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Google says it is expanding access to CodeMender, an “AI agent for code security” it debuted in October, by inviting select groups of experts to test the API (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-20 Google AI

CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys On Github (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-20 GitHub

Sundar Pichai says Google is now processing 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month, up from 480T tokens per month a year ago and 9.7T tokens per month two years ago (www.axios.com)
2026-5-20 Google

Google unveils conversational features for Gmail, Docs, and Keep, letting users ask natural language questions, rolling out to AI Pro and Ultra subs this summer (www.engadget.com)
2026-5-20 NLP Google AI

Microsoft Launches Surface Pro 12, Surface Laptop 8 With Intel Chips (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-20 Microsoft Intel

Spotify launches a “Verified by Spotify” badge for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity”, after releasing it for music in April (www.engadget.com)
2026-5-20 Spotify

A livestream of the Google I/O 2026 keynote (www.youtube.com)
2026-5-20 Google Google I/O

A live blog of the Google I/O 2026 keynote, where the company is set to announce the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more (9to5google.com)
2026-5-20 Android Google AI Google I/O

Roku launches a creator hub with licensed creator content and programming from partners like Peacock and HBO Max, alongside new FAST channels from top creators (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-5-20 programming

Microsoft plans to improve Windows 11 driver quality in 2026 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20 Microsoft

Sources: Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is reorganizing hardware development to integrate silicon teams with product creation and speed up their work (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-20 Apple

Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to help launch a team focused on using Claude to accelerate pre-training research; he helped found OpenAI and worked at Tesla (www.axios.com)
2026-5-20 Tesla

Microsoft blames undismissible Teams location prompts on macOS update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20 Microsoft

Microsoft Surprises With Its First Server Linux Distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-5-20 Linux Microsoft

Relay, which builds banking and money management software for small businesses, raised $50M; it previously raised ~$51.5M, including a $32.2M Series B in 2024 (www.axios.com)
2026-5-20

Polymarket partners with Nasdaq to launch markets tied to private company milestones, including IPO timing, valuations, earnings, and secondary market activity (www.theblock.co)
2026-5-20 IPO

NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange partners with financial infrastructure company Ornn to launch USD-denominated futures contracts for computing power (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-20

Before Mass Layoffs, Meta Reassigns 7,000 Workers To Focus On AI (meta.slashdot.org)
2026-5-20 AI Layoffs

Andrej Karpathy says he has joined Anthropic as the “next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative” (x.com)
2026-5-20

Yahoo Finance launches AlphaSpace, a customizable research dashboard with an AI assistant, for subscribers of its $479.40/year or $39.95/month Gold plan (fortune.com)
2026-5-20 AI Yahoo

Radar, which helps retailers like American Eagle manage inventory and cut back on theft and lost merchandise, raised a $170M Series B at a $1B+ valuation (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-20 U.S.

Plex says the price for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 in July (9to5mac.com)
2026-5-20

7-Eleven confirms data breach claimed by the ShinyHunters gang (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20

Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities Doubled: From Exposure to Escalation (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20 Microsoft

New Shai-Hulud malware wave compromises 600 npm packages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20

Viktor, which is developing an AI agent that operates like a virtual coworker embedded inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raised a $75M Series A led by Accel (fortune.com)
2026-5-20 Microsoft AI Slack

Microsoft says it plans to bring Snapdragon X2 chips to the new Surface Pro and Laptop later in 2026; sources say the delay is due to component availability (www.windowscentral.com)
2026-5-19 Microsoft

Microsoft unveils three Intel-based business laptops: a $1,950+ Surface Pro in 13", a $1,950+ Surface Laptop in 13.8" and 15", and $1,300+ Surface Laptop in 13" (blogs.windows.com)
2026-5-19 Microsoft Intel

NextEra's $67B deal for Dominion, the largest utility acquisition in US history, signals an era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-19 AI

Unframe, which customizes AI apps for enterprises via pre-built modular components, raised a $50M Series B led by Highland Europe, for $100M in total funding (www.axios.com)
2026-5-19 Europe AI

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