TECHNOLOGYDow loses more than 500 points Friday as tech slumps and yields spike: Live updatesStocks fell on Friday, bogged down by losses in technology stocks and a rise in U.S. Treasury yields.CNBC·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWall Street and Main Street face off next week with Nvidia, consumer earnings. Here's what's aheadStocks have been ripping higher thanks to a revival in enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, but without much follow through in other parts of the market.CNBC·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWhat you need to know about Nvidia competitor Cerebras after wild IPONvidia competitor Cerebras made a stunning debut on Wall Street Thursday, signaling unstoppable demand for AI chips. Here's how its chips compete with Nvidia's.CNBC·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYTrump went big on tech stocks in first quarter of 2026, new filings showTrump bought shares of Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Broadcom, Motorola and Dell worth millions, new ethics disclosure filings show.CNBC·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYA hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to seeThe tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.TechCrunch·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYA hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to seeThe tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.TechCrunch·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSilicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices upLake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.TechCrunch·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSilicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices upLake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.TechCrunch·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYAI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted aloneAndon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. "Thinking Frequencies" is run by Claude, "OpenAIR" by ChatGPT, "Backlink Broadcast" by GoogThe Verge·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe Chinese App That Puts Instagram to ShameIn the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.Wired·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYGoogle updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AIGoogle updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: "In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or manipulate our Search sysThe Verge·May 15, 2026
TECHNOLOGYPower prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingersThe price spike is a reminder of a deeper problem: The U.S. power grid was not designed for the electricity demands of an AI-driven economy, and the gap between what the grid can deliver and what the industry needs is widening.TechCrunch·May 15, 2026
