22 May 2026
Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn’t provide end-to-end encryption
The Texas Attorney General has sued Meta over allegations that the company’s WhatsApp messenger, used by more than 3 billion people, doesn’t provide the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) it has long claimed.
22 May 2026
Omega-3s may affect brain repair: Should you avoid them?
For many years, we have heard about the potential health benefits of fish oil due in part to their high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids. Past studies have linked the consumption of fish oil to possible protection against several health concerns, including brain diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A new study has found that fish oil supplements may not be beneficial for people who…
22 May 2026
How Stanford sold its soul to Silicon Valley
Theo Baker was still a teenager when he took down the president of Stanford University. And he hadn’t even meant to become a journalist. Baker had dreamed of going to Stanford since he was a wee nerd of 7, obsessed with coding and technology. He showed up at 17 to study computer science — the kid who’d built his first website in elementary school, now inside what he came to see as the world’s…
22 May 2026
AGIBOT’s humanoid robot steals the show with dance, calligraphy at cultural event
Chinese firm AGIBOT showcased its advanced humanoid robot during a cultural event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 21.
22 May 2026
Space X IPO shows Musk has found cheat code for capitalism
Would you buy an AI company that's actually a space company from this man? Probably.
22 May 2026
Satya Nadella is reorganizing Microsoft around AI — and changing who holds power
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just dismantled the senior leadership structure that has run Microsoft for decades. It's the latest step in his plan to reboot Microsoft for the AI era and transform the 220,000-person behemoth into a company capable of competing with its smaller, faster, technically sophisticated rivals.
22 May 2026
The firm that backed Uber and Alibaba just minted a new unicorn and it's coming for wealth management
Farther has raised $150 million in a Series D round led by General Atlantic, bringing its total funding to over $272 million and pushing the company to unicorn status.
21 May 2026
Job training for robots: How China is getting machines ready to join the workforce
Chinese technology consultant Kenneth Ren is training the workers of the future. The only thing is, they are not human. "We are essentially teaching robots to think on their own," Ren, an overseas solution expert with RealMan Intelligent Technology told CNBC recently at the Beijing-based Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.
21 May 2026
SpaceX Holds More Bitcoin Than Previously Thought
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SpaceX has revealed that it holds 18,712 bitcoin, currently worth around $1.45 billion.
