Technology

Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Pass Prices in U.S., But Call of Duty Won’t Launch on Service

Microsoft lowers U.S. Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass monthly prices but says new Call of Duty games won’t hit Game Pass at launch.

$MSFT, #xbox, #gamepass, #microsoft, #gaming

Apple Names John Ternus CEO; Tim Cook to Become Executive Chairman on Sept. 1, 2026

Apple announced Tim Cook will become executive chairman Sept. 1, 2026, with hardware chief John Ternus named CEO in a board-approved succession plan.

$AAPL, #apple, #leadership, #technology

Amazon to Invest $5 Billion in Anthropic, With Up to $20 Billion More Tied to Milestones

Amazon will invest $5B in Anthropic now, with up to $20B more tied to milestones; Anthropic pledges to spend over $100B on AWS and use Trainium and Graviton.

$AMZN, #amazon, #anthropic, #ai, #cloud

LayerZero links $292M Kelp DAO exploit to DPRK-linked Lazarus Group

LayerZero says a forged cross‑chain message let attackers drain 116,500 rsETH (~$292M) from Kelp DAO on April 18; private attribution points to DPRK-linked Lazarus.

#crypto, #defi, #layerzero, #cybersecurity, #lazarus

Blue Origin Reuses New Glenn Booster, but Upper-Stage Problem Leaves AST SpaceMobile Satellite in Off-Nominal Orbit

Blue Origin's third New Glenn flight reused its booster, but an apparent upper-stage issue left AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 in an off-nominal orbit.

#blueorigin, #newglenn, #astspacemobile, #satellite

India draft rules would tie platforms’ safe-harbor to ministry directives; Human Rights Watch urges withdrawal

Draft MeitY amendments would expand oversight of intermediaries and bring user-posted news under India's digital media code; HRW urges withdrawal.

#india, #internet-regulation, #freedom-of-expression, #meity

Networkgo Steps In, Revises Pickmos After Accusations It Copied Pokémon and Fan Art

Networkgo says it has taken over Pickmos' development and is revising the game after accusations it copied Pokémon, Palworld and fan artists' designs.

#gaming, #video-games, #copyright, #indie-games

Researchers say nearly-inaudible audio can hijack voice AIs; paper claims demos on Mistral, Microsoft

A new paper says nearly-inaudible audio prompts can steer voice AI into unauthorized actions; authors report demos on Mistral and Microsoft.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #voiceai, #mistral, #microsoft

TSMC profit surges 58% in Q1 2026 as AI demand fuels record margins

TSMC's Q1 2026 net income rose 58% as AI and HPC chips boost revenue and margins; company sticks to a record $52–56B 2026 capex plan.

$TSM, #tsmc, #ai, #semiconductors, #chipmaking

OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber, unveils GPT‑5.4‑Cyber and pledges $10M in credits

OpenAI scales its Trusted Access for Cyber program, launches GPT‑5.4‑Cyber for vetted defenders and commits $10M in API credits to security teams.

#openai, #cybersecurity, #ai, #gpt5

At AAAI‑26, AI Generated Reviews for Nearly 23,000 Full-Review Papers

AAAI added one clearly labeled AI review to each main-track paper at AAAI-26, producing critiques for about 22,977 full-review papers in under 24 hours.

#ai, #peer-review, #academia, #conference

Google paper sharply lowers hardware estimate for quantum attacks on elliptic-curve crypto

Google researchers estimate a quantum computer could break 256-bit elliptic-curve signatures with under 500,000 qubits, raising urgency for post-quantum migration.

#quantum, #cryptography, #blockchain, #algorand

NVIDIA open-sources Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B Mixture-of-Experts LLM tuned for its GPUs

NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B Mixture-of-Experts hybrid Mamba‑Transformer LLM with a 1M‑token context, open checkpoints and GPU‑optimized formats.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai, #llm, #moe

Amazon to Acquire Globalstar and Move Apple iPhone, Watch Satellite Services to Amazon Leo

Amazon agreed to buy Globalstar and will migrate Apple’s Emergency SOS and other iPhone/Watch satellite features onto its Amazon Leo LEO network.

$AMZN, $GSAT, #amazon, #apple, #satellites, #globalstar

Overwatch Season 2 'Summit' launches with new hero Sierra, post‑match accolades and Switch 2 upgrade

Blizzard launches Overwatch Season 2 ‘Summit’ with new damage hero Sierra, return of post‑match accolades, map reworks, cosmetics and a Switch 2 release.

#overwatch, #blizzard, #gaming, #nintendoswitch2