The Daily — 11. Mai 2026

Montag, 11. Mai 2026

Wien heute: 🌦️ Regenschauer am Morgen, später freundlicher, aktuell 16°C (gefühlt 16°C). Wind 13 km/h, Luftfeuchtigkeit 68%. Sonnenaufgang 05:21, Sonnenuntergang 20:22.

Editor's Picks

Analysis

OpenAI's courtroom origin story gets expensive

The Musk-vs.-OpenAI trial turns the company's founding mythology into a live governance problem. The FT frames the case around OpenAI's for-profit conversion, its $852bn valuation, nearly one billion users and the early control fights between Musk, Altman and Brockman. For Robert, the useful read is how mission, capital needs and AI industrial policy now sit in the same courtroom.

Source: FT

Mobility

Family EVs now launch like sports cars

Spiegel+ uses the Smart #5 Brabus to ask a sharper safety question: supercar acceleration has moved into ordinary electric family cars. The piece connects instant torque, software and battery power with pedestrian risk and weaker speed perception around quiet EVs.

Source: Spiegel+

Publishing

Substack's tax becomes a migration trigger

The Verge reads the latest Substack exits as an operating-cost and control story, not only a culture-war story. Larger newsletters are finding cheaper fees and more product ownership at Ghost, Beehiiv, Patreon and Passport.

Source: The Verge

Society

Warm weather brings harassment back outside

Daniela Krenn builds the FALTER piece from three Vienna incidents in 72 hours: Donauinsel, a running route and public transport. The point is plain: warmer public space is not permission for intimidation.

Source: FALTER

NBA

Spoiler Lock

Sunday games stay under spoiler lock

Knicks-Sixers Game 4 and Spurs-Wolves Game 4 both happened Sunday, so this morning's lead names the matchups and keeps results sealed. Wikihoops gives Minnesota-San Antonio the stronger replay signal, while Knicks-Sixers looks less urgent. If there is only time for one tape before breakfast, start with the Spurs-Wolves game.

Source: Wikihoops + NBA.com

Preview

Cavs-Pistons gets the early slot

Detroit-Cleveland Game 4 tips Monday at 8 ET at Rocket Arena on NBC and Peacock. The clean angle is Cade Cunningham and Detroit's size against Cleveland's Harden-Mitchell-Mobley structure, with Detroit's wing availability worth checking again before tip.

Source: NBA.com + ESPN

Preview

Lakers-Thunder owns the late window

Oklahoma City-Los Angeles is Monday's 10:30 ET game on Prime Video, again at Crypto.com Arena. The spoiler-safe question is whether the Lakers can keep the game from tilting after halftime while OKC keeps leaning on depth around Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren.

Source: NBA.com + CBS Sports

Analysis

OKC's depth changes the math

The Thunder have survived lower-volume scoring nights from Gilgeous-Alexander because Chet Holmgren, Ajay Mitchell and the bench keep pressure on the floor. That structure forces the Lakers to guard more than one creator.

Source: NBA.com + CBS Sports

Wien - Kultur & Essen

Event

Eurovision Village macht den Rathausplatz zur Bühne

Rathausplatz - 1010 Wien, 10. bis 17.05.
Public Viewing - Halbfinale 12. und 14.05., Finale 16.05.
Eintritt - frei, täglich ab 14:00 bis Mitternacht

Das Eurovision Village ist diese Woche der offene Stadtbühnen-Anker: Live-Acts, Screens und viel Rathausplatz statt reiner TV-Abend. Für einen spontanen Wien-Abstecher ist das der beste aktuelle Fixpunkt, weil Datum, Ort und Zugang klar sind.

Source: wien.info

Kulturpolitik

Ein Wahlwiener im Pavillonstreit

Der FALTER beschreibt Alexey Retinskys geplanten Biennale-Auftritt als Kulturpolitik mit Wien-Bezug: russischer Wahlwiener, geschlossener Pavillon, Propaganda-Vorwurf. Das ist kein Servicetermin, sondern ein ruhiger Konflikt über Kunst im falschen politischen Licht.

Source: FALTER

Medien

Thurnher bekommt den ORF-Aufräumjob

Der FALTER setzt Ingrid Thurnhers neuen ORF-Job als Institutionenfrage auf. Zwischen YouTube, Netflix, Google, Parteinähe und angekratztem Image geht es um die Kulturmacht des ORF in Wien.

Source: FALTER

Restaurant

Arici bringt Assassina nach Wien

Arici ist der praktische Essenshinweis im Slot: Trippa Fritta, Spaghetti all'assassina und Neo-Italiener statt glatter Restaurantlistenware. Adresse: Blindengasse 3, 1080 Wien.

Source: Falstaff + Arici.at

AI & Tech

Workplace AI

Meta turns employees into AI training data

Meta is asking employees to use AI, folding that use into performance reviews, tracking corporate-computer work to train models and preparing job cuts. The NYT piece is strongest as a workplace preview: AI adoption is becoming management infrastructure, not just productivity software. The practical question is whether "use AI" becomes a measurable employment condition before workers have any real say in the system.

Source: NYT

Infrastructure

SpaceX wants its own AI chip factory

SpaceX's Texas Terafab plan starts at a reported $55bn and could reach $119bn, with Intel involved and chips aimed at SpaceX, Tesla and xAI demand. Musk is moving vertically into AI infrastructure: models, coding tools, data centers and now fabrication.

Source: NYT

Policy

CAISI adds more frontier lab testing

NIST says CAISI has signed pre-deployment evaluation agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI, after renegotiated OpenAI and Anthropic partnerships. It is voluntary, but the frame is getting more formal before frontier systems go public.

Source: NIST

Hardware

Bastl hides a synth inside a kalimba

Bastl's Kalimba looks like a thumb piano, but its tines trigger a synth engine with physical modeling, FM, effects, looper controls and accelerometer tricks. It is a small hardware story about musical interfaces, not another cloud AI stack.

Source: The Verge

Kochen & Rezepte

Alltag

Sieben schnelle Abendessen für volle Wochen

NYT Cooking sammelt 20-Minuten-Abendessen für Wochen, in denen Kinder, Arbeit und Termine die Küche enger machen. Der Nutzen ist nicht Inspiration fürs Wochenende, sondern schnelle Rettung nach einem langen Tag. Der direkte Artikel-Link führt zu den Rezeptideen.

Source: NYT Cooking

Saisonrezept

Spargel, Huhn, ein Blech

Melissa Clarks Spargel-Huhn-Blech passt sauber in den Mai: Spargel, Huhn, 45 Minuten, wenig Abwasch. Der Link führt direkt zum Rezeptartikel.

Source: NYT Cooking

Picknick

Phyllo Pie für die erste Draußen-Decke

David Tanis setzt Phyllo Pie neben Pickle-Salat und Walnut Truffles als kleines Picknick-Set. Das ist Mai-Essen zum Mitnehmen, ohne dass es nach Notlösung aussieht.

Source: NYT Cooking

Rezept

Pappardelle mit Morcheln und Spargel

Falstaffs Rezept bringt getrocknete Morcheln, grünen Spargel, junge Brennnesseltriebe, Pappardelle all'uovo, Butter, Cognac, Zitrone und Parmesan zusammen. Der Link führt direkt zum Rezept.

Source: Falstaff