Miscellaneous news
Gonet Geneva Tennis Open 2026: 17-23 May (LINK) — 13 May 2026
— Taylor Fritz, Alexander Bublik, Casper Ruud, Learner Tien, Cameron Norrie and Arthur Rinderknech are all in the Geneva field. Stan Wawrinka will lead the home charge. The prize money for the Gonet Geneva Open is €612,620. Winner: € 93,175, Finalist: €54,360.
Amazon launches its first Swiss franc bond (LINK) — 13 May 2026
— Amazon plans to spend $200 billion on data centers, chips, and other equipment this year and has been tapping multiple currencies to fund the buildout.
Trump shares AI image of Obama, Biden and Pelosi bathing in feces (LINK) — 12 May 2026
— The post was among several the president shared that referenced his controversial decision to repaint the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool.
GM is firing 600 IT workers and hiring AI engineers. It calls it transformation, not termination (LINK) — 12 May 2026
US: Lawsuit claims ChatGPT gave drug-taking advice that led to teen's death (LINK) — 12 May 2026
ChatGPT 'advised school shooter to target kids to get more attention' (LINK) — 12 May 2026
'Current LLMs introduce substantial errors when editing work documents': Microsoft scientists find most AI models struggle with long-running tasks (LINK) — 12 May 2026
Bitcoin Suisse expands with Digital Asset License and Investment Business Act Registration Approval in Bermuda (LINK) — 12 May 2026
Millions died from the Super El Niño in 1877. What will happen this time? (LINK) — 12 May 2026
NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever (LINK) — 12 May 2026
— On August 10, 2025, a tsunami larger than the Eiffel Tower ripped through Tracy Arm fjord in southeast Alaska. The rapid retreat of the South Sawyer Glacier triggered a landslide that swept huge rocks down the picturesque waterway visited by millions aboard Alaskan cruises every summer. At least 64 million cubic meters of rock slid down the slope of the glacier. The rocks created an enormous tsunami that stripped trees and other vegetation from the opposing fjord wall up to 1,578 feet (480m) above sea level.
Common sweetener erythritol may harm critical brain barrier, risking stroke (LINK) — 12 May 2026
Popular sugar-free sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease, study warns (LINK) — 11 May 2026
China's factory inflation hits 45-month high on energy price shock (LINK) —11 May 2026
Surge of cartel violence in central Mexico forces between 800 and 1,000 families to flee homes (LINK) — ground.news: 11 media reports (LINK) — 10 May 2026
Gaza documentary dropped by the BBC wins BAFTA (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports (LINK) — 10 May 2026
Self-proclaimed Swiss king's 'empire' is riling local authorities (LINK) — 10 May 2026
British sprinter CJ Ujah arrested in crypto wallet seed phrase scam (LINK) — 10 May 2026
Indian police arrest hacker Sriki in $1.3M Bitcoin theft case from 2017 on national and international websites (LINK) — 10 May 2026
Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs after AI makes them unnecessary — 10 May 2026 (LINK)