May 2026

9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros 2026-05-21 at 11:40 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case of improper privilege management that could permit an unprivileged local user

GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension 2026-05-21 at 08:00 By GitHub on Wednesday officially confirmed that the breach of its internal repositories was the result of a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned version of the Nx Console Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension.  The development comes

Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks 2026-05-21 at 08:00 By Drupal has released security updates for a “highly critical” security vulnerability in Drupal Core that could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure. The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-9082, carries a CVSS score

Elon Musk’s SpaceX readies for Wall Street blastoff with new filing projecting $28.5 trillion in future revenue 2026-05-21 at 02:02 By Marc Vartabedian Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday filed paperwork to go public next month, aiming for an out-of-this-world valuation projected around $1.5 trillion – the biggest IPO in history. Wednesday’s filing also disclosed new

Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips 2026-05-21 at 01:46 By Reuters, Associated Press “The buildout of AI factories — the largest infrastructure expansion in human history — is accelerating at extraordinary speed,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement. This article is an

Tech titan Sergey Brin pours 500K into revolt against SF ‘Overpaid CEO Tax’ 2026-05-21 at 01:20 By Titus Wu San Francisco voters are set to weigh in on Measures C and D, two competing proposals on the June 2 ballot that would radically reshape the city’s business tax system. This article is an excerpt from

Ditch the net: The cordless AI robot that buys you 30 days of perfectly pristine water 2026-05-20 at 23:46 By Barret Wertz Your summer won’t suck, as long as your AI pool vac does. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Ex-Meta worker warns of more firings to come — despite Zuckerberg pledge that bloodbath is over: ‘need therapy’ 2026-05-20 at 21:16 By Ariel Zilber, Thomas Barrabi Brittany Pierson, a Dallas-based content designer who spent four-and-a-half years at Meta, said she felt “so much relief” after getting laid off. This article is an excerpt from Latest

Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development 2026-05-20 at 20:16 By Microsoft has unveiled two new open-source tools called RAMPART and Clarity to assist developers in better testing the security of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. RAMPART, short for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, functions as a Pytest-native