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Technology news archive · May 2026

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Global markets lift legacy tech on AI boom

Legacy technology companies once seen as past their prime are sharply gaining market value amid a worldwide rush to build AI infrastructure. Firms such as Nokia, Dell, Cisco, Intel and Lenovo are benefiting from soaring …

WASHINGTON FAA grounds SpaceX Starship after mishap

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle program following an inflight anomaly involving its Super Heavy first-stage booster during Flight 12. In a statement released after t…

United States researchers uncover Laravel-Lang malware poisoning

United States-based security researchers reported that four popular Laravel-Lang Composer packages were surreptitiously poisoned with malware after attackers manipulated Git tags to redirect users to malicious code, acco…

China-based researchers uncover global Ghost CMS hack

More than 700 websites running the Ghost content management system have been compromised through a recently disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2026-26980, according to research by Chinese cybersecurity firm Qianxin XLab report…

United States traces GitHub breach to poisoned tool

On May 24, 2026, Microsoft-owned GitHub confirmed that an external threat group, identified as TeamPCP, compromised parts of its internal codebase through a software supply chain attack. According to GitHub and independe…

United States AI system uncovers critical software flaws

United States-based AI company Anthropic has disclosed that its new cybersecurity initiative, Project Glasswing, used its specialized Claude Mythos model to conduct one of the largest automated security audits yet perfor…

SpaceX completes Starship V3 test, assesses booster recovery

Texas, United States: SpaceX launched the twelfth integrated test flight of its Starship V3 and Super Heavy booster from Starbase at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, marking the debut of the redesigned vehicle and the new Raptor …

Waymo Suspends Atlanta Service After Flooding Traps Vehicle

Atlanta: Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous ride-hailing operations Tuesday after an unoccupied driverless vehicle became stranded in floodwaters during an intense downpour. The vehicle stopped after entering a f…

European Union struggles to police fast-evolving AI

The European Commission this week released official guidelines defining high-risk artificial intelligence under the EU’s landmark AI Act, highlighting the difficulty of regulating rapidly evolving software with slow-movi…

United States: Google unveils sweeping AI search redesign

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Google has announced the most extensive redesign of its search engine since the company was founded 25 years ago, unveiling the changes during its Google I/O 2026 keynote. The overhaul replace…

United States: Google, Samsung launch AI smart glasses

In Mountain View, California, Google and Samsung on Tuesday unveiled their first jointly developed AI-powered smart glasses at Google I/O 2026, signaling a coordinated push into next-generation wearable computing. The de…

United States prepares Starship V3 test launch

SpaceX is preparing for the 12th uncrewed test flight of its Starship rocket, featuring the first launch of the third-generation Starship V3 vehicle. The mission, designated Flight 12, is scheduled to lift off during a 9…

United Kingdom briefed on AI-found cyber vulnerabilities

LONDON, England – Anthropic is preparing to brief global financial regulators on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by its unreleased AI system, Mythos Preview, according to a Financial Times report cited by Reuter…

United States disrupts AI-assisted zero-day hacking operation

Google has disclosed that it disrupted a criminal group attempting to use artificial intelligence to exploit a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in a widely used online system administration tool, according to an…

United States firm Instructure pays ransom after breach

United States – Instructure, the U.S.-based parent company of the Canvas learning management system, has confirmed it paid an undisclosed ransom to the cybercrime group ShinyHunters following a massive data breach that a…

Cyble Named Challenger in Gartner 2026 Cyberthreat Quadrant

Cupertino, California. Cyble announced on May 8, 2026 that Gartner named it a Challenger in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies. The company said its AI-native platform unifies threat intell…

IBM Unveils AI Operating Model and Sovereign Core

BOSTON. On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, IBM announced at its Think conference a major expansion of enterprise AI and hybrid cloud offerings, unveiling next-generation watsonx Orchestrate, IBM Confluent for real-time data, the I…

Pentagon Integrates Multiple AI Vendors into Classified Networks

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced on Friday, May 1, that it reached agreements to integrate advanced AI capabilities from seven companies into Defense Department classified networks, naming SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVID…

United States firms launch Terafab AI chip project

Elon Musk has unveiled Terafab, a large-scale U.S.-based chip manufacturing initiative aimed at reducing dependence on overseas semiconductor foundries such as TSMC and Samsung. In partnership with Intel, Tesla and Space…