Duration: 06:38

Timestamps:

0:00 Windows Low Latency Profile

1:26 YouTube AI Music Training

2:36 Anthropic Releases Mythos

3:47 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:54 Instagram Algorithm Adjustments

4:17 Donut Lab Battery Investigation

4:51 Google Gemini Live Translate

5:17 Hospital Using Palantir System to Save Lives

5:51 Miniature Surgical Robot

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

SPRINTING TO START

Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday includes the "Low Latency Profile," a CPU-boosting feature that makes the Start menu, Search, and other shell elements open faster.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/10/windows-11s-performance-boost-released-today-enable-it-using-these-steps/  

https://www.windowslatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CPU-speed-jumps-while-opening-Start-menu.gif  

The feature will have the greatest impact for budget, mid-range, and older PCs. Top-tier rigs will notice a subtle improvement - subtle like a hint-of-lime seltzer - where you only taste it because the lime factory is in the next building over. 

Unfortunately, installing the update doesn’t automatically turn Low Latency Profile on as Microsoft uses Controlled Feature Rollout to activate it gradually.

https://lmg.gg/ytfhs  

 This Patch Tuesday happens to also be - the largest ever, fixing roughly 200 flaws including three zero-days and blowing past the previous October record of 170. 

https://lmg.gg/QbYHA 

https://lmg.gg/sGtn8   

TERMS OF DISSERVICE 

YouTube Terms of Service Allow AI Music Training, Google Says in Copyright Lawsuit

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/google-youtube-terms-of-service-train-ai-models-lawsuit-1236771486/

https://www.theverge.com/tech/947770/google-lyria-music-ai-lawsuit-youtube

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/indie-artists-sue-google-claiming-it-used-youtubes-own-catalog-to-train-lyria-3-ai-music-tool/

The lawsuit: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/files/2026/03/google-lawsuit.pdf 

https://www.billboard.com/pro/google-youtube-terms-of-service-ai-music-training-lawsuit/ 

“Broad license to use content” quote

https://lmg.gg/wVA7v 

WASN'T THIS DANGEROUS? 

Anthropic is rolling out Claude Fable 5, claiming it's "safe for general use" - while the unrestricted Mythos 5 stays locked to members of its Project Glasswing program.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-rolls-out-public-version-mythos-without-cybersecurity-capability-2026-06-09/   

According to Anthropic's head of product management, if a student asks Fable to find cyber vulnerabilities in some code, "the model would refuse, and Fable 5 will fall back to Opus 4.8."

https://lmg.gg/SpjLD  

Biology, chemistry, and distillation get downgraded too - which Anthropic says happens in under 5% of chats. Very reassuring that the headline safeguard is "lower your IQ and pretend you didn't hear the question."

https://lmg.gg/aqipT  

Still, it's reportedly state-of-the-art on nearly every benchmark - https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oCsnxVuJg8oSVfU3kz7yfb-1200-80.png.webp  

Anthropic also boasts that Stripe reportedly used it to migrate a 50-million-line codebase in a day, a job that'd take two months by hand.

https://lmg.gg/zxQbG  

Fable costs twice as much as Anthropic's previous Opus 4.8 model so if that is too expensive for your company here is a hack: 

https://lmg.gg/VlhiU 

QUICKBITS

COMPUTAH, WE NEED TO TALK

You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now

https://www.theverge.com/tech/947898/meta-instagram-your-algorithm-main-feed-tell 

According to a post from the head of instagram

https://www.threads.com/@mosseri/post/DZaS90Km3d3

“Talking to your algorithm” monologue in this post

https://www.threads.com/@mosseri/post/DZaS90Km3d3/media 

GLAZED AND CONFUSED 

Donut Lab’s ‘solid-state’ battery exposed as regular li-ion in damning investigation

https://electrek.co/2026/06/08/donut-lab-solid-state-battery-exposed-lithium-ion-fraud/ 

https://www.theautopian.com/the-worlds-first-production-solid-state-battery-is-probably-just-a-regular-lithium-battery-report/

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/startups-miracle-solid-state-battery-actually-uses-lithium-ion-chemistry-according-to-third-party-tests-donut-lab-raised-usd25m-and-is-valued-at-usd1-25b-on-what-now-appear-to-be-debunked-claims

https://youtu.be/j5oyVNjrUPI?t=1212 

THE UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR IS HERE

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/google-announces-gemini-3-5-live-translate-for-instant-voice-to-voice-translation/

https://9to5google.com/2026/06/09/gemini-3-5-live-translate-meet/ 

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-live-3-5-translate/

https://youtu.be/TNwKs39uSVk?t=99 

https://youtu.be/TNwKs39uSVk?t=159 

SAURON SAVES LIVES

A Florida hospital is using Palantir to catch sepsis earlier, it's saved 886 lives so far (rare palantir W)

https://www.techspot.com/news/112709-palantir-system-helps-florida-hospital-save-886-lives.html 

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-tool-saves-lives-detecting-sepsis-florida-hospital-1801840

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/palantir-software-halves-sepsis-deaths-hospital-tampa-bmbk83pdq

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE MEDICAL BOT

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore built a seed-sized surgical robot

https://newatlas.com/robotics/5-in-1-surgical-robot/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKVqJFU94A  

Duration: 07:16

Timestamps:

0:00 Apple Announcements at WWDC 2026

2:37 Meta’s AI App Controversy

3:55 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:03 Google Paying SpaceX for Compute Capacity

4:37 New York State Moratorium on Data Centers

5:14 Canada’s Controversial Bill C-22

5:49 Windows 95 on a Graphing Calculator

6:22 TeamGroup’s Self-Destructing SSD

NEWS SOURCES:

MAIN

FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU…

Apple’s WWDC kicked off today and the headline is APPLE AI IS GONNA BE BETTER- https://www.theverge.com/tech/944245/apple-wwdc-2026-ai-siri-gemini

Because, we’re using Gemini now! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF8swzNR1-o

• 29:36 - 29:42

Craig Fedirigi went out of his way to call out companies that are “Pursuing AI for the sake of AI” saying apple’s approach to their new “SiriAI” is 

• https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/62a8d53bed963e58c849c825/Apple-Event/0x0.jpg?width=960&dpr=2 

focused on making useful tools that are enhanced with “Personal Context Understanding” which is their attempt to use all the information on the device to enable useful tools

• 30:58 - 31:04

has significant privacy focus, which is enabled by apple focusing on using local processing as much as possible and encrypting anything that goes to cloud so it’s not accessible to apple

• 32:39 - 32:59

They demoed the power of SiriAI by having a forgetful guy named mike listen to Buy Tickets to a suki waterhouse concert, remember where his friend lives, and remember what happened on his vacation with his family

• 36:45 - 36:53

And by helping his guy plan a menu for a fifa watch party 

• 40:40 - 40:45

Props to the presenters for standing perfectly still for 5 full seconds every time they asked a question

They’re also launching a dedicated siri app where these conversations with siri will live so you can return –to them 

• 46:12 - 46:16

They’re also enhancing the Image Playground feature to allow you to generate photorealistic slop/alter actual photos using generative models that are running on private cloud compute. So ONLY YOU get to see this slop.

• 1:00:50 - 1:01:04

A BRIDGE TOO FAR?

In addition to SiriAI apple introduced MacOS 27 Golden Gate with the all the charm and humor of a first year improv class - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF8swzNR1-o

• 4:44 - 4:55

First, they’re fixing liquid glass by optimizing the animations so they don’t kill your battery and adding a setting slider to determine how liquid and how glass you want it to be -

• 7:46 - 7:54

Responsiveness in general is improving with apps launching up to 30% faster, Airdrop transfers up to 80% Faster, File Browsing and transfers is up to 5x Faster

• 10:31 - 10:35
• 11:05 - 11:15

Improved Search through an improved indexing methodology

• 14:17 - 14:25

And airpods are allowing you to control your EQ to personalize your listening experience and also ruin songs

• 15:41 - 15:46

Also improving child safety by introducing features to let parents regulate their children’s device use through Children's account

• 19:54 - 19:58

Allows parents to block inappropriate content, and be aware of who their kids are communicating with

• 22:14 - 22:19
• 22:50 - 22:56
• 23:07 - 23:19

GOOD “FOR YOU” /S

Meta Pulls Its AI "For You" Feed After It Filled Up With AI-Generated Clickbait -https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944235/meta-app-ai-clickbait-articles

https://letsdatascience.com/news/meta-launches-ai-generated-clickbait-for-you-feed-16f185e1 

It’s filling with clickbait and fake stories:

https://lmg.gg/B4o7j 

Targeted/stereotypical content:

https://lmg.gg/Y6FpB 

Note about pulling:

https://lmg.gg/OpYce 

Quote about Verge:

https://lmg.gg/rduCB 

QUICKBITS

CLOUD NINE… HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION

Google Agrees to Pay SpaceX $920 Million a Month for AI Compute - https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/google-will-pay-spacex-920m-per-month-for-compute/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/google-to-pay-spacex-920-million-a-month-for-xai-compute-capacity.html 

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-spacex-deal-920-million-month-compute-capacity-gemini-enterprise-2026-6 

Regulatory Filing:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026041150/spacexagreementfwp.htm 

Google owns a bit of SpaceX

https://lmg.gg/0daky 

WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE

New York Passes the First State Moratorium on Large Data Centers - 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/new-york-datacenter-temporary-ban https://www.techradar.com/computing/were-really-drawing-a-line-in-the-sand-new-york-could-be-the-first-state-to-put-a-temporary-ban-on-large-data-centers

https://www.theverge.com/policy/944041/new-york-data-center-moratorium 

Senate Bill:

https://lmg.gg/0y1oI 

DUCKDUCKGO-ING SOMEWHERE?

Signal, DuckDuckGo and NordVPN Threaten to Leave Canada Over Its Surveillance Bill https://globalnews.ca/news/11886905/lawful-access-bill-c-22-companies-services-canada/

The Bill:

https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/45-1/bill/C-22/first-reading 

“Lawful Access” 

https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/45-1/bill/C-22/first-reading#:~:text=BILL%20C%2D22-,An%20Act%20respecting%20lawful%20access,-FIRST%20READING%2C 

Google and Meta have been against it too

https://about.fb.com/news/2026/05/metas-position-on-canadas-bill-c-22/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-lawful-access-bill-c-22-cybersecurity-risks/ 

https://cybernews.com/privacy/signal-duckduckgo-nordvpn-bill-c22-security-risks/ 

https://www.techspot.com/news/112672-signal-duckduckgo-nordvpn-threaten-exit-canada-if-metadata.html 

Signal quote:

https://lmg.gg/isB6a 

5318008

For those of you who were wondering…is it possible to run Windows 95 on a graphing calculator the answer is YES! - https://www.hackster.io/news/yes-you-can-run-windows-95-on-a-calculator-bf39c5ea2231 

Reddit user Far-Temperature3580 got the OG OS to book on a Texas instruments TI-Nspire by using the Tiny386 x86 emulator - https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-got-windows-95-running-on-a-graphing-calculator-and-yes-it-takes-7-minutes-to-boot/

Unfortunately it took 7 minutes to boot, so clippy won’t be helping you with cover letters written on a calculator any time soon. - https://lmg.gg/0UYyp 

YOUR SSD, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT

TeamGroup Shows an External SSD That Self-Destructs From a Single Text Message - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/teamgroup-shows-off-external-ssd-with-wireless-self-destruct-function-t-create-expert-p35sg-external-ssd-can-be-wiped-with-a-single-text-message

https://www.techspot.com/news/112673-teamgroup-built-external-ssd-destroys-itself-when-you.html

https://zamin.uz/en/technology/205365-teamgroup-unveils-t-create-expert-p35sg-ssd-with-remote-data-wiping.html 

Team Group Computex Summary: 

https://lmg.gg/5uqiM 

Duration: 08:18

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:17 Steam Machine and Steam Frame Launch Window

1:32 Anthropic Urges AI Slowdown

3:01 Meta Facial Recognition

4:20 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:32 Nvidia RTX 50 Super Cards Back on Track

5:07 Leaked Microsoft Documents

5:56 YouTube Premium Price Increase

6:46 Bot Web Traffic Surpasses Humans

7:17 Waymo Used as a Getaway Car

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

STEAMY SUMMER PLANS

Steam Machine and Steam Frame are launching this summer, and get their own verified tags

https://www.theverge.com/games/943657/valve-steam-machine-frame-summer-launch-verified

https://www.vice.com/en/article/valve-confirms-steam-machine-release-date-window-as-new-clues-hint-at-imminent-launch/ 

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3157894/valve-says-steam-machine-lands-this-summer-doesnt-say-the-price.html 

Comes from this blog post: 

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028

The actual line that says this summer: https://lmg.gg/sBfQu 

They announced delays back in February

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/02/05/valve-steam-machine-delay/ 

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/716780409378048028 

TIME OUT! TIME OUT!

Anthropic has just made a call to slow down the development of AI - https://www.engadget.com/2188066/anthropic-proposes-global-ai-development-slowdown/

Because AI will soon be able to improve itself posing a significant risk of humanity losing control leading to a skynet type scenario. https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/business/anthropic-calls-for-ai-brake-pedal 

The reason for the slow down were outlined in a Blog post that https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement 

Where they highlighted that the frontier models are showing signs of recursive self imprvement - https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-urges-global-pause-in-ai-development-flags-self-improvement-risk-99cefb73 

Anthropic says it plans to convene policy makers to discuss the risks And weigh the cost of advancement against the social implications https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-anthropic-claude-ai-implications-slowdown/ 

Critics, however are skeptical about the warning because Dario has a history of being a hype beast https://cybernews.com/ai-news/anthropic-claude-ai-slowdown-hype/ 

Like when he said Claude mythos was so dangerous he only gave it to a special council of nerds he called “glasswing” - https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing 

Then a couple of months later announced he gave it to like 150 more people https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-anthropic-claude-mythos-project-glasswing-expand/821714/ 

GOT YOUR NOSE...AND EYES AND MOUTH AND FACE

Meta is under fire after wired reporters found facial recognition software in the companion app for the glasses - 

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/ 

The code was confirmed to be dormant and is for an unreleased feature called nametag, https://www.engadget.com/2187824/wired-found-code-for-an-unreleased-facial-recognition-feature-in-meta-s-ai-app/

This was a feature that we mentioned back in february when a leaked memo said they planned to use the distracting nature of the “dynamic political situation” as cover for the release of the feature - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html

Leading over 70 organizations to sign a joint statement saying that the feature will put people at risk from stalkers and predators 

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/ 

And a number of senators to ask meta to defend their position - https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/senators-press-meta-on-facial-recognition-plans-for-smart-glasses 

So I guess they “thoughtfully” and “quietly” moved forward with a feature that will allow meta ray bans users to non consensually collect biometric data on people while they non consensually film them

https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/meta-smart-glasses-code-face-recognition-biometric-tracking-privacy/ 

QUICKBITS

SUPERPOSITION

NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER Graphics Cards Reportedly Back on Track according to leaks

https://www.guru3d.com/story/nvidia-rtx-50-super-graphics-cards-reportedly-back-on-track/ 

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-is-back-on-track-geforce-rtx-5060-12gb-reportedly-planned

https://hothardware.com/news/nvidias-rtx-5060-may-finally-get-vram-upgrade-gamers-wanted

Leaks come from this twitter user MEGAsizeGPU

https://x.com/Zed__Wang/status/2062772562019692861 

Reply with info about the 5070 and 5080 

https://x.com/326powah/status/2062777406356672883 

CLIPPY GOT CLAWS

Leaked Microsoft docs lay out a plan to "make people addicted" to its new Scout AI, and Nadella denies it - https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/

https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/tech/microsoft-wants-to-you-addicted-to-ai-per-creepy-leaked-doc/

When they asked Microsoft for comment, they got sent a link to this launch page

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-microsoft-scout-your-always-on-personal-agent/?ref=404media.co 

Nadella once compared it to “launching a virus”

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/morgan-stanley-tmt-conference 

Quote:

https://lmg.gg/7EXKF 

TIME TO PAY THE PRICE

Youtube’s announced price increases come into effect this month (after june 7th) and viewers are feeling the squeeze - https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/06/youtube-premium-price-hike-existing-subscribers-june-2026.html 

Leading many to consider whether the service is worth it with many complaining that the longer ads are a tactic to force people to upgrade- https://9to5google.com/2026/06/05/youtube-premium-price-hikes-cancel-poll/

With many considering dropping down to youtube lite - https://lmg.gg/BRumB 

One silver lining is that these increases do come with SOME improved features - https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-hikes-premium-subscription-cost-again-while-adding-advanced-video-features-3371933/

HUMANS LOST THE CAPTCHA

Bots now generate more web traffic than humans, Cloudflare says - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/its-official-agentic-bots-surf-the-web-more-than-real-people-do/

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/bot-traffic-overtakes-humans-online 

https://x.com/eastdakota/status/2062212701414187452 

The statistic:

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic#bot-vs-human 

GRAND THEFT AUTO-PILOT

A burglar used a Waymo robotaxi as a getaway car in San Francisco and got away with it - https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/a-burglar-used-a-waymo-to-steal-yoga-clothes-in-sf-and-got-away-with-it/

https://www.engadget.com/2187705/police-have-yet-to-catch-a-thief-who-used-a-waymo-to-steal-yoga-clothes/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/waymo-burglary-camera-video-22277358.php

Quote about not being caught: https://lmg.gg/mmdnd 

Congrats to Waymo for creating Delamain: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cyberpunk/images/2/2c/Delamain_no._21_Database_CP2077.png/revision/latest?cb=20210222093224 

Duration: 07:40

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:12 Microsoft Build 2026 Announcements

2:41 UK Ruling On Google AI Search

3:50 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:00 Google Fake Call Detection

4:37 Major Takedown of Scam Accounts

5:12 Meta Lets Employees Pause Surveillance

5:53 Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman

6:39 Researchers Demonstrate AI Worm

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

MICROSOFT IS DRINKING THE KOOL AI-D

Microsoft Build is capping off in San Francisco today and has been an opportunity for microsoft to take a break from their focus on improving windows through listening to user feedback in favor of a series of AI announcements that have the frantic desperation of Balmers “DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS” speech with none of his sweaty charm

https://ca.pcmag.com/windows/16025/the-future-microsoft-showed-at-build-2026-barely-looks-like-windows 

They will be rolling out a "Copilot super app” comprised of OpenClaw-esque always on agents called “autopilots” that will manage your life - https://letsdatascience.com/news/microsoft-teases-copilot-super-app-but-no-demo-1659bca7 

They announced the first of these, which is an AI assistant that’s thankfully NOT also fucking named Copilot: “Scout”

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/06/02/introducing-microsoft-scout-your-always-on-personal-agent/ 

Which is running open claw under the hood - https://www.computerworld.com/article/4180103/microsoft-unveils-scout-an-autonomous-ai-agent-built-on-openclaw.html 

The highlight of the presentation was a demo in which Microsoft proudly showed off one of these agents trying and failing to delete a bunch of user files thanks to stricter guardrails - https://lmg.gg/agf1E 

Not to be outdone by google and OpenAI’s “agentic OS” push they also announced: Also this stupid fucking Agentic OS called Project Solara, an Android-based OS for devices that run AI agents instead of apps - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-android-os-designed-for-agents-instead-of-apps/

They also announced that they would be rolling out their own frontier models, indicating that they’re moving away from their association with OpenAI - ​​https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/942242/microsoft-build-ai-agents-openai-competition 

Microsoft launches MAI-Thinking-1 as well as a handful of other agents for image den, transcription, voice generation, and coding - https://www.theverge.com/tech/941664/microsoft-ai-model-reasoning-mai-thinking-1-build-2026

And finally they announced a surface version of the RTX spark desktop and laptop for windows AI developers - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-and-an-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-developers/ 

Prompting Huang to drop into the chat and say how excited he is for ai because now he can text his computer - https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-is-now-useful-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-thinks-a-new-era-for-ai-is-here-and-its-partnership-with-microsoft-could-be-key-for-achieving-it 

NOT MY CUPPA’ TEA

In a win for the Open internet UK’s competition regulator has ordered Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews in a world first - https://www.theverge.com/tech/942302/google-search-ai-overviews-uk-cma-publisher-opt-out

Following their recent announcement at Google IO a couple of weeks ago that they were pushing AI into search - https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/google-search-ai-internet/ 

And the resulting backlash https://www.businessinsider.com/google-new-ai-search-will-ruin-internet-web-2026-5 

This will both give publishers the ability to block google’s AI overview from pulling content from their websites through a toggle in Google Search console - https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/06/03/citation-please-uk-regulator-slaps-google-with-new-publishing-rules-for-search/5250544 

With a guarantee that this won’t affect their search listings - https://www.gadgetreview.com/publishers-can-now-opt-out-of-ai-search-thanks-to-new-u-k-regulation 

It also guarantees proper attribution if you do allow your content to be accessed, as well as the ability to stop google from using your content to fine tune it’s models - https://www.digit.fyi/uk-publishers-can-opt-out-of-google-ai-overviews/ 

The CMA plans to assess this legislation’s impact on publisher web traffic before considering whether google should be paying publishers directly - https://lmg.gg/xdEQB 

QUICKBITS

MOM? PROVE IT! 

Google is adding fake call detection to its Phone app to stop those annoying contact-spoofing scammers

https://www.theverge.com/tech/941517/google-phone-scammer-ai-impersonation

citing INTERPOL’s findings that impersonation fraud drives $400B in global losses.

https://lmg.gg/Fe4GS 

 Since AI fraud is 4.5x more profitable than boring old normal fraud,

https://lmg.gg/aifraudworks 

However, the feature only works if both you and the person calling you are using the app because it uses silent, RCS-encrypted signals to verify that the caller isn't a scammer. If they are, your phone won't get that hidden signal, and it’ll trigger a warning telling you to hang up.

https://blog.google/security/android-fake-call-detection/ 

The feature is rolling out globally on Android 12+ starting with PIxel phones.

https://lmg.gg/7HPsq 

EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK

Meta teamed up with the DOJ, Microsoft, Coinbase, and Starlink to crush 1.4 million Southeast Asian scam accounts. 

https://www.engadget.com/2186397/meta-took-down-over-a-million-scam-accounts-in-joint-operation-with-microsoft-spacex-and-doj/

Thai police arrested 63 people, Coinbase froze $3 million in crypto, Microsoft nuked 20,000 accounts, and Starlink even blacklisted thousands of satellite dishes.

https://lmg.gg/tQ9Bd 

WOW, SO KIND OF YOU META

Meta is compromising on its AI keystroke spyware after a 1,500 signature petition and employees branded the company as an “employee data extraction factory.” 

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-scales-back-ai-mouse-clicks-tool-citing-employee-concerns-2026-06-02/  

The Zuckinator compromised and metas staff can now pause the spyware for, wait for it - 30 minutes at a time! Perfect for a quick, unmonitored existential dread session.

https://www.engadget.com/2186261/meta-will-reportedly-let-employees-take-30-minute-breaks-from-its-tracking-program/

They obviously aren't removing it; Zuck says you’re all just too talented not to harvest. Have you considered that you’re being selfish by wanting privacy? Think of the shareholder value!

https://lmg.gg/93X4U 

SUE-PERINTELLIGENCE 

Florida just became the first state to sue OpenAI, and Sam Altman personally, over ChatGPT’s safety records.

https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/florida-sues-openai-ceo-sam-altman-claiming-company-133490995

An 83-page complaint by Florida’s Attorney General accuses them of marketing the AI as kid-safe while ignoring internal warnings that it pushed users toward self-harm and helped plan deadly attacks. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28179898-florida-v-openai-filed-stamped-complaint/ 

The state wants $10,000 per violation, which could total billions. If Florida wins, they plan to spend the money on the state's most pressing issue: more sunscreen for the elderly.

https://lmg.gg/B3BXx 

WORLD WIDE WORM

Researchers at the University of Toronto have built a proof-of-concept worm that uses free, open-weight AI models to adapt its attack as it spreads across laptops, printers, and even … the power grid? https://www.engadget.com/2186363/researchers-show-how-ai-powered-worms-could-wreak-havoc-on-the-internet/

Oh, this is fun, it also even steals processing power from infected devices to fuel its next move. That's…fine, what could go wrong with a self-replicating, self-improving, Ai worm that grows stronger the more devices it infects. 

https://lmg.gg/HvECE 

Here’s a fun suggestion: let's not do that. I know I let it slide with Oppenheimer that one time, but I regret it deeply.

https://lmg.gg/xDV94 

Duration: 07:58

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:14 NVIDIA RTX Spark

1:49 Anthropic Files to Go Public

2:55 AMD Announcements

4:20 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:28 NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction Upgrade

5:05 New Gaming Handhelds

5:55 Meta Fixes Password Reset Exploit

6:28 Sony Details New PS Accessories

7:01 Paint.net Now Downloadable from Paint.net

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SPARKING THE COMPETITION

Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/nvidia-gets-into-the-arm-pc-business-with-new-high-end-rtx-spark-processor/ 

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-microsoft-windows-pcs-agents-rtx-spark

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/05/31/introducing-a-powerful-new-chapter-for-windows-pcs-accelerated-by-nvidia-rtx-spark/ 

Models from Microsoft, Asus, Dell, HP, MSI, and Lenovo are expected to launch this fall

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/940794/first-nvidia-rtx-spark-laptops-roundup-computex-2026 

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra wields Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip with 128GB of RAM, 20 Arm CPU cores, and a Blackwell GPU — 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra display rounds out the powerful package

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-weilds-nvidias-rtx-spark-superchip-with-128gb-of-ram-20-arm-cpu-cores-and-a-blackwell-gpu-15-inch-mini-led-pixelsense-ultra-display-rounds-out-the-powerful-package

Developers are creating Arm game ports, wholly Arm-native versions, and Prism-optimised updates for Nvidia's RTX Spark

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/developers-are-creating-arm-game-ports-wholly-arm-native-versions-and-prism-optimised-updates-for-nvidias-rtx-spark/

And native anti cheat support

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-rtx-spark-adds-native-windows-on-arm-anti-cheat-support-for-fortnite-valorant-and-pubg 

"Depending on the exact example [RTX Spark] can be faster than an RTX 5070, slower than or equal to a 5070... So depending on where workloads have more constraints you'll see different performance levels.”

https://lmg.gg/7xjNC 

We also got to watch Jensen dance with his friends who definitely aren’t being paid to dance on stage with him no way nope

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1ttn7jq/gamers_beg_for_graphics_cards_meanwhile_jensen/

Cringe AI video https://x.com/nvidia/status/2061483007249203644 

CAN’T SPELL ANTHROPIC WITHOUT IPO

Anthropic

https://www.anthropic.com/news/confidential-draft-s1-sec 

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/941016/anthropic-has-officially-filed-to-go-public 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/01/anthropic-ai-ipo 

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/anthropic-files-ipo-openai-rcna347897

Quote about size of valuation

https://lmg.gg/xqQam 

It’s a race:

This might add some context but it’s from earlier. Not necessary to keep if you don’t want to

https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/openai-anthropic-ipo-race-0cf0ed36 

Just a quote about the race: 

https://lmg.gg/GgJ9i 

Quote about making it to market first

https://lmg.gg/2Rrcr 

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/anthropic-files-to-go-public-claude-maker-races-openai-and-spacex-to-ipo 

Gonna make a lot of their employees very rich

https://lmg.gg/yMQOu 

Nasdaq changed rules 

https://www.reuters.com/business/new-nasdaq-rules-include-fast-entry-new-listings-benchmark-index-2026-03-30/ 

IPOs could screw up people’s retirement plans

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-ipo-could-hit-popular-101500534.html 

If you’re not just a degenerate sports gambler or a daytrader, you can bet on which AI company is going to IPO first

https://polymarket.com/event/will-anthropic-or-openai-ipo-first 

AM5 4 EVER

AMD Announces Socket AM5 Longevity till 2029

https://wccftech.com/amd-extends-am5-longevity-through-2029-giving-it-am4-treatment/ 

https://www.techpowerup.com/349541/amd-announces-socket-am5-longevity-till-2029 

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/amd-has-been-the-king-of-cpu-socket-longevity-for-a-decade-and-im-relieved-to-see-that-the-am5-socket-isnt-going-anywhere-fast 

Graphic: https://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2026/06/AMD-AM5-2029-HERO-1200x629.jpg 

'Return of the king': AMD is bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for DDR4 platforms, launching it alongside the mid-range AM5 Ryzen 7 7700X3D

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/return-of-the-king-amd-is-bringing-back-the-ryzen-7-5800x3d-for-ddr4-platforms-launching-it-alongside-the-mid-range-am5-ryzen-7-7700x3d/

https://www.club386.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-7700x3d-computex-2026-launch/ 

AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE gets global launch with 12GB memory (card is cut down but is at the same selling price as the launch msrp of the rx 9070)

https://videocardz.com/newz/exclusive-amd-radeon-rx-9070-gre-launches-june-1st-at-549-globally 

https://www.engadget.com/2183855/amds-radeon-rx-9070-gre-graphics-card-is-now-available-to-purchase/ 

QUICKBITS

BETTER LATE THAN DENOISER

DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Announced; Over 1000 RTX Games & Apps Available Now

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction-1000-rtx-games-apps-out-now/ 

https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/nvidia-unveils-dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction-for-rtx-gpus/

https://3dvf.com/en/nvidia-boosts-dlss-4-5-and-improves-your-games-fewer-artifacts-greater-stability/ 

How it works clip 0:52: https://youtu.be/NvSYk0PjLrU?t=52 

In game example at 1:02

HANDHELDMANIA

Asus launches ROG Ally X20 handheld with OLED display, Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-launches-ROG-Ally-X20-handheld-with-OLED-display-Ryzen-Z2-Extreme-chip.1312031.0.html 

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/asus-unveils-the-rog-xbox-ally-x20-with-a-new-oled-display-translucent-body-bigger-battery-and-major-performance-upgrades 

This is MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld

https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/939758/msi-claw-8-ex-ai-plus-gaming-handheld-reveal-computex-2026

And Acer Predator Atlas 8 at 0:07

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783HLDMrRDs 

Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games called the Acer Nitro Blaze Link

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/as-steam-deck-fires-up-handheld-costs-acer-nitro-blaze-link-limits-you-to-stream-at-just-180/ 

2F-YAY!

Meta patches flaw that allowed MetaAI support bot to hand out password reset links without 2FA

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/meta-patches-flaw-that-allowed-metaai-support-bot-to-hand-out-password-reset-links-without-2fa 

Issues detailed

https://cybersecuritynews.com/instagram-meta-ai-vulnerability/amp/ 

https://www.neowin.net/news/people-are-using-prompt-injection-to-trick-metas-ai-into-handing-over-instagram-accounts/ 

Jeremy Renner app https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-09-05/jeremy-renner-shuts-down-app 

PLAYSTATION’S PERIPHERAL VISION

Sony Shares Release Date, Pricing Details for Newest PlayStation Accessories

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-playstation-accessories/ 

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/flexstrike-wireless-fight-stick-hands-on 

https://www.engadget.com/2184938/playstation-wireless-fight-stick-and-new-gaming-monitor-arrive-in-august/ 

https://youtu.be/iWu1CgJDPw0?si=8Wkx7zxdwYDNxrYm&t=289 

https://youtu.be/-f1FCpaawmI?si=ozTfAtCAKCB0bnBP&t=10 

“Shrouded in mystery”

https://lmg.gg/OCIV5 

THE STARRY SITE

After 22 years, you can finally download Paint.net from the URL 'Paint.net'

https://www.xda-developers.com/after-22-years-paintnet-downloadable-from-url-paintnet/

The website:

https://www.getpaint.net/ 

The tweet:

https://x.com/rickbrewPDN/status/2060397901650825238 

Speaking of painting… MSI Vincent van Gogh AI laptop

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/laptops/msi-prestige-14-flip-ai-vincent-van-gogh-edition-hands-on-review 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/940650/msi-put-vincent-van-gogh-paintings-on-two-limited-edition-laptops 

Good quote about this being weird:

https://lmg.gg/inP1t 

Duration: 06:28

Timestamps:

0:00 Intel Unveils Arc G3

1:20 Qualcomm’s Snapdragon C

2:30 New Website Tracking Technique

3:30 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:44 Steam Deck Sells Out

4:17 Wikipedia Editors Threatening Strike

4:46 NASA’s Proposed Moon Base

5:22 Illinois Legislature’s New AI Safety Bill

5:46 Ferrari’s New EV

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

HANDHELD MY BEER

Intel Charges Into AMD’s Handheld Stronghold With Purpose-Built Arc G3 Chips, Packing Up to 14 Cores & 12-Core Xe3 GPU

https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-g3-extreme-g3-chips-gaming-handhelds-14-cpu-cores-12-gpu-cores/ 

https://www.club386.com/intel-arc-g3-launch/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/intel-makes-a-bid-for-handheld-gaming-pcs-with-new-arc-g3-processors/ 

The last good thing to wear that name: https://e7.pngegg.com/pngimages/632/705/png-clipart-imac-g3-macworld-iworld-apple-apple-computer-fruit-nut.png 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/245626/intel-arc-g3-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-60-ghz/specifications.html

Tech specs: https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Intel-Arc-G3-Extreme-G3-Handheld-Gaming-Chips-_5-728x568.jpg 

The first system announced with it, along with a leaked MSI system

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/acers-predator-atlas-8-handheld-gaming-pc-with-new-intel-g-series-chips-looks-a-lot-like-a-beefier-lenovo-legion-go-s/

https://www.theverge.com/tech/938692/intel-arc-g3-extreme-handheld-gaming 

Leaked pricing shows this may not be cheap

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-claw-8-ex-ai-with-arc-g3-extreme-appears-in-australia-price-starts-at-1780-usd 

PHONING IT IN

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon C chip paves the way for $300 Windows laptops (uses mobile cores same as a cell phone, acer revealed a laptop with it)

https://www.neowin.net/news/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-c-chip-paves-the-way-for-300-windows-laptops/ 

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/laptops/qualcomms-snapdragon-c-chip-is-here-to-take-on-the-macbook-neo-do-these-usd300-laptops-stand-a-chance

https://9to5google.com/2026/05/28/qualcomm-snapdragon-c-windows-macbook-neo/ 

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/05/introducing-snapdragon-c--designed-to-revolutionize-entry-tier-l

Shipping first in the Acer Aspire Go 15

https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-finally-reveals-a-budget-friendly-windows-on-arm-device-with-acers-aspire-go-15/ 

Product image: https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9f7a0703-cfbb-4ca4-8e64-c5bc71f1de08/-/resize/1200/Acer-Aspire-Go-15-Qualcomm-AG15-Q31P-02.jpg

I CAST RAY OF FROST

An Austrian security research group has developed a new technique called FROST which can be used to allow Websites to spy on you by analyse SSD activity

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/ 

• Original paper:
• https://hannesweissteiner.com/pdfs/frost.pdf  

This is enabled through a technique called a “contention side channel attack”, called which measures the timing of certain I/O operations of the SSD - https://www.techspot.com/news/112562-researchers-found-way-spy-browsing-watching-ssd-activity.html 

It then runs the data it collects through that attack through a pretrained convolutional neural network and is able to infer which apps and websites are open/running on the device - https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/29/website-tracking-ssd-activity-research/ 

The exploit runs exclusively in the browser and leverages the OPFS which allows it to execute without requiring user permission. - https://cybersecuritynews.com/malicious-websites-track-ssd-timing/ 

• https://lmg.gg/Pc7Np 

But this creates a limitation where the OPFS file becomes so large that users would notice it and must be stored on the same ssd as the apps that the website is trying to collect data on. 

https://dev.ua/en/news/novyi-sposib-stezhennia-saity-mozhut-shpyhuvaty-za-korystuvachamy-cherez-analiz-aktyvnosti-ssd-1779976334 

• https://lmg.gg/nfrPY 

QUICKBITS

OK, I GUESS WE WERE WRONG

Steam deck sold out sold out in less that 24 hours despite the insane $300 price hike

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/despite-price-hike-steam-deck-is-already-sold-out-in-north-america/ 

Which is somewhat of a surprise because of the massive backlash over the price

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-deck-is-sold-out-again-even-after-the-huge-price-rise 

Even Epic Games’ Epic nerd, Tim Sweeney chimed in making fun of Gaben

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/epic-games-tim-sweeney-slams-valve-over-steam-deck-price-hikes-mocks-founder-gabe-newell-over-rising-costs-of-megayachts

THIS TEAM IS A STUB, YOU CAN HELP BY STRIKING

Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike over layoffs of the Community Engineering team

https://www.theverge.com/report/939442/wikipedia-editors-protest-wikimedia-layoffs-strike

The volunteers that run the site are up in arms over what they see as a power play by the wikimedia foundation https://www.gadgetreview.com/wikipedias-volunteer-army-threatens-strike-over-foundation-power-play 

This is a big deal because a lot of wikipedia depends on these volunteers and according to an employee of thie wikimedia foundation without them there will quickly be no wikipedia which will be a disaster for humanty - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/hundreds-of-wikipedia-editors-are-threatening-to-go-on-strike-and-the-reason-is-these-engineers/articleshow/131394771.cms 

• https://lmg.gg/JGkZj 

SHOOT FOR THE MOON

NASA Unveils Three-Phase Plan to Build Permanent Moon Base at Lunar South Pole - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39228nxyr4o 

Working in partnership with blue origin https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-moon-base-rovers-landers-missions/

Which just has their Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/science/blue-origin-explosion-rocket.html

Bezos says everyone is OK: https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/2060182822170902622 

Video: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvgz0pdg32mo 

AINT NO PARTY LIKE A THIRD PARTY AUDIT

Illinois Passes Nation's First Mandatory Third Party AI Safety Audit Law - https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/illinois-legislature-passes-historic-ai-bill-rcna347191

This is the strongest AI safety bill that’s been passed thus far - https://www.wired.com/story/illinois-pass-major-ai-safety-law-pritzker/ 

This is inideal because these companies will have to deal with a patchwork of regulations across the different states. But it’s a result of the federal government not moving fast enough on regulation - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/trump-loses-more-control-over-ai-regulation-as-illinois-passes-landmark-law/ 

WATT WERE THEY THINKING

Ferrari announced their competitor for the nissan leaf

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/2026-nissan-leaf-114-68c2d5371c728.jpg?crop=0.833xw:0.702xh;0.0732xw,0.217xh&resize=2048

The Luce EV

https://www.jalopnik.com/img/gallery/ferrari-insists-new-640000-luce-ev-is-a-serious-car-not-an-elaborate-prank-like-you-all-assume/intro-1779820425.webp 

https://insideevs.com/news/796897/ferrari-luce-electric-car-2026/

https://www.jalopnik.com/2181455/ferrari-luce-ev-design-specs-details-price-reveal/

Designed by Jonny Ive, which explains why it looks like an apple watch that gained sentience

https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/rKJ1gV/s1/ferrari-luce.jpg 

Then the stock dropped 5%

https://www.motor1.com/news/796990/ferrari-shares-fall-after-first-ev-debut/ 

Duration: 06:49

Timestamps:

0:00 Steam Deck Price Increase

1:24 NVIDIA Retires Control Panel

2:38 YouTube AI Labels

3:38 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:52 Foldable iPhone Production Problems

4:19 BusPatrol AI Cameras

4:55 DuckDuckGo Installs Surge

5:27 GTA 6 Fake Beta Phishing Pages

5:58 Robinhood’s Agentic Trading and Credit Card

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

A HARD DECK TO SWALLOW / Alts: THE GREAT HANDHELD BETRAYAL 

Valve has dramatically jacked up the price of the Steam Deck OLED by a soul-crushing 40%. The 512GB model now commands a painful $789, while the 1TB variant has vaulted to $949. That is a brutal $240 and $300 hike, respectively, for a handheld that is physically identical to the one you couldn't buy yesterday.

https://www.theverge.com/games/938340/valve-steam-deck-price-increase 

The only microscopic sliver of good news, if you can call it that, is that the Deck’s are back in stock with three-to-five day shipping! Yay? You can buy one, but your bank account will hate you for it.. 

https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Valve quietly blamed the ongoing global memory and storage shortage for the price hike, the very same crisis that already punted the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame out of their early 2026 launch windows to a vague "sometime this year, we promise."

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steam_hardware/announcements/detail/672869045073085539 

This follows the ongoing memory shortage resulting in the delay of a price announcement for theBack in February, Valve blamed the ongoing memory and storage shortage that’s already pushed the Steam Machine and Steam Frame out of their early 2026 launch windows to “sometime this year, we promise.” 

https://lmg.gg/bloggaben 

DEARLY DEPARTED DASHBOARD

Nvidia retires the classic control panel in Game Ready and Studio GeForce drivers

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/the-nvidia-control-panel-is-no-more-an-ex-control-panel-kicked-the-bucket-run-down-the-curtain-and-joined-the-choir-invisib-okay-its-being-retired/  

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-is-finally-ditching-its-iconic-control-panel-after-20-years-new-driver-updates-only-ship-in-the-nvidia-app 

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-control-panel-is-officially-dead-after-two-decades/ 

Show this image in reference to what it used to look like: https://store-images.s-microsoft.com/image/apps.46512.13599037783181022.b05b7adf-6b7a-44ae-9a70-9dc9370ea7e6.5dd2870d-bddc-49d7-b561-ae2a9462f72b 

Everyone’s favorite floating logo: https://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-10.10.38.png 

Blog post: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/586393/geforce-grd-61047-feedback-thread-released-52626  

The new control panel:

https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NVIDIA-App-1-728x398.jpg

https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NVIDIA-App-2-728x397.jpg 

YOUR HONOR, IT’S AI

YouTube is starting to automatically slap an AI label on videos it detects as significantly photorealistic AI-generated content, even if the creator’s account is “definitely a human, why are you asking?” 

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-ai-video-labels-automatic-detection-1236758865/ 

YouTube has technically required creators to self-disclose AI use for a while now, which has apparently worked about as well as you’d expect on a platform full of people whose job is to chase engagement.  

https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/disclosing-ai-generated-content/ 

The label is also moving to a harder-to-miss spot: above the description and directly beneath the video player on long form videos, and as an overlay on top of shorts. 

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/YouTube-New-AI-Labels.png

Creators can dispute incorrect flags through YouTube Studio, but the disclosure becomes permanent in two cases: content made with YouTube's own AI tools like Veo or Dream Screen, and any video carrying C2PA metadata that already admits it's fully synthetic.

https://lmg.gg/youtubeautomaticaidetection

QUICKBITS

APPLE’S UNFOLDING SITUATION

Apple's foldable iPhone is reportedly hitting production problems…again,

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/26/foldable-iphone-facing-production-issues/ 

with one Chinese leaker claiming on Weibo that a manufacturing issue is keeping working parts from getting out the door, 

https://weibo.com/5821279480/5302789162664265 

while last week another said the hinge keeps failing quality control under repeated opening and closing. 

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/18/foldable-iphone-production-stalls/ 

MAGIC SCHOOL BUST

‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access (to read the license plates of every vehicle that drives by) *Outside of bus https://www.404media.co/buspatrol-put-ai-cameras-in-tens-of-thousands-of-school-buses-now-they-want-to-give-cops-access/

They say they have cameras in 40k busses

https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/76/0f76b548-bc58-4f25-abc3-3f5ebca07da4/content/images/size/w1000/2026/05/buspatrol-website.png

leaked documents were viewed about how they are aware of the controversy around ALPR cameras

https://lmg.gg/qENis

DUCK SEASON

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, is seeing US app installs surge 30% as users flee Google's AI overhaul. 

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

CEO Gabriel Weinberg summed up the modern zeitgeist by crediting the uptick to "Google force-feeding AI with no way to opt out," along with diminishing search quality 

https://lmg.gg/Weinbergquote 

And pointed users to their AI-free search page. 

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ 

GRAND THEFT YOUR DATA 

GTA 6 Pre-Order hype causes malware concern as NordVPN’s Threat Intelligence team uncovers a vast uprising in malware, scam campaigns, and phishing sites, all geared towards Grand Theft Auto 6 in one way or another.

https://mashable.com/tech/gta-6-beta-release-pre-order-scams-malware-report

https://www.pcmag.com/news/hackers-exploit-gta-6-vi-hype-to-spread-malware-via-fake-beta-tests

https://insider-gaming.com/gta-6-pre-order-hype-malware-concern/ 

Statement: https://lmg.gg/t1c8N 

Screenshots: https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/05hno8HS8HhI7yIiP8Xh5ct-2.fit_lim.size_768x.png 

https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/05hno8HS8HhI7yIiP8Xh5ct-3.fit_lim.size_768x.png 

WALL STREET BOTS

Robinhood launches agentic trading, announces credit card for AI agents with 3% cash back

https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/robinhood-ai-agents/?utm_source=reddit/

Robinhood Lets Customers Use AI to Trade Stocks, Make Credit-Card Purchases

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/robinhood-lets-customers-use-ai-to-trade-stocks-make-credit-card-purchases-f28467ed?st=hSM5Yq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 

Credit card site: https://robinhood.com/us/en/agentic-credit-card/ 

Press release: https://robinhood.com/us/en/newsroom/robinhood-is-now-open-to-agents/ 

Images: https://images.ctfassets.net/1hpl803w8xsv/7xAyZevsUscqX56mejgil3/ea0b567e45ec8d9f97bb6234453439b9/Agentic_Trading.png 

Duration: 06:22

Timestamps:

0:00 Corsair’s New Memory Supplier

1:14 HP’s Broken BIOS Updates

2:09 California Age Verification Law Backlash

3:17 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:30 China’s Underwater Data Center

4:05 TSMC Employee Bonuses

4:37 Rippable GameCube, Wii, and Xbox Games

5:05 Drone Speed Record

5:37 The Pope Weighs in on AI

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

RAM IT THROUGH CUSTOMS

CXMT DDR5 DRAM Die Appears in Corsair Memory, could be the answer to ram crisis

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/chinese-memory-maker-cxmt-enters-the-mainstream-consumer-memory-with-corsair-vengeance-ddr5-kit-chinese-made-dram-emerges-as-an-antidote-for-crushing-shortages 

https://www.techspot.com/news/112502-memory-prices-tipped-fall-china-starts-flooding-market.html

https://videocardz.com/newz/corsair-vengeance-ddr5-module-spotted-with-chinese-cxmt-memory 

Twitter posts: https://x.com/wxnod/status/2057647089581277632 

https://x.com/wxnod/status/2057666013253300570 

https://wccftech.com/major-pc-manufacturers-are-surprisingly-exploring-integrating-chinese-memory-into-their-products/

Images: https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HI47HWubsAAE6Sv.jpg 

https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HI46D5IaQAAQPWX.jpg 

https://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/joao-silva/corsair-vengeance-ddr5-modules-spotted-using-chinese-cxmt-dram-chips/

Nikkei article: https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/hp-dell-acer-and-asus-mull-using-chinese-memory-chips-amid-supply-crunch 

BIOS HAZARD 

Certain HP laptop owners have been living a technical nightmare for the past few months thanks to an automatic "critical" BIOS update pushed via Windows Update. It's always fun when a "critical fix" turns out to be the thing that actually does the breaking.

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/24/hp-investigating-bios-updates-that-leave-premium-laptop-users-in-boot-loop-limbo/5244769

Owners of the AMD-based ZBook Ultra G1a and EliteBook X G1a posted on various threads and forums about their experiences with unbootable devices, Blue Screens of Death, and fans spinning so loud they could clear a runway. Which I think was to create enough wind resistance to stop the crashes from happening. Because the update was flagged as critical, Windows installed it silently, leaving owners with no warning before things went sideways. https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-Notebooks/URGENT-ZBook-Ultra-G1a-BIOS-01-04-05-causing-boot-freeze/td-p/9635253

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hewlett_Packard/comments/1qh9vde/zbook_ultra_g1a_firstattempboot_freeze/

HP’s official response is that they're looking into it.

https://videocardz.com/newz/hp-investigates-bios-update-issues-on-amd-based-zbook-ultra-g1a-and-elitebook-x-g1a-laptops 

If you're stuck, check out GitHub gist user Jeff Nash’ post for affected versions and workarounds. EliteBook users have a patch now, but ZBook owners are still waiting.

https://gist.github.com/jeffnash/65073bcf920db181d4ca763a814f2fe5

GIT YOUR ACT TOGETHER

California Lawmakers may be backing away from the age-verification requirement bill after backlash. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-moves-to-exempt-linux-from-its-upcoming-age-verification-law-after-backlash-over-forcing-operating-systems-to-collect-users-ages-amendment-proposed-by-the-same-lawmaker-who-wrote-the-original-law 

The new bill is an amendment that exempts the mainstream linux distros and attempts to account for open source software - https://lmg.gg/iy4xM 

Original SOurce with the full 1856 Bill - https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1856/id/3400190 

This is an amendment to the Digital Age Assurance Act introduced last year requiring system level age verification which had the open source community in a huff - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law 

• Original Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 

Open source advocates were upset about the laws wording being so broad that it could hurt open source projects - https://ca.pcmag.com/security/15828/age-verification-laws-are-coming-for-your-os-heres-what-you-need-to-know

With the EFF’s Aaron mackey saying the laws are well intentioned but kind of miss the point - https://lmg.gg/rtemp 

To their credit California Assembly Member Buffy Wicks who introduced the original bill also drafted the amendment and as of May 19, 2026, the bill was read a second time and ordered to third reading. https://lmg.gg/iR2pX 

QUICK BITS

THE AI-BYSS

China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-says-worlds-first-offshore-wind-powered-underwater-data-center-has-entered-full-operation-houses-2-000-servers-24-megawatt-subsea-ai-facility-uses-ocean-water-for-passive-cooling-and-offshore-wind-for-power 

https://www.techradar.com/pro/china-unveils-worlds-first-underwater-data-center-2-000-server-facility-is-powered-by-offshore-wind-and-cooled-by-the-sea-making-it-one-of-the-most-efficient-around 

https://www.offshorewind.biz/2026/05/18/china-puts-worlds-first-offshore-wind-powered-underwater-data-centre-into-operation/ 

Microsoft shelved their underwater data centers in 2024

https://www.techradar.com/pro/goodbye-natick-microsoft-has-given-up-on-one-of-its-coolest-projects-ever-underwater-data-center-pilot-got-canned-after-just-two-years-despite-successful-outcomes-and-wont-come-back 

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-waves-goodbye-to-underwater-data-centers 

CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER

TSMC is reportedly desperately trying to walk back its CEO's comments about slashing employee bonuses by 30%, after Taiwanese staff threatened a Samsung-style revolt. 

https://wccftech.com/tsmc-scrambles-to-calm-furious-employees-with-promises-of-bigger-bonuses-after-ceos-30-bonus-cut-comments-triggered-samsung-style-revolt-fears/  

https://x.com/semivision_tw/status/2058525420614795641 

The company has now reportedly issued a two-part statement promising, and, paraphrasing here "HAHA JK, actually bonuses will be higher than last year, the CEO was just kidding around."

https://x.com/semivision_tw/status/2058817582178898018?

OMNIDRIVER: YOU ARE THE WHEELMAN

Woah! Your Blu-ray drive can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox games

https://www.techspot.com/news/112505-blu-ray-drive-can-now-rip-gamecube-wii.html 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/you-can-now-legally-rip-your-wii-gamecube-wii-and-xbox-discs-using-a-blu-ray-drive 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuioEfLtVyo 

Omnidrive details

http://wiki.redump.org/index.php?title=OmniDrive 

Brick risk text:

https://lmg.gg/m5IPx 

DRONE THRONE

A garage-built drone hit roughly 454 mph, unofficially smashing the battery-powered speed record - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drone-breaks-world-speed-record-with-453-mph-in-test-run-exotic-sawtooth-carbon-fiber-propeller-blades-one-of-the-key-advances-in-the-blackbird-design

https://dronexl.co/2026/05/22/blackbird-biggs-730-kmh-drone-speed-record/ 

https://gagadget.com/en/712128-garage-built-drone-hits-730-kmh-unofficially-faster-than-most-fighter-jets-cruise/ 

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9n1h0rn9No 

THE DEVIL’S IN THE DET-AI-LS

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical is entirely about AI, https://www.engadget.com/2180436/pope-leo-calls-for-ai-to-serve-humanity-and-not-concentrate-power/

Also in attendance was Anthropic Co-founder Christopher Ola - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-xiv-to-launch-his-first-encylical-a-document-on-artificial-intelligence-with-anthropics-co-founder 

The main thrust of the address is warning against concentrating its power in a few hands - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/pope-leo-encyclical-ai-artificial-intelligence-slavery 

Saying it must be disarmed https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedppn6002jo 

• And compares it to the tower of babel - https://lmg.gg/VyjCb 

It was a subtle nod to this encyclical from 115 years ago where the pope was shouting out workers rights during the industrial revolution https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13rerum.htm 

Duration: 06:00

Timestamps:

0:00 Microsoft 365 Update

1:02 GitHub Breach

1:58 Nvidia GPU Security Update

2:59 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:04 Meta Releases Reddit-like App

3:27 Riot’s Vanguard Anti-Cheat Hits Cheaters Hard

3:58 Discord Enables End-to-End Encryption

4:24 Spotify and UMG Reach AI Deal

5:07 Pizza Hut Sued by Franchisee Over AI

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

HASHTAG NOT MY CLIPPY

Microsoft lets Office users move the floating Copilot button after backlash - https://www.theverge.com/news/935967/microsoft-copilot-floating-button-office-excel-apps-removal

This comes after extreme user backlash - https://www.neowin.net/news/office-users-hated-the-new-copilot-button-now-microsoft-is-changing-it/ 

Excel, Word and Powerpoint affected - https://videocardz.com/newz/microsoft-will-let-office-users-remove-floating-copilot-button-from-word-excel-and-powerpoint-and-move-it-elsewhere 

Microsoft did try and save face by saying there was engagement - https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-admits-forcing-the-floating-copilot-button-on-office-users-was-a-mistake-but-engagement-went-up-anyway 

Which conclusively proves that the IS an amount of rage that can cause microsoft to make incremental improvements to their software

https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/22/microsoft-lets-users-exile-floating-copilot-button-after-interface-rage/5245093 

This comes alongside an announcement that Microsoft’s Copilot marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi is leaving, after helping “imagine windows into it’s agentic phase” - https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsofts-copilot-marketing-chief-is-leaving-but-not-before-defining-a-radical-agentic-future-for-windows 

GIT YER HANDS OFFA MY CODE

Github has just suffered a major data breach at the hands of notorious Hacker group team PCP - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/a-hacker-group-is-poisoning-open-source-code-at-an-unprecedented-scale/

The breach was introduced via a malicious VSCode extension that gave the hackers access to all of Github’s internal code - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-confirms-breach-of-3-800-repos-via-malicious-vscode-extension/ 

• QUOTE - The hacking group has the code up for auction saying the largest bid gets the code and if no buyer is found they’ll release it for free - https://lmg.gg/Htcmd 

Luckily for users it seems that no user code and only github’s code has been compromised - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/github-internal-repositories-breached  

Unfortunately for all of us TeamPCP is an expert at supply chain attacks, and using compromised code to introduce vulnerabilities into other code systems - https://www.wired.com/story/teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github/ 

And given that GitHub is unsure of how long TeamPCP had access to their systems, it’s entirely possible that threat vectors stemming from this hack will happen in the future - https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/20/github-breached-teampcp/ 

DONT LET HACKERS RAY TRACE YOU

NVIDIA is urging its GPU owners to update their drivers immediately because your graphics card is currently rendering a massive security nightmare. https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nvidia-tells-users-to-update-gpu-drivers-now-or-face-possible-attack-heres-what-we-know 

NVIDIA has released a software security update for its GPU Display Driver patching 14 vulnerabilities discussed in their recent security bulletin. The flaws affect GeForce, RTX, Quadro, Tesla, NVS, plus vGPU and Cloud Gaming software - which is to say, basically every Nvidia product that isn't a leather jacket.

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821

The biggest threat is a memory flaw scoring a scary 8.8 out of 10 for danger. If a hacker already has a foothold on your machine, this bug rolls out the red carpet to your files, your privileges, and a full system takeover. 

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

Update your drivers ASAP to the latest version: 596.36 for modern GeForce GPUs and 582.53 or newer for GTX 10-series and older. Linux users should also pull the newest fixed version for whichever driver branch you're on.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/ 

QUICK BITS

META’S RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS

Meta has released Forum, a Reddit-like app that pulls your Facebook Groups into a dedicated feed and, naturally, requires a Facebook account to use. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/new-meta-app-forum-brings-your-facebook-groups-together-one-feed/

https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04jkgfwMKrhZhyMHlGF8grM/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1779430795.png

It launches as Meta cuts 8,000 jobs to fund its AI push - apparently with enough efficiency gains left over to ship an additional app no one asked for. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/meta-layoffs-ai.html 

CHEATERS GET BRICKED 

Riot's updated Vanguard anti-cheat can apparently kill hardware cheaters plug into PCs to hide hacks.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/valorant/vanguard-update-bricking-pcs-riot-response 

On Twitter, Riot taunted a disgruntled cheater with "congrats on a brand new $6k paperweight," making it sound like Vanguard was bricking whole PCs. 

 https://x.com/riotgames/status/2057604027941302564

Riot has since clarified only the cheat hardware gets bricked - normal PCs are fine. 

https://x.com/riotgames/status/2057879738350444726

NO EAVESDROPPING IN VC

Huge privacy win as Discord has officially enabled end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls for all users.  https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/discord-just-got-the-privacy-feature-it-probably-should-have-had-for-years-introducing-end-to-end-encryption-for-very-nearly-every-voice-and-video-call/ 

On their Blog Discord writes “End-to-end Encryption is now standard…outside of stage channels. No opt-in required.”

https://lmg.gg/discordlbog 

However Discord has no plans to change text messages citing discord features that got built assuming no text encryption .

https://lmg.gg/discorde2enottext 

THE AI “BAND” WAGON

Spotify and Universal Music Group struck a deal letting Premium subscribers pay extra to use AI to generate fan-made covers and remixes of UMG songs.  https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-and-universal-music-strike-deal-allowing-fan-made-ai-covers-and-remixes/

Artists have to opt in for their songs to be used and they get a revenue share when they do, making this Spotify's licensed answer to Suno. https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-and-umg-strike-licensing-deal-for-ai-covers-remixes/

The AI music generator which trained on everyone's music without asking.   

https://suno.com/

30 MINUTES OR MORE

Pizza hut is being sued for 100 MILLION DOLLARS by Franchisee after the mandatory AI delivery system tanked sales - https://www.complex.com/life/a/bernadette-giacomazzo/pizza-hut-100m-lawsuit-ai 

Chaac Pizza alleges that the new delivery AI, dragon tail, created misaligned incentives for drivers, causing delivery times from under 30 minutes to over 45 minutes https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/pizza-huts-ai-delivery-system-cooks-up-usd100-million-franchisee-lawsuit-deliveries-allegedly-shot-from-under-30-minutes-to-over-45-under-new-system 

The franchisee says that the AI system caused cascading problems leading to 100M in damages https://www.businessinsider.com/pizza-hut-ai-system-dragontail-lawsuit-franchisee-2026-5 

Duration: 08:36

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:16 Google Search Updates

1:42 New AI Models

2:55 Altman vs. Musk Lawsuit

4:14 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:23 Plex Lifetime Subscription Pricing

5:04 Intel Wildcat Lake Laptops

6:01 Microsoft Scrapping SMS 2FA

6:37 OpenAI and Apple’s Possible Legal Battle

7:15 Russian Plan to Advertise in Space

NEWS SOURCES:

MAIN

SEARCH AND DESTROY

Google is killing search and replacing it with AGENTIC SEARCH, NEVER VISIT ANOTHER WEBSITE AGAIN - https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ 

• Original Source A new era for ai search: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/search-io-2026/ 

And guess what, you’ll be able to get those hallucinations without ever even touching a computer because of these new glasses - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz1ynq1nqo 

• Original Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-xr-io-2026/ 

Display-equipped Project Aura glasses also launching “this year” https://www.roadtovr.com/first-android-xr-glasses-2026-launch/ 

Can’t be left behind because the lizards over at meta are making Bank off their glasses - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o  

But how will I buy stuff without a computer, with AI you idiot - 

https://9to5google.com/2026/05/19/google-gemini-universal-cart-web-shopping-tool/ 

• Original Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/google-shopping-cart/ 

And they’re also search changes to youtube search with “ask youtube” it’ll pull insights directly out of videos so you don’t have to waste time watching the videos - https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/ask-youtube-brings-ai-powered-conversational-search-to-video-adds-gemini-omni-to-shorts/ 

https://www.engadget.com/2176557/ask-youtube-compiles-vide-answers-to-your-questions/ 

SLOP ME DADDI

In addition to ruining their legacy products google is rolling out a shitload of NEW models, including: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Pro, and Gemini OMNI -https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/google-ai-ultra-gemini-spark-omni.html 

• Original Source: 
• https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/google-io-2026-collection/ 
• Gemini 3.5 Flash
• https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-5/#gemini-3-5-flash 

Omni is their answer to seedance 2.0 - https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni/ 

…starting with video https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni/#:~:text=from%20any%20input%20%E2%80%93-,starting%20with%20video.,-Koray%20Kavukcuoglu 

• Look at how good it is at making google doodles! https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/SundarKeynote-hero.width-2200.format-webp.webp 
• Way better and clearer and easier to read than these HUMAN ONES - https://doodles.google/doodle/mothers-day-2026-may-10/ 
• https://youtu.be/KUyRq7szZsM?t=36

And they’re baking it directly into shorts - https://www.theverge.com/tech/934704/google-gemini-omni-youtub-shorts-remix-ai  

making good on their commitment to only bake artisanal google branded slop into shorts - https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2026/01/23/youtube-plans-to-fight-against-ai-slop-by-using-ai/ 

And for everyone who wanted an always on agent constantly running AI agent on your computer, consuming power, accessing everything and getting non stop prompt injected we’ve got Gemini Spark - https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/934478/if-google-cant-make-ai-agents-useful-maybe-no-one-can  

• Original Source https://gemini.google/overview/agent/spark/ 

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

https://www.wired.com/story/musk-v-altman-jury-verdict/ 

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/18/musk-loses-ai-trial-openai-altman 

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5822366/musk-altman-openai-jury-verdict-claims-dismissed 

Musk “took too long to sue”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/elon-musk-loses-trial-accusing-sam-altman-openai-of-stealing-a-charity/ 

Dirty laundry

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/what-we-learned-elon-musk-sam-altman 

Listical

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/5-most-unhinged-revelations-elon-190000234.html 

“Morally bankrupt”

https://lmg.gg/QpCyg 

OpenAI won, but the “court attack on OpenAI could leave lasting scars on Altman's reputation”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/musks-failed-court-attack-openai-could-leave-lasting-scars-ceos-reputation-2026-05-19/ 

Vows to appeal

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/musk-altman-openai-trial-verdict.html 

QUICK BITS

PLEXIN ON THEM JOES

https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/ 

https://lmg.gg/bomvn 

https://www.engadget.com/2176760/plexs-lifetime-subscription-cost-is-tripling-to-dollar750/ 

Plex “tries forcing users to another subscription”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/plexs-200-lifetime-pass-price-hike-tries-forcing-users-to-another-subscription/ 

“Burns Through Any Remaining Goodwill”

https://kotaku.com/plex-burns-through-any-remaining-goodwill-by-raising-the-price-of-its-lifetime-subscription-500-2000697583 

“Borderline offensive”

https://www.androidauthority.com/lifetime-plex-pass-price-increase-3668716/ 

INTEL-LIGENT DESIGN

I REALLY hope the Intel Grandma guy from reddit kept his stocks

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1ehjuzj/i_bought_700k_worth_of_intel_stock_today/ 

They’ve got a Macbook Neo competitor coming (to China first)

https://www.techspot.com/news/112452-asus-hp-unveil-intel-wildcat-lake-laptops-starting.html 

https://wccftech.com/intel-drags-partners-into-a-unified-wildcat-lake-blueprint-as-project-firefly-standardizes-laptop-designs-to-tackle-macbook-neo/ 

AND even Apple is asking them to help make chips

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-05/apple-explores-using-intel-and-samsung-to-build-main-device-chips-in-the-us 

Stocks up!

https://lmg.gg/b221x 

FACTOR FRICTION

Microsoft is scrapping SMS 2-factor authentication because it's "a leading source of fraud"

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/05/19/microsoft-is-killing-sms-codes-for-microsoft-account-sign-in-aggressively-pushes-passkeys-on-windows-11/ 

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-is-scrapping-sms-2-factor-authentication-because-its-a-leading-source-of-fraud/ 

https://ca.pcmag.com/security/15733/microsoft-is-ditching-sms-2fa-login-codes-prioritizing-passkeys-instead 

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES

Open AI is threatening legal action against apple

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/openai-apple-partnership-frays-setting-up-possible-legal-fight 

Because they didn’t help ChatGPT get enough users https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/technology/openai-apple-legal-action.html 

Given that open AI is reportedly launching a phone, competing directly with apple - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-said-to-be-making-phone-with-ai-agents-to-replace-apps/ 

And apple is contending with a class action lawsuit around how shitty the ChatGPT fueled apple intelligence was who can blame them - https://mashable.com/article/apple-class-action-settlement-iphone-models 

Altman lied about the number of users loopt had - https://www.reuters.com/article/business/loopt-was-a-lemon-dropping-to-just-500-daily-active-users-prior-to-sale-update-idUS2505978580/ 

COSMIC CAPITALISM

Russia’s plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft takes off

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/russias-plan-to-advertise-on-rockets-and-spacecraft-takes-off/ 

Russian reporting

https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/articles/2026/05/18/1197854-roskosmos-provel-pervie-reklamnie-kampanii-na-raketah 

Duration: 08:04

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:19 Windows Update Improvements

1:12 Impending Strike at Samsung

2:58 AMD FSR Announcement

4:04 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:16 ASUS ROG Branded RAM

5:03 New Study Shows AI Impacts on Education

5:48 Sony Xperia AI Camera Assistant

6:28 Stop Killing Games Updates

7:07 Instagram’s Newest Feature

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

CLOUD BASED CTRL+Z 

Microsoft is developing a feature called Cloud-initiated Driver Recovery that will let them remotely roll back bad drivers to a known-good version with no user or OEM involvement needed.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-launches-cloud-initiated-driver-recovery-for-remote-rollback-of-faulty-updates-no-user-action-or-oem-intervention-will-be-needed-to-handle-broken-drivers-delivered-via-windows-update   

In Microsoft’s tech community blog they outlined the problem CIDR is solving - right now, a bad driver kinda just sits on your system until the hardware partner ships a fix or you uninstall it yourself, leaving devices potentially stuck on broken drivers for weeks. 

https://lmg.gg/whatchangingmicrosoft 

“They’re not sure where they come from, but we’re all trying to find the guy that did this.”

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3137675/windows-11s-april-update-is-now-causing-pc-crashes-and-visual-glitches.html 

In its tech community blog, Microsoft outlined how the CIDR process will work.

https://lmg.gg/howcidrwork 

With rollout set starting September 2026, i’m just praying we don't end up in a situation where the cloud-initiated recovery will need its own cloud-initiated recovery.

https://lmg.gg/Timelinemicrosoftrollout 

CAN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SAM-SING?

Samsung workers are planning on going on strike next thursday and in anticipation DDR4 prices jumped 20% in a single week - https://wccftech.com/samsungs-looming-union-strike-is-already-creating-mayhem-with-ddr4-spot-prices-jumping-20-in-a-single-week-in-the-worlds-biggest-electronics-market/ 

As with literally everything in the world right now it’s a result of the AI boom and the fat stacks of cash that are being generated - https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/samsung-global-ai-boom-spurred-looming-strike-deep-divisions-2026-05-15/ 

Samsung workers are being offered 10% of global profits and a one time payment f 370k which sounds good until you look at SK HYINX where employees are making 470k in bonuses this year going up to 900k in 2027. - https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-05-13/business/industry/SK-hynix-set-a-new-bonus-standard-It-could-jeopardize-competitiveness-across-sectors/2590519 

Samsung’s offer cause Labor Talks Collapse to collapse - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/samsung-fails-to-reach-labor-deal-yonhap-says-as-strike-looms 

And Samsung has started winding down chip production in anticipation of the planned 18-day strike - LOSSES FROM WHICH losses could hit $2 billion DAILY

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-starts-winding-down-chip-producton-six-days-before-planned-18-day-strike 

Samsung pracxtically begged the labour union to keep negotiating but the union said further talks can happen ‘after June 7’ - https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-05-15/business/industry/Samsung-Electronics-labor-union-rejects-proposal-says-further-talks-can-happen-after-June-7/2593265 

FINE WINE

AMD just made a huge announcement confirming that FSR Upscaling 4.1, something previously exclusive to Radeon RX 9000 series GPU’s - is finally coming to older cards.  

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-fsr-upscaling-4-1-officially-coming-to-radeon-rx-7000-gpus-in-july-rx-6000-in-2027 

AMD’s Sr VP Jack Huynh took to twitter confirming that come this July, folks with AMD graphics cards, like the Radeon 7000 Series, are gonna be able to use FSR Upscaling 4.1 in over 300 supported games - right at launch! And RX 6000 folks haven’t been forgotten, they just have to wait until early 2027. 

 https://x.com/jackhuynh/status/2054904153013387273 

The feature will be enabled through a driver update and While older cards will take a bigger performance hit since they use INT8 math instead of the 9000 series’s fancy FP8 accelerator, this is still a fantastic thing since at least now the option to use FSR 4 is on the table. 

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fsr-4-int8.jpg 

But the juiciest bit of all - since the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S use that same RDNA 2 architecture that Radeon 6000 gpu’s use, FSR 4 on consoles is suddenly on the table and conveniently the PS6 might launch around the same time. 

https://lmg.gg/fsr4onps5andxbox 

QUICKBITS

PHANTOM BLADE 

ASUS will be launching its first ROG-branded RAM at ROG Day 2026 in China and Taiwan. The RAM is codenamed "Phantom Blade" and is a DDR5 48-gig Hynix M-die kit running at 6000 MT/s which is a pretty average.

https://wccftech.com/asus-launches-first-rog-ddr5-memory-modules-48-gb-capacity-rog-mode-6000-cl26-8000-cl36/ 

https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ASUS-ROG-DDR5-Memory-Module-_1-scaled.jpg  

Average until you pop it into the latest ASUS ROG motherboards and toggle the ROG Mode that pushes it to a tighter 8k CL36.

https://lmg.gg/quoteaboutmt-sram

While only launching in China and Taiwan on June 1st this is news because last year Asus said they wouldn’t be going into memory manufacturing, so best guesses as to what comes next, but possibly Corsair is gonna have some major competition.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/no-asus-isnt-going-into-memory-manufacturing-taiwanese-tech-giant-issues-statement-smashing-rumor  

AI BRAINROT FR

A new study from the University of California has shown that AI use among students is leading to a rise in grade inflation, and universities don’t really know what to do about it.

https://gizmodo.com/students-are-learning-less-and-getting-higher-grades-because-of-ai-study-finds-2000758844 

The study analyzed 500,000 grades from large research universities over the period from 2018 to 2025. They focused on courses that focused on coding and writing - exactly where students tend to use AI.

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/80x8d3qd 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/ai-driven-cheating-widespread-even-at-elite-schools-like-princeton/ 

CAMERA ASS-ISTANT

Sony’s Xperia 1 has launched with an AI camera assistant that has gone VIRAL but not in the good way like you want - https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/sony-ai-camera-assistant-problem/ 

Evidently the assistant is so shitty that Xperia’s Ads Are Getting absolutely flamed online - https://petapixel.com/2026/05/15/sony-xperia-ai-camera-assistant-ads-are-getting-ripped-apart/ 

With the CEO of the Nothing Phone saying that it’s so bad it has to be engagement farming - https://www.techradar.com/phones/sony-xperia-phones/this-must-be-engagement-farming-nothing-ceo-pokes-fun-at-sony-for-awful-xperia-1-viii-social-post-showing-its-ai-camera-assistant-tool-making-photos-look-worse

In an attempt to “clear things up” Sony tweeted that the camera assistant isn’t MODIFYING photos it’s just suggesting different creative settings and that. You can choose any option or use your own settings.

https://x.com/sonyxperia/status/2055252170056868001   

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

The Stop Killing Games initiative has gotten a big win when California bill AB 1921 passed the legislature and is going to congress. This bill protects digital assets such as games by requiring publishers to either provide an offline solution or issue refunds in the event of server outages - 

https://playfront.de/en/stop-killing-games-kaliforniens-gesetz-gegen-server-abschaltungen-nimmt-wichtige-huerde/ 

Detractors tried saying that people who purchase games are actually just liscencing them. Calling the concept of ownership a “false premise”- https://www.gamesradar.com/games/industry-lobbyists-ridicule-false-premise-that-consumers-own-digital-games-amid-stop-killing-games-fight/ 

They also tried to claim that the requirement to continue to service older games was somehow keeping new games were getting made - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-industry-lobby-group-that-argued-against-preservation-efforts-from-libraries-is-now-pushing-back-on-stop-killing-games-saying-it-could-prevent-new-games-features-and-technology/ 

TAUTOLOGICAL APP DESIGN

Instagram has just released a new feature called “instants” that allows users to share spontaneous unfiltered photos with your friends. AKA instagram. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/how-to-turn-of-instagrams-new-instants-feature-and-retract-photos-you-accidentally-shared/ 

One of the writers that works on the show tried to explain to us that it’s different from instagram because the photos disappear after your friends view them. https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/introducing-instants-for-sharing-in-the-moment 

SO ACTUALLY it’s snapchat. And People are calling it a snapchat clone for thirst traps - https://www.wired.com/story/instagrams-new-instants-app-is-a-snapchat-clone-for-thirst-traps/

Duration: 08:22

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:25 Googlebook Announcement

1:58 Trump Phone

4:03 Meta Employees Protest Mouse Tracking Tech

5:16 QUICK BITS INTRO

5:20 Spotify Outage

5:56 EU Cracks Down on Social Media

6:28 Amazon 30-Minute Delivery

6:54 Apple iOS Update

7:19 Unitree’s New Manned Robot

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

GOOGLE-READ? NO, GOOGLEBOOK!

Google just announced the Googlebook: a Gemini-stuffed AI-first sequel to the Chromebook.

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/12/googlebook-ai-chromebook-announcement  

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/io-2026-save-the-date/ 

Google VP John Maletis says the Googlebook will run native Android apps with no emulation because it’ll be running an OS built on the Android stack

https://lmg.gg/JOhnMaletisquote 

Intel formally confirmed the partnership on X, calling the Googlebook a “premium powerful device designed for intelligence.”

https://x.com/intel/status/2054357365818827215 

Maletis says Google is working closely with major OEMs from Acer to Lenovo to ensure premium quality, and Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek are all onboard meaning both x86 and ARM support out the gate. 

https://lmg.gg/highqualityhighlight 

The headline feature, the "Magic Pointer," summons Gemini whenever you wiggle your cursor. Point at a PDF for a summary, a table to turn it into a chart, a recipe to double the ingredients. 

https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/ 

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

The trump phone is here!....allegedly -https://ca.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/15618/after-delays-scam-accusations-trump-mobile-says-t1-phone-ships-this-week 

People have been freaking out . - https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914 

Terms and condition changed - https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/trump-mobile-gold-trump-phone-deposits-t1-device-fcc/  

Kicked off a series of tweets - https://x.com/ImBreckWorsham/status/2052836302286930431 

According to the verge there’s no proof of the 600k pre-order figure: https://www.theverge.com/tech/863381/trump-mobile-viral-preorder-figures-600000

While the terms and conditions WERE updated on April 6th saying that they don’t guarantee delivery. - https://lmg.gg/vTsDY 

They also state that customers can request a refund of the deposit if the device is never delivered - https://lmg.gg/n3WMi 

The reality though is that it looks like the trump phone is coming

• It seems to have received FCC approval in january https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=EWaxhy4er0AMYOk0tHi6OQ%3D%3D&fcc_id=2BSZG-SGG06SM8661 
• And As reported by the verge it received PTCRB approval in march, which is one of the final approvals a phone needs before it goes to market
• https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/922180/trump-mobile-t1-phone-ptcrb-certification-t-mobile 

Trump Mobile CEO said it’s coming THIS WEEK - https://mashable.com/article/trump-phone-shipping 

Customer care team couldn’t provide any delivery estimate - https://lmg.gg/GpLis 

No specific timeframe language in T&C - https://lmg.gg/abIZP 

Probably it’ll be overpriced and kinda shitty - https://www.macworld.com/article/2947542/trump-mobile-is-selling-renewed-iphones-that-are-really-terrible-deals.html

We should all keep focusing on the phone and not the US stock market, or inflation, or the war in iran

• Stock Market: https://www.reuters.com/commentary/reuters-open-interest/stock-market-concentration-feature-not-bug-2026-05-11/ 
• Inflation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c202pgxx89lo 
• War: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/11/middle-east-crisis-iran-us-israel-donald-trump-rejects-iran-peace-proposal-latest-news-updates 

OF MICE AND META

Meta employees protest mouse-tracking AI training software at US offices - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/meta-us-employees-organize-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-2026-05-12/

This is in response to last months announcements that Meta employees keystrokes would be used to train the AI that would replace them - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglyklz49jo 

Then another announcement that 10 percent of them are getting laid off on May 20th - https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-will-lay-off-8-000-employees-in-may-memo-ce8b97f0 

Which has lead to something of an unprecedented event at meta - https://www.thedailystar.net/news/tech-startup/news/meta-staff-protest-surveillance-layoffs-loom-report-4174666 

This comes amidst a rocky time for meta where their combo capex and reported loss of users has caused their stock to take a hit - https://fortune.com/2026/05/01/meta-mark-zuckerberg-tech-stocks-reality-labs-metaverse/ 

Along with landmark losses in child safety and addictive platform design trials resulting in potentially having to pay billions - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/new-mexico-seeks-changes-meta-platforms-youth-harm-trial-2026-05-04/ 

QUICKBITS

TIME FOR ANALOGUE

Spotify went dark globally On Tuesday

https://www.techradar.com/live/news/spotify-outage-may-2026

With over 15,000+ users reporting outages hours after the company

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6VaMb9twYyyhPLbGevHpQC-674-80.png.webp 

Launched a shiny new mobile experience recapping your entire listening history.

https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/spotifys-new-mobile-experience-is-like-a-supercharged-wrapped-taking-you-through-your-entire-music-history-since-your-first-stream-heres-everything-it-offers

And for a few hours, everyone’s listening history really did stop right there. The worst-hit users reported their music had been cut but the ads kept playing. 

https://lmg.gg/oneuserkeptonlygettingads 

A different user turn to the old way of records

https://lmg.gg/gottalistentheoldwaymeme 

Spotify, the gift that keeps on taking.

https://lmg.gg/stopgiftingpls 

Luckily Its over

https://lmg.gg/spotifysaysallgood 

SCROLL CALL

EU goes after TikTok, Meta, and X over addictive design with Digital Fairness Act expected this summer - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html

EU Chief has announced that they will be passing a new law, called the Digital Fairness act - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/eu-chief-turns-up-heat-on-social-medias-addictive-design/ar-AA230c7P?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1 

Stating that these platforms haven't done enough to protect children on their platforms- https://eutoday.net/eu-new-rules-on-addictive-social-media-design-for-children/

The EU’s plan seems to involve using their own age verification which experts have called a security disaster - https://cybernews.com/security/eu-age-verification-app-security-updates/  

FASTER THAN PIZZA

Amazon announced Tuesday it's rolling out 30-minute deliveries to dozens of US cities, https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/amazon-launches-ultrafast-30-minute-delivery-in-dozens-of-us-cities.html

starting with bits of Seattle and Philadelphia - its most aggressive push yet into quick commerce.

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/philadelphia-seattle-30-min-amazon-delivery 

The company's using smaller dark facilities tucked into neighborhoods near where customers live, 

https://lmg.gg/AMAZONDARKFACILITIES

so they can finally serve the millions of Americans who need their portable space heater and HDMI cable RIGHT NOW.

https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a28fa00/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1320x743!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famazon-blogs-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2F60%2F07ff5d4a42a0a94cfac1f7477d47%2Famazonnow-1920x1080-r-03.png 

UPDATE NOW!

Apple released iOS 26.5 this week alongside a warning to update immediately, 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2026/05/13/ios-265-update-now-warning-issued-to-all-iphone-users/   

since it patches over 60 security flaws and you don’t want to gamble with your security. As usual, Apple's keeping the specifics vague to give users a head start before attackers reverse-engineer the patches.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/127110    

So go update before your phone becomes a free trial of someone else's botnet.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/100100 

IRL KOOL-AID MAN?

Chinese robotics firm Unitree debuted the GD01, a 9-foot, 500kg manned mech all yours for a cool $650 thousand. 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/929487/unitree-gd01-giant-mech-suit-robot 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdQs-KDidQ Video of mecha doing things

Duration: 06:06

Timestamps:

0:17 Google Catches AI Zero-Day Exploit

1:11 Meari Technology’s Vulnerable Baby Monitors

2:22 Apple Price Hikes

3:22 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:24 FCC Extends Software Update Waiver

3:52 Venmo Offers Discreet Payments by Default

4:20 Valve Steam Machine Updates

4:45 Low Latency Profile in Windows 11

5:16 Dua Lipa Sues Samsung

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

PROMPT-LY BYPASSING 2FA

Google’s threat intelligence team caught an AI-developed zero-day exploit out in the wild - https://www.theverge.com/tech/928007/google-ai-zero-day-exploit-stopped 

The first one they’ve confirmed, and possibly the most predictable AI headline of the decade. 

https://lmg.gg/firstimeidentifiedaiexploit 

According to GTIG, the malicious Python script exploits a vulnerability in a popular open-source admin tool to bypass two-factor authentication.  

https://lmg.gg/exploitbypasses2factorauthorization 

The exploit screamed AI, as it was full of overly polite explanatory comments, a neatly organized textbook style, and even a made-up official danger rating the AI invented out of thin air. Basically, the code reads less like something a hacker wrote and more like something a CS major would submit to his professor for extra credit.  

https://lmg.gg/GTIhighlightonAIsupportedexploit

Which tracks as Anthropic just admitted earlier Claude models blackmailed their own engineers 96% of the time, but it’s not Claude’s fault, sci-fi writers just hyped AI as evil and it took notes.

https://x.com/anthropicai/status/2052808791301697563

BABY GOT BACK-DOOR

A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers

https://www.theverge.com/tech/926487/meari-technology-hack-baby-monitor-security-camera 

The hacker, Sammy Azdoufal, reported his findings to merai - receiving 24k euros and just published the vulnerability/report to github after the vulnerability was patched - https://github.com/xn0tsa/nobody-puts-baby-in-a-corner 

Azdoufal is the security researcher who accessed thousands of DJI Rombo robot vacuums back in feb

https://mashable.com/article/dji-romo-robot-vacuums-hacked 

Finding 1.1 million devices in 118 countries exposed to digital voyeurs with no hacking required - https://www.gadgetreview.com/over-a-million-baby-monitors-left-families-exposed-to-digital-voyeurs 

According to Azdoufal anyone could have been accessing these feeds https://petapixel.com/2026/05/11/anyone-could-have-been-watching-your-kids-on-certain-baby-monitors/ 

MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS

Apple confirms "significantly higher memory costs" on Q2 earnings call, says iPhone and Mac price hikes likely as ongoing memory shortage deepens - https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apple-confirms-significantly-higher-memory-costs-and-that-means-iphone-and-mac-price-hikes-are-almost-certainly-on-the-way

This is likely to cause increases in the prices of products starting in June - https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-expects-significantly-higher-memory-costs-to-impact-iphone-macbook-neo/ 

But they might be able to keep the price of the iphone 18 stable through an aggressive priving strategy - https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316466/20260511/apple-may-keep-iphone-18-prices-stable-despite-rising-memory-costs.htm 

Services growth is the focus https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2026/05/09/apple-iphone-18-price-strategy-vs-pixel-10/ 

Tim Cook says they’re looking into a range of options, but with him stepping down in september we means incoming CEO John Turnis- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/apple-ceo-warns-of-memory-crunch-well-look-at-a-range-of-options.html 

That said based on how markets reacted to the memory driven price hike of the switch two, apple is likely to want to avoid that - https://www.barrons.com/articles/apple-stock-memory-chip-nintendo-switch-fcd66f49 

QUICKBITS

PATCH ME IF YOU CAN

FCC has Extended the Software Update Waiver For Foreign-Made Routers, Drones Until 2029

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316469/20260510/fcc-extends-software-update-waiver-foreign-made-routers-drones-until-2029.htm 

Original Source - public notice released by the FCC - https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-454A1.pdf 

The reasoning given was tha blocking patches could create cybersecurity risks - https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/fcc-reverses-course-allows-software-updates-for-foreign-made-drones-and-routers-until-2029-agency-says-blocking-security-patches-could-create-cybersecurity-risks 

NO E-TRANSFER?

Venmo has redesigned its app so payments only broadcast to your friends by default or no one, if you'd prefer. https://www.engadget.com/2169847/venmos-redesigned-app-offers-more-discreet-payments-by-default/ 

They're also adding a "shoutout" button, because Gen Z apparently wants to publicly endorse local businesses they love. 

https://lmg.gg/shoutoutvenmoquote

Venmo's old open feed was so exposed that back in 2021, BuzzFeed once mapped Joe Biden's entire friend network through it. The President of the United States - found via brunch payments.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/we-found-joe-bidens-secret-venmo 

FULL STEAM AHEAD

Dataminers picking through Valve's Steam Tracker have spotted code references to four Steam Machine SKUs -

https://videocardz.com/newz/valve-reservation-code-reportedly-references-four-steam-machine-packages 

strongly hinting the launch will use the same anti-scalper reservation queue Valve just rolled out for the Steam Controller.

https://wccftech.com/steam-machine-queue-system-4-models-scalpers/ 

The find followed last Thursday's Steam update, which also revealed two Steam Frame variants.

https://www.reddit.com/r/steammachine/comments/1t8g9vw/reference_to_the_steam_machine_in_the_reservation/ 

We already know about 512 GB and 2 TB Steam Machine models, so the extras are probably controller bundles.

https://lmg.gg/bundlesmaybesteammachine 

SPRINTING TO A START

Microsoft is testing a Low Latency Profile in Windows 11 that briefly boosts CPU performance to make apps launch faster and the Start menu feel snappier.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/apple-does-this-and-yall-love-it-microsoft-vp-fires-back-at-trolls-over-windows-11s-new-performance-boost-feature-its-not-cheating-this-is-how-modern-systems-make-apps-feel-fast 

When enabled, the boost delivers up to 40% faster launch times for in-box apps like Edge and Outlook, up to 70% faster for the Start menu and context menus, and a snappier feel across most third-party apps too.

https://lmg.gg/tweetwithvideo 

Some users called it a lazy hack, but Microsoft dev Scott Hanselman fired back with "Apple does this and y'all love it” - which is true, though Apple also doesn't have to bribe its own CPU just to get the Start menu to open.

https://www.windowslatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Scott-Hanselman-defends-Microsoft-saying-Apple-also-does-things-similar-to-Low-Latency-Profile-when-a-user-inadvertently-critizises-Microsoft.png 

PAY THE DUA DILIGENCE 

Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million, alleging the company slapped her likeness on its TV boxes without permission or payment.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/singer-dua-lipa-sues-samsung-for-15-million-for-using-her-image-on-tv-boxes/ 

According to the complaint, when she asked them to stop, Samsung was "dismissive and callous" and refused. 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.1019396/gov.uscourts.cacd.1019396.1.0.pdf

Duration: 07:03

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:12 Nintendo Switch 2 Price Increase

1:21 Musk Faces Criminal Probe in France

2:34 Meta’s AI Bone Structure Analysis

4:03 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:13 TCL’s 0.01Hz Display

4:51 ShinyHunters Target Canvas

5:29 OpenAI’s New GPT Model

6:09 Robot Lawnmower Backdoor

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

Wahoo, Inflation!

Nintendo is pulling a Sony and making your wallet cry because starting September 1st, the Switch 2 is getting a global price hike. 

https://gizmodo.com/nintendos-switch-2-is-getting-a-price-hike-and-its-all-ais-fault-2000756161 

Prices in the US and Canada will jump by fifty bucks while Europeans can delight in the strength of their currency - only seeing a 30 euro increase.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508.html 

Nintendo blames the change in market conditions; 

https://lmg.gg/Pricehikesquote 

which is a polite way of saying that the global AI data center boom has been hoovering up every memory chip on Earth and feeding them to chatbots that mostly help people write LinkedIn posts. The real downside to all this AI stuff.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-spot-bot-linkedin-comprehensive-guide-evalcommunity-1pdce/ 

Sony already hiked the PS5 back in March, so Nintendo’s just seemingly following the environment. 

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new-price-changes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-playstation-portal-remote-player/

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo expects sales to dip from 19.8 million to 16.5 million units next year.

https://lmg.gg/nintendosalesdip 

TU ES TRES CRIMINAL

French prosecutors escalate Musk and X probe to criminal investigation over algorithm manipulation, Grok deepfakes, Holocaust denial content - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/05/07/french-prosecutors-open-criminal-investigation-into-elon-musk-and-x_6753227_13.html 

Related to the generation of deepfakes and CSAM - https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/08/elon-musk-faces-criminal-probe-in-france-as-prosecutors-escalate-xs-ai-investigation 

France had summoned Musk and Former CEO Linda Yaccarino to defend themselves april 20th -https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-summoned-to-france-to-face-criminal-charges-589acd6c 

Which they total bailed on - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/20/french-prosecutors-summon-elon-musk-over-alleged-child-abuse-images-on-x 

Part of a widening rift between EU and american tech - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/europe/elon-musk-ignores-french-summons.html 

Joke at the end - https://lmg.gg/dvONK 

FEE FI FO FUM - GIMME YOUR BONES FOR AGE RECOGNITION

NO BONES ABOUT IT

Meta is using AI bone structure analysis to detect and remove underaged users, scanning photos for height and physical cues - https://www.theverge.com/tech/923564/facebook-instagram-teen-accounts-ai-bone-analysis 

Original Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/05/ai-age-assurance-teens/ 

According to Meta it works better than facial recognition - https://cybernews.com/tech/meta-ai-analyze-bone-structure-age-verification/  

According to meta the purpose is to to detect and remove underaged users - https://www.engadget.com/2164981/meta-is-using-ai-bone-structure-analysis-to-detect-and-remove-underaged-users/

So the hope is now that a kid with a fake moustache won’t be able to trick their age detection tools - https://www.wired.com/story/a-kid-with-a-fake-mustache-tricked-an-online-age-verification-tool/ 

QUICKBITS

REFRESHINGLY UNREFRESHED

TCL CSOT is taking "procrastination" to the screen level with a panel that refreshes at just 0.01Hz - that’s one frame every 100 seconds.

https://ca.pcmag.com/laptops/15482/tcls-001hz-screen-aims-to-squeeze-more-battery-life-out-of-your-laptop 

While 1Hz was the old power-saving standard, this display uses 12 independent zones to swap between 120Hz and "basically a static image” to save battery life.

https://sm.pcmag.com/pcmag_ca/photo/t/the-laptop/the-laptop_h1nt.jpg https://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2026/05/TCL-CSOT-0.01HZ-LAPTOP-DISPLAY-1200x624.jpg 

Dell’s XPS uses LG Display Oxide panels with a 1Hz mode so TCL CSOT’s bet is that they can push efficiency gains even further.

https://lmg.gg/videocardzquote 

TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL

ShinyHunters defaces Canvas login pages at thousands of schools during finals https://cybernews.com/security/anvas-lms-breach-universities-data-leak/ 

SH claims 275M user breach - https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/millions-of-students-personal-data-stolen-in-major-education-cyberattack

May 12 ransom deadline - 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/us/canvas-hack-strands-college-students-finals-week

PROMPT AND CIRCUMSTANCE

OpenAI launched GPT-5.5-Cyber, a version of GPT-5.5 with fewer guardrails, available only to vetted defenders in its Trusted Access for Cyber program.

 https://www.axios.com/2026/05/07/openai-gpt-55-cybersecurity-model

 The model handles bug hunting, malware reverse engineering, and penetration testing. 

https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-5-with-trusted-access-for-cyber/ 

It comes a month after Sam Altman criticized Anthropic for gating its rival cyber model, Mythos, calling it "fear-based marketing." 

https://lmg.gg/fearbasedmarketing

MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (GOLF COURSE EDITION)

A Verge reporter was run over by a Yarbo mower for science, after researcher Andreas Makris hijacked it. These $5,000 dollar bots ship with hardcoded root passwords, allowing hackers to override safety stops and steal Wi-Fi credentials. 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/925696/yarbo-robot-lawn-mower-hack-remote-control-camera-access-mqtt

Despite Makris reporting the flaw to Yarbo, they initially called these backdoors a deliberate design decision, however they have now publicly said they are taking action.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/926989/yarbo-robot-lawn-mower-hack-company-update-security-promise 

I guess they never thought a box filled with spinning blades needed root password protection

https://lmg.gg/actionstaken-willtakeyarbo 

Duration: 07:09

Timestamps:

0:00 Valve Imports “Game Consoles”

1:23 German Domain Outage

2:32 Google Chrome Downloads AI Model Files

3:33 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:43 Notepad++ Creator Threatens Legal Action

4:23 Reddit Pushing Users to App

4:54 Agreements Signed For AI National Security Testing

5:33 Microsoft Edge Security Vulnerability

6:04 Button Batteries Get a Safety Upgrade

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

Valve has imported approximately 50 tons of "Game Consoles" into the U.S. from China according to customs records dug up by The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/news/923461/valve-steam-machine-frame-deck-import-records-may-2026?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4  

following around 90 tons of previous orders since February.

https://lmg.gg/quotepcmagvalve  

But then again it's possible all of these containers have Steam Deck handheld inside and the weight disparity is something else entirely, regardless of Valve's hardware moving again, especially after Steam Controller launched and was instantly sold out, with eBay scalpers asking three-hundred-plus. The good news is that Valve says more stock is coming,

https://www.techpowerup.com/348791/valve-confirms-steam-controller-restock-is-happening-soon#:~:text=Valve-,Steam,soon  

 and in the meantime has released the controller's CAD files under a Creative Commons license. So if you can't wait, you can 3D-print the shell and just hallucinate the rest ___.

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license   

THE SITES ARE GOING DOWN ALL OVER GERMANY

Who and What - Germany’ dot de domains disappeared off the internet .de domains experienced hours-long outage on tuesday night https://cybernews.com/security/dnssec-failure-causes-german-internet-blackout/ 

Why - IT WAS A DNS OUTAGE caused by Denic - the organization for managing Germany’s .de domains after registry distributed faulty signatures because of a DNS outage

https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/05/06/denic-sorry-for-dnssec-error-that-crashed-germanys-internet/5230683 

The issue is now resolved but denic explained in a blog post published today that it was due to the distribution of faulty signatures https://blog.denic.de/technische-storung-bei-de-domains-behoben/ 

The signatures are meant to ensure security for the DNS but can function as a single point of failure if they’re incorrecthttps://goosed.ie/news/what-caused-the-de-internet-outage/ 

Which explains why I couldn’t get to my favorite website hotdog.de - https://www.hotdog.de/ 

GET YER MODEL OFFA MY HARD DRIVE

Google Chrome has been silently downloading a 4gb AI model to user devices without permission https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features 

Initial report came from privacy expert Alexander Hanff - https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ 

Evidently it’s a 4gb AI model with the majority of the space being a weights.bit file that includes gemini Nano on device weights - https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/check-your-storage-chrome-may-be-downloading-a-4gb-ai-model-heres-what-we-know 

Researchers looking into it says that it’s possibly a violation of EU law and waste a ton of energy https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/google-chrome-silently-downloads-4gb-ai-model-to-your-device-without-permission-report-claims-researcher-says-practice-may-violate-eu-law-waste-thousands-of-kilowatts-of-energy 

Any attempts to delete the files to free up space causes Chrome may re-download it again in the future. 

And if you want to remove it you’ll need to head to Settings>System and toggle off the On-Device AI option - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3132803/chrome-silently-downloads-a-4gb-ai-model-heres-how-to-remove-it.html 

QUICK BITS

OPAN “SOURCE” STYLE

Notepad++ creator Don Ho is threatening legal action over an unofficial macOS port - but the port itself isn't the problem.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/notepad-plus-plus-creator-threatens-legal-action-over-macos-port

Ho responded on the notepad++ blog stating “This site has absolutely nothing to do with Notepad++. It’s not authorized, not endorsed, and not affiliated with the project in any way.”

https://lmg.gg/donhoblogquote 

The site uses the Notepad++ name and branding wholesale and even lists Ho himself as a contributor, which he very much is not.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/assets/images/nppTradeMarkInfringement1.png 

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/assets/images/fakeSiteContributors.png 

Ho is asking users to reply to social posts hyping the port with a copy-pasted disclaimer, effectively crowdsourcing his cease-and-desist. 

https://lmg.gg/Userspleasereply   

NOOO DONT USE THE WEBSITE

Reddit is making an intentional effort to move mobile website users onto the dedicated app instead. 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/why-reddit-blocked-my-daily-visit-to-its-mobile-website/ 

Several users have noticed that when they go onto reddits website on a mobile device they’re met with a new overlay pop up, saying, “Get the app to keep using Reddit” with no way to skip or close it, functionally forcing those users to download the reddit app.  

https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/reddit.png 

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260430-212531.png 

A reddit spokesperson told Ars Technica that they “ recently started running a test for a small subset of frequently logged-out mobile users that prompts them to download the app after visiting the site. “

https://lmg.gg/redditspokesperonarstechnica 

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

Microsoft, Google DeepMind and xAI have signed a deal with the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation to have their AI models reviewed AI models prior to public release - https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/05/caisi-signs-agreements-regarding-frontier-ai-national-security-testing 

This is a reversal of the administration’s non interventionist approach to regulating the frontier companies- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html 

This is likely in response to the kerfuffle around anthropic’s decision to hold claude mythos back grom the public citing concerns to cyber security. Potentially it’s a move towards regulating AI a lot more like bio weapons - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/commerce-department-ai-agreements-google-microsoft-xai 

EDGE CASE

Microsoft says Edge's habit of storing logged-in passwords in plaintext in memory is a feature, not a bug,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2026/05/06/microsoft-says-edge-password-security-vulnerability-is-by-design-is-it-time-to-switch-to-chrome/ 

after Norwegian cybersecurity researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning reported the issue to Microsoft .

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7457070682305130496/ 

It's also the only Chromium-based browser that does it apparently.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/only-chromium-based-browser-ive-tested-that-behaves-this-way-microsoft-edge-has-a-huge-password-vulnerability-researcher-claims  

Microsoft's reasoning is that reading browser memory requires the device to already be compromised

https://lmg.gg/itsalreadytoolate 

ADOLESCENT HUNGER FOR BATTERIES

Energizer's new ULTIMATE CHILD SHIELD button batteries are designed to prevent chemical burns that happen when toddlers accidentally swallow them.

https://gizmodo.com/energizers-new-coin-batteries-prevent-fatal-burning-if-kids-swallow-them-2000755192   

A meaningful move given around 3,500 people a year ingest button batteries in the US, with lithium ones especially capable of burning through esophageal tissue.

https://lmg.gg/batteryummyquote  

The battery has a special coating that blocks current on contact with saliva but conducts normally inside electronics

https://energizerultimatechildshield.com/ca/  

Duration: 07:29

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:12 GameStop Submits Offer to Buy eBay

1:30 FCC Certification Proposal

2:49 Toyota’s AI City

4:10 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:22 Windows 11 Update Breaks Third Party Apps

4:56 Maryland to Ban Surveillance Pricing

5:33 Chinese Court Rules on AI Replacing Workers

6:02 BlackBerry Isn’t as Dead as You Think

6:35 Sound Wave Tech Used for Fire Suppression

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS 

NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING

Gamestop has submitted an offer to by ebay for 56 Billion dollars - https://www.engadget.com/2163171/gamestop-is-reportedly-preparing-an-offer-to-buy-ebay/ 

Original Source - GameStop Proposes to Acquire eBay at $125.00 Per Share

https://investor.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-details/2026/GameStop-Proposes-to-Acquire-eBay-at-125-00-Per-Share/ 

This is over four times the market value of Gamestop itself - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gamestop-reportedly-wants-to-buy-ebay-a-marketplace-with-four-times-its-market-value/ 

On it’s surface it’s Part of an aggressive pivot into e commerce - https://www.techspot.com/news/112276-gamestop-wants-buy-ebay-aggressive-pivot-e-commerce.html 

But in reality it’s probably CEO Ryan Cohen trying to maneouver his way into a massive payday based on a 35 billion dollar bonus being on the table if he hits a 100 billion dollar valuation (10x current value) - https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/gamestop-preparing-offer-for-ebay-1678e6de 

GO FCC YOURSELF

The FCC unanimously votes to advance a proposal to ban all chinese testing labs in the interest of national security - https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fcc-bans-chinese-testing-labs-151438725.html 

Part of a wider crackdown that’s been ongoing with a previous focus on routers and drones - https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-telecom-agency-votes-expand-tech-crackdown-china-2026-04-30/ 

This has a pretty massive impact on consumers as 75 percent of US-bound devices are tested in china - 

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-votes-to-ban-all-chinese-labs-from-certifying-electronics-sold-in-the-us

There will be a 30 - 60 day period where public comments will be allowed then it will be made law - 

https://www.gsmarena.com/fcc_to_ban_smartphone_testing_in_chinese_labs_manufacturers_might_face_regulatory_hurdles-news-72659.php 

Buy hey, who knows, maybe one “random” company will get a miraculous last minute exemption with zero explanation - https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/fccs-foreign-made-router-ban-one-popular-brand-just-got-the-first-exemption/ 

CAMRY-RAS EVERYWHERE

Toyota built a city that is powered by an ai super god that can manage and monitor everything with a bunch of security cameras.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/inside-toyotas-10b-private-utopia-big-ideas-few-people-cameras-everywhere/ 

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a71119817/toyota-futuristic-woven-city/ 

https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/44256155.html 

Images of the city: 

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtyard-768x512.jpg

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-Toyota-Woven-City-Visit-031-768x512.jpg

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-Toyota-Woven-City-Visit-058-640x427.jpg 

“Akio Toyota AI” is trained on Akio Toyota’s speeches and writings so it can be JUST LIKE HIM

https://lmg.gg/cv65L 

QUICKBITS

BACKUP? IN THIS ECONOMY?

April’s Windows 11 update has been a mess: 

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-KB5083769-April-2026-update-triggers-death-loops-and-BSODs.1282151.0.html 

Well now Windows 11’s April update is now breaking third-party backup apps

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3129723/windows-11s-april-update-is-now-breaking-third-party-backup-apps.html 

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-windows-11-kb5083769-kb5083631-block-backup-apps-like-macrium-heres-why/ 

https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-responds-windows-11-april-update-breaking-backups

Microsoft statement: https://lmg.gg/9kIbL 

TIME TO P-AI THE PRICE

Maryland to ban AI-driven price increases in grocery stores - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html

There are a lot of loopholes though that remove teeth from the bill https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/maryland-grocery-stores-ban-surveillance-pricing 

Including the internet’s older brother Cory Doctrow who says the law is “all loophole” https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2026-04-30-something-must-be-done-there-ive-done-something-9d64ad603bd2 

YUAN MORE CHANCE

Important policy story imo - Chinese court rules companies can't fire workers just because AI is cheaper - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-court-rules-companies-cant-fire-workers-just-because-ai-is-cheaper-ruling-says-automation-alone-doesnt-justify-layoffs

https://fortune.com/2026/05/03/chinese-court-layoffs-workers-ai-replacement-labor-market/ 

https://cybernews.com/ai-news/china-ai-employees/

Weixin link (Case 5): https://mp.weixin.qq.com/mp/wappoc_appmsgcaptcha?poc_token=HFPn-GmjaVHDmfl6-0hXQ0vePcLYlm6iQn9L0yzy&target_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmp.weixin.qq.com%2Fs%2F2Mmmy4j5O8kXQlnNpqzPmg 

PIVOT OF THE DECADE

BlackBerry shares rise as WSJ report highlights QNX automotive software business momentum 

https://ts2.tech/en/blackberry-stock-jumps-as-qnx-software-puts-its-old-phone-name-back-on-wall-streets-radar/

Original source:

https://www.wsj.com/tech/blackberry-qnx-software-cars-bf2a2280

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4584598-blackberry-surges-after-qnx-unit-chief-highlights-software

https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1091667/blackberry-shares-rise-as-wsj-report-highlights-qnx-automotive-software-business-momentum-1091667.html 

EXTINGUISHED BY VIBES 

There is now a commercial version of infrasound wave based fire suppression systems being shown off

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/startup-says-sound-waves-can-replace-fire-sprinklers-experts-arent-so-sure/

https://www.technology.org/2026/05/04/acoustic-fire-suppression-goes-commercial-can-it-really-replace-sprinklers/

https://www.techspot.com/news/112278-startup-can-replace-home-sprinklers-sound-waves-fire.html

Companies website: https://www.sonicfiretech.com/ 

Video at 0:19

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0155.mp4?_=1 

Photo of a guy blasting fire: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68a7782ec8b66da961046de0/6903f1bb77e5e5118a3c633b_SonicFireTech-BackpackUnit.jpg 

Duration: 06:36

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:13 Xbox Mode for Windows 11

1:10 Meta Threatens Access in New Mexico

2:17 AI Chatbot Age Restrictions

3:18 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:30 Lisuan Tech earns Microsoft WHQL Certification

4:06 DDoS Attack on Canonical’s Web Infrastructure

4:34 China’s Truck Mounted Nuclear Reactor

5:08 Charles Lieber Rebuilds Lab in China

5:52 EV Headlight Movie Projectors

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

IT’S DEFINITELY NOT AN XBOX… RIGHT?

Xbox Mode Begins Rolling Out to Players on Windows 11 PCs Today

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/30/xbox-mode-pc-windows-11/ 

https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-mode-arrives-on-windows-11-pcs-for-console-style-gaming

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox/finally-windows-11-desktop-pc-users-can-enjoy-xbox-mode-and-microsoft-has-a-new-gift-for-ally-x-users 

Its weird timing considering they spent all last year claiming everything was an xbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBSNQLsBKk

Just for the new CEO to walk that back

https://www.techpowerup.com/347820/asha-sharma-killed-this-is-an-xbox-campaign-because-it-didnt-feel-like-xbox 

And then released a mode for windows thats literally called xbox

https://cdn.technobezz.com/c/Technobezz_2026_05_01_T114824_457_559096f2b8.jpg 

It has these features (editor draw the eye to the list)

https://lmg.gg/aG4gj 

Image of how to get to it

https://support.microsoft.com/images/en-us/338f545f-82f3-4845-803b-3f02f445acee?format=avif&w=800

WELL, I GUESS I’LL GO ZUCK MYSELF THEN

Meta is threatening to shut down its social media services in New Mexico in retaliation to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to the company’s platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children. - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/30/meta-new-mexico-social-media-shutdown 

This is in response to a ruling after a class action lawsuit won by the state of new mexico against meta after proving that the platform exposed children to predators - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql75dn07n2o 

Meta executives Zuck and Mosseri, quoted during the trial as calling harm to children an inevitability says that their concern is that not harming kids is a technologically impractical demand - https://www.theverge.com/policy/921557/meta-threatens-leaving-new-mexico 

If the judge agrees to the state’s demands - https://www.engadget.com/2161607/meta-says-it-may-withdraw-its-apps-from-new-mexico-if-judge-agrees-to-the-states-demands/ 

Attorney general slams them calling it a PR stunt - https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5858317-meta-threatens-social-media-shutdown/ 

In further evidence that the Zuckerborg lacks human empathy or feelings he justified recent meta layoffs on AI spending, won't rule out more job cuts

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-ceo-attributes-layoffs-plan-capex-wont-rule-out-further-job-cuts-2026-04-30/

CAN AI SEE YOUR ID?

Senate Judiciary approves AI chatbot restrictions to protect children - https://www.engadget.com/2161370/senate-judiciary-committee-unanimously-approves-ai-chatbot-age-verification/

The bill would keep minors from interacting with AI companions - https://therecord.media/senate-judiciary-advances-bill-barring-children-ai-chatbots 

The hits just keep coming for zuck as the senate backed bill targets Meta and open AI - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/openai-meta-targeted-in-ai-child-safety-bill-senate-panel-backs 

The bill got unanimous bipartisan approval with a vote of 22 to 0 - https://www.eweek.com/news/senate-ai-chatbot-child-safety-bill/ 

This comes amidst a growing wave of momentum to protect children from AI chatbots - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/momentum-builds-congress-ban-ai-chatbots-kids-rcna342584 

Not a moment too soon as new studies show Teen boys are choosing AI girlfriends over real ones for “maximum control” - https://fortune.com/2026/04/17/teen-boys-dating-ai-chatbot-girlfriend-experts-warn-kill-social-skills-gen-alpha-network-promotions/  

QUICKBITS

THE FAST AND THE WHQLIOUS 

Chinese GPU maker Lisuan Tech becomes only the fourth GPU maker ever to earn Microsoft WHQL certification — LX 7G100 GPU joins Nvidia, AMD, and Intel as it crosses the WHQL driver finish line, first Chinese firm to earn certification

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/in-historic-first-chinese-gpu-maker-lisuan-tech-becomes-only-the-fourth-gpu-maker-to-earn-microsoft-whql-certification-lx-7g100-gpu-joins-nvidia-amd-and-intel-as-it-crosses-the-whql-driver-finish-line-first-chinese-firm-to-earn-certification

https://wccftech.com/lisuan-launches-7g100-china-gaming-graphics-card-on-20th-may-6nm-whql-certification/

https://videocardz.com/newz/lisuan-7g100-gains-whql-certification-ahead-of-may-20-launch-production-now-at-full-steam

Video of their factory at 0:49

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1dV9SBNESU/ 

SUDO PAY US 

Canonical and Ubuntu under sustained DDoS by Iran-aligned 313 Team with extortion demand - https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/iran-hackers-target-canonical-ubuntu-software-with-ddos-attack/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/01/ubuntu-services-hit-by-outages-after-ddos-attack/

Canonical status page

https://status.canonical.com/

NUCLEAR FAMILY TRUCKSTER

China testing world's first 10MW truck-mounted nuclear power bank for AI data centers - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3351721/china-testing-truck-mounted-nuclear-reactor-could-power-ai-data-centre

https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-power-bank-for-the-ai-era-china-begins-testing-miniature-truck-mounted-10mw-nuclear-reactor-designed-to-sustain-massive-data-centers-for-decades-without-refueling-while-promising-to-make-traditional-dirty-coal-and-diesel-generators-entirely-obsolete

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-10-mw-truck-mounted-nuclear-power-bank 

Image: https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/04/28/3b3ffd76-4f25-45fe-a24f-acef6279437a_620f93c0.jpg?itok=6Gu87Qtx&v=1777370471 

WE CAN REBUILD HIM, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

Charles Lieber- among the world’s leading researchers in brain-computer interfaces and convicted ex-Harvard scientist, is rebuilding brain-computer interface lab in Shenzhen -

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/convicted-former-harvard-scientist-rebuilds-brain-computer-lab-china-2026-04-30/ 

Liebers research was focused on restoring movement in paralyzed people - but in 2021 he was charged for lying to the government about his relationship with the chinese government- ​​https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/harvard-professor-lied-about-china-ties-us-jury-told-trial-nears-end-2021-12-21/ 

He escaped the US and Now he has a sick lab in china and is making supersoldiers for them - https://lmg.gg/1kdth 

KIDS, MEET BUMPER

Huawei's XPixel headlights project full-color movies onto walls - https://insideevs.com/news/794295/chinese-ev-headlight-movie-projectors/

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/huawei-unveils-car-that-can-project-movies-with-its-headlights/ 

Video clip at 45:52

https://youtu.be/FFy9H6l2160?t=2752 

Movie watching image: https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/MkgqBw/s3/huawei---xpixel-hero.webp 

Hopscotch image: https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/343b94f0185d0f9dd6ad7e7728703f957507de26/hub/2026/04/30/b15742bf-a8f0-49b7-8a37-0bb2b3668386/huawei-xpixel-lights.jpg

Duration: 06:50

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:11 Campaign Against Google’s Sideloading Restrictions

1:27 YouTube AI Search Feature

2:26 US Blocking Exports to China

3:43 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:52 Google Pixel 11 Tensor G6 Chip Leak

4:25 Supreme Court Weighs in on Geofence Warrants

4:52 Google Translate Updates

5:29 New Websites Increasingly AI Generated

6:02 OpenAI’s Oddly Specific Policy

NEWS SOURCES:

Mains

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE SIDELOADED

Android developers revolt against Google’s 2026 sideloading registration mandate - https://startupfortune.com/android-developers-revolt-against-googles-2026-sideloading-registration-mandate/ 

Campaign launched against Google's upcoming sideloading restrictions, seems like F-Droid is involved?

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/ 

They’re revolting against the developer verification announced last year - https://developer.android.com/developer-verification  

And the new advanced flow process announced in march - https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html?m=1 

Which introduced a 24 hour waiting period to install sideloaded apps - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/ 

Alternative app stores like F-droid see this entire process as an existential threat - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/ 

Where cyber security conscious organizations and individuals see this as a way to protect users - https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/03/advanced-flow-will-make-android-sideloading-safer 

Did You-Ask-Tube?

YouTube is doubling down on AI with "Ask YouTube," a conversational search feature currently in testing - because scrolling through search results takes a lot of work, and my fingies hurt. 

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/youtube-is-testing-an-ai-powered-search-feature-that-shows-guided-answers/ 

This feature delivers a step-by-step mix of text, videos, and Shorts directly addressing your YouTube search. 

https://images.macrumors.com/t/CjgXNqROvCnRMmPzpxA9O5lj1-U=/1600x0/article-new/2026/04/youtube-search-interface.jpg 

The demo showcases how you can ask youtube for help planning a 3-day road trip from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. It returns a structured itinerary with local tips and must-see stops, and you can even ask follow-up questions like "where can I find good coffee."

Gif of the YT’s example:

https://storage.googleapis.com/support-forums-api/attachment/message-428804744-4238528618900524772.gif 

Currently this is only available to U.S. based YouTube Premium subscribers who are 18+ , but they’re working on expanding it to non-Premium users in the future. 

https://lmg.gg/ytquote 

The Verge asked it to explain what a Steam Controller is and got a mostly-correct overview… that also confidently claimed the controller had no joysticks - which it definitely does. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MoYvER325gAX6UIW86WUmeV9p0mTLt2b/view?usp=sharing 

NOT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA

US Commerce Department blocks chip equipment shipments to China's number-two chipmaker Hua Hong - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-orders-chip-equipment-companies-halt-some-shipments-hua-hong-chinas-second-2026-04-28/ 

The story so far:

• US Blocked the sale of Nvidia chips to china back in November - https://www.theinformation.com/articles/u-s-block-nvidias-sale-scaled-back-ai-chips-china 
• Then in January it approved the sale WITH CONDITIONS - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-eases-regulations-nvidia-h200-chip-exports-china-2026-01-13/ 
• Then china said they didn’t want them, instructing customs to block chip imports - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-customs-agents-told-nvidias-h200-chips-are-not-permitted-sources-say-2026-01-14/ 
• Then the US announced a 25 percent tariff on those chips that china didn’t want - https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/the-us-imposes-25-tariff-on-nvidias-h200-ai-chips-headed-to-china/ 
• THEN china approved the imports -https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/china-gives-green-light-importing-first-batch-nvidias-h200-ai-chips-sources-say.html 
• THEN the US said it would limit the number of chips being sent to china - https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/in-yet-another-twist-in-the-us-china-chip-export-fiasco-it-seems-like-america-may-limit-the-number-of-h200-ai-chips-being-sent-to-china/ 
• Then china capped the number of chips it would allow and limited it to specific companies - https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/china-reportedly-approves-imports-of-nvidias-h200-gpu-but-the-us-government-may-cap-exports-to-individual-chinese-companies/ 
• Then they chilled out on that - http://theregister.com/2026/03/17/nvidia_h200_china_sales_resume/ 
• Then the US commerce secretary and oiliest man in the world Harold Lutnik said that china was blocking the imports - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-commerce-secretary-says-nvidia-still-hasnt-sold-any-h200-ai-gpus-to-china-chinese-government-is-blocking-imports-in-an-attempt-to-push-domestic-semiconductor-industry 

WHICH brings us to NOW. The US commerce secretary announced that chip equipment companies to halt shipments to Hua Hong, because... - ​​https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/us-orders-chip-equipment-companies-to-halt-some-shipments-to-hua-hong-chinas-second-largest-chipmaker/articleshow/130586017.cms?from=mdr 

Also because jensen is sad about Nvidia’s market share dropping 60% - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-market-share-in-china-falls-to-less-than-60-percent-chinese-chip-makers-deliver-1-65-million-ai-gpus-as-the-government-pushes-data-centers-to-use-domestic-chips 

Meanwhile China continues to make strides announcing a CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 domestic processors and zero foreign components - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-plans-cpu-only-exascale-supercomputer-with-47000-domestic-processors

Quickbits

CHAD CPU, BETA GPU

Google's upcoming Tensor G6 chip for the Pixel 11 leaked, and it seems like a familiar story: shiny new cpu, embarrassing old GPU. https://9to5google.com/2026/04/28/google-pixel-11-tensor-g6-cpu-gpu-leak/ 

The Mystic Leaks telegram channel revealed a blacked out image with interesting specs pointing to ARM's latest C1 CPU cores paired with a PowerVR graphics chip that dates back to 2021 

https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/04/image_5226a5.png 

The aging GPU likely reflects Tensor's thermal limits and Google's willingness to sacrifice gaming benchmarks for AI efficiency.

https://lmg.gg/quotepixeltensor 

Translation: the Pixel 11 should fly through Gemini prompts and absolutely limp through Genshin Impact.

SWINGING FOR THE GEO-FENCES

Supreme court is weighing if geofence warrants are unconstitutional https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-google-geofencing-warrants-case/ 

A bank robber was caught because of one of these warrants and is claiming they violated his 4th amendment rights to rob a bank - https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-geofence-warrants-unreasonable-searches-constitution-a61c200a806cba89ded43685279eccae 

Geofencing Works by drawing a fence around a specific area has the supreme court split - https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/scotus-chatrie-geofence-search-warrant-ruling-arguments/ 

LOST IN PRONOUNCIATION

Google Translate is celebrating its 20th birthday by rolling out AI pronunciation practice on Android - in the US and India in English, Spanish, and Hindi.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/google-translate-now-lets-you-practice-pronunciation/ 

Talk into your phone and the AI gives you instant feedback on which sounds you butchered and how to fix them, something similar to how DuoLingo lets you practice speaking sentences.

https://lmg.gg/tweetdemovidgoogletranslate 

DEAD MEN TYPING

A new paper from Imperial College London, Stanford, and the Internet Archive found that 35% of new websites since ChatGPT's launch are AI-generated or AI-assisted, with 17.6% being fully AI-written. 

https://gizmodo.com/dead-internet-theory-is-17-of-the-way-to-becoming-reality-study-finds-2000751718 

Surprisingly, the AI flood didn't make the web more factually wrong-

https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/#:~:text=%22As%20AI%20content%20becomes%20more%20common%20on%20the%20internet%2C%20I%20am%20encountering%20factually%20incorrect%20information%20and%20hallucinations%20more%20frequently%2E%22 

https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/#:~:text=As%20AI%20text%20becomes%20more%20common%20on%20the%20internet%2C%20the%20range%20of%20unique%20ideas%20and%20diverse%20viewpoints%20shrinks%2E%22

https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/#:~:text=AI%2Dgenerated%20websites%20had%20107%25%20higher%20positive%20sentiment%20scores%20than%20non%2DAI%20websites%20%280%2E7042%20vs%2E%200%2E3400%29%2E 

OpenGoblin

And OpenAI's open-sourced Codex system prompt revealed an oddly specific rule about certain creatures and animals:

https://gizmodo.com/never-talk-about-goblins-openais-instructions-to-codex-have-a-weirdly-emphatic-no-creatures-policy-2000751984

 "Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, ogres “ and other animals/creatures unless absolutely relevant.

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/28/openai-codex/

A Google employee posted a search through chat logs from his GPT-5.5-powered Openclaw agents, showing one repeatedly using the word Goblin multiple times in a single day.

https://lmg.gg/tweetgoblinfxation 

The same prompt also tells Codex it has "a vivid inner life" 

https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/models-manager/models.json#L55 

that is apparently haunted by goblins.  

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXTuo0FYlGOlB-kY8zUgfcKS7qdkf__jlSZQ&s 

Duration: 05:51

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:11 Microsoft’s Plan to Fix Windows

1:15 OpenAI Phone

2:08 Intel Reportedly Cancels Discrete Gaming GPUs

3:03 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:11 Microsoft Allows More Control Over Updates

3:37 Commodore Backs Down Over Firmware Lockdown

4:04 Meta’s New Energy Strategy for Data Centers

4:33 Iran War Disrupts PCB Supply Chain

5:06 Toyota’s New Gaming Chair

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

CRACK A WINDOW, SOMETHING STINKS IN HERE

Windows has finally admitted that windows 11 sucks and is announcing a plan to fix it - https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-finally-agrees-windows-11-has-problems-and-k2-is-its-plan-to-fix-them-claims-report/ 

Windows K2: Microsoft's major plan to save Windows 11 and win back user trust

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-is-windows-k2-everything-you-need-to-know-saving-windows-11

A leaked plan shows intentions to focus on performance improvements for windows - https://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-secret-k2-plan-leaks-could-bring-big-windows-11-performance-upgrade/

Using Valve’s SteamOS as a benchmark - https://thewincentral.com/microsoft-k2-windows-11-performance-overhaul-steamos-benchmark/ 

Windows 11 adds screen tints to reduce migraines, SURE IT WAS THE BLUE LIGHT CAUSING MIGRAINS NOT EVERY SINGLE PATCH TUESDAY COMING WITH A HUNDRED BUGS THAT BRICKED YOUR MACHINE - https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11s-new-screen-tints-will-reduce-migraines-visual-stress-and-eye-strain-from-long-term-use/

…AND WE ARE CALLING IT Ai PHONE

OpenAI AND Qualcom are reportedly working together to make a phone - https://www.businessinsider.com/qualcomm-stock-price-openai-smartphone-chips-qcom-ming-chi-kuo-2026-4 

Report comes from reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/2048587389791269182 

Hoping to compete with the iPhone - https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/27/openai-is-making-its-own-phone-to-compete-with-the-iphone-report/ 

THE ORB - https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-orb-eye-scanning-startup-billion-user-goal-viability-2025-11 

Differentiator is that AI agents will be replacing apps which literally everyone in the world knows is a bad idea

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/openai-could-be-making-a-phone-with-ai-agents-replacing-apps/ 

In a further departure from reality the expectation is that it will debut in 2028 - https://www.firstpost.com/tech/openais-first-ai-smartphone-may-debut-by-2028-heres-what-to-expect-inside-14004838.html 

In further evidence that the stock market is not just irrational but fully psychotic Qualcomm shares jumped 13% in premarket trading on Monday after an analyst said OpenAI was working with the chip designer and Taiwan's MediaTek ​to develop smartphone processors.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/qualcomm-shares-jump-9-premarket-on-report-of-openai-smartphone-chip-partnership-4637975 

DEAD ON ARRIV-ARC

Intel has reportedly cancelled discrete gaming GPUs for the upcoming Xe3P Arc "Celestial" family - gaming GPU remains uncertain even for the next-gen Xe4 "Druid" lineup that lands in 2027

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-has-reportedly-killed-discrete-gaming-gpus-for-the-upcoming-xe3p-arc-celestial-family-gaming-gpu-remains-uncertain-even-for-the-next-gen-xe4-druid-lineup-that-lands-in-2027 

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reportedly-has-no-xe3p-celestial-arc-gaming-gpus-planned-xe4-druid-up-in-the-air 

https://www.techpowerup.com/348545/no-new-intel-arc-gaming-gpus-xe3-skipped-xe4-druid-uncertain 

Twitter post: https://x.com/jaykihn0/status/2047767543247450622 

https://x.com/jaykihn0/status/2047767545097142345 

Crescent Island: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/intel-debuts-xe3p-crescent-island-graphics-card-with-160gb-ram-for-ai-inference 

Product Roadmap: https://www.techpowerup.com/img/LgDZboHeCKrJ2Tb9.jpg 

Visual Compute roadmap: https://www.techpowerup.com/img/HIRhQ6KYBfC6ty6s.jpg 

Even Druid is up in the air: https://x.com/jaykihn0/status/2047768912972976518 

QUICK BITS

I'LL GIVE YA A MONTH

Windows Insiders can now pause updates indefinitely in 35-day chunks - https://www.techspot.com/news/112184-windows-insiders-can-now-pause-updates-indefinitely-35.html

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-finally-tackles-frustrating-windows-updates

https://mashable.com/article/windows-forced-update-pause

Screenshot: https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/020L2uNBy4wrUBJv0K7djXp/images-1.fill.size_2000x1232.v1777282446.png 

LOAD "BACKPEDAL" ,8 ,1

Commodore backs down over FPGA firmware lockdown after community backlash - (i find it interesting there was backlash over this at all, we reviewed it on shortcircuit) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/we-listened-we-agree-no-fpga-lockdown-commodore-backpedals-on-unofficial-c64-ultimate-firmware 

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-backs-down-over-fpga-firmware-lockdown-it-wont-now-try-and-block-third-party-firmware-installs-but-will-stand-firm-against-bricked-modded-units

Twitter post: https://x.com/commodoreofcl/status/2047408512225915090 

Short Circuit video 1:33: https://youtu.be/EGv5Ps-DuOM?t=93 

BEAM ME UP, ZUCKY

Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres - First company to actually sign up for it

https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-overview-energy-space-solar 

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/meta_wants_to_beam_solar/ 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/meta-partners-with-space-startup-overview-energy-secure-solar-power-data-centers-2026-04-27/ 

Press release: https://www.overviewenergy.com/updates/overview-and-meta 

Gives 1 gigawatt of capacity quote: https://lmg.gg/a4Ddt 

MESS-O-POTAMIA 

IRAN WAR disrupting PCB supply chain - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-war-disrupts-the-circuit-board-supply-chain-raises-costs-tech-firms-2026-04-27/

Prices up 40% MoM - https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pcb-prices-have-risen-by-up-to-40-percent-due-to-war-in-iran-according-to-reuters-industry-sources/ 

Key Saudi petrochemical plant is supplying 70% of critical board material - https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/04/288898/iran-war-drives-pcb-prices-up-40-as-global-tech-supply-chain-strains/ 

PARK YOUR REAR HERE

Toyota's $3,500 Crown gaming chair with heating, cooling, USB-C seatbelt - https://hothardware.com/news/toyota-unveils-3500-crown-gaming-chair-usbc-seatbelt

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-chairs/toyota-has-turned-a-car-seat-into-a-gaming-chair-and-its-usd3-500/

Press package PDF: https://www.toyota-boshoku.com/_assets/dl/products/crownseat_catalog.pdf 

Duration: 07:02

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:11 China Curbs US Investment

1:12 Meta Layoffs and Microsoft Buyouts

2:26 Apple Update Fixes Flaw

3:33 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:42 Admins Can Uninstall Copilot

4:15 Polymarket Bet Leads to Tampering Investigation

5:00 Ransomware Negotiator Faces Prison

5:38 Malware Blocking Gadget for HDMI and Display Port

6:09 Ping Pong Robot Makes History

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

EAST VS WEST

China is reportedly telling its top tech companies to refuse investments from the US unless explicitly approved,

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/china-to-curb-us-investment-in-tech-companies-after-meta-deal 

part of a broader response to Meta's two-billion-dollar purchase of Chinese startup Manus back in December. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-manus-acquisition-two-billion-explained-9.7030180

Meanwhile, Alibaba just announced its Qwen AI is being baked into vehicles from BYD and a Volkswagen joint venture, as automakers lean on software to move units in a slowing EV market. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/alibaba-qwen-ai-integration-chinese-carmakers-beijing-auto-show.html 

Which kind of sums up the whole situation - Chinese tech has been flooding the West on its own terms for years now. BYD outsold Tesla globally last year, 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rjwpvmpzo

DeepSeek blindsided the tech bros in San Francisco in 2025, 

https://www.deepseek.com/en/

and now Alibaba's chatbot is riding shotgun in a Volkswagen. Apparently Beijing would rather the West buy the finished product than own a slice of the factory.

PLS STP

Meta is laying off 8,000 people, 10% of its workforce and freezing another 6,000 open roles,

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1y89vek8o

Meta CPO and HR final boss Janelle Gale told staff the cuts will "offset the other investments we're making"

https://lmg.gg/quoteaboutmeta 

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 8,750 US employees in the first "retirement program" of its 51-year history.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-plans-first-voluntary-retirement-program-for-us-employees.html

Microsoft's pitch is gentler…kinda? Senior directors and below whose age plus years of service hits 70 get an exit package which sounds fine -

https://lmg.gg/earlyretirement  

But it follows 15,000 Microsoft layoffs in 2025, which Satya described as “messy at times, but transformation always is,”

https://lmg.gg/Satyaquote 

SIGNAL BOOSTED

Apple rolls out iOS 26.4.2 to fix a flaw that allowed the FBI to access push notifications

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/apple-rolls-out-ios-2642-to-fix-a-flaw-that-allowed-the-fbi-to-access-push-notifications-201153603.html 

https://www.techradar.com/phones/ios/ios-26-4-2-fixes-an-iphone-security-flaw-exploited-by-the-fbi 

Comes after 404 reported on fbi accessing signal messages saved in notification database

https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/ 

Bluesky post from Meredith Whittaker: https://bsky.app/profile/meredithmeredith.bsky.social/post/3mjhq7fuabk2w 

In response, Apple updated it

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/22/ios-26-4-2-notification-database-security-fix/

https://lmg.gg/E8NKG 

Twitter post from Signal: https://x.com/signalapp/status/2047070518776356996?s=46 

QUICKBITS

FLYING SOLO

Microsoft is finally letting IT admins uninstall Copilot from enterprise devices via a new Patch Tuesday policy -

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-lets-admins-uninstall-copilot-on-enterprise-devices/ 

as long as Microsoft 365 Copilot is also installed, Copilot wasn’t installed by the user, and Copilot wasn’t launched in the last 28 days.

https://lmg.gg/microsoftITCopilotpolicy 

https://lmg.gg/howtouninstallcopilot 

HAIRDRYER OF OZ

France Probes Weather Data Tampering After Surge in Polymarket Bets

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/france-probes-weather-data-glitch-after-surge-in-polymarket-bets 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/hairdryer-or-lighter-french-police-look-at-claim-of-sensor-tampering-to-win-weather-bets

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/europe/france-weather-sensor-polymarket-bet-intl-latam 

Editor: Show the chart from Bloomberg of the Temperature Anomalies

https://lmg.gg/E3YZ5

TACO 'BOUT A BETRAYAL

Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-to-helping-ransomware-gang/

https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ransomware-negotiator-20-years-prison

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-working-ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-deploy-ransomware-and

He bought a fishing boat and a food truck with the money

https://lmg.gg/YDSpP

DONGLE, JAMES DONGLE

UK spy agency releases malware-blocking gadget for HDMI and DisplayPort cables — SilentGlass blocks malicious traffic traveling between display and computer

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/uk-spy-agency-releases-malware-blocking-gadget-for-hdmi-and-displayport-cables-silentglass-blocks-malicious-traffic-traveling-between-display-and-computer

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/ncscs_first_foray_into_commercial/

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/world-first-ncsc-engineered-device-secures-vulnerable-display-links 

Product Image: https://img2.helpnetsecurity.com/posts2026/SilentGlass_cybersecurity_device.webp 

LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CIRCUITS

Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level human players (Developed by Sony AI)

https://www.reuters.com/sports/ping-pong-robot-ace-makes-history-by-beating-top-level-human-players-2026-04-22/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/22/ai-powered-robot-beats-elite-table-tennis-players-milestone-robotics

https://ace.ai.sony/ 

Nature section about the setup: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10338-5/figures/2

Demonstration Video: https://ace.ai.sony/hubfs/ACE%20Landing%20Page%202026/Video/SonyAI_Ace_Titles_FullHD_19March2026-1.mp4