May 2026

OpenAI’s Brockman details wild meeting with Elon Musk: ‘I thought he was going to physically attack me’ 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Marc Vartabedian OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman detailed an “extremely intense” two month period in 2017 during which a mounting feud with fellow OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk boiled over –  at one point saying Musk

OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else’s money on compute this year 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Tobias Mann If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won’t question the math An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50

Viva la revolución: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb 2026-05-06 at 00:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo GDPR Article 15 doesn’t care if you want to make money by selling users’ data back to them A LinkedIn feature the average non-paying user likely only glances past could end up setting a legal precedent

Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch 2026-05-05 at 23:18 By Tobias Mann High-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia’s NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems on Tuesday, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Anthropic wants Claude to play with money, unleashes finance agents 2026-05-05 at 23:18 By Thomas Claburn Always bet on backpropagation If you’ve ever read Anthropic’s disclaimer that responses generated by Claude may contain mistakes and thought, “That’s what I need to spice up financial operations,” you’re in luck.… This article is an excerpt from The

35,000 Users Targeted in Phishing Campaign in Just Two Days 2026-05-05 at 22:02 By Between the dates of Apr. 14 and Apr. 16, a sophisticated phishing campaign was observed.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Online pressures turn Gen Z girls into shopping machines, more like products than people: book 2026-05-05 at 21:44 By Rikki Schlott “Young women… are starting to see themselves as something more and more like products rather than people,” 26-year-old author Freya India said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

Apple explores using Intel, Samsung chips amid supply crunch: report 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By Thomas Barrabi The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm has long relied on chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). However, Apple has increasingly looked to diversify its supply chain in the face of recent geopolitical turmoil and massive demand from the artificial

IBM asks DBAs to trust AI to act on their behalf 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By Lindsay Clark With help from Google and Intel, Big Blue brings new automation to Db2 IBM has added support for Google Vertex AI and Intel Gaudi to boost the AI-based management of its stalwart Db2 database.… This article is an

ServiceNow clears agents for landing with new AI control tower 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By O’Ryan Johnson ServiceNow acquisitions Veza and Traceloop join to monitor agents and AI workflows ServiceNow announced an expansion of its AI Control Tower, transforming what began last year as a governance dashboard into what the company now describes as a command

DIY mystery box will wow your friends by hinting at what the ionosphere is up to 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo A rough guide to when your signal will behave, or not Shortwave radio enthusiasts are sure to know the problem: You’re trying to tune in to your favorite global broadcast only to find

Attackers are cashing in on fresh ‘CopyFail’ Linux flaw 2026-05-05 at 21:19 By Carly Page Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long CISA is warning that a newly-disclosed Linux kernel bug dubbed “CopyFail” is already being exploited, just days after researchers dropped a working root-level exploit.… This article is

Exclusive: What the Celebrity Stalkerware Breach Means for Executive Protection 2026-05-05 at 21:18 By Security magazine spoke with Cybersecurity Researcher Jeremiah Fowler about the risks of stalkerware in executive protection.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw (CVE-2026-23918) Enables DoS and Potential RCE 2026-05-05 at 21:18 By The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released security updates to address several security vulnerabilities in the HTTP Server, including a severe vulnerability that could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23918 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been

DAEMON Tools Supply Chain Attack Compromises Official Installers with Malware 2026-05-05 at 21:18 By A newly identified supply chain attack targeting DAEMON Tools software has compromised its installers to serve a malicious payload, according to findings from Kaspersky. “These installers are distributed from the legitimate website of DAEMON Tools and are signed with digital certificates

China-Linked UAT-8302 Targets Governments Using Shared APT Malware Across Regions 2026-05-05 at 21:18 By A sophisticated China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been attributed to attacks targeting government entities in South America since at least late 2024 and government agencies in southeastern Europe in 2025. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under

SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition 2026-05-05 at 17:46 By Lindsay Clark ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration SAP has snapped up Dremio, a data integration and analytics provider, to extend the reach of its data analytics and AI agent-building tools into external data sources.… This article is an excerpt from

VMware claims Cloud Foundation on track for world domination 2026-05-05 at 17:46 By Simon Sharwood Delivers update aimed at reducing hardware bill shock VMware has announced an update to its flagship Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud suite and tried to make it fit the times by adding features that allow users to run with less