Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o
BBC News
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
SigNoz (YC W21, open source Datadog) Is hiring for growth and engineering roles
https://signoz.io/careers
https://signoz.io/careers
Ashbyhq
SigNoz Jobs
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/
Baldurbjarnason
The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
Cursing the government does not fix potholes. Spray-painting them does
https://imagenotfound.writeas.com/the-holes-we-painted-and-why-we-did-it-anyway
https://imagenotfound.writeas.com/the-holes-we-painted-and-why-we-did-it-anyway
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The holes we painted (and why we did it anyway) — Image Not Found
A bit more than a year ago, we did something a bit weird. We took a few cans of spray paint and we went out on the street. Not to pain...
Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage–so they're making up tasks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91541586/amazon-workers-pressured-to-up-ai-use-extraneous-tasks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91541586/amazon-workers-pressured-to-up-ai-use-extraneous-tasks
Fast Company
Amazon workers are under pressure to up their AI usage—so they're making up extraneous tasks
In a new report, employees say Amazon tracks their consumption of 'AI tokens'—and they've been creating unproductive AI agents just to eat them up.
AI is wiping out entry-level jobs
https://fortune.com/2026/05/15/ai-entry-level-jobs-higher-education-experience-gap/
https://fortune.com/2026/05/15/ai-entry-level-jobs-higher-education-experience-gap/
Fortune
AI is wiping out entry-level jobs. Here's how colleges can fill the gap | Fortune
As AI automates the tasks that once defined first jobs, higher education must rethink how it delivers real-world experience—before students ever graduate.
Show HN: Sx – an open-source package manager for AI skills, MCPs, and commands
https://github.com/sleuth-io/sx
https://github.com/sleuth-io/sx
GitHub
GitHub - sleuth-io/sx: sx is a package manager for AI coding assistants
sx is a package manager for AI coding assistants. Contribute to sleuth-io/sx development by creating an account on GitHub.
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app
https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-car-tinkering-app-in-emissions-crackdown/
https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-car-tinkering-app-in-emissions-crackdown/
MacDailyNews
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent…
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after they drive into flood waters
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html
CNBC
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after glitch allowed some vehicles to 'drive into standing water'
Waymo issued a voluntary recall of about 3,800 of its robotaxis to fix software issues that could allow them to drive into flooded roadways.
Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/
https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/
Fortune
Meta's $10 billion Louisiana data center is getting $3.3 billion in tax breaks—more than seven years of the state's entire police…
States are awarding more than $5.6 billion annually to data center developers, and that’s a conservative estimate.
Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26055524.palantir-hired-30-senior-uk-government-officials/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26055524.palantir-hired-30-senior-uk-government-officials/
The National
Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials
US tech surveillance firm Palantir has hired 32 senior UK government and public sector officials since 2012, it has been reported ...
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
https://reclaimthenet.org/london-police-deploy-facial-recognition-at-protest-for-first-time
https://reclaimthenet.org/london-police-deploy-facial-recognition-at-protest-for-first-time
Reclaim The Net
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
Britain's civil liberties are eroding one deployment at a time.
Waymo driverless cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czx20g00ly1o
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czx20g00ly1o
Bbc
Waymo cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch
The company said the vehicles, which use AI to drive, had encountered "a routing problem" that kept taking them to the same cul-de-sac.