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U.S.-Iran strikes, Snowflake soars, Robinhood's new AI tools and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

CNBC - May 28, 2026 9:39am EDT

Qualcomm picks bad time to pitch a $300 laptop platform

Systems based on Snapdragon C to target students, families, and small businesses

Register UK - May 28, 2026 9:37am EDT

Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

The Conversation - May 28, 2026 9:05am EDT

Teachers union president calls for limits on AI and screen time in schools

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is backing a parent-led movement to restrict how much time elementary school students spend on laptops in class.

NBC News - May 28, 2026 8:17am EDT

Swift thinking buys NASA observatory a little more time before re-entry

Rescue mission might have until the end of summer after science operations halted

Register UK - May 28, 2026 6:56am EDT

This AI stock is surging after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund disclosed a stake. Here's why

Dutch cloud provider Nebius popped in premarket trading after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund took a sizeable stake in the firm,

CNBC - May 28, 2026 6:47am EDT

Valve cites component costs as Steam Deck prices up more than 40%

The gaming giant said the handheld had not changed but the rise reflected "the current state of component costs"

BBC News - May 28, 2026 6:37am EDT

Meta repeatedly snubs EU body on Facebook and Instagram user bans

The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites.

BBC News - May 28, 2026 5:04am EDT

Windows 11 update preview promises faster launches, puts Task Manager on NPU patrol

Just mind the known issue that can still send installs rolling back

Register UK - May 28, 2026 4:33am EDT

Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation

Guardian UK - May 28, 2026 4:17am EDT

The Platform Nobody Talks About: How LeoList Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules on AI Fraud Detection

LeoList built the fraud-detection system the rest of the internet is still designing — and did it before any law required them to.

International Business Times - May 28, 2026 4:04am EDT

Google’s plan to run your life could break the internet

The tech giant’s new AI overhaul is set to have damaging ramifications.

Sydney Morning Herald - May 28, 2026 3:29am EDT

Broadcom's custom ASIC biz adds South Korea's FuriosaAI to its empire

Third-gen chips to use Broadzilla's advanced packaging, networking tech

Register UK - May 28, 2026 3:01am EDT

Studio Display XDR review: Apple’s pro display shines very brightly

Guardian UK - May 28, 2026 2:30am EDT

GPUs And RAM Are In Short Supply, But The Real Bottleneck For AI Is Electricians

By design, datacenters are big capital machines. But to get a handle on the scale of resources that ...

Register UK - May 28, 2026 1:32am EDT

Laptop prices are exploding in 2026 — and AI is the biggest reason why

Laptop prices are surging in 2026 as AI-driven memory demand, supply chain shocks and rising chip costs squeeze consumers and threaten sub-$500 PCs.

Gulf News - May 28, 2026 12:54am EDT

Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on Polymarket

The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.

BBC News - May 27, 2026 11:09pm EDT

Linus Torvalds to ‘start being more hardnosed’ about ‘pointless pull requests’ – some of which come from AIs

Warns large release candidates ‘are *not* conducive to long-term stability’

Register UK - May 27, 2026 8:30pm EDT

DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million

NPR - May 27, 2026 7:46pm EDT

The world's carmakers are struggling to compete with China

The BBC visited China’s EV factories and found they are dominating the ecosystems shaping the global auto industry.

BBC News - May 27, 2026 6:27pm EDT

Mystery GPS jammer in Iran becomes test for NASA satellites’ capabilities

NASA science satellites show dual use in locating sources of GPS interference.

Ars Technica - May 27, 2026 5:07pm EDT

Pope tackles AI in encyclical celebrating humanity

The Week - May 27, 2026 4:12pm EDT

Transportation Safety Board report details lead-up to fatal B.C. helicopter accident

Toronto Star - May 27, 2026 4:12pm EDT

SpaceX-Tesla Merger Talk Intensifies Ahead of Rocket Company's Nasdaq Debut

Elon Musk is about to take SpaceX public, and the move is reigniting speculation across Silicon Valley and Wall Street that his long-term goal may be to combine the company and Tesla into a single corporate empire.

International Business Times - May 27, 2026 3:52pm EDT