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Microsoft, OpenAI End Exclusivity in Amended Deal
Microsoft and OpenAI amended their long-running partnership to end Microsoft's exclusive access to OpenAI's technology, letting OpenAI serve all products across any cloud provider and ending Microsoft
OpenAI to Release AI Phone with MediaTek, Qualcomm
Analyst Ming‑Chi Kuo reports that OpenAI is teaming with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare to build a smartphone that runs AI agents instead of traditional apps, aiming for mass production in 2028. The
Databricks, Infosys urge unified data stack for AI
Enterprise AI can only deliver high‑accuracy results when data is unified, governed, and accessible. Databricks’ Bavesh Patel and Infosys’ Rajan Padmanabhan argue that fragmented legacy silos produce
OpenAI Teams With Qualcomm, MediaTek on Custom Phone Chip
OpenAI is collaborating with Qualcomm and MediaTek to design a custom smartphone processor targeting 300-400 million annual shipments, aiming to replicate Apple's vertical-integration playbook and cha
The Download: DeepSeek’s latest AI breakthrough, and the race to build world models
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled a preview of its flagship V4 model, a major step toward building general‑purpose world models. The launch intensifies the global race, with rivals also pushing tow
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Fast‑Tracks Vulnerabilities
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos promises rapid AI‑driven vulnerability discovery, but the real challenge lies in organizations’ ability to triage, prioritize, and remediate findings fast enough to avoid a w
PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Flaws in Russian Servers
Pro‑Ukrainian hacktivist group PhantomCore has exploited a chain of unpatched TrueConf vulnerabilities to infiltrate Russian video‑conferencing servers, deploying web shells and a suite of custom tool
Meta says it signed a deal for up to 1GW of space solar energy from Overview Energy, which seeks to collect sunlight in satellites and is planning a 2028 demo (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)
Meta has inked a contract with Overview Energy to secure up to 1 GW of solar power harvested by satellites and beamed to Earth, a move both Bloomberg and TechCrunch highlight as a way to power AI work
OpenAI, Microsoft End Exclusive Deal, Go Multi‑Cloud
OpenAI and Microsoft have revised their partnership, ending Microsoft’s exclusive access to OpenAI’s models and eliminating the revenue‑share, while allowing OpenAI to deploy its products on any cloud
UK Officials Fear Starmer EU Ties, China Blocks AI Deal
UK officials warn that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s push for tighter EU integration could jeopardise the UK’s tech partnership with the United States and force adoption of EU AI rules, while China ha
Steam Controller Leak: $99 Price, May 4 Launch
A now-hidden Japanese gaming outlet report points to a May 4th launch for Valve's Steam Controller, adding to a week of accidental reveals including an unboxing video and shipping records.
Microsoft, OpenAI End Cloud Exclusivity in Amended Deal
Microsoft and OpenAI have amended their partnership to eliminate exclusivity, letting OpenAI deploy products across any cloud provider while ending Microsoft's revenue-share payments to OpenAI.
OpenAI, Microsoft End Deal, Stop Revenue Share
OpenAI and Microsoft have revised their partnership, ending Microsoft’s exclusive access and revenue‑share payments, and allowing OpenAI’s models to run on any cloud provider, signaling a shift toward
Sereact Raises $110M Series B Led by Headline
German robotics software firm Sereact secured $110 million in a Series B round led by Headline, aiming to accelerate its AI platform that lets industrial robots perform tasks they haven’t been trained
OpenAI, Microsoft End Cloud Exclusivity in Revised Deal
OpenAI and Microsoft have amended their partnership, ending Microsoft's exclusive cloud arrangement so OpenAI can serve products through any provider, and Microsoft will no longer pay OpenAI a revenue
Palantir Staff Question Ethics of ICE, DOD Contracts
Palantir employees have raised internal concerns about the company’s work for ICE and the Department of Defense, highlighting ethical dilemmas and noting that a sufficiently malicious client cannot be
Palantir Staff Debate ICE, DOD Contracts
Ars Technica's review of Palantir Slack logs and staff interviews finds employees openly questioning the company's ICE and DOD work during Trump's second term, with the firm's own privacy team concedi
China blocks Meta's $2B Manus deal
China’s regulators ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing violations of investment rules and national‑security concerns after a months‑long probe. The decision a
Startup Equity Game Teaches Founders Funding to IPO
Ilia Baranov has launched an interactive 9-stage adventure game on Hacker News, built with Claude, that walks aspiring founders through startup equity mechanics from a napkin idea to an IPO.
YourMemory Hits 52% Recall on LoCoMo
YourMemory, an open-source persistent memory layer for AI assistants, scores 52% Recall@5 on the LoCoMo long-term memory benchmark—2× better than Zep Cloud—using Ebbinghaus-curve decay and entity grap
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