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Amazon employees are gaming AI usage leaderboards to impress managers
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Three Amazon employees told The Financial Times that the company's internal AI usage metrics are likely inflated. According to the sources, employees are using MeshClaw, Amazon's internal AI platform, to perform non-essential tasks in an effort to make a stronger impression on managers.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B unsolicited offer as "neither credible nor attractive"
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
In the letter, which was also shared online, the executive said the board and its independent advisors thoroughly reviewed GameStop's proposal before making a decision.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Arm CEO predicts CPUs will scale to extreme core counts in AI-driven future
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
During a recent earnings call for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, Arm executives shared some interesting insights into the company's outlook on the future of computing devices. According to CEO Rene Haas, CPUs will eventually surpass GPUs in terms of total compute cores. And yes, you guessed it:...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Meta said the data will help its AI systems learn how people complete everyday tasks on a computer.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
FluentCleaner brings back the classic PC cleaner idea, without the bloat
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Inspired by the early days of CCleaner, FluentCleaner is a cleanup utility that focuses on removing temporary files, browser cache, logs, and leftover clutter without aggressive registry cleaning or scareware tactics. The app also supports community-maintained cleaning databases and optional extensions.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Samsung put Dua Lipa's face on TV boxes without asking. Now she's suing for $15 million
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Lipa filed the lawsuit in California on May 8. It alleges Samsung prominently displayed a photograph of her face on television models sold in the US without "her knowledge, without consideration, and as to which she had no say, control, or input whatsoever."Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel CEO promises partnership with Nvidia will produce "exciting new products"
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The update came via Tan's latest post on X, in which he congratulated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on receiving an Honorary Doctorate in Science and Technology from Carnegie Mellon University for his contributions to accelerated computing and AI. Huang chose to receive the award from Tan, who posted photos from...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Porsche Taycan reclaims Nürburgring EV record from the world's fastest rivals
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Porsche's approach is less about chasing extremes and more about refining every variable that affects lap performance. Manthey Racing – best known for its work on Nürburgring-dominating 911 variants – applied a familiar formula to the Taycan: incremental improvements across software, aerodynamics, and chassis hardware.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center could require switching off "half the country"
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The project was announced in May 2024 during Kenyan President William Ruto's state visit to Washington. G42 was expected to lead construction of the Olkaria facility in Kenya's Rift Valley, with Microsoft using it to launch a new East Africa cloud region for Azure. The first phase was supposed to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The FCC has banned new foreign-made routers, but existing ones can keep receiving updates until 2029
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The change leaves the FCC's broader policy intact. Rules adopted in March block approval of new consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, part of an effort the commission says targets national security risks in foreign supply chains. That restriction remains in place, with exemptions granted selectively to companies the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »