Looking back, May 8, 2026
A security firm said an AI model did most of the work in a water utility break-in
Dragos reported in May 2026 that attackers used Claude to build a 17,000-line attack framework.
May 2026
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Tech, AI and apps
Looking back, May 5, 2026
Google DeepMind's UK staff voted 98% to unionize
The May 2026 vote created the first union at a leading AI lab. The trigger was a Pentagon deal for Gemini.
Looking back, May 5, 2026
iOS 26.5 brought encrypted texting between iPhone and Android
Apple's May 2026 release notes listed end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, where carriers support it.
Looking back, May 1, 2026
The $599 Mac mini is gone
Apple dropped the cheapest version in May 2026, raising the starting price to $799 as memory and storage chips ran short.
Health and wellness tech
Looking back, May 8, 2026
May 2026: a $99 Fitbit with an AI coach, and Whoop adds doctors
Google and Whoop made opposite bets in the same week on who should interpret your health data: software or a clinician.
Markets and trading
Looking back, May 28, 2026
Anthropic raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation
The May 2026 round made it the most valuable AI company, ahead of OpenAI, according to AI Weekly.
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