Month: May 2026
‘I felt my humanity was bastardised’: Cynthia Erivo says reaction to Ariana Grande red carpet incident rooted in racism
Wicked co-star said reactions to the incident, which included suggestions she was Grande’s ‘bodyguard’, reflect an insidious view of Black womenWicked star Cynthia Erivo has said that reactions to the incident at the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For G…
France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber
For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on its books. On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law.
‘Ebola case’ in European country as ‘catastrophe’ warning issued for deadly disease
The case could mark the first in Europe during the current outbreak.
AWS is rolling out Resilient Network Graphs, a “quasi-random” networking architecture that uses a flat mesh design, and says it accelerates information flows (Lauren Goode/Wired)
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AWS is rolling out Resilient Network Graphs, a “quasi-random” networking architecture that uses a flat mesh design, and says it accelerates information flows — The tech giant says a breakthrough in …
New AI Usage Report: Enterprise AI Risk Is Heavily Concentrated Among a Small Group of AI “Power users”
State of AI Usage Report 2026 (full report here) by LayerX Security reveals the extent of the enterprise AI visibility gap and why most organizations still don’t understand where their AI exposure is actually coming from. The research shows that enterp…
New Threat Actor Jinx-0164 Targets Crypto Developers on macOS
New actor Jinx-0164 hit crypto developers with fake recruiter lures and macOS malware
Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman if it does not ‘behave’ over strait of Hormuz | First Thing
President makes comments after reports Iran and Oman have discussed jointly charging a toll for ships. Plus, how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising energy costsDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.In a casual aside…
Knife rampage outside Swiss train station being treated as act of terror, say police
The suspected attacker was reported in 2015 for spreading propaganda from Isis
Israeli strikes kill at least 14 across southern Lebanon ahead of Washington talks
Israel’s air force carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military said.