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2 May

Debunking the Imminent Software Developer Apocalypse
Software developer jobs are not disappearing; employment reached a record 2.5 million in the U.S. by February 2025, a 19%…
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2 May

Marsh: Cyber Now the Top Global People Risk
The Marsh 2026 People Risks report identifies cyber-threat literacy as the top risk, with tech skills shortages and AI adoption…
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2 May

Meta acquires robotic startup to advance humanoid AI goals
Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), whose team will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs to develop AI…
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2 May

Google Urges Developers to Build for AI Agents
Google's new "Build agent-friendly websites" guide advises developers to treat AI agents as a distinct user group, warning that complex…
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2 May

Microsoft tests revamped Windows 11 Run menu with dark mode
Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned Windows 11 Run menu to Insiders, featuring a sleeker interface, improved performance, and native…
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2 May

Apple Increases Mac Mini Base Price
Apple raised the Mac Mini's starting price to $799, removing the previous $599 base model, amid CEO Tim Cook's warning…
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2 May

AI Models That Consider User Feelings Make More Errors: Study
New research from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that large language models fine-tuned to be warmer or more empathetic are…
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2 May

Microsoft Gains Time in SteamOS Fight Thanks to RAMpocalypse
Valve’s SteamOS, using the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux, has increased Linux’s gaming market share from…
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2 May

Man dies after amoebas eat him alive, leaving necrotic lesions
A 78-year-old man suffered severe skin lesions and ulcers for six months, with doctors initially baffled before specialists at Yale…
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2 May

Apple Abandons Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Disappoints
Apple has ceased development of the Vision Pro after its M5 refresh failed to generate consumer or developer interest, ending…
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2 May

How AI Overviews Display Negative Reviews Without a Search
AI-driven search tools now autonomously surface negative brand content (reviews, complaints, forum threads) in response to comparison queries, often misquoting…
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1 May

Coatue plans land purchases for data centers, possibly for Anthropic
Coatue has launched Next Frontier, a new initiative to acquire land near power sources for data center development, including a…
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1 May

Musk vs. Altman legal battle heats up
Elon Musk spent nearly three full days testifying in his legal battle against OpenAI, accusing Sam Altman of violating the…
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1 May

Active cPanel Bug Exploited by Hackers on Millions of Sites
A critical authentication-bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) allows attackers to remotely seize full control over affected…
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1 May

Microsoft Ads expands Performance Max placement reporting
Microsoft Advertising has enhanced Performance Max reporting by adding publisher-level conversion and spend data, providing advertisers granular visibility into which…
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1 May

Amazon’s AI price history now spans the full past year
Amazon has upgraded its built-in price tracking feature to show a full year of price history, accessible via the "Price…
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1 May

Vacuum Maker Dreame Quietly Launches Its Own Smartphones
Dreame, a Chinese company known for robot vacuums, unveiled two smartphone lines at its Next event, but skepticism is high…
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1 May

Ubuntu infrastructure down for over a day
A sustained DDoS attack has taken Ubuntu and Canonical's core web infrastructure offline for over 24 hours, preventing access to…
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1 May

Half of Polymarket’s high-risk military bets now pay off
A study by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective found that high-risk bets on Polymarket regarding military and defense actions succeed 52%…
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1 May

OpenAI restricts access to Cyber after limiting Mythos
OpenAI is restricting access to its new cybersecurity tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber, to verified "critical cyber defenders" through an application process,…
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