Apple’s $599 Mac mini is gone. Blame the AI agents.
Apple’s $599 Mac mini is gone. Blame the AI agents.

Apple has quietly raised the desktop’s starting price to $799 after demand from developers building local AI tools cleared its shelves. Tim Cook says it could take months to catch up. For five years, the Mac mini has been the cheapest way into Apple’s …

Using AI Such As ChatGPT To Deal With People Who Have ‘Main Character Syndrome’ In Real Life

People are increasingly embodying main character syndrome (MCS). These are ego-centric behaviors. How to cope? Use AI to give you helpful advice. An AI Insider scoop.

Why a Canadian bank is trying to predict earthquakes with quantum computers
Why a Canadian bank is trying to predict earthquakes with quantum computers

BMO has filed a provisional patent on a quantum algorithm for seismic forecasting, and is sending mobile branches to wildfire zones with AI dispatch. The bank says it is the future of risk. Banks are not, as a rule, in the earthquake business. They are…

In Photos: Full ‘Flower Moon’ Lights Up Night Sky Around The World

May’s flower moon rose in twilight on Friday, setting the stage for a rare second full moon — a blue moon — later in the month.

The Garmin Venu 4 is your ‘do-it-all companion’ and our favourite smartwatch from the manufacturer — get it now for a record-low price

The Garmin Venu 4 is our favourite smartwatch from the manufacturer and it just crashed to a record-low price at Amazon.

Wall Street says Oracle is a buy. The investors selling it can count to $300 billion.
Wall Street says Oracle is a buy. The investors selling it can count to $300 billion.

Oracle’s stock has fallen nearly 50 per cent since hitting a record in September and dropped 14 per cent in the six sessions through Thursday, its worst stretch in months. Of the 51 Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg who follow the company, 41 h…

AI chipmaker Cerebras targets up to $4bn IPO at $40bn valuation
AI chipmaker Cerebras targets up to $4bn IPO at $40bn valuation

After a CFIUS-induced retreat in 2024, the wafer-scale chip startup is back with an OpenAI deal in its pocket and a sharper bet against Nvidia. Eighteen months ago, Cerebras Systems looked like a cautionary tale. The Sunnyvale-based AI chip startup had…

GameStop eyes eBay takeover in audacious $46 billion bet on Ryan Cohen’s e-commerce vision
GameStop eyes eBay takeover in audacious $46 billion bet on Ryan Cohen’s e-commerce vision

The video game retailer that meme traders saved from oblivion is now eyeing one of the internet’s oldest marketplaces. GameStop Corp is preparing a bid to acquire eBay Inc, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on 1 May 2026, sending eBay…

Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber’s chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension of a nascent program the company announced in late Janua…

WWE Backlash 2026 Full Card Update After SmackDown On May 1

WWE Backlash 2026 full card update after SmackDown on May 1, including Trick Williams vs. Sami Zayn for the U.S. Title and a Danhausen tag team match.