25 May 2026
AI is killing the lower priced smartphone in emerging markets
Welcome back to our latest weekly email. If you’re one of the new subscribers, Mondays are a recap of the previous week. Today, we look at the end of an era for cheap smartphones, thanks to the AI industry’s...
25 May 2026
Pope to release major artificial intelligence manifesto
Pope Leo XIV will release on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence (AI), a bid to address ethical and social challenges as the technology rapidly develops worldwide. The US pope will attend the presentation of the "Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent Humanity) encyclical at the Vatican in person -- a first for the Catholic Church. He will be joined not only by officials from…
24 May 2026
China’s first household humanoid robot to begin home trials in 2027
Chinese robotics firm GigaAI will begin free home trials of its SeeLight S1 humanoid robot in Wuhan, central China, in early 2027.
24 May 2026
The US dollar against the Japanese yen fell below 159, with an intraday decline of 0.25%
WEEXCrypto NewsThe US dollar against the Japa...By: rootdata|2026/05/25 05:42:360ShareAccording to Jinshi reports, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) has fallen below 159, with an intraday...
24 May 2026
Qualcomm Stock Is the Sleeping Giant of the AI Revolution. It’s Starting to Wake Up.
Qualcomm, Inc_ logo on phone-by viewimage via Shutterstock When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) chip space, Wall Street tends to list the exact same big names: Nvidia (NVDA) , Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) , and Intel (INTC) . Amid the AI-driven market cap race, Qualcomm (QCOM) has remained in the shadows for some time; as the tech sector bloated with price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples of…
24 May 2026
GDP, Earnings and Other Key Things to Watch this Week
Markets enter the final week of May with a holiday-shortened trading schedule following Memorial Day Monday closure, compressing important economic data and high-profile earnings into four sessions.
24 May 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxi reality check
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! Robotaxis are here! And yet, they’re not. That contradiction neatly captures Waymo’s current reality. Anyone walking around San Francisco could reasonably declare that robotaxis have arrived. But arrival,…
24 May 2026
A slow laser bottleneck just got a 250x AI shortcut for next-generation X-ray experiments
Building a world-class X-ray experiment begins with a laser operating at the wrong frequency. Before it becomes useful, researchers pass the beam through precision crystals twice, stepping the light from infrared into ultraviolet. That type of conversion has to be simulated before any parameter can be adjusted. Until now, that simulation was a persistent slowdown.
24 May 2026
SpaceX's next-gen Starship rocket enables high valuation, early investor says
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the biggest IPO in history, and its next-generation Starship vehicle may be the key to its sky-high valuation.
