Americas News
Microsoft’s consumer marketing chief to leave next year
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 22, 2026
Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, is leaving the company after 35 years. Mehdi announced his departure in an internal memo on Thursday, noting th...
Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 22, 2026
Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bo...
Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- May 21, 2026
Soundcore, Anker's audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Liberty 5 Pro earbuds, it's aiming at the big guys. The two new earbuds - the Liberty 5 Pro and Liber...
Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- May 21, 2026
Anker has announced a new version of its Soundcore Liberty Pro earbuds: the new Liberty 5 Pro. These are the company's first earbuds featuring the Thus AI audio chip Anker announced last month, here b...
States ask judge to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- May 21, 2026
A federal judge is officially being tasked with deciding whether to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster. More than 30 states are asking Judge Arun Subramanian to order a sale of the ticketing giant, a "...
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
- Technology
- Maddy Varner
- May 21, 2026
Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists.
Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 21, 2026
Firefox is getting a drastic visual overhaul with a redesigned Settings section that will make it easier to find and use privacy settings, including the switch for turning off all present and future A...
In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
- Technology
- Janus Rose
- May 21, 2026
University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surprised by this are the executives...
Who gets to own the Luigi Mangione story?
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- May 21, 2026
On Monday morning, a judge overseeing the New York state case on the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO ruled that some evidence collected by police could not be shown to a jury. It wasn't the only n...
Philips’ new display has a screen on both sides
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- May 21, 2026
Its name might be dull and uninspired, but the Philips 24B2D5300 Business Monitor brings a novel feature I've never seen on a display before: screens on either side. The design will primarily benefit...
One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- May 21, 2026
After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kentucky's Breathitt County School District....
Bungie gives up on Destiny
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 21, 2026
Bungie is moving on from Destiny 2. The studio announced Thursday that it's releasing the last major update for the game on June 9th as its focus "turns towards a new beginning for Bungie." After that...