Trump delayed signing a May 2026 AI security executive order, saying he “didn’t like” parts of the language because it could have been a “blocker” to U.S. leadership. The draft would have let the Office of the National Cyber Director run pre-release security reviews and require advanced model sharing 14–90 days before release. Reports also blamed not enough tech CEOs traveling to Washington, D.C. on short notice.
Palantir held a company-wide hack week this spring focused on building new user-auditing and oversight tools for its software used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and…
Scammers have exploited a loophole in Microsoft’s email systems for several months by sending spam and phishing links from msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, a real address used for account alerts and 2FA codes, a TechCrunch report (May 2026) says. The Spamhaus Project confirmed the abuse and notified Microsoft; Microsoft acknowledged the inquiry but hadn’t confirmed whether it was stopped.
GitHub disclosed in May 2026 that a malicious VS Code extension enabled TeamPCP to breach its systems. TeamPCP claims ~4,000 internal repos; GitHub confirmed 3,800, all containing GitHub code. Socket calls it a long-running supply-chain spree: 20 waves, 500+ poisoned packages.
France is accelerating a government-wide shift away from US technology platforms, replacing tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Office with French and open-source alternatives. The push,…
SpaceX told investors in a Wednesday IPO filing that xAI’s Grok “Spicy” and “Unhinged” modes could trigger regulatory scrutiny, reputational harm, and explicit/deceptive outputs. The company set aside $530M for litigation and said it’s under U.S. and other-country investigation over alleged sexualized imagery of minors.
NanoCo landed a $12M oversubscribed seed led by Valley Capital Partners after turning down a roughly $20M acquisition offer for containerized AI agent tool NanoClaw. Built as a security-first alternative to OpenClaw, NanoClaw runs sandboxed inside a container and went from first code to term sheet in under six weeks, boosted by open-source endorsements from Andrej Karpathy and Singapore’s Foreign Minister.
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.
YouTube announced three significant updates in 2026: an AI-powered conversational search feature called “Ask YouTube,” the integration of Google’s Gemini Omni video model into Shorts, and a broader…
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…
Google’s Flow (May 2026) adds self-avatar video generation: scan a QR code, recite a number string, rotate your head for angles, then insert the avatar into scenes with adjustable backgrounds and clothing. Omni Flash replaces Veo to improve character consistency, and every video includes a SynthID watermark; avatars are limited to the user.
OpenAI announced in May 2026 two new measures to help users identify images generated by its AI models: support for an open metadata standard called C2PA and a partnership with Google to embed an…
