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Google’s shoving more AI into its software and devices. Meet Gemini Spark, the new AI agent that’s like a 24/7 personal assistant. Google debuted the tool on Tuesday at its Google I/O developer conference. We saw a demo of Gemini Spark in action, handling multistep tasks, like planning a block party. Gemini Spark counted RSVPs, followed up with those who hadn’t and created an RSVP tracker that automatically updates when new responses come in via Gmail. Gemini Spark will be available to some testers this week and available in Beta for Google AI Ultra subscribers next week. There are also plans for…

Memorial Day is a really great time to pick up a new BBQ or grill. Almost all the big retailers have launched their sales early, and there are dozens of price drops to choose from across the board, on all kinds of outdoor cooking kit. To help ensure you don’t miss a bargain, I’ve combed through all the BBQ deals at Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy, and rounded up the top offers below.• View all deals at Amazon / at Walmart / at Best BuyThere are plenty of traditional BBQs in the mix, from big brands like Ninja, Pit Boss…

If you’re traveling for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and don’t want to misplace your precious items, UGREEN—a known maker of accessories and, in recent years, NAS servers—today announced the US availability of a product that’s potentially your perfect companion: the FineTrack 2. As the name suggests, the it is an alternative to Apple’s AirTags. Attach it to an item, such as your luggage, your keychain, or your peace prize medal, and you can track it worldwide via Apple’s Find My network. The UGREEN FineTrack 2 is a Bluetooth tracker that is shaped like a soccer ball. FineTrack 2: A…

Security researcher Brian Krebs brings us the news that America’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has had a large store of plaintext passwords, SSH private keys, tokens, and “other sensitive CISA assets” exposed in a public GitHub repo since at least November 2025. The now-offline public repo—named, somewhat aspirationally, “Private-CISA”—was brought to Krebs’ attention by GitGuardian’s Guillaume Valadon, who was alerted to the repo’s presence by GitGuardian’s public code scans. Krebs says that Valadon approached him after receiving no responses from the Private-CISA repo’s owner. In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s…

We saw the bulk of the Android news last week, so it was time to check out what’s coming to another pillar of Google’s empire: Search. Perhaps the biggest change is an overhaul of the Search box, which has been the de facto front page of the internet for hundreds of millions of people for decades. Starting today, Google is deploying “an intelligent AI-powered Search box” in all languages and countries in which AI Mode is available. The company says this will offer suggestions to users “that go beyond autocomplete,” as it designed the Search box to better anticipate their…

Google I/O 2026 is set to take place today when the tech giant will share its latest advancements in artificial intelligence, products and, hopefully, some hardware. Last week, Google took the wraps off the latest version of Android and announced a new laptop platform, Googlebooks, which uses a new operating system that’s a merged version of Android and ChromeOS. Google’s mission to fuse AI into all of its products will undoubtedly continue, and we’ll likely get details on the latest from Gemini, more agentic AI efforts, Android XR glasses and more. We saw some of the fruit of the tech giant’s latest efforts…

Meta will receive $3.3 billion in tax breaks for Louisiana datacenterThe company will pay zero sales tax on GPU purchases for the siteThe number of natural gas turbine plants needed to power the campus has been tripledAcross the US, AI data centers are being planned and constructed at a scale never before seen, and many states are attracting new investments by offering generous tax breaks.Meta’s Hyperion campus, set to cost around $10 billion, will grant the company $3.3 billion in tax breaks according to a Sherwood News analysis.The campus will cover 2,250 acres of Richland Parish, Louisiana, or, as Mark…

Catch the Canadian Grand Prix live on a service that isn’t Apple. Netflix Heads up, racing fans. May 22-24 is the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix and for the first time, Netflix viewers in the US can tune in live to watch the high-speed action. Streaming services are typically pretty protective of their exclusive deals, but Apple has taken a different approach with F1 programming. Even though Apple TV is the primary source for watching F1 content this year, in February the company agreed to grant Netflix the rights to air select races. The partnership makes…

PlayStation Plus, Sony’s subscription gaming service for its consoles, is increasing its price for new subscribers. The company blamed “ongoing market conditions” for the price increase. It’s the go-to explanation for gaming hardware companies, including Microsoft and Nintendo’s increases in pricing for the Xbox and Switch 2 consoles. The price for PS Plus subscriptions for new customers will increase by $1 from $10 to $11 for a one-month subscription starting on May 20, according to a post from the official PlayStation X account on Monday. The three-month subscription price will jump by $3, from $25 to $28, on the same effective…

Disconcerting indie game HoverGrease 2 is set to launch this weekIt’s a top-down hero shooter with both a story campaign and multiplayer modesThe oddly realistic art direction and bizarre title has gamers confused on social mediaEverywhere I go, I see HoverGrease 2. At least, everywhere I go on Instagram, because for some reason, my algorithm has decided that I simply have to know all about it.It’s an onslaught, with endless posts about the upcoming game (mainly from the official HoverGrease account) appearing after every other reel that I watch. Although the account only has a few hundred followers, many of…