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On 12 May 2026 Apple’s iOS 26.5 (beta RC2) and the latest Google Messages flipped the switch on default end-to-end encryption for RCS chats between iPhones and Android phones, erasing the decades-old SMS security hole.
At a Copenhagen AI-and-children summit on 12–13 May 2026, EC President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels may, by July, table legislation delaying or banning minors’ access to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X while a forthcoming Digital Fairness Act would outlaw “endless scroll,” autoplay and similar engagement tricks.
On 12 May 2026, Google announced ‘Gemini Intelligence,’ embedding its Gemini AI agent directly into Android 17 and Chrome for Android to automate multi-step tasks and introduce “auto-browse,” with the first rollout starting late June on select U.S. Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26 devices.
On 10 May 2026 Apple reached a tentative deal for Intel to fabricate a slice of its A- and M-series processors, ending TSMC’s decade-long exclusivity and kicking off a multi-year qualification ramp.
On 12 May 2026 Apple released iOS 26.5, turning on carrier-dependent, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android phones for the first time, though the feature remains in beta and limited to a short list of participating networks.
In week three of Elon Musk’s lawsuit, Satya Nadella told a federal jury on 11–12 May 2026 that OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit arm enabled Microsoft to target a $92 billion return on its $13 billion stake, while ex-chief scientist Ilya Sutskever revealed he spent a year compiling a 52-page record of CEO Sam Altman’s alleged dishonesty before the 2023 board coup.
On 8 May 2026 Paris prosecutors shifted their 16-month probe of X into a full judicial investigation, handing it to an investigating magistrate and formally placing Elon Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino under criminal scrutiny for AI-generated child-abuse images, Holocaust-denial posts and alleged algorithmic meddling in French politics.
On 11 May 2026 Alibaba switched on a Qwen-powered agent that lets Chinese shoppers search, pay and arrange after-sales on Taobao/Tmall’s entire 4-billion-item catalog purely through conversational chat, eliminating the need for traditional keyword navigation.
Between 5–9 May 2026, seven pools controlling roughly half of Bitcoin’s hashrate joined a new Stratum V2 working group while firms like GoMining and BM Blockchain rolled out tokenised or ‘free’ mobile mining offers, signalling an industry-wide push to reopen Bitcoin mining participation just as rising energy costs make industrial mining less profitable.
On 7–8 May 2026, Instructure shut Canvas down worldwide after hacker collective ShinyHunters exfiltrated 6.65 TB of user data and posted ransom notes, derailing final-exam schedules across North America.
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