Google’s Nest App Is Down for Many in Widespread Outage
Google’s legacy Nest app experienced a widespread outage on May 15, 2026, affecting both iOS and Android users with a generic connection error. The problem persisted for several hours despite the Nest status dashboard showing no alerts, and Google has not yet confirmed the issue. Most Nest hardware is now managed through the Google Home app, which recently added bulk‑import tools for older devices. Users relying on the Nest app for real‑time control were temporarily unable to access cameras, locks, and thermostats.
AWS’ OpenAI Partnership Is ‘Massive’ As AI Model Choice And Ease Are Key To Clients, Partners Say
AWS and OpenAI sealed a $38 billion, seven‑year cloud capacity deal, bringing OpenAI’s Codex and GPT models directly to Amazon Bedrock. The partnership lets customers and AWS partners toggle between frontier models—including Anthropic and Mistral—without managing separate vendor relationships. Partners report...
ECO 2026: Indirect Comparison Favours Wegovy Pill over Foundayo
At the 33rd European Congress on Obesity, Novo Nordisk presented a post‑hoc indirect comparison of oral semaglutide (Wegovy pill) versus orforglipron (Foundayo). Using simulated treatment comparison and matching‑adjusted indirect methods, the analysis showed Wegovy achieved roughly 3 percentage‑points greater weight...
PwC Report: Lunar Economy Projected to Generate up to US$127 Billion by 2050
PwC’s latest market assessment projects that the emerging lunar economy could generate as much as $127 billion in revenue by 2050. The forecast assumes cumulative infrastructure spending of $72.7‑$88.5 billion across five core pillars—mobility, communications, habitation, energy and water. Early operations will...
Flick Raises $6M for Filmmaker-First AI Video Tools
Flick, an AI‑native filmmaking platform founded by Zoey Zhang and Ray Wang, closed a $6 million seed round led by GV, True Ventures and other prominent investors. The startup aims to fill a market gap by offering non‑linear AI video tools...
New mRNA Therapy Destroys Cancer by Improving T Cell Priming
MIT researchers engineered lipid‑nanoparticle mRNA encoding NF‑κB‑inducing kinase (NIK) or IRF8 to reprogram immature dendritic cells into the cDC1 phenotype. The immune‑remodeling mRNAs amplified CD8+ T‑cell priming, leading to complete tumor regression in 70‑80% of mice across colorectal and metastatic...
Pixelated 100: The Googlebook Question
The 100th episode of 9to5Google’s Pixelated podcast celebrates a milestone while unpacking Google’s newest Android Show announcements. Hosts Abner, Damien, and Will discuss Android Intelligence, a suite of AI‑driven predictive features, the rollout of user‑generated widgets, and the teased Googlebook...
NextDC Brings Data Center Near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Online
Australian data centre operator NextDC has placed its KL1 facility near Kuala Lumpur online, marking its first international data centre. The campus, located in Petaling Jaya, will ultimately deliver 65 MW of power across five phases, with the initial phase offering 15 MW....
Apple Just Expanded This Privacy Feature to More iPhones
Apple has broadened its Limit Precise Location privacy setting with the iOS 26.5 update, adding support for the iPhone 17e and a handful of new carriers across Europe, the United Kingdom, Thailand, and Boost Mobile in the United States. The...
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Personal Finance, Will Let You Connect Bank Accounts
OpenAI has rolled out a preview of personal‑finance tools for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the United States, allowing users to link accounts through Plaid and view dashboards of spending, subscriptions, and portfolio performance. The feature supports connections to more than 12,000...
12 AI Sales Strategies for Startups That Actually Work
Salesforce outlines 12 practical AI sales strategies that startups can deploy today, from smarter lead generation and personalized email outreach to AI‑driven pricing and real‑time sentiment analysis. The guide highlights how AI tools like lead scoring, automated follow‑ups, 24/7 agents,...
UK Revives National Digital ID Plan With Digital Access to Services Bill
The UK government re‑introduced a national digital identity scheme through the Digital Access to Services Bill announced in the King’s Speech 2026. The legislation creates a voluntary legal framework for a state‑issued digital ID that citizens can use to access...
Why OSFI’s New Bank Licence Pilot Project Should only Be the Beginning
Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) will launch a pilot in June to streamline bank‑licence applications, cutting the first phase to four weeks and the total timeline to 18 months. The reform targets fintechs and credit unions...
AI Data Centers Are Driving Nuclear's Next Commercial Test
A wave of announcements this week shows nuclear power moving from concept to a core component of AI data‑center strategy. NANO Nuclear and Supermicro signed an MOU to explore on‑site microreactors, while Terrestrial Energy and Riot Platforms are evaluating multi‑hundred‑megawatt...
Power Prices Are up 76% on America’s Biggest Grid, and a Watchdog Is Pointing Fingers
Wholesale electricity prices on the PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid, jumped 76% over the past year, reaching $136.53 per megawatt‑hour from $77.78. Monitoring Analytics, an independent market watchdog, attributes the surge primarily to soaring demand from data centers, especially...
Prompt: The More Operational AI Becomes, the Bigger the Security Challenge
Operational AI is evolving from a cybersecurity tool into a major attack surface, prompting firms to secure not just models but the autonomous systems that act across enterprise workflows. OpenAI’s new Daybreak initiative, backed by Cisco, CrowdStrike and Cloudflare, aims...
NIST, Air Force Move to Sole-Source Biometric Testing and Monitoring Contracts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is negotiating a sole‑source contract with Schwarz Forensic Enterprises to provide ground‑truth analysis for 3,000 latent fingerprint images used in its ELFT program. The Air Force Academy is awarding a firm‑fixed‑price sole‑source...
The Nest App Is Down for Many Users
Google’s Nest app experienced a widespread outage on May 15, 2026, affecting thousands of users across the United States. Reports surfaced around 3:30 AM ET on platforms like Downdetector and Reddit, with a Reddit thread gathering over 400 comments. Google acknowledged the...
Building An ‘AI First’ Accounting Powerhouse
Aprio CEO Richard Kopelman announced the firm’s transformation into an AI‑first accounting powerhouse, integrating generative AI tools across audit, tax, and advisory services. The firm has invested $120 million in proprietary AI platforms and partnered with leading cloud providers to automate...
Cowboy Space Seeks FCC Approval for Stampede Orbital Data Centers
Cowboy Space Corp. has filed an FCC application (SAT‑LOA‑20260323‑00135) to launch Stampede, a proposed non‑geostationary constellation of up to 20,000 satellites that would function as orbital data‑center nodes. The design places the satellites in 700‑1000 km dawn‑dusk sun‑synchronous orbits, uses solar...
The AI COGS Problem: Why SaaS Gross Margins Are Compressing in 2026 (And What the Best Operators Are Doing About...
SaaS providers are seeing gross margins shrink in 2026 as artificial‑intelligence workloads drive up cost‑of‑goods‑sold (COGS). The surge in GPU‑intensive models, licensing fees, and data‑pipeline expenses is outpacing revenue growth. Leading operators are countering the pressure by renegotiating cloud contracts,...
Candel Reports Prostate Cancer Drug's Long-Term Data Ahead of FDA Filing
Candel Therapeutics released long‑term follow‑up results for its investigational prostate cancer therapy, showing durable efficacy and a favorable safety profile. The data reveal a 78% five‑year disease‑free survival rate and a median PSA decline of over 90% in the majority...
Jacobs Expands EPCM Role With Hut 8's 1-GW Texas AI Campus
Jacobs has been awarded a sole‑source engineering, procurement and construction management (EPMC) contract to build Hut 8’s 1‑gigawatt Beacon Point AI data‑center campus in Nueces County, Texas. The deal expands a partnership that began earlier this year when Jacobs served as...
Malaysian Data Center Firm and Chinese Tech Company Plan Digital Park in Perak, Malaysia
Malaysian data‑center developer Cahya Suria Services has teamed with Chinese technology firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology to create the NexQuantum AI Digital Park in Perak. The joint‑venture, NexQuantum 1, is valued at roughly RM1 billion (about US$253 million) and will launch with a 32 MW...
Google Publishes Guide on Optimizing for Generative AI Features
Google has released an official guide that consolidates its advice for optimizing websites for generative AI features such as AI Mode and AI Overviews. The document reaffirms that traditional SEO fundamentals remain essential while emphasizing unique, people‑first content and a...
Equipifi Raises $34 Million to Build Flexible Payments Infrastructure
Embedded‑BNPL platform equipifi announced a $34 million Series B round, bringing its total capital to $49 million. The funding, led by Left Lane and joined by existing backers and new strategic partners SWBC and the Bankers Helping Bankers Fund, will accelerate its push...
Anduril/Archer Selected for UK Apache Autonomous Collaborative Platform Research
The UK Ministry of Defence has down‑selected Anduril UK and its partner Archer Aviation for the next phase of Project NYX, the British Army’s loyal‑wingman program supporting AH‑64 Apache helicopters. The initiative will develop autonomous collaborative platforms capable of reconnaissance, precision...
AI Financial Advice Gap: Why Consumers Need More Help
Finder’s 2025 survey shows 40% of Britons have asked AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini for personal finance advice, with 1 in 6 seeking investing tips and 1 in 7 looking for digital‑asset guidance. Ortec Finance warns that these AI...
Google Is Moving Offline Conversion Imports Out of the Google Ads API
Google will discontinue offline conversion imports through the Google Ads API on June 15 for accounts that haven’t used the feature in the past 180 days. Advertisers and martech platforms must shift these imports, including enhanced conversions for leads, to...
Eye on Acquiring: Finix Adds an Unattended POS Terminal; Deluxe Checks in at Dollar Bank
Finix Payments unveiled an Android‑based unattended POS terminal aimed at self‑service kiosks in retail and hospitality, featuring universal payment acceptance including dipped and contactless options. The device runs the Finix Payment App on a familiar touchscreen interface, targeting businesses that...
How Zalando Is Using AI to Reshape Fashion Content
Zalando is leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline fashion content creation across its platform. Vice‑president of content Matthias Haase explains that AI automates image selection, copy generation and trend forecasting, allowing brands to launch localized, personalized visuals faster without sacrificing creativity....
Zenix Announces Deployable On-Orbit Solar Array Using Smart Composite Materials
Suzhou Zenix Composites announced a deployable on‑orbit solar array built from smart composite materials that can self‑deploy, self‑lock, and stiffen after release. The flexible system delivers up to 30% power conversion efficiency and a power‑to‑mass ratio two to three times...
MSPs Need AI to Fight AI-Fueled Cyberthreats: Guardz
Guardz’s latest research shows AI is turbo‑charging cyberattacks on small and midsize businesses, letting threat actors exploit classic weaknesses—identity gaps, weak authentication, and cloud misconfigurations—at unprecedented speed. Over a six‑month window, nearly nine‑in‑ten SMBs experienced at least one credential compromise,...
AI Chatbots Are Turbocharging Violence Against Women and Girls: We Urgently Need to Regulate Them
AI chatbots are increasingly being weaponized to perpetrate gender‑based violence, from initiating harassment to simulating rape scenarios. A recent research report shows that 64% of U.S. teens use chatbots, with many engaging daily, exposing them to abusive content. Platform policies...
PFA Has Been a Game-Changer for Heart Patients—But There Are Still Risks
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is reshaping atrial fibrillation treatment by using electrical fields instead of heat, delivering a markedly safer profile than radiofrequency or cryoablation. Clinicians report near‑zero phrenic nerve and esophageal injury, accelerating adoption of multiple FDA‑cleared catheters such...
APTA Releases Resources to Help Public Transit Agencies Utilize AI, ML Tools Across Operations
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) unveiled an AI/ML Primer and four guidance briefs to help transit agencies assess and deploy artificial‑intelligence tools across operations. The research, based on a survey of 32 member agencies and staff interviews, shows that...
India Installs Record 15.3GW of Solar in Q1 2026 Amid Policy Deadline Rush
India installed a record 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1 2026, a 143% year‑on‑year jump from the same quarter last year. Large‑scale projects supplied 12.6 GW, accounting for 82% of the additions, while open‑access projects made up the remainder. The surge was...
Google-Backed Geothermal Firm Fervo Valued at $10bn on Back of AI Wave
Fervo Energy, a Google‑backed enhanced geothermal firm, completed a Nasdaq IPO that raised about $1.89 bn at $27 per share, pushing its valuation above $10 bn. The offering, the largest energy‑or‑utility IPO since 2013, saw shares jump more than 30% on debut....
OnePlus Removed From Best Buy Stores as US Shutdown Looms, Replaced by Nothing
OnePlus devices have been pulled from Best Buy store displays and replaced by Nothing phones, marking the latest sign of the brand’s retreat from the U.S. market. The removal follows the end of OnePlus’s carrier partnerships and a public statement that...
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) Modernization Partner Demo Systems Reprovisioning
SAP announced a comprehensive upgrade of all SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) partner demo systems, moving them from the legacy ERP HCM stack to the S/4HANA HCM platform. The new architecture delivers a modern, cloud‑native environment that mirrors SAP's production...
Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully freed a rock nicknamed Atacama after it became lodged in the drill on April 25, 2026. Engineers spent several days repositioning the robotic arm and vibrating the drill before the rock detached on May 1, breaking...
Microsoft Clarity Citations Dashboard Rolls Out
Microsoft has launched the Citations dashboard in its Clarity analytics platform, moving the feature to general availability. The new dashboard aggregates how often a site’s pages are cited in AI‑generated answers, showing metrics such as page citations, share of authority,...
Critical Infrastructure Under Siege
A joint advisory from six U.S. federal agencies on April 7, 2026 warns that Iranian‑linked actors, operating as CyberAv3ngers, are actively exploiting internet‑connected Rockwell Automation/Allen‑Bradley PLCs across water, energy and government facilities. The advisory cites real‑world disruptions and financial losses, tracing the...
Viz.ai Launches Viz Pulmonary™ Suite: AI-Powered Workflows for COPD, Lung Nodules, and PE
Viz.ai unveiled the Viz Pulmonary™ Suite, an AI‑powered platform that unifies workflows for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung nodules, and pulmonary embolism. The suite embeds real‑time alerts into existing EHRs, aiming to close the coordination gap that often leads to...
Funder Launches £3m Fund to Support Community AI Development
The National Lottery Community Fund has unveiled a £3 million (~$3.8 million) programme to monitor AI’s impact on local communities and to fund community‑led AI development. Partnering with UK Community Foundations and the Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology, the initiative...
UiPath Unveils Native Integration for Coding Agents to Deliver Enterprise Transformation at Scale
UiPath launched UiPath for Coding Agents, a native integration that lets any LLM coding agent generate, test, deploy, and govern enterprise automations through natural‑language conversation. The open platform supports multiple agents such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex and will...
Platform Engineering Labs Introduces Kubernetes Support
Platform Engineering Labs announced that its open‑source IaC platform, formae, now includes native Helm integration and full Kubernetes support, covering vanilla clusters as well as managed services like Amazon EKS and Azure AKS. The update also introduces a Public Hub...
Rocket Report: Cowboy up for Data Centers in LEO; Russia's New ICBM Actually Works
The week’s Rocket Report highlighted a wave of activity across the global space sector, from SpaceX’s upcoming Starship Version 3 test flight aimed at in‑orbit refueling for Artemis III to India’s Skyroot Aerospace preparing its Vikram‑1 launch vehicle after a $60 million raise....
Anthropic Predicts US-China AI Race Could Be Decided by 2028
Anthropic’s new policy paper, “2028: Two scenarios for global AI leadership,” warns that the United States‑China AI rivalry could be settled by 2028, with chips, compute access, and export‑control policy as the decisive factors. The report outlines two paths: one...
The Hydrogen Stream: Ireland’s LCOH on Par with Morocco, Brazil
Fraunhofer ISE, working with Ireland’s ESB, released a methodology that shows Ireland can produce green hydrogen at €160‑205 per megawatt‑hour, a cost level comparable to Morocco, South Africa and Brazil. The study highlights pipeline transport to Rotterdam or Stade as...