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AI Could Derail Everything from Global Financial Systems to Online Privacy: Would You Be Vulnerable to an Attack?

While AI can expose flaws in banking systems, your own use of AI can also expose you to risk. Find out how to stay safe as the digital world gets more complex.

Kiplinger · May 17

Trump’s more than 3,700 trades astonish Wall Street insider

President Trump's latest financial disclosures reveal over 3,700 trades totaling tens of millions of dollars in the first quarter. These transactions involved major companies with government dealings, raising eyebrows due to their sheer volume. Despite missing reporting deadlines, Trump paid nominal fines for the late filings.

The Economic Times · May 17

Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center project hits a major hurdle as the government says it would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power needs

Microsoft and G42 data center plans in Kenya face power capacity constraints as the national grid struggles with electricity demand requirements

TechRadar · May 17

What we learned from the cringey courtroom drama between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

Two of the world’s richest people faced an airing of their dirty laundry amid their messy, bitter feud over OpenAI

The Guardian - US · May 16

Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI

Mustafa Suleyman believes current AI computational power will only accelerate, disrupting every kind of work you do “sitting down at a computer.”

Fortune · May 16

Googlebook has only just been revealed, but here are 5 things that people hate about the laptop already

Should Google be booking a plot in the 'Google Graveyard' in advance? Some folks think the Googlebook will be DOA.

TechRadar · May 16

I screenmaxxed my desk setup by going from three to five displays — but they aren’t all monitors

No desk setup is final, so I added Alexa and Gemini to my triple-monitor setup for one final "screenmaxxed" experiment before I tear it all down.

Tom’s Guide · May 16

First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS — Claude Mythos helps security researchers bypass Memory Integrity Enforcement

Apple M5 architecture gets its first privilege escalation exploit

Tom’s Hardware · May 16

Xbox finally fixes its clinical PC achievements problem — a welcome change for handheld players

Xbox's massive visual achievement overhaul is finally delivering a uniform platform identity across PC and console.

Windows Central · May 16

Nvidia surpasses Germany: How the market caps of tech giants compare to top economies

Nvidia’s market capitalisation ($5.7 trillion) has overtaken Germany’s GDP ($5.45 trillion). The combined value of the five largest US companies now exceeds the total GDP of Europe’s five largest economies.

Euronews · May 16