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.
@jeremyfuster, Jeremy Fuster
2026
12 May 2026
SAG-AFTRA Contract Includes Controversial Merger of Pension Funds
The SAG-AFTRA board on Monday approved its four-year contract with the major studios, which includes a plan to merge the union’s two pension funds on Jan. 1, 2028.
Gene Maddaus
2026
12 May 2026
Real time interaction model demos miss enterprise value
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, real-time interaction models are emerging as game-changers, enabling AI to engage in conversations much like humans do—listening, responding, and adapting instantaneously. A recent discussion sparked by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick on X (formerly Twitter) highlights a curious trend: while demos of these models often focus on playful…
blockchain.news
2026
11 May 2026
4 ways Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella threw cold water on Elon Musk's case
Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, took the stand in Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
Jacob Shamsian, Kaja Whitehouse, Laura Italiano, Natalie Musumeci
2026
11 May 2026
‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman
OpenAI, despite its name, is usually extremely secretive about its operations. It promotes a carefully crafted image to the world. Over the course of Elon Musk’s case against the startup and its CEO Sam Altman, however, the artificial intelligence firm has been forced to publicly contend with some of the messiest parts of its rise to power in public.
Nick Robins-early
2026
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.
Lucy Quaggin
2026
11 May 2026
Apple's Tim Cook and Tesla's Elon Musk among top US CEOs to accompany Trump to China
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will be meeting in China this week. ( AP: Andrew Harnik ) In short: Several top US executives including Tim Cook and Elon Musk will be going to China with US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump will be the first US president to visit China since 2017.
News Desk
2026
11 May 2026
Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company’s digital defense
Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI’s risks for cybersecurity.
NBCNews
2026
11 May 2026
Cookie thieves caught stealing dev secrets via fake Claude Code installers
Cookie thieves caught stealing dev secrets via fake Claude Code installers
Jessica Lyons
2026