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Discord now encrypts every voice and video call by default (techspot.com)

2026-05-19 | get Discord Voice Encryption Kit → | tags: discord, tls, microsoft teams

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Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get OpenAI Official T-Shirt → | tags: openai, sam altman, tesla

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Minnesota passes prediction markets ban (engadget.com)

2026-05-19 | by Anna Washenko | get Prediction Markets Ban Book → | tags: prediction markets, kalshi, polymarket

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New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft surface, panther lake, surface laptop

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Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Markets, Feds Immediately Sue (gizmodo.com)

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Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | tags: google co-scientist, futurehouse biological data, ai drug retargeting

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Pentagon taps Shield AI for low-cost drone program as Iran war accelerates demand for cheap drones (cnbc.com)

2026-05-19 | by Samantha Subin | get Shield AI Drone Kit → | tags: shield ai, lucas drones, iran war

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Cybercrime service disrupted for abusing Microsoft platform to sign malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Google’s new AI agent can draft your emails, monitor your inbox and eventually spend your money (venturebeat.com)

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The latest Xbox thumbstick topper looks like a goal post (engadget.com)

2026-05-19 | by Will Shanklin | get Xbox Thumbstick Grips → | tags: xbox, microsoft, accessibility

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AI Search Is Growing — But Most Companies Aren’t Tracking It. Here’s How to Turn That Gap Into a Real Advantage. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | by Al Sefati | get AI Search Monitoring Tool → | tags: ai search, google analytics 4, chatgpt

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Microsoft Launches Surface Pro 12, Surface Laptop 8 With Intel Chips (slashdot.org)

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Microsoft Surprises With Its First Server Linux Distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 (slashdot.org)

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Microsoft Self-Service Password Reset abused in Azure data theft attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz (news.ycombinator.com)

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Going full AI engineer, not touching code anymore (news.ycombinator.com)

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Forget the feed: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-19 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get AI-powered Social Media Tool → | tags: chatgpt, status ai, minecraft

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Microsoft Finally Made the Surface Laptop You Wanted, but It’s Not for You (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Surface Laptop 5 → | tags: microsoft, surface laptop, intel

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The Sun Blasted a Mysterious Radio Signal for 19 Straight Days. Here’s What We Know (gizmodo.com)

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FTC’s Strict Anti-Deepfake Rule Kicks in Today. Here’s What That Means for Grok (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Deepfake Detection Software → | tags: ftc, deepfake, grok

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I tested the Surface Pro with 5G, and it's Microsoft's most complete business 2-in-1 yet (zdnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Microsoft Surface Pro 9 → | tags: surface pro, microsoft, intel

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Microsoft's new Surface Laptop for Business has a privacy screen and quirky haptics (engadget.com)

2026-05-19 | by Cherlynn Low | get Microsoft Surface Privacy Screen → | tags: surface laptop, microsoft, privacy screen

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I tested the Surface Pro's new privacy filter, and it's Microsoft's best business feature yet (zdnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Microsoft Surface Privacy Screen → | tags: microsoft, surface pro, privacy filter

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Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for (techspot.com)

2026-05-19 | get Microsoft Surface Keyboard → | tags: microsoft, copilot, windows

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Microsoft plans to improve Windows 11 driver quality in 2026 (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Microsoft blames macOS update for undismissible Teams location prompts (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Microsoft blames undismissible Teams location prompts on macOS update (bleepingcomputer.com)

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2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list: Why Anthropic was No. 1 in this year's rankings (cnbc.com)

2026-05-19 | by Julia Boorstin | get Anthropic AI Assistant → | tags: anthropic, openai, constitutional ai

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Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | get Undersea Internet Cable Adapter → | tags: iran, undersea cables, meta

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America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here (theverge.com)

2026-05-19 | by Lauren Feiner | get Deepfake Detection Kit → | tags: deepfakes, take it down act, meta