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Tech News Roundup May 2026

May 4 2026

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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.

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  • Rym: What do other animals think of human music?
  • Scott: Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo
  • Age Verification on the Internet

    February 23 2026

    • #technology
    • #discord
    • #socialmedia

    Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the dangers of trying to mandate age verification on …

  • Webcams

    January 26 2026

    • #technology
    • #video
    • #streaming
    • #cameras

    Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss webcams. In the news, ICE murdered another person in …

  • Tech Bubbles

    October 20 2025

    • #ai
    • #economics
    • #bubble
    • #dotcom

    Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss tech bubbles like the Dot-com bubble. Unrelatedly here's a …

  • Fitness Tech

    September 22 2025

    • #technology
    • #biking
    • #biometrics
    • #fitness
    • #running

    Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss fitness tech like heart rate monitors and Strava and Dance …

  • Specific Mice

    September 8 2025

    • #HCI
    • #input_devices
    • #mice

    Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about specific mice. Mice we've used over the years, since …

  • Video Chat and Teleconferencing

    August 25 2025

    • #technology
    • #video
    • #chat

    Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the modern marvel that is video chat. In the …

  • Computer Audio Interfaces

    August 11 2025

    • #computers
    • #audio

    Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss audio interfaces. Rym uses a PreSonus Studio 1810c to record …

  • Why there's no big tech news

    July 14 2025

    • #technology
    • #society
    • #capitalism

    Tonight on GeekNights, we consider why there, broadly, aren't major consumer technology developments lately. In …

  • Blinky Lights

    June 30 2025

    • #computers
    • #lighting

    Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the blinky lights and LEDs the kids are putting on …

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