What were your top tech stories of May 2026? Here are mine.

Google reinvents Search. Nobody asked. At Google I/O on May 20, Google replaced the traditional search box with a Gemini-powered conversational engine. No opt-out. DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg responded directly: "Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt out. As a result, their results are getting worse, not better." US installs of DuckDuckGo jumped 18.1% week on week on average in the days following the announcement, peaking at 30.5% on May 25. Brave saw similar numbers

WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" is here Released May 20 after a delay caused by a critical architectural flaw the team rebuilt from scratch. Native AI integration, modernised dashboard, PHP-only block registration. Real-time collaboration pulled at the last minute. The biggest shift to the world's most used CMS since 2018. Worth understanding before you hit update.

The breach season is open Two large data breaches confirmed what is becoming a pattern. Canvas, used by 8,000+ schools, lost 230 million email addresses. Carnival confirmed 6 million customers exposed. Same group behind both. Both cases involved public extortion, not quiet theft.

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