14 May 2026
Google is about to release a new Gemini model
The next Gemini is coming at I/O on Tuesday, but it won't be pushing the frontier.
13 May 2026
Microsoft feared being too dependent on OpenAI, Musk-Altman trial testimony reveals
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images
13 May 2026
Sim-to-Real and Real-to-Sim: The Engine Behind Capable Physical AI
Introduction Physical AI systems – robots that perceive, reason, and act in the real world, are advancing rapidly. The Sim-to-Real pipeline is at the heart of this progress. However, building models that work reliably outside the lab remains one of the hardest problems in the field. The gap between what works in simulation and what works on physical hardware is where most projects stall. This…
13 May 2026
Stock Market Today (LIVE): Wholesale Inflation Shocks Markets but Chip Stocks Rally as Jensen Huang Joins Trump in Beijing
Jensen Huang Hunts for Superintelligence 11:30 am -- NVDA +2.5% Nvidia ( NVDA +2.75% ) is doubling down on reinforcement learning through a deep engineering partnership with British startup Ineffable Intelligence.
12 May 2026
The AI Boom Needs Carbon Removal
The headline numbers — which look strong at first glance — help obscure that reality.
12 May 2026
AI made it easy for anyone to build an app. Hundreds of thousands are flooding the market.
Like a lot of guys of the era, Eli Cohen had a great idea for an app back in 2010. But unlike many of his peers, whose musings were confined to bar hangouts and bad dates, he actually invested about $20,000 of his own money to try to bring the project to life.
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
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
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.
