Meta has settled a lawsuit brought by Kentucky’s Breathitt County School District over social media’s impact on teen mental health, avoiding what had been scheduled as its next major trial. The…
On May 21, 2026, an international coalition shut down First VPN and arrested its administrator, saying at least 25 ransomware gangs relied on it. The service ran servers in 27 countries; investigators seized its user database, notified thousands of linked users, and dismantled dozens of servers.
Spotify and UMG’s 2026 licensing deal lets Spotify Premium users prompt AI-generated remixes and covers through a paid add-on (launch date and pricing TBD). Artists can opt out and collect royalties; Co-CEO Alex Norström says it’s “grounded in consent, credit, and compensation.”
OpenAI announced in May 2026 that its new general-purpose reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a geometry conjecture first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946 — and this…
Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) went live in Lithuania in May 2026, becoming the second European approval after the Netherlands cleared it last month. In April 2026, Tesla reported nearly 1.3M paying FSD customers at $99/month, targeting 10M by 2035 as EU rollout lags due to regulatory scrutiny.
Starting May 2026, Google will use Gemini to generate AI “custom explainers” for Search ads—for example, pairing a “compact espresso pod machine” query with a sponsored Nespresso Vertuo Up listing. It also adds chatbot-style ads with an “Ask a question” button powered by Gemini using advertiser-site content, plus AI Mode placement tests.
Truecaller, the caller ID app used by over 500 million people monthly, launched an eSIM service for travelers in May 2026, marking a significant expansion beyond its core product as the company faces…
As of May 19, 2026, US tech platforms are legally required to provide a way for people to report and request removal of nonconsensual intimate images and videos (NCII) under the Take It Down Act, a…
