In May 2026, GitHub said hackers stole data from ~3,800 internal repos after a poisoned VS Code extension compromised an employee device. GitHub reports no evidence customer info outside GitHub’s internal repos was affected; TeamPCP claims credit and sells the data.
Android 17’s “Continue On” adds Handoff-like pickup from phone to tablet, initially one-way. Announced in 2026, it brings tasks like document and email resuming and even loading the relevant browser page, with testing in RC1 and no release timeline yet.
At I/O 2026 in May, Google debuted Gemini Omni and launched Omni Flash right away in the Gemini app, YouTube Shorts, and Flow, generating up to 10 seconds of video. Omni adds SynthID watermarks and deepfake-safe avatar onboarding that records users and has them speak numbers; Omni Pro is planned.
Google unveiled Antigravity 2.0 at Google IO 2026, releasing an updated desktop app, a command-line interface (CLI) tool, and a software development kit (SDK) for its agentic coding platform. The…
Meta will cut ~8,000 jobs (~10% of its ~80,000 staff) on Wed, May 21, 2026, sending termination notices at 4 a.m. local time in Singapore, London and San Francisco. Ahead of the cuts, employees rushed to use an annual $2,000 health-and-wellness benefit and a $200 triennial audio credit, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg said layoffs and moving 7,000 workers to AI roles will free capital for AI data centers.
Google announced a new voice-powered feature for Gmail called Gmail Live at its Google I/O 2026 developer conference on May 19, 2026. The feature lets users ask questions about their inbox aloud in…
Google I/O 2026 unveiled Wear OS 7 with Live Updates for real-time delivery tracking and sports scores on your watch or phone, plus AI-agent task status. Tiles are replaced by Wear Widgets in Android 2×1/2×2 layouts, with Gemini Intelligence on select watches later in 2026 and up to 10% more battery.
