12 May 2026
Meta is among this year's sponsors at Cannes, but selfies on the red carpet remain banned.
The Cannes Film Festival has no intention of revising its 'no selfie' policy on the Montée des Marches, despite its partnership with Meta and the arrival of a group of creators equipped with smart glasses to produce content from the red carpet.
12 May 2026
Copy Fail and Dirty Frag: Linux Page-Cache Exploits Target Every Major Distribution
Two Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed within a week of each other. Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), disclosed on 29 April 2026 by security firm Theori, and Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500), disclosed on 7 May 2026 by researcher Hyunwoo Kim, both allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root on affected distributions.
12 May 2026
Prediction: This Could Be Nvidia's Stock Price By the End of 2027
Since early 2023, Nvidia ( NVDA +1.90% ) has been one of the undisputed beneficiaries of the mad dash to adopt artificial intelligence (AI). The company's graphics processing units (GPUs) -- which were developed to render lifelike images in video games (hence the name) -- have since become the gold standard for AI training and inference. In little more than three years, Nvidia stock has soared…
12 May 2026
Oil supply shock, inflation and AI to continue reshaping global markets, says J.P. Morgan
At the start of 2026, J.P. Morgan identified global fragmentation, inflation and AI as the defining forces shaping the investment landscape, and the months since have only sharpened their relevance J.P. Morgan Private Bank released on Tuesday its 2026 Mid-Year Global Investment Outlook , which examines the forces reshaping global markets at the midpoint of a pivotal year.
12 May 2026
Unitree unveils world's first mass-produced manned mecha GD01
The Unitree GD01 is a civilian vehicle with a starting price set at 3.9 million yuan ($574,090). The new product launch comes as the company advances its 4.2 billion yuan IPO on China's STAR Market.
12 May 2026
Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI
Donald Trump is heading to China this week. If his guest list is any clue, he wants to discuss technology with Xi Jinping , though perhaps after the war in Iran.
12 May 2026
Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook to head to China with Trump, per White House
Top U.S. executives, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook, will accompany U.S. President Donald Trump on his visit to China this week, a White House official said Monday.
12 May 2026
Sources: US proposes three new military bases in Greenland
The United States has proposed establishing three new military bases in southern Greenland to monitor Russian and Chinese maritime activity. According to sources, these bases would be designated as American territory. Currently, the U.S. only operates the Pituffik Space Base in the northwest. Dialogue began in early 2026 following Donald Trump’s threats to take over [...]
12 May 2026
In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character. But nobody has more to lose than Altman, who is expected to take the stand this week to defend himself.
