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Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize AwardOslo
Iceland's Women, Prime Minister Included, Strike for a Full Day LabourReykjavik
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Qualcomm Elects Microsoft Executive Christopher Young to Its Board
Qualcomm N, 5775, Morehouse Drive, Barnes Canyon, Sorrento Mesa, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92121, United States
Qualcomm
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEThe 8-K says "On May 12, 2025, the Board of Directors ... elected Christopher D. Young".[1]
Qualcomm added Christopher Young, Microsoft's executive vice president for business development, strategy and ventures and a former McAfee CEO, to its board and its HR and Compensation Committee.
Qualcomm and HUMAIN Sign an MoU to Build AI Data Centres in Saudi Arabia
King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center, Shaban Bin Abi Sheha, Al Hada District, Shmeisi Municipality, Riyadh, Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, 12916, Saudi ArabiaQualcomm
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEThe release dated 13 May 2025 says the companies 'today signed a Memorandum of Understanding' during the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh; the White House dates that forum Tuesday, May 13, 2025.[1]
At the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, Qualcomm and Saudi Arabia's national AI company HUMAIN agreed to develop AI data centres and supply Qualcomm data-centre CPU and AI chips, with a Qualcomm chip design centre for the Kingdom.
GPT-4.1 Comes to ChatGPT
OpenAI brings GPT-4.1, a coding-focused model first released in the API in April, to ChatGPT for Plus, Pro and Team users.
Changi Airport Breaks Ground on Terminal 5
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.[1]
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.
GPT-4.1 mini Replaces GPT-4o mini in ChatGPT
OpenAI replaces GPT-4o mini with GPT-4.1 mini in ChatGPT, improving instruction following, coding and overall intelligence for its small model.
Tic Tac Two, a Sugar-Free Two-Layer Mint, Launches Globally
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEFerrero's[1] release of 14 May 2025, 10:00 CEST: "Tic Tac has unveiled its boldest innovation yet: Tic Tac Two" and "Tic Tac Two will make its global debut".
Tic Tac's new sugar-free mint is twice the size of the original, with two layers of contrasting flavour, in Raspberry & Lemon, Strawberry & Lime and Fresh & Mild Spearmint.
Pathfinder 1 Flies Over San Francisco Bay
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCELTA Research's own update and IEEE Spectrum both date the first flight over San Francisco Bay to 15 May 2025: 'On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon Valley's Moffett Federal Airfield for the first time.'[1]
LTA Research's Pathfinder 1, the largest aircraft in the world, flew beyond its Moffett Field base in California and over San Francisco Bay for the first time on 15 May 2025 - the first rigid airship of its size to fly since the 1930s. Its larger successor, Pathfinder 3, is being built in the century-old Goodyear Akron Airdock.
PLDT Reports Q1 2025 Results as Maya Turns Its First Quarterly Profit
Ramon Cojuangco Building, Makati Avenue, San Lorenzo, District I, Makati, Southern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1226, Philippines
PLDT
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEPSE[1][5] EDGE lists the press release on PLDT's unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2025 (C03427-2025) at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM Manila time (04:14 UTC); the release is datelined 'MANILA, Philippines 15th May 2025'.
PLDT's first-quarter 2025 telco core income fell 6% to ₱8.8 billion, but overall core income held at ₱8.9 billion as digital bank Maya contributed ₱127 million in its first profitable quarter.
Gaylord Pacific Resort Opens on the Chula Vista Bayfront
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per portofsandiego.org[1]: "The Port, City, RIDA and other South Bay leaders and partners celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, May 15, 2025"; KPBS[3] and NBC 7 add that the first guests checked in on Friday, 16 May.
The $1.3 billion, 1,600-room Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center opened as the centerpiece of the Port of San Diego and Chula Vista bayfront redevelopment, with a 4.25-acre water park on San Diego Bay. It became the largest hotel in California.
$1.3B
Salesforce Introduces Flex Credits Pricing for Agentforce
Salesforce Tower, 415, Mission Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 94105, United StatesSalesforce
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEThe release is datelined "SAN FRANCISCO – May 15, 2025" and says "Flex Credits are available to purchase today for all Agentforce customers".[1]
Agentforce moved from $2 per conversation to consumption pricing: each agent action costs 20 Flex Credits, or $0.10, sold in $500 packs of 100,000 credits.
FCC Approves Verizon's Frontier Deal After DEI Pledge
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Verizon
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEThe FCC[1] release is datelined "WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025" and says "Today, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau approved Verizon's $20 billion acquisition of Frontier".
The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion Frontier purchase after Verizon committed to ending its DEI practices, with Chairman Brendan Carr citing fiber builds of 1 million or more homes a year and commitments to tower crews.
Metro Opens the Rail to Rail Bike and Walk Path Through South LA
West Slauson Avenue, Vermont Square, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEMetro's[1] release dated May 17, 2025 says it "hosted a 'rolling dedication' and community fair this morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor".
A 5.5-mile walking and biking path on an abandoned freight line along Slauson Avenue, from near the K Line's Fairview Heights station to the A Line's Slauson station, built for $166 million.
$166M
Golden State Valkyries Play Their First WNBA Game at Chase Center
Chase Center, 1, Warriors Way, Mission Bay, San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
Golden State Valkyries
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEWNBA[5].com[1]'s "Los Angeles Sparks vs Golden State Valkyries May 16, 2025 Game Summary" gives the tip-off as 2025-05-17T02:00:00Z, the game as Final and attendance 18,064 at Chase Center.
The WNBA's 2025 expansion team made its regular-season debut before 18,064 at San Francisco's Chase Center, losing 84-67 to the Los Angeles Sparks.
Mexican Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Strikes the Brooklyn Bridge
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Mexican Navy
Mexican NavyCONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEStated as firm by the NTSB (ntsb.gov[1], DCA25MM039): "On May 17, 2025, at 2024 eastern daylight time, the ARM Cuauhtémoc BE 01 ... struck the Brooklyn Bridge"; "Starting at 2024:42, the upper sections of all three masts ... contacted the underside" (20:24 EDT = 00:24Z on 18 May).
Backing out from Pier 17 with 277 people aboard, the Mexican Navy training ship drifted astern into the Brooklyn Bridge, breaking the tops of all three masts; two cadets were killed and at least 19 people injured.
French Senate Inquiry Says State Covered Up Nestlé's Mineral Water Fraud
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Nestlé
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEAP, datelined Paris 19 May 2025: 'a Senate inquiry commission said Monday'; Public Sénat: the senators 'ont rendu leurs conclusions ce lundi 19 mai'. The Senate's notice gives the filing: 'Rapport n° 628 (2024-2025), tome I, déposé le 14 mai 2025'.[1]
After six months and 73 hearings, a Senate commission said the French state hid Nestlé Waters' use of banned treatments on Perrier, Vittel, Contrex and Hépar, a fraud France's fraud-control agency puts at over 3 billion euros.
Cristiano Amon Opens COMPUTEX 2025 With Qualcomm's Keynote in Taipei
Nangang Exhibition Center No2, 2, Jingmao 2nd Road, Sanzhong Village, Nangang District, Sanchongpu, Taipei, 115, TaiwanQualcomm
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCECOMPUTEX's organiser says 'The keynote will be on 14:00, May 19, (UTC+8), at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, 7F', and Qualcomm's[2][3] release lists 'May 19 from 2-3 p.m. Taiwan time'.
Qualcomm's CEO took the COMPUTEX 2025 keynote stage in Taipei a year after Snapdragon X entered the PC market, citing 85+ Snapdragon X PCs launched or in development and joined by Microsoft, ASUS, HP and Lenovo executives.
Nike Returns to Selling Directly on Amazon in the US
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Nike
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCECNBC[1], 21 May 2025: "A Nike spokesperson said on Wednesday that the company is investing in its marketplace ... including Amazon in the U.S."
Six years after pulling out in 2019, Nike confirmed it will again sell its products directly to Amazon for the US store, part of Elliott Hill's push back into wholesale and marketplace partners.
Business Jet Crashes Into Murphy Canyon Homes, Killing All Six Aboard
3191 Salmon Street, Murphy Canyon Heights, San Diego, California, 92124, United States
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCENTSB[1] preliminary report WPR25FA161: "On May 22, 2025, at 0347 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna Citation S550, N666DS, was destroyed" - 10:47 UTC.
A Cessna Citation flying a night instrument approach to Montgomery-Gibbs in dense fog hit power lines and came down on a military housing street, igniting a house and 20 vehicles.
Ling Long 2 Premieres
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE76%12 episodesRelease start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1]/AniList listing.
Ling Long 2, a Chinese ONA continuing the original series, begins release, following former Wilderness Hunter Commander Marc as he confronts a lighthouse-destroying apocalypse guided by the mysterious Bai Yuekui.
Boston Calling 2025 With Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy and Dave Matthews Band
Harvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
C3 Presents
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per NBC Boston[1][3][4][5] on 23 May 2025: "This year's Boston Calling music festival is kicking off Friday ... headlined by Luke Combs (Friday, May 23), Fall Out Boy (Saturday, May 24), and Dave Matthews Band (Sunday, May 25). ... It runs Friday through Sunday at the Harvard Athletic Complex."
New England's largest music festival returned to the Harvard Athletic Complex for Memorial Day weekend with one fewer stage and cheaper tickets after 2024's overcrowding complaints. Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy and Dave Matthews Band headlined a wet, muddy weekend.
Salesforce Agrees to Buy Informatica for About $8 Billion
Salesforce Tower, 415, Mission Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 94105, United StatesSalesforce
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEInformatica's 8-K says 'On May 26, 2025, Informatica Inc. ... entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger ... with Salesforce[1], Inc.'; the release announcing it is dated May 27, 2025.
Salesforce signed a deal to buy the data-management company Informatica for $25 a share in cash, about $8 billion in equity value, to feed trusted enterprise data to its Agentforce AI agents.
$8B
Lasang Pinoy Opens in Rogers
CONFIRMED77% CONFIDENCECity Lifestyle[3] (28 September 2025) says the restaurant "celebrated its grand opening May 27"; the year is 2025, the month the New York Times list gives. A grand opening is taken over any soft opening, per this vertical's rule.
Maria Smith leaves a corporate career to open a family-run Filipino restaurant in Rogers, Arkansas, with her brother Bill Martfeld cooking from their mother's recipes.
Salesforce Q1 FY2026 Results: $9.8B Revenue, Guidance Raised to $41.3B
Salesforce Tower, 415, Mission Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 94105, United StatesSalesforce
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe release is datelined "SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - May 28, 2025" and the Business Wire copy is stamped "May 28, 2025 4:02pm EDT".[1]
Salesforce opened fiscal 2026 with $9.8 billion of first-quarter revenue, up 8%, and raised the top of its full-year forecast by $400 million, a day after agreeing to buy Informatica.
Construction Starts on the Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement
Port Authority Bus Terminal, 625 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Work began on May 29, 2025, when a groundbreaking ceremony for a temporary terminal on Dyer Avenue between 37th and 39th streets was hosted."
A groundbreaking on Dyer Avenue between 37th and 39th Streets began the temporary terminal that keeps 8,000 buses a day running while the 1950 building is replaced. The $10 billion scheme was planned to finish in 2032, with new ramps by 2028.
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