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Apple has a lot of changes planned for the Camera app May 14, 2026

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Plus - Sony has launched a new flagship phone; Galaxy 26 owners can test drive One UI 9, built on Android 17.

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Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers, Apple may open up the App Store to agentic AI, and Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program May 14, 2026

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-Lobbying by tech industry groups, the Science Based Targets initiative decided to not recommend a protocol that would have made it more difficult for tech companies to use clean energy investments to offset fossil fuel pollution.

-To date, Apple has not permitted vibe coding tools on the App Store because they would violate its policies.

-Reuters reported that Meta's workers have begun circulating flyers at multiple US offices to protest the company's installation of tracking software on their work computers.

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Sony's new wearable air conditioner runs even cooler May 13, 2026

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Plus - Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million

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A family is suing OpenAI, Meta is facing another lawsuit over scam ads, and Google is considering working with SpaceX May 13, 2026

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-The lawsuit says that on May 31, 2025, "ChatGPT actively coached a 19-year old to mix Kratom and Xanax." Despite presenting itself as an expert in dosing and interactions, and despite acknowledging his state of being high, ChatGPT did not tell him that this recommended combination would likely kill him.”

-Santa Clara County has become the latest entity to sue Meta over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the company has profited from "a vast ecosystem of scam ads" that have defrauded senior citizens and other vulnerable people.

-Google is in negotiations with SpaceX to secure the company's help in its own nascent effort to put orbital data centers in space.

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NBC is turning Wordle into a TV show May 12, 2026

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NBC has greenlit a primetime game show based on Wordle, set to be produced by Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog, Universal Television Alternative Studio and The New York Times.

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Daybreak is OpenAI's response to Anthropic's Claude Mythos, Digg is back again, and eBay rejected GameStop's offer May 12, 2026

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-OpenAI has just launched Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that's clearly the company's competitor to Anthropic's Project Glasswing.

- Digg CEO Kevin Rose said, "the internet has more noise than ever, and the people who can sort signal from it have never been more valuable. Digg's job is to find that signal and bring it to you."

-GameStop may take the offer directly to eBay's shareholders or replace eBay's board with one favorable to its offer via proxy fight.

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The Blackmagic Camera App: What's it All About? May 11, 2026

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Plus - Boox announces Tappy, a wireless page-turning remote; Sony wants TSMC's help to make image sensors

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TikTok is rolling out an ad-free option in the UK, Samsung's Bespoke update is big step towards a useful AI for your fridge, and Lime filed for IPO May 11, 2026

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-TikTok announced that an ad-free option will roll out to UK users over the coming months, available to anyone with an account who is 18 or older. The monthly subscription will cost £4 ($5.40) per month.

-The big change is that Samsung is adding support for Google Gemini, which has several important implications. By combining Samsung's existing on-device object recognition with Google's cloud-based models, the total number of identifiable foods is increasing from just over 100 items to more than 2,000.

-Lime, which is officially known as Neutron Holdings, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, after teasing ambitions of going public back in 2021.

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The Google Fitbit Air has been revealed May 08, 2026

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Plus - Samsung says its Galaxy Watch can predict fainting with 'high accuracy'

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Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools, Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices as chip crisis bites, and Bumble replacing swiping May 08, 2026

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-ShinyHunters, the extortion group that infiltrated cloud-based educational tech provider Instructure, claims to have stolen data from 8,809 schools around the world.

-Nintendo is raising the price of its Switch 2 by $50 to $500 in the US as it faces higher memory costs and US tariffs.

-According to an Axios report, rather than asking users to swipe right or left on a profile to confirm their interest or disinterest in a potential match, the dating app is replacing it with something else.

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