Spotify and Universal Music Group just struck a deal that most people filed under "music industry news." It is not music industry news. It is IP licensing architecture news.

OpenAI just ended its Azure exclusivity. Microsoft gets 20 percent of OpenAI's revenue through 2030. OpenAI gets the right to work with any cloud provider. Amazon is already distributing OpenAI products through AWS. The AI distribution war now has a new front.

Microsoft just released its own reasoning model, image model, transcription model, voice model, and code model. In one week. This isn't a partnership play. It's independence. For years, Microsoft was OpenAI's distribution arm. That relationship is quietly becoming something else.

Japan Airlines launched a humanoid robot trial at Haneda Airport this month. Baggage handling. Cabin cleaning. A two-year run. The reason is not technology enthusiasm. Japan's working-age population is projected to decline by nearly a third by 2060.

OpenAI's Codex can now work directly inside Chrome, operating across tabs in the background on macOS and Windows. Most people read this as a coding tool update. It isn't. It's a browser agent deployment.

Samsung just shipped the first engineering samples of HBM4E to customers. Most people don't know what that means. Here's why it matters. HBM is the memory inside every AI chip that actually makes the compute usable.

Between 290,000 and 1.6 million H100-equivalent chips have been smuggled into China. For reference, xAI's entire compute fleet is around 550,000 H100-equivalents. Export controls did not stop the buildout. They added a routing fee. Taiwan to Japan to Hong Kong. Three individuals detained.

Anthropic's CEO said he hopes 80x growth does not continue. Not because demand is slowing. Because that pace is operationally too hard to handle. Think about what that means. The bottleneck in AI right now is not the model. It is not the algorithm. It is not even the chip.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static-fire test last night. The launch site is destroyed. The investigation takes months. Then you rebuild, re-certify, relaunch. What this actually delays: Amazon's first LEO internet satellites.

A Harvard study found OpenAI's o1 correctly identified diagnoses more often than human physicians. In one case it flagged a dangerous flesh-eating infection the treating doctor initially missed. The correct diagnosis appeared in the AI's output roughly 80% of the time.

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Ben McKenzie: When crypto crashes again, it could take down the entire financial system, and we'll end up bailing these fuckers out again. Bill Maher: Millions of people have lost their shirt. McKenzie: Trumpcoin, down 96%. The top investors got to have dinner with the president.

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Secretary of State is the head customer service job of Indiana. Do you agree? Either way I'd love to know your thoughts on our state's elections and how you feel about the direction of our party. Delegates, I'm asking for your support and nomination on June 6 down in Indianapolis.

Найкрасивіша спортсменка України сенсаційно перемогла на Діамантовій лізі Українська стрибунка у висоту Юлія Левченко, яку називають найкрасивішою спортсменкою країни, успішно стартувала в Діамантовій лізі-2026. На першому етапі в китайському Сямені. 28-річна уродженка Бахмута посіла перше місце.

A school with 45 countries. 47 languages. A vibrant community. The Queen popped in for a photo op. Meanwhile, the government she represents cuts ESOL funding, demonises migrants, and lets the far right march. The letters were lovely. The policy is not. 👑 #AbolishTheMonarchy

THIS OR THAT: Classic video game edition. Do you agree with these choices?

📊 Still the formula: 🏀 Canada: 14 assists. 🏀 Reese: double-double. 🏀 Howard: 6 threes. 📊 Full breakdown coming Monday. 🍑 Every Dream game. 🔢 Every number that matters. #ATLDream #WNBA #SportsData

The Arsonian Battle Class is heavily armed, careful timing is required to bypass its flak shields & hit the ship while fending off the missile barrage.... A theme in this testing is a need for rebalance. #roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

🌻 Is the Green Party blooming? 🌱 Community allotments - which party would get mucked in? 🍏 What fruitful conversations need to be had before 7th May? 👀 @mothinali.bsky.social answers our gardening and politics questions 🍒🍉🫒🌼🌿

Books, boldness, and Olympic-level inspiration… 🤠📚✨ Signing BRAVE-ish, making new friends, and soaking up every moment at the The Female Quotient SXSW Honored to hear Ilona Maher speak — So much YES. Grateful, energized, and still signing… 📚💛 #SXSW #FemaleQuotient #Braveish #olympics #Grateful

Banned from his fave Lefty-baiting location of Stirchley, today Ryan Bridge took his Raise the Colours rotters to Harborne, which also rejected his flags in October uk.news.yahoo.com/harborne-inc... But he doesn't care + he's skint. Had to use ladders as his cherry picker is impounded for hit & run

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In DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON, Lisa See brings post–Civil War Los Angeles to life through the stories of three Chinese women who defy the odds to survive and thrive. Preorder now: https://bit.ly/4rLSWbc

Canes fans need to stop projecting their January trauma onto Freddie Andersen. Yeah, he got hit with the "First Short Freddie" moniker earlier this year, but right now? He's locked the hell in...

The great Dana Goldberg and her greatness

New Meets Newer in New Freedom - Video Version. November 12th, 2023. Clip from my YouTube video "Steam Into History". #trains #video

Flatout 4: Total Insanity VR brings chaotic, destructive, demolition derby style racing to VR in Early Access. Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/flatout-4-to...

Mamdani: "Govt efficiency — these are words that somehow have been understood as if they are R priorities, when in fact they're priorities of anyone who believes in the public sector. Any yet, Elon Musk used it to cut as many jobs that were as critical as possible for so many of the neediest people"

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Who was disappointed in this? New Resident Evil movie teaser has fans mad. #residentevil #residentevilmovie #residentevil2 #residentevil4

first time that I have seen Red at the platter birdbath this was late in the day probably his last sip today was 76°. That’s the warmest it’s been this year. #Birds

Kyle Schwarber #Phillies is Friday’s Box-Toppers NL Batter of the Day (2HR 3-5 2R 5BI vs. PIT). He earns 1.5 B-T points, giving him 4.0 for 2026, 2nd among NL batters. Full Friday B-T Daily Scorecard: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2026/5/...

So Many LIT Memories … let’s make more at Tomorrows 6 Year Anniversary Event …. doors open at Noon… (LITtimesV2) #getlitwithus #wiltonmanors

As of today, it’s been one year since Virginia Giuffre’s passing. Her courage has inspired so many survivors and their families, as well as myself and other leaders to keep fighting for accountability for the monsters who committed these horrific crimes. Thank you, Virginia.

The new Hungarian PM is on his way to Poland, with Lou Bega’s Mambo No.5 playing in the background 🤷‍♂️👍

@jamestalarico.bsky.social @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social this is just ANOTHER REASON why, if you’re *serious* about JUSTICE & *defeating* evil, you *DO NOT HONOR* Joe Rogan.

“F” THESE RIMS. #buyingrim, #fthis, #detailing, #washing, #fyp

This is a time for coalition. We may not agree on everything, but surely the defense of liberty in the face of this administration's abuses can bring together progressives, libertarians, and quite a few conservatives in common cause.

Dreaming toes

Flame Tower MK3 from Botfestation roasting everything in its path. Demo is live on Steam. Worth checking out? #indieDev #pixelart #gamedev

We have a bananaquit bird building a nest about two foot away from the railing of our balcony:

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Ashe's Travels (Tales of Baromir Book 6) by Eric Johnson!  Now in English and Spanish! www.amazon.com/Ashes-Travel...   Los Viajes de Ashe (Tales of Baromir Espanol nº 6) ¡Ahora en inglés y español! amzn.to/4dOjwvm #sciencefiction  #cienciaficcion Follow @kimjohnson562.bsky.social for more!

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Löwenzahn liefert genau dann Pollen und Nektar, wenn kaum etwas anderes blüht. Und ohne diese Nahrung? Keine Bestäuber. Ohne Bestäuber? Keine Ernte. Kein Obst. Kein Gemüse. Punkt. 🍎🥕 Darum macht mit beim mähfreien Mai! #mähfreiermai

With the arrival of water in the Rio Grande River this week, El Paso Water announced it will begin the seasonal transition to treating Rio Grande water at two of its water treatment plants. MORE: https://www.ktsm.com/news/el-paso-water-begins-seasonal-treatment-of-rio-grande/

Russia's air defense "had the situation under control".

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Found the universal ender