Tech News Roundup May 2026
From GeekNights Monday - Science and Technology by Rym and Scott
May 5, 2026 · 1h 18m
About this episode
The episode covers various significant tech news topics including surveillance, software vulnerabilities, and AI developments.
Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Madison Square Garden's insane surveillance machine , Github's ongoing collapse , Mac minis being hit by the ongoing RAM crisis , Ask.com is dead , a trivial-to-exploit Linux vulnerability , OpenAI won't stop talking about goblins , Apple fixes a notification vulnerability with Signal , iOS finally adds end-to-end encryption to RCS , AI slop podcasts are spreading , Roblox can't make money if kids can't sign up , and Tim Apple is replaced by John Apple . Related Links Forum Thread Tech News Roundup May 2026 Discord Chat Tech News Roundup May 2026 Bluesky Post Tech News Roundup May 2026 Things of the Day Rym - What do other animals think of human music? Scott - Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo
People in this episode
Hosts: Rym, Scott
Topics covered
- tech news
- surveillance
- software vulnerabilities
- AI
- encryption
- gaming
Keywords
- surveillance machine
- Github collapse
- RAM crisis
- Linux vulnerability
- OpenAI
- end-to-end encryption
- AI podcasts
- Roblox
- Tim Apple
- John Apple
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Madison Square Garden, Github, Ask.com, Linux, OpenAI, Apple, Roblox
Products: Mac minis, Signal, iOS
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