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Technology - Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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Technology headlines for Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Technology headlines for 2026-05-13 focused on 3 major developments: 1) Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs (The Verge) 2) Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions (Wired) 3) Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed (Ars Technica) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in technology news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where technology attention concentrated on 2026-05-13, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
Key Points
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Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
Sources: #1 The Verge -
Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions
Sources: #2 Wired -
Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed
Sources: #3 Ars Technica
Top 10 Stories
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#1 Score 74Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabsMicrosoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can ask the chatbot questions about what's in your tabs, compare the products you're looking at, summarize your open articles, and more. In its […]
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#2 Score 74Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt CushionsThe plaintiffs and defense have rested their cases, as well as their rear ends.
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#3 Score 74Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashedOpen source article for the full coverage.
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#4 Score 73Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agentsNotion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.
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#5 Score 67Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from USThe Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns […]
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#6 Score 64Instagram’s New Instants App Is a Snapchat Clone for Thirst TrapsInstagram’s Instants app lets you send disappearing photos—and it’s probably where your horny friends will post spicy pics.
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#7 Score 64FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrumOpen source article for the full coverage.
- #8 Score 61Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
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#9 Score 59YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming showsIn the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers - and marketing its creators not just as the future of social media, but also of advertising, TV, streaming, and entertainment more broadly. At the company's annual advertiser event in New York on Wednesday, YouTube […]
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#10 Score 56Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNAHomo erectus shows up in Denisovans—and us.]]>