Wednesday, May 06
Daily News Stuff 6 May 2026
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Overweight Bin Edition
Tech News
- The latest version of Google Chrome has a neat new feature: It installs a 4GB local AI model on your computer without asking or even telling you. (That Privacy Guy)
Now that you know about it, can you delete it?
Yes, if you jump through seven flaming hoops.
Does it stay deleted?
No.
Not only is this a generally bad move, it is probably illegal in the UK and Europe.
- Notepad++ is not out for the Mac. (Ars Technica)
The notepad is a lie.
Tech News
- Lenovo's 5th generation Legion Tab is out now for $849. (Liliputing)
That's with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which is not expandable.
I have the 3rd generation model with the same memory and storage capacity and a slightly lower display resolution. It cost me around $450, making the new model not a bargain I am in a hurry to pick up.
- Microsoft is automatically adding Copilot as an author to Git commits if it occupied the same continental plate as your code at any point. (Heise)
Thanks, Microsoft!
- Moving your systems to a mainframe is now cheaper than using VMWare. (The Register)
And it's not even IBM saying this.
- Google Deep Mind staff in Britain are about to suddenly be laid off due to economic conditions. (Wired) (archive site)
I can see the future. And sometimes even the past. Present is cloudy though.
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Microsoft reverted that "add Copilot as an author" change within hours after there was much outcry on Hacker News (and elsewhere, I only saw HN). And said that it was a bug that it would add Copilot as a co-author in ALL of those situations, and that that bug would be fixed.
But not every news source got the "Oh, they reverted it and said it was a mistake" news.
But not every news source got the "Oh, they reverted it and said it was a mistake" news.
Posted by: Robin Munn at Wednesday, May 06 2026 06:39 PM (1oDVe)









