May 15, 2026

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Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators: Newly unredacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis. Read More

A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver's licenses open for anyone to see: The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password. Read More

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up: Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip: While the summit appeared cordial, China remains a key adversary of the United States, given its advanced intelligence and espionage capabilities. Read More

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts: Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments. Read More

General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z: Compulsive X user Marc Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times. Read More

RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more: Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has a knack for raising money. So far, his three startups have raised more than $12.3 billion. Read More

Even GoPro is pivoting to defense: The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale. Read More

Last but Not Least

Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI: AI video-generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability. Read More

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