FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time" FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/…
Vim Merges GTK4 Toolkit Support, Co-Authored-By Claude The GTK-based GUI version of the Vim text editor, gVim, now has support in place for the modern GTK4 toolkit as an alternative to its long presen…
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Microsoft seized websites and took down hundreds of virtual machines running a cybercrime service that allegedly sold code-signing certificates to ransomware gangs, thus making their malware look like…
Google is warning some long-time G Suite Legacy users that they must start paying for Workspace subscriptions or lose access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and other core services, after the company flagg…
Anthropic is acquiring Stainless, a maker of software development tools that counts rivals OpenAI and Google as clients. The deal, reportedly for more than $300 million, demonstrates Anthropic's conti…
Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/plexs-200-life…
Wear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wrist https://www.theverge.com/tech/934323/google-wear-os-7-smartwatch-battery-life-wear-widgets-io-2026
Plex is tripling the price of a lifetime pass to $750 after doubling it last year https://www.theverge.com/tech/934269/plex-pass-lifetime-subscription-triple-750-price-hike
Plex Triples Lifetime Subscription Cost To $750 https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/19/1957248/plex-triples-lifetime-subscription-cost-to-750?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and doting parent company Alphabet, opened its Google I/O developer conference with a celebration of token and capital expenditures. Tokens are the basic data exchange uni…
The back-of-house AI system that Pizza Hut has mandated its restaurants to adopt has been so poorly received by some franchisees, that one is using the company for $100 million in losses tied to the t…
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What? https://www.theverge.com/tech/934260/google-io-ai-singularity-demis-hassabis
Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years https://search.slashdot.org/story/26/05/19/1947215/google-changes-its-search-box-for-the-first-time-in-25-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkan…
We react to Google I/O 2026 https://www.theverge.com/podcast/934202/we-react-to-google-i-o-2026
The future of Google is a search box that does everything https://www.theverge.com/tech/934217/google-search-box-does-everything-ai-io-2026
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data https://www.theverge.com/tech/934172/google-io-gemini-ai-trust-personal-data
Nintendo’s $500 Switch 2 bundle includes a game, and it’s available now https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/933792/nintendo-switch-2-choose-your-game-console-bundle-deal
NextEra and Dominion's $67 Billion Mega-Merger Is All About the Data Centers https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/19/1733219/nextera-and-dominions-67-billion-mega-merger-is-all-about-the-data-cen…
Spider-Noir's final trailer leans into the deadpan humor It's never too late to become a hero. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/05/spider-noirs-final-trailer-leans-into-the-deadpan-humor/?utm_bran…
"I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites "How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ill-buy-10-of-t…
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