Sara Montes de Oca

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday asking AI developers to voluntarily provide the federal government with access to frontier models up to 30 days before public release, citing national security and the need to evaluate advanced cyber capabilities.

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President Trump named Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard. The appointment drew criticism from Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democrats, with Thune saying the role requires "professionals."

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Mach Industries, a three-year-old defense tech startup, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation — nearly four times its worth from a year ago — as investor appetite for autonomous weapons developers surges.

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GoDaddy security researchers have found malware on approximately 1,980 WordPress websites as part of a campaign that hides command-and-control data inside Steam Community profile comments using invisible Unicode characters.

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The Commerce Department issued new guidance on Sunday clarifying that a license is required to sell advanced AI chips to firms with Chinese parent companies, even if those buyers are located outside China or other restricted countries.

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Strategy sold 32 bitcoin for $2.5 million between May 26 and May 31 — only the second bitcoin sale in the company's history — sending shares down more than 6% and bitcoin to its lowest level since April 13.

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Nvidia's unveiling of the N1X PC processor at Computex, SoftBank's 75 billion-euro France AI commitment, and Wells Fargo's raised Microsoft price target converged on Monday to drive a broad rally in global technology stocks.

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Cartoonist KC Green, creator of the "This is fine" meme, has settled with AI startup Artisan after the company used a version of his iconic dog-in-flames illustration in transit ads promoting its AI sales assistant Ava.

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SoftBank Group plans to invest 45 billion euros over five years on AI data centers in France's Hauts-de-France region, part of a broader 75-billion-euro program representing the Japanese company's largest AI infrastructure commitment in Europe.

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Microsoft is moving GitHub Copilot to token-based billing on June 1, replacing its flat subscription rate — a shift that some developers say could multiply their monthly costs by 10 to 60 times.

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Members of Congress attending the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore reaffirmed bipartisan support for Taiwan's security after President Trump referred to $14 billion in congressional-approved arms sales as a "negotiating chip" with China.

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Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, a fund targeting pre-seed and seed AI startups in social media and consumer tech, with plans to back at least 20 companies in total.

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SpaceX received $4.16 billion to build satellites for the "Golden Dome" missile defense system and a separate $2.29 billion communications contract, bringing its total Space Force awards this week to $6.45 billion — arriving just weeks before the company's anticipated IPO.

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Software stocks closed May up 21%—their best monthly performance since 2001—after Snowflake and Okta delivered blowout earnings that challenged fears artificial intelligence would cannibalize the sector.

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Illinois lawmakers passed SB 315, the nation's strongest AI safety law, requiring frontier AI firms to undergo independent third-party safety testing — a development that comes days after the Trump administration scrapped its own federal AI vetting plan.

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Dell Technologies posted 88% year-over-year revenue growth and a 757% surge in AI server sales for the quarter ended May 1, sending shares up as much as 39% in extended trading and prompting the company to raise its full-year AI revenue forecast to $60 billion.

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CBS News has appointed Nick Bilton, a former New York Times technology columnist with no TV news management experience, as the new executive producer of "60 Minutes," replacing Tanya Simon after her 30-plus years at the program.

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Sixty percent of family offices plan their largest portfolio changes in five years, with non-U.S. wealth managers trimming dollar-denominated holdings and shifting capital to emerging markets, Europe, and other regions, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report.

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