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May 2026

Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

That’s a relatively gentle note of skepticism compared to other signs of a broader backlash, whether you look at graduating college students booing any mention of AI, the bad vibes around tech industry layoffs, or the apparent surge of installs at search engine DuckDuckGo after Google’s announcement that it’s bringing more AI to the search experience

I think that there’s a little bit of psychosis among other tech CEOs around AI.”
Yeah, but that’ll still be there. Let’s focus on how it’s going to help you book a flight or something like that.”

Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

The single most common concern — more than noise, more than water usage, more than rising utility bills — is the one word that keeps appearing in submission after submission: transparency,

Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

The startup made an AI pendant that users could attach to their shirt or wear as a necklace to record their conversations

This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

Taking the number one spot at the box office is “Backrooms,” a feature film expansion of Kane Parsons’ series of YouTube videos featuring eerie found footage of a mysterious office space (drawn from a 4chan thread) that defies physics

At this point, some of them have been making videos for a very long time, and that’s how you develop a loyal audience that will follow you,

SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

The first phase of the plan involves building data centers in Dunkirk (Loon-Plage), Bosquel, and Bouchain to deliver 3.1 gigawatts of capacity to the Hauts-de-France region by 2031

SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

The announcement follows a separate contract the Space Force awarded to Elon Musk’s company earlier this week worth $2.29 billion

Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google’s ad business

The ruling, delivered by the Delhi High Court on May 22 in a trademark dispute involving bathroom fittings maker Hindware, found Google liable for trademark infringement over its keyword advertising practices and awarded the company ₹3 million (around $31,600) in nominal damages

What’s important in this case is how providing access to trademarked terms, even in ad curation that’s between online platforms and advertisers and not known to customers, can amount to a participative activity for platforms,
Kamathnithin
Whenever someone searches for ‘Zerodha,’ the traffic should rightfully come to Zerodha. But what often happens is that the first couple of results on Google Search are ads, leading the customer to a competitor’s website.”
The judgment per se will require platforms to relook at their processes to see if their automated tools encourage or offer trademarked terms to advertisers at large,
We look forward to continuing to align our operations with local legal frameworks while maintaining strict standards to protect our users’ long-term interests,
Google by selling the trademark of the plaintiff [Hindware] as a keyword without any authorization for commercial gains is infringing the plaintiff’s right to exclusive use of its trademark under Section 28 of the Trade Marks Act,

Oura unveils its Ring 5 with a thinner, lighter design starting at $399

Oura on Thursday unveiled the fifth generation of its popular smart ring, starting at $399

Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers

Amjad MasadcEO of Replit
Over the last few months, our enterprise traction has been growing, and Visa coming on board underscores our mission of making coding available to anyone in a secure and robust manner,
Our continued customer and partner additions in the enterprise, coupled with our new self-serve program, bring us closer to a world where any team can go from idea to production-ready software quickly and securely,
Churn is very, very low, and net retention is incredibly high — 300% in some cases. What we actually hear from customers is that when engineers get nervous and try to rebuild an app into their own stack, they often make it worse. Once enterprises get comfortable with the full Replit stack — especially when we set up a single-tenant environment for them — they keep the apps on Replit,

Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more

Just ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, Bloomberg has published leaked renders of what Apple’s planned AI upgrade could look like on iPhone — including a brand-new Siri app meant to rival ChatGPT and other AI chatbots — as well as how Siri’s new capabilities will be woven throughout the operating system

Rivian under investigation over rear suspension failures on R1 models

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating how electric car maker Rivian services its vehicles’ rear suspension components, after receiving two reports from owners who lost control of their cars while driving

Vehicle safety is a top priority at Rivian. Rivian data indicates R1 toe link joints are operating as intended,
I was left with a sore neck for several days, my apple watch kept trying to call 911 thinking I was in an accident,
Reducing mechanical complexity during assembly results in higher quality assurance when vehicles roll off the line, simultaneously improving the ease and expense of servicing your vehicle if the need arises,

At Disrupt 2026: Databricks’ co-founder on what kills enterprise AI deals

That is the shift many founders still misunderstand — and it is becoming one of the defining realities separating enterprise AI companies that scale from the ones that stall after early momentum

The Enterprise Isn’t Broken. Your Assumptions About It Are.”