04 May 2026
Inside Google’s quiet internal war against its own anti-military activist employees
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Jim Edwards
2026
04 May 2026
Google’s AI deal with the Pentagon has sparked employee backlash. But don't expect a repeat of Project Maven
Google’s AI deal with the Pentagon has sparked employee backlash, with critics arguing the agreement lacks meaningful constraints on military use of its AI models.
Beatrice Nolan
2026
03 May 2026
Markets Brief: We’re Already Living in an AI-Driven Economy
Earnings will continue to take center stage this week, but many of the market’s big dogs reported last week. As first-quarter earnings roll in, a clear trend is that the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout continues full steam ahead, and the impact is being felt across the economy.
Tom Lauricella
2026
03 May 2026
The Apple Smart Glasses Leak That Stopped Feeling Like Vaporware
For years, “Apple Glasses” lived in the same conceptual drawer as the Apple Car: a perpetually rumored product everyone assumed was coming, with no clear sign it actually was. That changed last month.
@thegadgeteer, Rei Padla
2026
02 May 2026
Missed Advanced Micro Devices' Big Move? Here's Why It's Still a Buy
Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) stock has rocketed up by about 75% in the last month. It's natural to think you've missed the opportunity, but based on the company's long-term financial outlook, it's not expensive.
John Ballard
2026
02 May 2026
Mac mini is the best platform for Perplexity's Personal Computer
Perplexity's Personal Computer arrived on Mac first because it was the best for locally deploying the agentic AI platform, the company has declared.
Malcolm Owen
2026
02 May 2026
Best of 9to5Toys – This week’s top deals: 2026 MacBooks, Mother’s Day gifts, more
Best of/9to5Toys Good morning and welcome to Best of 9to5Toys Weekly – a one-stop shop for all of the week’s best deals on Apple gear, Samsung and Android tech, accessories for smartphones and Macs,...
@9to5toys, Justin Kahn
2026
02 May 2026
Universities face funding threat as lawmakers target schools with ties to adversarial nations
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to crack down on foreign influence in American education by targeting universities’ financial ties to adversarial nations. The package would ban federal funding to colleges that operate branch campuses in adversarial countries or accept research funding for sensitive fields like artificial intelligence, biotech, and quantum computing.
Charles Creitz
2026
02 May 2026
AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop
By the time doctors detect pancreatic cancer, it’s often too late to treat effectively. But a new study suggests that artificial intelligence might be able to find signs of the disease before tumors are visible on a scan. An AI model developed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, detected abnormalities on patients’ CT scans up to three years before they were diagnosed with pancreatic…
Aria Bendix, NBCNews
2026