash Over AI-Generated Content
Gearbox Entertainment studio head Randy Pitchford faced backlash from Borderlands 4 fans after sharing an AI-generated "selfie" from ChatGPT, leading…
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BigTech Companies
Trellix confirms data breach after source code theft
Trellix confirmed a data breach where unauthorized actors accessed a portion of its source code repository, with no evidence yet…
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AI & Tech
AI Will Soon Let Anyone Open a Restaurant, Says Marc Lore
Marc Lore's Wonder is launching "Wonder Create," an AI-powered platform that allows anyone to design and launch a virtual restaurant…
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Entertainment
Nintendo Reveals Switch 2 Pokémon Pokopia Bundle
Nintendo announced a new Switch 2 hardware bundle featuring "Pokémon Pokopia", releasing on "5th June 2026", initially available only in…
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