12 May 2026
France’s Macron announces $27bn investment in Africa at Kenya summit
The Africa Forward summit comes amid France’s fading ties with its former African colonies, as Kenya seeks greater trade. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced 23 billion euros ($27bn) of investment during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya.
12 May 2026
SAG-AFTRA Reveals Details of 4-Year Agreement With Studios, Including Merged Pension Plan
Following approval from its national board, SAG-AFTRA has released the details of its tentative bargaining agreement with Hollywood studios and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which like the one ratified by the Writers Guild of America will last four years instead of the usual three.
12 May 2026
Daybreak Is OpenAI's Response To Anthropic's Claude Mythos
OpenAI has just launched Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that's clearly the company's competitor to Anthropic's Project Glasswing.
11 May 2026
OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos
Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.
11 May 2026
Trump heads to China with Musk, Cook and top CEOs for Xi talks
US President Donald Trump is expected to be accompanied by more than a dozen business leaders, including Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and Tim Cook of Apple, during his trip to China this week.
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11 May 2026
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Writer Jeremy Slater Explains All Those Fatalities, Resurrecting [SPOILER] for the Third Movie and the ‘Dozens’ of Characters He Wants for S…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Mortal Kombat II,” now playing in theaters. Writer Jeremy Slater grew up playing “Mortal Kombat” in his local arcade and spent hours mastering the violent fighting game on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. He was a fan of the original 1995 movie, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and now, more than 30 years later,…
11 May 2026
The Tesla Model S and Model X Are Officially Dead As of This Past Weekend
To call Tesla a polarizing automaker is an understatement. That said, even the brand’s loudest detractors simply cannot deny the significance of the Model S. The car utterly shifted the perception of electric vehicles entirely on its own merits, blending efficiency and genuine performance in a tech-forward package that was unlike any other vehicle found in dealerships. That shocking debut was 14…
11 May 2026
The Razr Ultra 2026 is everything a flip phone should be, but I’m not paying $1,500 for it
I’ll be blunt: $1,500 is a lot of money to spend on the Razr Ultra, a clamshell phone that folds in half. In fact, it’s a lot of money to spend on any smartphone, especially when a Galaxy S26 Ultra or iPhone 17 Pro Max costs less and still leaves a few hundred dollars in your pocket, or throwing in a couple of hundred bucks can get you a full-fledged book-style foldable. For me, the Razr Ultra…
11 May 2026
China unveils humanoid robot for Moon mission
China has unveiled an AI-powered humanoid robot that it plans to send to the Moon as part of its 2029 Chang’e-8 mission.
