Last Week in Tech – OpenAI Breaks Its Microsoft Lock-In, Big Tech's $650B AI Bill, and the Salesforce Breach Wave

Tech Talks With Kinsoft · May 3, 2026 · 17:32

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Your Monday catch-up, with a security lens. This week: OpenAI loosens its Microsoft exclusivity and goes live on AWS, and Big Tech's quarterly earnings push combined AI spending toward $650–700B for the year. On the breach desk: the ShinyHunters Salesforce-theft wave rolls on through Amtrak, Pitney Bowes and Vimeo, while a Hungarian media giant loses 8.5 terabytes.

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Sources: CNBC; TechCrunch; VentureBeat; Quartz; Fortune; CM-Alliance.