🤝 Anthropic Inks $1.8 Billion Computing Deal With Akamai

Anthropic PBC has signed a $1.8 billion computing deal with cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence software.

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💊 Moderna Flags Work on Hantavirus Vaccines Before Cruise Outbreak

Moderna Inc. said it’s researching vaccines to protect against hantaviruses, even as public health experts downplay the risk the deadly pathogen aboard a cruise ship could become a significant threat.

Moderna has done early-stage vaccine research on hantaviruses with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. It’s also working with the Vaccine Innovation Center at Korea University College of Medicine on a potential immunization. The research began before the recent outbreak on the Dutch-flagged Hondius.

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🇺🇸 Giant Virginia Data Center Project Upended by Clerical Error

Developers bankrolled by two of the world’s biggest asset managers set their sights on building a massive data-center hub in Northern Virginia. A battle over newspaper advertising threw their plans into disarray.

Compass Datacenters, backed by investment giant Brookfield Asset Management, abandoned plans for an 800-plus acre campus in Virginia’s Prince William County. Blackstone Inc.’s QTS is fighting in court to salvage a similarly sized development on adjacent parcels.

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↗️ Google’s Isomorphic Labs to Raise Over $2 Billion in New Funding

Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise more than $2 billion in a new round of funding. Thrive Capital, the venture firm that led Isomorphic Labs’ first funding round last year, is set to lead the new financing. Alphabet is also participating, though the round is not yet closed.

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⚡️🇺🇸 Trump says he is "pleased to announce" a three day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine: May 9th, 10th and 11th.

Additionally, there will be a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Sanctions Chinese Satellite Imagery Companies Over Iran War

The US imposed sanctions on three Chinese firms for providing satellite imagery to Iran, enabling its military strikes on American forces in the Middle East, as Washington ramps up efforts to restrict technological support for Tehran in the conflict.

China’s Meentropy Technology (Hangzhou) Co., The Earth Eye, and Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. were named by the US in its list of entities and individuals assisting Iran, some of which were based in Belarus and the United Arab Emirates, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on Friday.

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🇨🇳 China builds rice-sized sensor that lets surgical robots feel touch in real time

Researchers in China have developed a rice-sized optical sensor that could give surgical robots and medical tools a sense of touch. The device measures force, pressure, and twisting in every direction using light instead of electronics.

The sensor measures just 1.7 millimeters. Researchers say it could help robots detect unsafe contact during delicate procedures and respond instantly. The team also demonstrated that the device could identify hidden structures beneath soft materials, including tumor-like objects embedded in tissue models.

#BRICS

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🇯🇵 Engineered polyionic liquid delivers seven times stronger carbon capture performance

Researchers in Japan have developed a new carbon capture material that absorbs significantly more carbon dioxide simply by changing the size of its counter anions.

The joint research team from Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. and Tohoku University found that carefully engineered polyionic liquids, or PILs, can dramatically improve CO2 adsorption performance after purification and anion exchange.

The researchers reported that the material achieved up to seven times higher CO2 adsorption capacity compared to the original raw material. The findings could help improve future carbon capture systems and gas separation membranes.

The work focuses on diallyldimethylammonium-based PILs, materials known for combining the CO2 affinity of ionic liquids with the stability and processability of polymers.

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🇷🇺🇸🇰 Russian President Putin meets Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico.

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🔰 Tesla AI Vision deploys airbags before impact, which greatly reduces risk of injury or death. This comes for free on all new cars.

Tesla Vision allows us to deploy airbags up to 70 milliseconds earlier if your Tesla detects an unavoidable collision. This can be the difference between serious injury & walking away from a crash.

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🇯🇵🇷🇺 Japan Considers Sending Officials to Russia as Soon as End-May

Japan may send government officials to Russia as early as the end of May to maintain communications with Moscow to support its companies that are still operating there, the trade ministry said in a post on X. Japanese government officials are currently arranging a trip to Russia and, depending on the situation, representatives of relevant companies may also join.

#BRICS

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🚀 SpaceX successfully conducted a full-duration, full-thrust static fire test of all 33 Raptor engines on its Super Heavy V3 booster (Booster 19) at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

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🤑 Stellar expands role in crypto payments stack as Mesh selects it for settlement layer

Mesh has integrated the Stellar network as a core settlement layer, strengthening its push into stablecoin-based global payments infrastructure. The move deepens alignment between the two platforms, with Stellar now handling final settlement across parts of the Mesh ecosystem.

🔣 Mesh focuses on payment orchestration rather than settlement. It connects exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms into a unified network that routes transactions across systems. By integrating Stellar, Mesh adds a reliable settlement layer to its stack. The platform can now route payments through its network and settle them on Stellar with low fees and near-instant finality.

This setup reduces reliance on fragmented infrastructure. Enterprises can access routing and settlement through a single integration, simplifying cross-border payment flows. The deal highlights how crypto payments are evolving into layered systems. 🤝

In this model:
🟠orchestration layers like Mesh manage transaction routing
🟠settlement layers like Stellar finalize transactions

This separation allows each layer to specialize. It improves efficiency while enabling broader interoperability across networks and jurisdictions. Enterprises benefit from faster settlement, lower costs, and better access to global payment rails.

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🇨🇳🇫🇷 China Urges France to Help Keep EU Markets Open Through Dialogue

China said it hopes France will play an active role in encouraging the European Union to keep its markets open as well as resolve economic and trade disputes through dialogue. Beijing is willing to work with France to boost bilateral investments and provide a fair business environment for companies, the Ministry of Commerce said.

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🤝 Elon Musk visited with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to discuss deepening collaboration, building on their April 2026 announcement of Intel joining the Terafab project.

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🆕 Senate Banking Committee plans to hold key market structure hearing on Thursday

The Senate Banking Committee plans to hold its long-awaited markup hearing for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (otherwise known as the Clarity Act) on Thursday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m.

The Clarity Act was largely in limbo after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the exchange was pulling its support over stablecoin yield and other provisions in January. Last week, Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks released a compromise text addressing yield, which would prohibit crypto companies from offering yield on static stablecoin reserve holdings but allowing rewards for stablecoins involved in activities, seemingly resolving one of the key issues blocking the bill from advancing.

The committee did not release the full text of the updated bill publicly as of press time.

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