IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company used AI agents to replace the work of 200+ HR employees and, as a result, hired more programmers and salespeople (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company used AI agents to replace the work of 200+ HR employees and, as a result, hired more programmers and salespeople  —  The tech company promises higher total employment as it reinvests resources toward roles like software development

European drone startups Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs pour money into European defense (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
European drone startups Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs pour money into European defense  —  Quantum Systems and Tekever each valued at more than €1bn in latest fundraisings, as new investors flock to ‘dual use’ tech companies

Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for a software that for many embodied the open internet and hit 300M+ users in its heyday (Leo Sands/Washington Post)

Leo Sands / Washington Post:
Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for a software that for many embodied the open internet and hit 300M+ users in its heyday  —  After 21 years, Microsoft is hanging up on Skype.  In its heyday, the calling service connected millions around the world.

Meta AI brings more privacy risks than ChatGPT and Gemini, building a Memory file including the user's sensitive personal info, like fertility and payday loans (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Meta AI brings more privacy risks than ChatGPT and Gemini, building a Memory file including the user's sensitive personal info, like fertility and payday loans  —  Meta's chatbot remembers everything, even what you might not want it to.  —  Mark Zuckerberg has a new way to invade your privacy: a creepier version of ChatGPT.

Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed by Russia's VK Group and widely used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed by Russia's VK Group and widely used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk  —  The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies.  But its ties to Russia's VK …

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments without a central point of failure (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments without a central point of failure  —  Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents  —  What to know:

Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' spiritual delusions; experts warn AI's human-like chats can exacerbate existing psychological vulnerabilities (Miles Klee/Rolling Stone)

Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' spiritual delusions; experts warn AI's human-like chats can exacerbate existing psychological vulnerabilities  —  Self-styled prophets are claiming they have ‘awakened’ chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT

The UAE will add AI to public school curriculum, including ethical awareness and foundational concepts, for kindergarten pupils through to 12th grade this year (Sara Gharaibeh/Bloomberg)

Sara Gharaibeh / Bloomberg:
The UAE will add AI to public school curriculum, including ethical awareness and foundational concepts, for kindergarten pupils through to 12th grade this year  —  The United Arab Emirates will introduce artificial intelligence to the public school curriculum this year …

President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut "refocuses CISA on its core mission" (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

Tim Starks / CyberScoop:
President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut “refocuses CISA on its core mission”  —  A budget summary doesn't give specific details on which programs it would cut, instead providing a broad outline.  —  Learn more.

As Xbox hikes game prices, the three highest-reviewed games of 2025 so far on Metacritic--Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, and Split Fiction--are all budget titles (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
As Xbox hikes game prices, the three highest-reviewed games of 2025 so far on Metacritic—Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, and Split Fiction—are all budget titles  —  As Xbox announces a price hike, the year's best-reviewed games are all budget titles  —  Hi everyone.

Sources: Huawei is building an advanced chip production line in Shenzhen and is the key player behind three plants, as satellite imagery shows rapid development (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Huawei is building an advanced chip production line in Shenzhen and is the key player behind three plants, as satellite imagery shows rapid development  —  Rapid expansion of Shenzhen facilities designed to break dependence on foreign technologies  —  Huawei is building a production line …

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an "untested investment" and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an “untested investment” and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds  —  The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state.  —  What to know:

Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in 2026 fall but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027 (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in 2026 fall but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027  —  After years of incremental changes to the iPhone, Apple is mixing things up much more dramatically.  Later this year it's expected to introduce …

Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown (Madeline Renbarger/Newcomer)

Madeline Renbarger / Newcomer:
Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown  —  Plus, a16z leads the most Series A rounds for future unicorns … For startups, runway is everything.

How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India (Indulekha Aravind/Rest of World)

Indulekha Aravind / Rest of World:
How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India  —  Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model.  Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.