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19 May 2026

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Bored.com is back, and it feels like the Internet remembered how to be weird
Bored.com used to be one of those classic time-killer sites you’d stumble onto in the school library or computer lab during your off periods. Back in the Flash era, it was packed with browser games, weird quizzes, and random internet junk you’d spend hours perusing. Then Flash died, most of...

Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number
For years now, Google has provided users with 15 GB of online storage free of charge. But that era seems to be ending. Going forward, you’ll only get 15 GB of free storage if you give Google your phone number—and this is for your Google account, meaning it affects Gmail,...

AI is still waiting for its VisiCalc moment
The arrival of Claude for Small Business earlier this week marked an interesting moment–and a savvy strategic move–for Anthropic. Rather than saddling web browsers with more AI slop or trying to slather AI onto perfectly good user interfaces that don’t need improving, Anthropic is attempting something both less flashy and potentially...

Pilots enhance representation of Pan-Asian creatives on screen
Four new web series touch on themes such as loneliness, cultural conflict, family feuds and artificial intelligence.

Google takes fight to Apple, Microsoft with new high-end laptops
The web giant’s new line of Googlebook laptops will bring Gemini AI to the laptop in an attempt to compete with Apple’s MacBook and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs.

The ’80/20' ChatGPT prompt is the fastest way to learn anything
We’ve all been there—that moment when you realize you’re in way over your head. For me, it happened during my first briefing with a smart light vendor, when it became painfully obvious that I couldn’t tell a standard A19 bulb from a BR30 can light. Clearly I needed help, fast. A...

Google wants Gemini to reinvent the mouse. I’m skeptical
A signature feature of Google’s upcoming Googlebooks promises to put a fresh AI twist on one of the oldest computer interfaces: the mouse pointer. With the Magic Pointer, a product of Google’s DeepMind lab, you’ll be able to wave the pointer at an object or area on the computer screen and...

Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?
The internet giant dwarfs other online retailers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Switch to Windows 11 Pro for $10 and get serious security, speed, and focus tools
TL;DR: Until May 31, you can get a lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (MSRP $199) and unlock faster performance, stronger security, and a more modern Windows experience with a one-time payment. There’s a point where your computer stops feeling like a tool and starts feeling like something you’re...

The PC hardware slump is real. So is the reason to keep caring
Is PC building cooked? The hardware news as of late might make you think so, what with the latest headlines about “collapsing” motherboard sales—as much as 37 percent for individual vendors. A Digitimes report (h/t Tom’s Hardware) paints a grim picture. Among the biggest four Taiwanese companies hawking mainboards—Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock,...

This viral Dutch Fish Doorbell is peak internet
Every spring in the Dutch city of Utrecht, thousands of fish attempt to migrate through the city’s canals to reach spawning grounds, but locked flood gates stay shut for long stretches to manage water levels. So the city came up with a weirdly charming solution: a fish doorbell. The site, called...

Infoblox & GoDaddy back open standards for AI agents
Greater scrutiny of autonomous software is pushing firms towards open web standards that let users verify AI agents and trust their connections.

Copilot is replacing Edge’s browser history with AI slop
There’s a school of thought that says that “AI brain” is a real thing, where AI quietly removes the traditional need to think through a problem. In this context, Microsoft Edge’s AI-brain problem just got a lot worse — and it’s actively blocking your ability to get things done. Microsoft began...