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15 May 2026 Vol 19

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Luminar lines up $22 million bidder for its lidar business

Luminar has reached a deal to sell its lidar business to a company called Quantum Computing Inc. for just $22…

Meta hires former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair

Meta announced on Monday that it has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman of…

Mitigating emissions from air freight: Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim

“SAF is central to the decarbonization of the aviation sector,” believes Raman Ojha, president of Shell Aviation. “Having said that,…

Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicorn

French defense tech company Harmattan AI is rising almost as fast as the supersonic planes of its new backer. Founded…

The Download: Introducing this year’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies 

Although it’s less glamorous than envisioning which advances will change our future, analyzing failed technologies is equally important. Read about why…

Google brings buy buttons to Gemini and AI search

Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant…

Google removes AI Overviews from some medical searches after experts warn of risks to users' health

The Guardian reported at the start of January that AI Overviews, which are supposed to provide AI-generated summaries of search…

Google hasn’t updated this photo editing app in years, but it’s still the best

AI is taking over almost every image editing app, to the point that some AI has evolved into a photo…

The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station

Some of the things where I can see tangible evidence of my work is, for example, in the sleep cores…

Hyte X50 PC Case Review: Computers Should Be Cute

My old setup was running a fairly massive 360-mm AIO CPU cooler, which might be overkill, but it did raise…