Italy Cancels Boeing Pegasus Order, Shifting to Airbus A330 MRTT
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/italy-moves-to-airbus-a330-tankers-in-major-nato-aligned-shift
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/italy-moves-to-airbus-a330-tankers-in-major-nato-aligned-shift
euronews
Italy moves to Airbus A330 tankers in major NATO-aligned shift
Rome shifts course: six Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft, worth around €1.39 billion in total, to bolster the European pillar in NATO.
Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980
https://www.righto.com/2026/05/reverse-engineering-spacelab-computer.html
https://www.righto.com/2026/05/reverse-engineering-spacelab-computer.html
Righto
Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle, providing lab space for astronauts and exper...
Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality
https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality
https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality
Reclaim The Net
Texas Woman Arrested for Facebook Post About Town Water Quality
A Texas town used a bomb-threat law to jail a mom who posted about brown water the city later admitted was undrinkable.
CA declares state of emergency as fire crews race to contain toxic chemical leak
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w2l249j8go
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w2l249j8go
Bbc
Currently no active leak from failing chemical tank, California officials say
The tank, which contains a highly volatile and flammable substance, has been at risk of either a major spillage or an explosion.
Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
https://zero-arr.vercel.app
https://zero-arr.vercel.app
zero-arr.vercel.app
$30M for AISLOP.
Half the "ARR" isn't recurring. 94% of the companies are dead. The newest ones can't take a payment. Curl it yourself.
ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-awards-25-million-iris-scanning
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-awards-25-million-iris-scanning
Projectsaltbox
ICE Awards $25 Million Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies
The no-bid deal is five times the size of the agency's previous contract with the Massachusetts company and could put devices in agents' hands by late June.
Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-capitol-riot-news-releases-purged-29c580044a9ed27b643c99feac9e2964
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-capitol-riot-news-releases-purged-29c580044a9ed27b643c99feac9e2964
AP News
Trump's Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
The Department of Justice is acknowledging it's removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service agents near White House
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y09vpe713t
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y09vpe713t
BBC News
Shooting near White House: Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service agents
The gunshots were fired at around 18:00 (23:00 BST), and the White House was placed under lockdown for around an hour.
Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/microsoft-open-sources-the-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/microsoft-open-sources-the-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/
Ars Technica
Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
Old 86-DOS source code dates back to the time before Microsoft bought it.
The day my ping took countermeasures
https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-day-my-ping-took-countermeasures/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-day-my-ping-took-countermeasures/
Cloudflare Blog
The day my ping took countermeasures
Ping developers clearly put some thought into that. I wondered how far they went. Did they handle clock changes in both directions? Are the bad measurements excluded from the final statistics? How do they test the software?
'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
https://www.theverge.com/tech/931532/bambu-agpl-pawel-jarczak-open-source-threat-dmca-github
https://www.theverge.com/tech/931532/bambu-agpl-pawel-jarczak-open-source-threat-dmca-github
The Verge
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Thousands are daring Bambu to take legal action.
Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI
https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/greg-brockman/
https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/greg-brockman/
Farnam Street
Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI
The AI race, the future of AGI, and the inside story of OpenAI. Greg Brockman is the co-founder and President of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and GPT-5. He was the first engineer at Stripe before leaving in 2015 to help start OpenAI. In this rare conversation…