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NASA
5 May

Artemis II launched four astronauts—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—aboard the Orion spacecraft named Integrity from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on April 3 at 6:35 p.m. EDT for a 10-day mission around the Moon.

from “Optimistic Tech & Science Roundup: Artemis II, OpenAI buys TBPN, Gemma 4 OSS, 130% Solar Q…score 1.00
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OpenAI
4 May

OpenAI announced $122 billion in new funding at the end of March against a valuation of $852 billion.

from “Anthropic forms $1.5B enterprise AI JV with asset managers as OpenAI pursues a larger riva…score 1.00
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President Trump
6 May

wipe out a whole civilization

from “U.S. Pauses Escort Operations in Strait of Hormuz as Cease-Fire Talks Advancescore 1.00
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Donald Trump
4 May

“hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.”

from “Global Ripple Effects of the War in Iranscore 1.00
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
5 May

Volkswagen committed $5.8 billion to invest in Rivian, unlocked upon reaching milestones.

from “Volkswagen becomes Rivian’s largest shareholder as JV-driven investments boost stakescore 0.97
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Apple
5 May

John Ternus will begin as Apple's CEO on September 1, with Tim Cook becoming executive chairman.

from “Apple posts record quarter but warns of AI-driven memory chip shortagesscore 0.97
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U.S. officials
5 May

Donald Trump administration is discussing an executive order for government oversight of new AI models, including a formal review process

from “AI industry pivots from job-destruction rhetoric to claims of job creation and human augme…score 0.97
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Anthropic
5 May

Claude Mythos Preview identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities, many critical, in every major operating system, web browser, and other key software.

score 0.97
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Donald Trump
5 May

“whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back” if Iran does not capitulate.

from “Accusation that US President Threatened Genocidal Violence Against Iranscore 0.97
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Donald Trump
5 May

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

from “Accusation that US President Threatened Genocidal Violence Against Iranscore 0.97
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Manus
5 May

Manus crossed $100M in ARR in 8 months after launch, the fastest startup to ever reach that milestone.

from “Shipping Manus: rapid prototyping, full ownership, and cross-disciplinary AI engineeringscore 0.94
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Rep. Sheri Biggs
4 May

The United States must do whatever it takes to finish the mission in Iran, including boots on the ground if necessary to permanently eliminate the threat of a nuclear-armed Tehran.

from “The Cost of Hesitation: Why Finishing the Mission in Iran Is Imperativescore 0.94
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U.S. officials
5 May

About 1,600 ships remain stranded at the Strait of Hormuz, compared to around 130 vessels a day before the war, causing oil and gas prices to spike.

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New York Times
5 May

Researchers jailbroke frontier AI models into producing detailed bioweapons synthesis routes, with chatbots describing how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces.

from “Weekly curated briefing: Fed transition, markets, AI risks, and sector snapshotsscore 0.94
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Philip R. Lane
5 May

In its 2021 Monetary Policy Strategy Review, the ECB Governing Council committed to ensuring that the Eurosystem fully takes into account the implications of climate change and the green transition for monetary policy and central banking.

score 0.94
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Financial Times
5 May

US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed Iran in February.

from “Oil shocks and Gulf disruptions force flower-market reallocations and wastescore 0.94
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a16z crypto
6 May

a16z crypto announced a new $2.2 billion fund, its fifth fund, bringing total raised to $9.8 billion.

from “a16z crypto raises $2.2B fund, doubles down on crypto amid market slowdown and AI competit…score 0.93
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President Trump
6 May

Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz to most commercial ships for weeks.

from “U.S. Pauses Escort Operations in Strait of Hormuz as Cease-Fire Talks Advancescore 0.93
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Volodymyr Zelensky
5 May

Ukrainian missiles struck targets in Russia’s Cheboksary region after traveling more than 1,500 kilometers.

from “Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukrainian cities; Zelensky condemns Victory Day cease-fire…score 0.93
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Tim Cook
5 May

Significantly higher memory costs are expected in June and beyond, driving an increasing impact on Apple's business.

from “Apple posts record quarter but warns of AI-driven memory chip shortagesscore 0.93
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ElevenLabs
5 May

New Series D investors include BlackRock, Wellington, D.E. Shaw, Schroders, Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, Santander, KPN, Deutsche Telekom, Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, and Hwang Dong-hyuk.

from “ElevenLabs adds major institutional and celebrity investors as ARR tops $500M amid rapid v…score 0.93
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Volodymyr Zelensky
5 May

Russia’s decision to downsize the parade shows its weakness and fear that drones may buzz over Red Square.

from “Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukrainian cities; Zelensky condemns Victory Day cease-fire…score 0.93
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Sam Altman
4 May

New social safety nets, such as universal basic income or universal basic compute, are needed to navigate the transition to an AI-integrated future.

from “Sam Altman on AI's Rapid Economic Disruption and the Need for New Social Safety Nets·Sam Altmanscore 0.93
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Volodymyr Zelensky
5 May

“We need silence from such strikes and all others like them every single day, not just for a few hours somewhere out there for ‘celebrations.’”

from “Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukrainian cities; Zelensky condemns Victory Day cease-fire…score 0.93
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Donald Trump
5 May

The Navy would begin the blockade, “seek and interdict” vessels that had paid Iran to get through the strait, and then start clearing the waterway of sea mines.

from “U.S. Threatens Strait of Hormuz Blockade; Policy Amounts to Collective Punishment of Iranscore 0.93
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Tim Cook
5 May

“Both of these are amazing platforms for AI and agentic tools, and the customer recognition of that is happening faster than what we had predicted, and so we saw higher than expected demand.”

from “Mac revenue beats expectations as AI-driven demand and Neo launch lift salesscore 0.93
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Donald Trump
4 May

“a whole civilization will die tonight”

from “Fragile U.S.–Iran Ceasefire, Strait of Hormuz Reopening, and Lebanon/Hezbollah Risksscore 0.93
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Sam Woods
4 May

As we set out our priorities for 2026, we are also updating our approach by moving from an annual to a two-year supervisory cycle for firms. This will allow us to make our operations more efficient and help streamline firms’ interactions with the PRA.

score 0.93
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Elon Musk
4 May

By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be.

from “OpenAI says Musk sent 'settle-or-else' text to Greg Brockman; judge bars it from evidencescore 0.93
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President Trump
4 May

any Iranian interference in the operation to free stranded ships, named Project Freedom, would be dealt with forcefully

from “Iran Rejects U.S. Effort to Free Ships in Strait of Hormuz, Threatens Attacks; Incidents R…score 0.93
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ASML
5 May

ASML manufactures the only machines capable of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) for printing microscopic patterns on silicon wafers in the most advanced semiconductors.

from “ASML’s EUV Monopoly, High-NA Transition, and the Chip Supply Bottleneck for AIscore 0.91
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Christine Lagarde
4 May

Interest rate decisions will be based on assessment of the inflation outlook and risks, incoming data, dynamics of underlying inflation, and strength of monetary policy transmission, without pre-committing to a particular rate path.

from “ECB holds interest rates steady as Middle East energy shock raises inflation risks and gro…score 0.91
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The Wall Street Journal
6 May

Paradigm is reportedly raising a $1.5 billion fund to expand into robotics and AI.

from “a16z crypto raises $2.2B fund, doubles down on crypto amid market slowdown and AI competit…score 0.90
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Gen. Dan Caine
6 May

Iran has attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times since the cease-fire took effect in early April, but all attacks below the threshold of restarting major combat operations.

from “U.S. Pauses Escort Operations in Strait of Hormuz as Cease-Fire Talks Advancescore 0.90
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U.S. Central Command
6 May

American forces shot down Iranian cruise missiles and drones aimed at U.S. ships and commercial vessels, and destroyed six Iranian speedboats.

from “U.S. Pauses Escort Operations in Strait of Hormuz as Cease-Fire Talks Advancescore 0.90
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Volodymyr Zelensky
5 May

Ukraine’s long-range attacks on Russia are an “entirely just response to Russian strikes.”

from “Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukrainian cities; Zelensky condemns Victory Day cease-fire…score 0.90
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Volodymyr Zelensky
5 May

Russia’s cease-fire announcement shows cynicism timed for Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9.

from “Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukrainian cities; Zelensky condemns Victory Day cease-fire…score 0.90
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Christophe Fouquet
5 May

The market overall will be supply-limited for quite a bit, with the biggest bottleneck in chip manufacturing; hyperscalers will not get enough chips for the next two, three, even five years.

from “ASML’s EUV Monopoly, High-NA Transition, and the Chip Supply Bottleneck for AIscore 0.90
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Piero Cipollone
4 May

Early design choices for DLT architectures will determine the system's lock-in configuration and whether tokenisation gains are broadly distributed.

from “Tokenisation, central bank money and safeguarding monetary policy in a DLT-based financial…score 0.90
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New York Fed DSGE model
4 May

Forecast error in core PCE inflation for 2026:Q1 attributed to cost-push shocks possibly capturing effects of tariffs and other idiosyncratic factors.

score 0.90