⚡️🇺🇳 Gulf States to Win NATO Summit Invites

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is planning to invite representative from four Gulf states to the summit in Ankara with the Iran war and the transatlantic rift likely to loom large over the talks.

The countries — Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are all members of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, a partnership between NATO and non-members in the broader Middle East.

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⚖️ Anthropic Expands Push Into Legal Industry With New AI Tools

Anthropic PBC is taking steps to help legal professionals carry out more tasks using its Claude chatbot. Anthropic announced a dozen new tools, or plugins, intended for attorneys, law students and others in the legal sector. One feature, called “commercial counsel,” is meant to take on work like reviewing vendor agreements; another tool is intended to help with studying for the bar exam.

The company also announced ways to connect its Claude chatbot with software from other firms that are commonly used in law, such as DocuSign Inc. and Thomson Reuters Corp., as well as Harvey, a competing AI legal service. The legal features will be available to paying customers through Claude Cowork, a general-purpose AI agent meant for office work, and through third-party services built on Claude.

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🤑 Stable infrastructure that scales — that's what the government of Bermuda is accessing by partnering with SDF.

At SALTConference Raja Chakravorti spoke with Premier David Burt about how the Stellar network's growth can power this exciting next step for Bermuda.

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🏢 Google Debuts Android ‘Googlebook’ Laptop Platform, Reentering Hot Market

🟠Alphabet Inc.’s Google introduced a new high-end laptop segment called "Googlebook" that will run Android and prominently showcase Gemini AI. Hardware partners Dell Technologies Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and HP Inc. will debut models built on the platform in the coming months.

🟠Google unveiled a new “Create My Widget” feature that lets users vibe-code their own custom widgets. The feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer.

🟠The company is now introducing Gemini in Chrome to Android, after earlier launches on iOS and desktop, allowing users to summarize content or ask questions about what they see on the web page. Android users will also get the experimental auto-browse feature that can navigate websites and complete tasks like booking a ticket on a user’s behalf.

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🇻🇳 Vietnam eyes official launch of crypto asset market in Q3 2026

Vietnam could officially launch its cryptocurrency and digital asset market as early as the third quarter of 2026, according an announcement by Mr. Nguyen Duc Chi, Deputy Minister of Finance, at the Digital Trust in Finance 2026 forum held on May 12.

Addressing the event, themed “Building Digital Financial Trust in the AI Era,” Mr. Chi highlighted the government’s commitment to advancing the digital economy under the Politburo's Resolution 57-NQ/TW, which outlines strategic breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.

The resolution targets a digital economy accounting for at least 30% of GDP by 2030, with 80% of transactions conducted cashlessly and more than 40% of enterprises engaged in innovation activities.

“We believe that, as early as the third quarter, Vietnam could witness the first official activities of its crypto asset market, operating under a framework designed to ensure safety and transparency,” — Mr. Chi announced.

To achieve these goals, the Ministry of Finance has launched several large-scale digital transformation projects aimed at improving services for citizens and businesses. These include information technology systems for digital customs operations, redesigned digital tax administration processes, and modernized state budget management systems.

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✈️ Starlink is now onboard Gulf Air —Gulf Air (Bahrain's national carrier) has started rolling out Starlink high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi.

Their first Starlink-equipped Airbus A320neo has entered service, offering complimentary, gate-to-gate connectivity to all passengers.

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⚡️🇺🇸 Kennedy to support Senate crypto bill

Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday that he plans to vote for landmark cryptocurrency legislation in the Senate Banking Committee this week, clearing the way for the bill to advance whether it wins bipartisan backing or not.

“This is not a perfect bill,” — the Louisiana Republican told reporters Wednesday. “But it’s a good bill, and it’s a good start.”

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⚡️🇺🇸🇨🇳 White House releases video celebrating President Trump's arrival in China. Trump, Xi to weigh tariff cuts on $30 billion of imports in managed trade push.

The U.S. and China are expected to inch toward a managed trade mechanism for non-sensitive goods this week, with each side possibly identifying some $30 billion worth of goods on ​which they could reduce tariffs and sell to each other without crossing national security red lines.

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💊 World’s first BCI technology targets high-level brain function to restore independence

Brandon Patterson hasn’t moved his fingers in nine years due to a spinal cord injury. But recently, he felt them twitch. Patterson, 41, has been paralyzed from the chest down since a Jeep rollover accident in 2017 severed his connection to the world below his shoulders.

Recently, he participated in a pioneering clinical study at UCHealth and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and was implanted with Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology. The key innovation in Patterson’s surgery is the strategic relocation of the brain-computer interface.

The technology focuses on the brain’s centers for intent, planning, and decision-making by tapping into these specialized regions. This allows the computer to interpret what the patient wants to do rather than just which muscle to move.

“This surgery is an important step forward not only for this patient but for neuroscience as a whole,” — said Daniel Kramer, MD, assistant professor of neuroscience at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine and a neurosurgeon at UCHealth.

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🇲🇾 Srinivasan Pitches Crypto Startup School to Malaysian Officials

Serial tech investor Balaji Srinivasan is attempting to forge closer ties to politicians in Malaysia, wooing them with a showcase of his startup school project.

At closed door meetings last month, the former Coinbase Global Inc. executive asked officials including Minister of Digital Gobind Singh Deo to consider a tighter-knit relationship between the government and his Network School, which he’s positioned as a means to bring world-class tech talent to the Southeast Asian nation.

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🇨🇳🇪🇺 BYD in Talks With Stellantis and Others About Taking Europe Plants

BYD Co. is negotiating with Stellantis NV and other European carmakers about taking over underutilized factories in the region, according to the Chinese company’s top international executive. The world’s largest seller of electric vehicles is discussing potential deals to take on plants in countries like Italy.

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🍎 Apple Plans Customizable Camera for Pros, Siri Design Changes in iOS 27

Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making the software fully customizable. With the new approach, users will be able to choose which features appear in the Camera app — and where they’re placed. That includes controls for flash, exposure, the timer and resolution.

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🇯🇵 Japan Megabanks Set to Win Mythos Access After Bessent Visit

Japan’s three megabanks — MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank are set to secure access to Anthropic’s AI model Mythos. The planned access was earlier reported by local media outlet Nikkei.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump, Xi Discussed Raising Purchases of American Crops, US Says

US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed increasing agricultural trade, and improving oil flows at their summit on Thursday, according to a White House official. Trump highlighted the need for China to boost purchases of the country’s farm products and curb flows of fentanyl precursors into the US.

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📱 X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles

X is turning itself into more of a “save-it-for-later” app with the launch of a new History tab that collects your bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles all in one place for easy access. Initially available on iOS, X head of product, Nikita Bier, describes the new resource as a better way to keep track of all your favorite content and return to things you want to finish reading or watching later.

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😺 OpenAI Floats Idea of Global AI Governance Body With US, China

OpenAI would support the creation of a global governance body for AI led by the US and including China as a member, a top company executive said. When asked about the China summit, OpenAI’s Vice President of Global Affairs Chris Lehane said that the US has an opportunity to use its lead in AI technology to create a global governance mechanism resulting in safer, more resilient systems.

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🇺🇸 Higher-Ethanol Gasoline Wins House Vote in Biofuels Boost

The US House of Representatives passed legislation to allow year-round, nationwide sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline, handing a long-sought win to farm groups eager to boost demand for swelling corn supplies.

The measure, which passed 218-203 in a vote Wednesday, is only a first step. It still needs approval in the Senate, where its prospects are uncertain, and then support from the president. But the result represents a major advance for biofuels following more than a decade of failed attempts to expand the market for E15.

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⚡️🧑‍⚖️ Clarity Act clears U.S. Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress

Landmark legislation to regulate the digital asset industry at large squeezed past a key Senate committee following weeks and months of strained deliberations.

🟠On Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee voted 15-9 to advance its version of a crypto market structure bill, called the Clarity Act, with support from both Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks.

The vote comes after months of tense negotiations among the White House, lawmakers, the crypto industry, and bank trade groups. The bill would comprehensively regulate the crypto industry at the federal level for the first time, in part through divvying up jurisdiction between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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