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Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 6, 2026
Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO, Ryan Roslansky, took on an expanded role at the company as head of Office last year, and he's now getting more responsibilities as part of the latest leadership reshuffle ins...
The clippening
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- May 6, 2026
Earlier this year, after a tumultuous period serving as the former second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino went back to what he is perhaps known best for: video podcasting. After Bongino exited the...
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 6, 2026
Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser's system folders. User...
Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 5, 2026
Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will imp...
Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 5, 2026
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would a...
Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 5, 2026
Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform...
Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 5, 2026
The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third...
Threads is finally getting DMs on the web
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 5, 2026
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it's "testing" DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feat...
OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 5, 2026
OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant imp...
Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 5, 2026
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history"...
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 5, 2026
Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly-requested Xbox console features, reducing the price of G...
From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- May 5, 2026
On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped in bacon, scrambled eggs, and orange juice), strapped into the Freedom 7 rocket...