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Samsung reportedly plans Galaxy S27 Pro for 2027 lineup

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Published: May 21, 2026 05:43

Samsung is preparing to expand its Galaxy S27 flagship phone family in 2027 with a Galaxy S27 Pro, according to reports citing South Korea’s ETNews and supply-chain sources. The reported model would have a 6.47-inch display and join the base, Plus and…

SpaceX files IPO paperwork, reports $18.7 billion revenue

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Published: May 21, 2026 03:09

SpaceX publicly filed its U.S. IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, disclosing financial details for Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite internet and AI company ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing under the ticker SPCX. Reports said…

Airbnb adds hotels and services to travel app

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Published: May 21, 2026 01:04

Airbnb said Wednesday it is adding boutique and independent hotels and a range of trip services to its app, moving further beyond short-term home rentals into broader trip planning. The hotel rollout begins with thousands of boutique and independent hotels…

Samsung union suspends 18-day chip plant strike

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Published: May 20, 2026 23:13

Samsung Electronics and its largest labor union reached a tentative wage agreement on May 20, suspending an 18-day strike that had been scheduled to begin May 21 at the company's South Korean semiconductor operations. The union said it would put the deal…

Google expands Gemini across Search, apps and glasses

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Published: May 20, 2026 21:57

At its I/O 2026 developer conference, Google announced Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, the Gemini Spark personal agent, AI-driven changes to Search, Android XR smart-glasses updates and new developer tools under Antigravity. CEO Sundar Pichai called the…

OpenAI prepares IPO filing for possible September listing

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Published: May 20, 2026 18:48

OpenAI is preparing to file confidential paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering in the coming days or weeks, with some reports saying the filing could come as soon as Friday, May 22, and a public-market debut could follow as early as September. The…

Discord makes end-to-end encryption default for voice and video calls

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Published: May 20, 2026 17:58

Discord has made end-to-end encryption the default for voice and video calls on desktop, mobile, web, PlayStation and Xbox. Eligible direct calls, group DM calls, voice channels and Go Live streams get the protection automatically, with no setting for…

Google and Samsung unveil Android XR smart glasses

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Published: May 20, 2026 17:16

Google showed Android XR smart glasses at Google I/O 2026, returning to consumer smart eyewear more than a decade after Google Glass. The first products named in the announcements are screen-free audio glasses developed with Samsung and eyewear brands…

GitHub says poisoned extension exposed 3,800 internal repositories

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Published: May 20, 2026 16:25

GitHub confirmed that attackers exfiltrated internal repositories after compromising an employee device through a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension, identified in security reports as a malicious version of the Nx Console extension. The Microsoft-owned…

Google launches AI agents in Search overhaul

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Published: May 20, 2026 15:11

Google said at I/O 2026 that it is rebuilding Search around Gemini-powered AI features, including a redesigned search box for longer, conversational queries and mixed inputs such as text, images and files. The company called it the biggest upgrade to…

Google adds “Continue On” handoffs to Android 17

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Published: May 20, 2026 14:31

Google has introduced “Continue On,” an Android 17 feature that lets users begin work in an Android app on one device and resume it on another device in the same Android ecosystem. Google presented the feature during its “What’s new in Android” session at…

Plex raises lifetime pass price to $750

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Published: May 20, 2026 09:19

Plex said its Lifetime Plex Pass will rise from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1, 2026, and that existing lifetime holders will keep access. Plex said the new price reflects the “real, ongoing value” of software it plans to build and maintain for years to…

Meta cuts 8,000 jobs, shifts 7,000 into AI

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Published: May 20, 2026 04:59

Meta began notifying employees on May 20 about global layoffs expected to eliminate about 8,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce. Singapore staff were among the first to receive notices. The cuts are part of a restructuring tied to Meta's push to…

Google and Samsung preview Android XR smart glasses

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Published: May 19, 2026 20:38

Google and Samsung previewed Android XR-based smart glasses at Google I/O 2026, showing audio-only eyewear designed with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for a fall launch. The glasses integrate Google’s Gemini assistant and use microphones, speakers and…

Jury rejects Musk's $150 billion OpenAI lawsuit

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Published: May 19, 2026 20:11

A nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California, rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, president Greg Brockman, the OpenAI Foundation and Microsoft, finding that Musk waited too long to bring his claims under applicable statutes of…

Google unveils Wear OS 7 with battery gains

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Published: May 19, 2026 18:48

Google announced Wear OS 7, the next version of its smartwatch operating system, during its I/O developer conference on May 19, saying watches upgraded from Wear OS 6 could get up to 10% better battery life. Google said select watches launching later in…

Google launches Gemini agents and AI Search overhaul

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Published: May 19, 2026 17:45

Google used its I/O 2026 developer conference on May 19 to announce a broad expansion of Gemini across Search, Workspace and consumer AI products, led by the new Gemini 3.5 model family and the Gemini 3.5 Flash release. Google said Gemini 3.5 Flash is…

Google launches $100 AI Ultra subscription tier

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Published: May 19, 2026 17:45

Google restructured its paid AI subscriptions at I/O 2026, adding a lower-priced AI Ultra plan at $99.99 per month and cutting the price of its previous top Ultra tier to $200 per month from $250. The lineup now includes AI Plus at $7.99 per month, AI Pro…

Google launches AI cart for cross-site shopping

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Published: May 19, 2026 17:45

Google announced Universal Cart at Google I/O 2026, calling it an AI-powered shopping cart and agentic hub for shopping across sites. Google says the feature is designed to keep shopping activity together as consumers move between retailers and Google…

Sony launches $649 1000X The Collexion anniversary headphones

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Published: May 19, 2026 16:51

Sony launched the 1000X The Collexion, also identified as WH-1000XX in some listings, as a premium 10th-anniversary addition to its 1000X noise-cancelling headphone line, rather than a direct replacement for the WH-1000XM6. The headphones went on sale in…

Plex sets lifetime pass price at $750

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Published: May 19, 2026 16:28

Plex will raise the price of its Lifetime Plex Pass for new buyers from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1, a $500 increase for the one-time plan for premium features in its personal media server software. Existing Lifetime Plex Pass holders will keep their…

Apple previews AI accessibility features across devices

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Published: May 19, 2026 15:38

Apple previewed accessibility updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro due later this year, with Apple Intelligence features in VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control and Accessibility Reader. The company said the updates will add more…

Microsoft launches Surface business PCs with Intel chips

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Published: May 19, 2026 14:58

Microsoft announced new Surface for Business PCs on May 19, including the Surface Pro for Business 13-inch (12th Edition), Surface Laptop for Business 13.8-inch and 15-inch (8th Edition), and a smaller 13-inch Surface Laptop for Business model powered by…

Epic returns Fortnite to App Store outside Australia

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Published: May 19, 2026 12:55

Epic Games said Fortnite is again available on Apple’s App Store worldwide except in Australia, broadening the battle royale game’s iOS return beyond the United States after years of litigation with Apple over app-store rules and commissions. Epic said it…

Sony keeps PlayStation single-player games off PC

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Published: May 19, 2026 03:30

Sony no longer plans to release its major first-party, story-driven single-player PlayStation games on PC, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier reported after PlayStation studios business head Hermen Hulst told employees during a Monday town hall. The…

Google rolls out gradient Workspace app icons

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Published: May 19, 2026 02:41

Google has begun rolling out redesigned icons for Workspace apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Meet, replacing the flatter four-color designs with icons that use gradients and more distinct color treatments. The change follows April…

Apple readies iOS 27 AI tools for WWDC

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Published: May 19, 2026 01:49

Apple plans to preview new AI features for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 at its June WWDC keynote, including an AI grammar checker, natural-language Shortcuts creation and AI-generated wallpapers, Bloomberg reported. The software is expected to be released publicly…

Meta shifts 7,000 workers ahead of 8,000 job cuts

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Published: May 19, 2026 01:19

Meta is reassigning about 7,000 employees into four new organizations focused on AI tools, agents, apps and workflows, according to internal memos described by Reuters, Bloomberg and the New York Times in articles included in the source set. Chief People…

Apple sets June 8 keynote for WWDC26

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Published: May 18, 2026 18:07

Apple said WWDC26 will run June 8-12 and open with a June 8 keynote at 10 a.m. PDT, followed by the Platforms State of the Union at 1 p.m. PDT. Apple said the conference will cover updates across its platforms, including AI advancements, software features…

Sony raises short-term PlayStation Plus subscription prices

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Published: May 18, 2026 17:58

Sony Interactive Entertainment said PlayStation Plus prices for new customers in select regions will rise May 20, citing “ongoing market conditions”. Starting prices will be $10.99, €9.99 and £7.99 for one-month subscriptions, and $27.99, €27.99 and £21.99…

Jury rejects Musk's OpenAI lawsuit as too late

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Published: May 18, 2026 17:50

A nine-person federal jury in Oakland, California, ruled Monday against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Microsoft, finding that Musk waited too long to bring his claims under the applicable statutes of limitations.…

Grafana Labs refuses ransom after GitHub code theft

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Published: May 18, 2026 16:49

Grafana Labs said an unauthorized party obtained a token that could access its GitHub environment and downloaded the company's codebase, then demanded a ransom to prevent the code's release. The company, which develops the open-source Grafana observability…

Google opens I/O with Gemini, Android updates expected

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Published: May 18, 2026 16:49

Google I/O 2026 opens Tuesday, May 19, with the main keynote scheduled for 10 a.m. PT at the company’s annual developer conference and available to stream online for free. Google’s developer blog said the May 19-20 event would include updates across AI,…

Microsoft tests movable taskbar for Windows 11

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Published: May 18, 2026 15:52

Microsoft is testing Windows 11 interface changes that restore long-requested taskbar and Start menu controls in an Insider Preview build available to testers in the Experimental channel. The taskbar can be positioned at the bottom, top, left or right of…

Samsung foldable leaks detail Fold 8, Wide model specs

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Published: May 18, 2026 14:45

New leaks about Samsung’s next book-style foldables say the company is preparing a Galaxy Z Fold 8 and a wider companion model, referred to in reports as Galaxy Z Fold Wide or Wide Fold, for a July launch window. Samsung has not officially announced the…

Microsoft Teams to retire Together Mode

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Published: May 18, 2026 08:09

Microsoft will retire Together Mode from Teams on June 30, removing the meeting view that placed participants’ video feeds into shared virtual settings such as conference rooms, coffee shops and amphitheaters. Microsoft is steering users toward Teams’…

China accelerates AI computing network as token demand surges

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Published: May 18, 2026 04:34

China is accelerating construction of a national computing power network as AI token demand rises. Daily AI token calls in China topped 140 trillion in March, more than 1,000 times January levels, Tech in Asia reported. China Telecom has launched…

Amazon ends support for pre-2013 Kindle devices

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Published: May 18, 2026 04:26

Amazon is ending technical support for Kindle hardware released before 2013, according to reports citing the company's support cutoff for older devices. Habr and Apfeltalk reported the cutoff date as May 20, 2026, while a Google News listing for Slashdot…

Hackers earn $1.3 million at Pwn2Own Berlin

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Published: May 18, 2026 04:05

Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended with security researchers receiving rewards for successful exploit demonstrations, according to SecurityWeek, Techmeme and BleepingComputer. BleepingComputer put the final rewards total at $1,298,250 after researchers exploited 47…

Linus Torvalds flags AI bug-report overload on Linux security list

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Published: May 18, 2026 03:34

Linus Torvalds said in his Linux 7.1-rc4 announcement that the kernel security mailing list has become “almost entirely unmanageable” because AI-aided bug hunters are sending duplicate reports after running similar tools. The release candidate also…

Apple plans privacy controls for iOS 27 Siri

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Published: May 18, 2026 00:03

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter that Apple is preparing a redesigned Siri for iOS 27 that would work more like a standalone chatbot, according to several technology publications. The reported redesign would add user controls…

Computer security researcher Peter Neumann dies at 93

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Published: May 17, 2026 22:38

Peter G. Neumann, a computer security researcher who spent decades warning about weaknesses in computer systems and digital privacy practices, died May 17 at 93. The New York Times described him as a longtime critic of lax industry attitudes toward…

Amazon ends support for pre-2013 Kindle devices

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Published: May 17, 2026 19:39

Amazon is ending technical support for several Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets released in 2012 or earlier, including first- and second-generation Kindles, the Kindle DX, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, first-generation Kindle Paperwhite and early…

Amazon staff reportedly inflate workplace AI usage metrics

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Published: May 17, 2026 19:13

Amazon office employees are reportedly using AI tools in ways that inflate internal adoption metrics after the company pushed staff to use more AI at work. Futurism and Digital Trends described a measurement problem in workplace AI rollouts: internal…

Apple prepares Siri app with auto-deleting chats

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Published: May 17, 2026 17:40

Apple is preparing a standalone Siri app for iOS 27 that will let users set chat histories to delete after 30 days, after one year or never, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported, as summarized by Engadget, Techmeme, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch and other…

Tech CEOs face Senate scrutiny as addiction cases settle

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Published: May 17, 2026 17:11

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families over social media harms during a Senate hearing at which lawmakers questioned technology executives about potential harm their products pose to teenagers, CNN reported. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing…

xAI launches Grok Build; GM cuts IT jobs while hiring AI talent

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Published: May 17, 2026 16:05

Elon Musk's xAI launched Grok Build, its first AI coding agent, in beta for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers; the plan starts at $300 per month. The reports describe the tool as a coding agent and command-line interface for professional software engineering and…

Apple plans beta Siri overhaul with auto-deleting chats

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Published: May 17, 2026 14:50

Apple is preparing a revamped Siri app for iOS 27 with ChatGPT-like features and an option to auto-delete chat history, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter. The assistant may be released with a public beta label after a two-year…

Google updates Android apps with video and messaging features

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Published: May 17, 2026 14:45

Google’s Android apps are getting separate updates for media playback and messaging. SlashGear reported that Google Photos for Android added video playback speed controls, a feature the site said users had requested for several years. 9to5Google published…

ArXiv sets one-year bans for unchecked AI papers

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Published: May 17, 2026 13:37

arXiv, the open-access preprint repository widely used in computer science, mathematics and physics, will ban authors for one year if they submit papers showing “incontrovertible evidence” that unchecked large language model output was included in the…

AI chipmaker Cerebras raises $5.55 billion in IPO

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Published: May 17, 2026 12:06

Cerebras Systems closed its first trading day on the Nasdaq at $311.07, up 68% from its $185 IPO price, after raising $5.55 billion in the offering. The Next Web described the debut as the largest U.S. technology IPO in years; TechCrunch called it 2026's…

Android users discuss tools to remove phone bloatware

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Published: May 17, 2026 11:00

Android Police published a first-person account about removing unwanted apps from a Samsung phone; the headline said the phone “zips along” afterward. A Reddit post on the FOSS subreddit introduced ZeroBloat, an open-source desktop app for removing Android…

Samsung rolls out One UI 8.5 to S24, Fold6, Flip6

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Published: May 17, 2026 04:41

Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 are receiving the stable One UI 8.5 update in the United States, according to a GSMArena report surfaced by Google News and a Les Numériques report. IntoMobile separately reported that…

OpenAI gives Maltese residents one year of ChatGPT Plus access

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Published: May 17, 2026 03:25

OpenAI and Malta’s government announced a partnership giving eligible Maltese users free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year after they complete an AI literacy course developed by the University of Malta. OpenAI called it the first partnership of its kind,…

Instagram launches Instants for expiring photo sharing

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Published: May 16, 2026 19:30

Instagram introduced Instants, a feature for sending expiring photos, according to the rollout descriptions. Google News and WGN/Nexstar describe the feature as an in-the-moment sharing tool, not a permanent-feed format.Highlights:Audience options: The New…

Mythos helps researchers build macOS exploit in five days

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Published: May 16, 2026 18:34

Researchers at Palo Alto-based Calif said Anthropic’s Mythos Preview helped them develop a working macOS kernel local privilege escalation exploit in five days. Reports described the work as a test of Apple’s hardware-assisted memory protections in a real…

OpenAI lets ChatGPT Pro users link financial accounts

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Published: May 16, 2026 14:47

OpenAI introduced a personal-finance preview for U.S. ChatGPT Pro users that lets them connect bank, credit card, investment and other financial accounts to ChatGPT for spending analysis, budgeting advice and financial planning. The feature uses Plaid for…

Linux sysadmin releases ModuleJail kernel hardening script

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Published: May 16, 2026 14:18

A Belgian Linux sysadmin identified by Slashdot as Jasper Nuyens has released ModuleJail, a GPLv3 shell script intended to automatically blacklist unused Linux kernel modules after recent privilege-escalation vulnerabilities referred to as “Copy Fail” and…

OpenAI lets ChatGPT Pro users link bank accounts

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Published: May 16, 2026 02:19

OpenAI launched a preview of a personal-finance experience in ChatGPT for Pro subscribers in the United States, letting users connect bank, credit-card, investment, loan and other financial accounts through Plaid on the web and iOS. The company said the…

OpenAI adds Codex remote control to ChatGPT's mobile app

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Published: May 15, 2026 22:18

OpenAI has added preview remote access for Codex to the ChatGPT mobile app, giving iPhone, iPad and Android users a way to keep coding-agent work moving from a phone while Codex continues to run on the user’s laptop, Mac mini, devbox or remote environment.…

AI data centers drive PJM power prices up 76%

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Published: May 15, 2026 21:02

Wholesale power prices on PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. electric grid, rose about 76% year over year in the first quarter as data-center demand increased, according to reports citing Monitoring Analytics. The average total cost per megawatt-hour…

OpenAI weighs legal action over Apple ChatGPT deal

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Published: May 15, 2026 18:13

OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple over a nearly two-year-old agreement to integrate ChatGPT into Apple devices, Bloomberg and The New York Times reported, as the relationship has deteriorated over how Apple implemented the chatbot in Siri…

OpenAI launches ChatGPT finance tools with Plaid

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Published: May 15, 2026 18:00

OpenAI launched a preview of personal finance tools for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the United States, allowing users to connect bank accounts, credit cards, investment accounts and other financial accounts through Plaid. The company said the integration…

X pledges faster UK hate-content reviews

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Published: May 15, 2026 14:50

Elon Musk’s X has agreed to new commitments with UK communications regulator Ofcom to address suspected illegal hate and terrorist content on the platform. The company said it will review material reported by UK users within an average of 24 hours, with at…

OpenAI requires Mac app updates after TanStack attack

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Published: May 15, 2026 10:54

OpenAI said two employee devices in its corporate environment were compromised through the Mini Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack affecting TanStack and the npm ecosystem. The company said it found no evidence that user data, production systems or…

OpenAI adds Codex remote access to ChatGPT mobile app

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Published: May 15, 2026 10:43

OpenAI added a preview of Codex remote access to the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing users to supervise coding-agent sessions that continue running on a Mac, laptop, Mac mini, devbox or remote environment. The company said the update lets…

Calif says Anthropic model helped build macOS exploit

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Published: May 15, 2026 10:35

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Calif said they used Anthropic's unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model to help find macOS vulnerabilities and build a working exploit against Apple M5 hardware. Calif said the work was AI-assisted but still required human…

Apple WWDC preview centers on Siri and iOS 27

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Published: May 15, 2026 08:01

Apple is expected to use WWDC 2026, scheduled for June 8-12 with a June 8 keynote, to preview iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27 and visionOS 27, with delayed Apple Intelligence and Siri updates drawing much of the attention. eWeek said iOS…

Asus, Xreal launch $849 ROG gaming glasses

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Published: May 15, 2026 07:30

Asus Republic of Gamers and Xreal opened May 15 pre-orders for the ROG Xreal R1, gaming-focused AR display glasses priced at $849, after first showing the device at CES 2026 in January. The companies describe the glasses as a wearable display with a…

OpenAI trial heads to jury after closing arguments

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Published: May 15, 2026 03:30

Lawyers for Elon Musk, OpenAI and Sam Altman delivered closing arguments Thursday in federal court in Oakland, California, in a trial over Musk's claims that the ChatGPT maker and its leaders turned a nonprofit founded to build safe artificial intelligence…

Microsoft Xbox controller filings reveal two new models

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Published: May 14, 2026 21:55

Brazilian regulator Anatel published certification material for two unannounced Microsoft Xbox controllers: an Xbox Elite Series 3 gamepad and a compact controller built around Xbox Cloud Gaming, according to reports citing images and documents first…

Google tests 5GB cap for some new accounts

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Published: May 14, 2026 21:11

Google confirmed it is testing a storage policy in select regions under which some new account sign-ups start with 5GB of free cloud storage if they do not add a phone number, instead of the 15GB long associated with Google accounts. The quota is shared…

Meta opens Ray-Ban Display glasses to developers

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Published: May 14, 2026 20:55

Meta is opening its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses to third-party apps and games, giving developers access to the device’s monocular display and software support for the $800 wearable. Third parties will also get access to the Neural Band control system.…

OpenAI weighs legal action over Apple ChatGPT deal

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Published: May 14, 2026 18:45

Bloomberg reported that OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple over the companies’ 2024 agreement to integrate ChatGPT into Siri and Apple Intelligence, with lawyers working with an outside firm on options that could include a breach-of-contract…

Samsung reportedly plans July launch for foldables, AI glasses

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Published: May 14, 2026 14:24

Samsung is expected to hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London, according to reporting attributed to Seoul Economic Daily. The company may introduce the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Flip 8, a wider Fold 8 variant, Galaxy Glasses and Galaxy…

Xi warns Trump over Taiwan at Beijing summit

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Published: May 14, 2026 13:46

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened two days of talks in Beijing on Thursday, with stability in U.S.-China relations the stated focus of meetings covering trade, technology, Taiwan and the Iran war. The White House and Chinese state…

Meta launches Instagram Instants for disappearing photo sharing

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Published: May 14, 2026 13:37

Meta launched Instants, a new Instagram feature for sharing unedited, disappearing photos with close friends or mutual followers, along with a standalone companion app for quicker camera access. The feature is available globally inside Instagram through…

Motorola opens Razr Fold preorders at $1,899

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Published: May 14, 2026 13:00

Motorola opened U.S. preorders for its 2026 Razr family. The Razr Fold is the lineup's new book-style flagship, with a $1,899 MSRP. The company says all four Razr models are due to ship later in May, while MobileSyrup separately reported Canadian launch…

Dell launches Alienware 15 laptop starting at $1,299

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Published: May 14, 2026 13:00

Dell launched the Alienware 15 on May 14 as a lower-priced gaming laptop in its Alienware line, with U.S. pricing starting at $1,299.99 for an AMD configuration and $1,349 for an Intel configuration. Mashable said the model sits below the Alienware 16 and…

Foxconn confirms North America cyberattack after data-theft claim

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Published: May 14, 2026 10:40

Foxconn confirmed that some of its factories in North America were hit by a cyberattack after the ransomware group Nitrogen claimed it stole 8 terabytes of data across more than 11 million files tied to projects for customers including Apple, Intel,…

Google announces Gemini Intelligence for Android 17 devices

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Published: May 13, 2026 20:15

Google announced Gemini Intelligence at The Android Show I/O Edition 2026, presenting deeper Gemini integration in Android and describing the update as a shift from a conventional mobile operating system to an AI-driven system that can act across apps and…

Microsoft adds automatic driver rollbacks to Windows Update

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Published: May 13, 2026 20:00

Microsoft is adding Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery to Windows Update, a feature that lets the company remotely roll back faulty drivers distributed through Windows Update to a known-good version without manual action from users or hardware partners.…

Researchers disclose Fragnesia Linux root-escalation flaw

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Published: May 13, 2026 19:00

Security researchers disclosed Fragnesia, a Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-46300, after recent Dirty Frag findings involved related kernel networking code. Researchers said a local unprivileged attacker can gain…

Google unveils Gemini-powered Googlebook platform for premium laptops

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Published: May 13, 2026 18:40

Google introduced Googlebooks, a new premium laptop category built around Gemini Intelligence, during its Android Show presentation ahead of Google I/O. Google described the devices as combining Android and ChromeOS elements, with access to Chrome, Google…

Samsung launches One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26

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Published: May 13, 2026 17:14

Samsung has started the beta program for One UI 9, its Android 17-based software update, for Galaxy S26 series users, according to reports published after the rollout began this week. The beta began about 24 hours after Samsung’s stable One UI 8.5 release…

Meta launches private AI chats for WhatsApp users

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Published: May 13, 2026 14:00

Meta Platforms is introducing Incognito Chat for Meta AI on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app, a mode for private, temporary conversations with its AI assistant that the company says will roll out over the coming months. Meta says the mode will not save…

Nvidia CEO Huang joins Trump on China trip

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Published: May 13, 2026 03:41

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang joined President Trump’s China trip after he was absent from an initial White House list of executives traveling to Beijing. Reporters saw him board Air Force One during a refueling stop in Alaska. A source familiar with…

Apple plans Camera, Siri redesigns for iOS 27

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Published: May 12, 2026 20:41

Apple is planning iOS 27 redesigns for parts of the iPhone software experience, including a more customizable Camera app and a rebuilt Siri interface, Bloomberg reported ahead of Apple’s WWDC 2026 developer conference. The reported Camera changes would let…

Family sues OpenAI over teen's overdose death

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Published: May 12, 2026 19:00

The family of Sam Nelson, a 19-year-old University of California, Merced student, sued OpenAI in California over his May 31, 2025, overdose death, alleging ChatGPT gave him drug-use guidance that contributed to a fatal combination of substances. The…

Google unveils Gemini-focused Android laptops and features

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Published: May 12, 2026 16:58

Google used its Android Show: I/O Edition on May 12 to announce Googlebook, a new category of Android-based laptops built around Gemini Intelligence, with first models planned for the fall from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo. Google described the devices…

OpenAI CEO Altman says Musk sought control

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Published: May 12, 2026 15:34

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, California, in Elon Musk’s civil lawsuit over OpenAI’s move from its original nonprofit structure toward a for-profit model. Musk alleges Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman misused…

eBay rejects GameStop’s $55.5 billion takeover bid

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Published: May 12, 2026 15:32

eBay’s board rejected GameStop’s unsolicited cash-and-stock takeover proposal, valued at about $55.5 billion to $56 billion, calling it “neither credible nor attractive” in a letter to GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen. GameStop offered $125 per eBay share and…

Apple adds encrypted iPhone-Android RCS in iOS 26.5

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Published: May 12, 2026 14:03

Apple released iOS 26.5 with end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users, extending native encrypted messaging beyond conversations inside a single platform. The Register and Xataka said the change gives iPhone-Android texting…

Spotify launches 20-year listening-history recap

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Published: May 12, 2026 13:29

Spotify launched “Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s),” a limited-time, mobile-only in-app feature that gives users a retrospective of their listening history as part of the company’s 20th-anniversary celebration. The feature resembles Spotify Wrapped…

Samsung launches One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26

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Published: May 12, 2026 13:13

Samsung announced a public beta program for One UI 9, its Android 17-based software, for the Galaxy S26 series in six markets. The program follows Samsung’s rollout of the Android 16 QPR2-based One UI 8.5 update to Galaxy S25 and older flagship devices…

Canvas owner Instructure strikes deal with hackers over stolen data

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Published: May 12, 2026 12:10

Instructure, the Salt Lake City-based company behind the Canvas learning management system, said it reached an agreement with the ShinyHunters hacking group after attackers threatened to publish data stolen from schools and universities that use the…

Google says hackers used AI for zero-day exploit

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Published: May 12, 2026 10:40

Google's Threat Intelligence Group said it identified what it believes was the first observed zero-day exploit developed with artificial intelligence assistance in a cybercrime operation prepared for mass exploitation. Google said GTIG discovered the…

OpenAI launches Daybreak cybersecurity platform to rival Anthropic

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Published: May 12, 2026 08:35

OpenAI launched Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that combines its AI models with Codex Security and security partners to help organizations find, validate and patch software vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them. OpenAI said the effort is…

Apple adds encrypted iPhone-Android RCS in iOS 26.5

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Published: May 12, 2026 03:53

Apple released iOS 26.5 on May 11 with beta support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages between iPhone and Android users. Apple said the feature is rolling out to iPhones on supported carriers and Android devices running the latest version of Google…

Digg relaunches as AI news aggregator

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Published: May 11, 2026 23:00

Digg has relaunched as an AI-focused news aggregator after a short-lived reboot shut down in March. TechCrunch reported that founder Kevin Rose previewed a link to the redesigned site on Friday evening. The beta opens with AI news and social media…