# NuseReal

Miscellaneous news

Wave of recent high-profile departures at the Ethereum Foundation has reignited longstanding questions from community members about what is going on inside the crypto currency organization (LINK) — 19 May 2026

Google's Gemini Spark is the first AI agent built for people who don't know what an AI agent is (LINK) — 19 May 2026

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh to visit Geneva on 19 May, two days after Meghan Markle. The information about Sophie's trip to Switzerland has been kept to a minimum (LINK) — 19 May 2026

— Megan, the Duchess of Sussex, appeared at Place des Nations in Geneva on 17 May for the inauguration of The Lost Screen Memorial, a striking tribute honouring young lives lost to online dangers.

UK: Satellites and AI used to track UK hedgehogs in bid to slow decline (LINK) — 19 May 2026

AI-generated fake citations are flooding scientific literature across publications, scientists warn: pattern of researchers using AI yet failing to fact-check the output (LINK) — 18 May 2026

Overfishing hits 11 of 12 Bahamian seafood staples, 73 years of catch data show: Nassau grouper and yellowfin grouper are classified as "grossly overfished" (LINK) — 18 May 2026

— Only the dolphinfish, the mahi mahi of beach-hotel menus and offshore recreational trips, is classified as healthy. Queen conch, Caribbean spiny lobster, hogfish, black grouper, rock hind and wahoo are "overfished". Lane snapper, mutton snapper and gray snapper are "slightly overfished".

A new Swatch model is introduced, the Royal Pop pocket watch, a collaboration with Audemars Piguet's luxury timepieces, and a case study in overexcited 'drop culture' plays out (LINK) — 19 May 2026

— Tne "bioceramic" timekeeper retails for around $400 but resells for thousands of dollars.

Travellers are using AI to plan better trips and find cheaper flights: however, many travelers (about half) still turn to traditional travel websites for verification and booking decisions. (LINK) — 18 May 2026

Humanity's oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia (LINK) — 18 May 2026

Pollock sells for $181m at Christie's S.I. Newhouse auction (LINK) — ground.news: 12 media reports (LINK) — 18 May 2026

— Brancusi's bronze Danaïde also set an artist record at $107.6 million as the late media mogul's 16-work collection smashed expectations. According to ARTnews, the sale makes it the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction. The previous auction record for the abstract expressionist painter was US$61.2 million, set in 2021. Other works by him have been sold privately for up to US$200 million.

Guardian: list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months: cartoons (LINK) — 18 May 2026

5 artificial intelligence (AI) stocks that have more than doubled this year and can still go higher: BE, LITE, MU, INTC, SNDK (LINK) — 17 May 2026

Nepo baby actor-musician Kiefer Sutherland cancels US tour over dismal ticket sales (LINK) — 16 May 2026

— The news comes on the heels of a successful European tour by the two-time Emmy winner.