🤖 OpenAI-Microsoft deal remix | 🛡️ TikTok sextortion ring | 🖥️ Samsung’s 3-D monitor leap

🔥 Warm-Up

Welcome to your Sunday scroll, where the pixels are fresh and the coffee’s pretending it isn’t instant.
∙ Microsoft and OpenAI are squabbling over who gets the bigger slice of their AI pie.
∙ Fitness-band maker Whoop just taught us a masterclass in how not to change upgrade policies.
∙ Greece is quietly turning itself into Europe’s next startup hot-spot (no feta required).
∙ Samsung’s new 3-D gaming monitor wants to pop right off your desk.
∙ A nasty TikTok sextortion ring shows social platforms still can’t keep the wolves out.

💰 The Market

🚀 Today in Tech

OpenAI & Microsoft hit refresh on their billion-dollar bromance

• Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-negotiates-with-microsoft-unlock-new-funding-future-ipo-ft-reports-2025-05-11/
  
  TL;DR: The pair are renegotiating their 2019 deal so OpenAI can pursue an eventual IPO without locking Microsoft out of its most advanced models. Redmond may trade some equity for guaranteed tech access beyond 2030, while OpenAI expects to hand over a smaller revenue cut going forward. No timetable yet, but bankers are already polishing pitch decks.

Whoop’s free-upgrade promise does a U-turn and users do a facepalm

• Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/664703/whoop-backpedals-on-its-paid-upgrade-whoops
  
  TL;DR: Whoop 5.0 owners thought six months of membership earned them free new hardware—until Whoop quietly switched the fine print to “12 months or pay up.” After Reddit roasted the move, the company blamed an “inaccurate blog post,” but trust already took the hit-workout of the week.

Athens, meet “App-thens”

• Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/the-greek-revival-youre-not-watching-but-probably-should-be/
  
  TL;DR: TechCrunch reports Greece’s tech scene has tripled venture funding since 2021, buoyed by tax breaks, cheap talent, and a post-crisis brain-gain. U.S. VCs are circling fintechs in Athens and deep-tech labs in Thessaloniki, while local exits (like Blueground) prove there’s a payoff. Opa, unicorns!

Samsung Odyssey 3D monitor makes flat screens feel… flat

• Source: https://www.wired.com/review/samsung-odyssey-3d-27-inch-g90xf/
  
  TL;DR: Wired’s hands-on says the 27-inch G90XF uses an eye-tracking trick to add glasses-free depth, hitting 240 Hz at 4K. The wow factor is real for games and CAD, though color accuracy is middling and the $2 k price isn’t for faint wallets. (Dad joke: At least with 3-D you can watch your bank balance dive toward you in real time.)

‘BM Boys’ sextortion gang flaunts riches on TikTok

• Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/sextortion-nigeria-bm-boys-tiktok
  
  TL;DR: The Guardian exposes Nigerian scammers posing as flirty teens, luring boys into sending nudes and then blackmailing them. At least 46 suicides are linked since 2021. Despite Meta and TikTok safety tweaks, the ring openly posts recruitment videos—and grieving families want tougher platform policing.

🎲 Link Grab-Bag

• https://9to5google.com/2025/05/08/chrome-enhanced-protection-gemini-nano/ — Chrome puts Gemini Nano on-device to spot scammy sites before they mug you.
  

• https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/gps-moon-spanish-firm-launches-lunar-navigation-system-2025-05-09/ — Spanish startup GMV unveils a GPS-for-the-moon called LUPIN.
  

• https://boingboing.net/2025/05/09/survey-finds-big-cities-slowly-sinking-into-ground.html — Study says U.S. megacities are literally sinking under their own weight—Houston’s leading the slump.
  

• https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apple-is-developing-specialized-chips-smart-glasses-ai-servers-bloomberg-news-2025-05-08/ — Apple’s brewing custom silicon for smart glasses and AI servers.
  

• https://www.reuters.com/technology/microchip-forecasts-first-quarter-profit-revenue-above-estimates-2025-05-08/ — Microchip Tech’s bullish outlook hints at a rebound for industrial IoT demand.

🏁 Sign-off

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