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The domestic smart ring manufacturer OURA, which originally set out from Oulu to the world, has announced the latest generation of its ring lineup, the Oura Ring 5.

This is the company's most significant design leap so far, as the new model is as much as 40 percent smaller than the previous Oura Ring 4 model. As a result, the company is marketing its newcomer as the world's smallest smart ring, whose thinner and lighter titanium structure and smoother curvature make it less noticeable and more natural-feeling on the finger.

However, the small size still offers comprehensive technical features, and the ring continues to provide a week-long operating time on a single charge.

The sensor bumps on the inner surface of the ring have been made lower, which improves skin contact. In addition, the new signal architecture uses more powerful LEDs and a total of 12 stronger signal channels, which are promised to ensure accurate measurement results for an even wider range of different finger types and skin tones. The ring is protected against dust and water down to 100 meters in accordance with the IP68 rating, and its titanium surface is protected by a more scratch-resistant PVD coating than before.

The European Parliament is setting an example of so-called digital independence.

Today, June 4th, the French Qwant search engine will replace Google as the default search engine on all parliament computers.

During Donald Trump's second presidential term, a concrete concern has arisen in Europe about how dependent Europe is on US technology companies. Firstly, US intelligence legislation allows all data - including data stored in Europe concerning Europeans - to end up in US hands if the data is managed by American companies.

A second clear concern is that due to the political situation in the United States, it can no longer be entirely certain that American services would continue to operate in the future.

However, there are European alternatives for almost all services, if one only dares to try them.

The Parliament wants to set a clear example with its actions that a switch to European solutions is possible. The most important reason, Politico's according to information obtained, is precisely the concern for privacy - that is, whether MEPs' data leaks to the US administration when using American search engines, such as Google or even DuckDuckGo.

Valve has announced that the popular Steam Deck OLED handheld console is once again available in the company's own online store.

However, with its return, the prices of the devices have experienced an exceptionally sharp increase, as the recommended prices for both models have had to be significantly updated upwards. Although Valve markets the device as being generally available again, according to the pages, the more affordable 512-gigabyte model has already sold out, and currently, only the larger one-terabyte version is available for order.

With the updated pricing, the 512-gigabyte model of the Steam Deck OLED now costs 779 euros in Europe. When the device was released about three years ago, its retail price was 569 euros, so the price increase amounts to a significant 210 euros.

The new price for the larger one-terabyte model, on the other hand, is 919 euros, which means an increase of 240 euros compared to the original release price of 679 euros.

The device itself or its technical specifications have not changed at all; rather, the fresh prices purely reflect the changed cost level.

Valve justifies the price changes with the rise in memory component and storage costs, as well as other global logistical challenges in the industry.

The European Commission has imposed a 200 million euro fine on the Chinese e-commerce platform Temu for serious violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

The direct reason for the fine is the company's weak risk management, as Temu has neglected its obligation to identify, analyze, and assess systemic risks caused by illegal products sold on its platform, as well as harm to consumers. The decision published today concludes a long investigation process, which was launched by the Commission in October 2024 and whose preliminary results, warning of non-compliance, were received in July last year.

The Commission's investigations revealed that Temu's risk assessment conducted in 2024 was insufficient and based merely on general industry knowledge, instead of the company collecting evidence of the actual risks of its own service.

Mystery shopping conducted by authorities indeed showed that consumers in the EU area are very likely to encounter illegal and dangerous products on Temu.

A very large proportion of the chargers among the tested products failed basic safety tests, and a significant number of baby toys contained chemicals exceeding permitted limits or posed a choking hazard due to easily detachable parts. The Commission also notes that Temu had not assessed at all how its own recommendation systems and influencer marketing programs amplify the spread of dangerous products.

It's already been seven years since we reviewed the first robot vacuum that featured a separate dust container built into its charging dock. Since then, self-emptying robot vacuums have become the industry standard: practically every robot vacuum priced above €500 can now empty its own small internal dustbin into a larger dust bag located inside the charging dock.

Back then, the solution felt ingenious - and it still does. The usability of robot vacuums drops dramatically if users constantly have to manually empty the robot's tiny onboard dustbin.

But even then, we complained about one particularly silly design choice... Why on earth does the larger dock-mounted dust container rely on disposable dust bags, when traditional canister vacuum cleaners largely abandoned them sometime in the early 2010s? Buying dust bags is already irritating enough with conventional vacuums, but with robot vacuums it can eventually become nearly impossible as models age and compatible dust bags may only be available from questionable Chinese online stores.



Now, that rather ridiculous problem finally has a solution. We got our hands on Ecovacs' new flagship robot vacuum, the Ecovacs Deebot X11 Omnicyclone, launched around the turn of 2025/2026, where the dock's dust bag has been replaced by a fixed large-capacity dustbin.

Meta has released a new app called Forum, designed to give Facebook groups their own, clearer home outside the main app.

Social media expert Matt Navarra's revealed details (links to Threads) show that the app strongly resembles Reddit in both functionality and goals, aiming to make information exchange between communities more accessible.

The app is currently only available in a limited capacity, apparently only in the U.S. market, but its availability will likely expand with the official launch.

Behind the Forum app is Meta's attempt to separate one of Facebook's most popular features - groups - into its own entity.

Over the years, Facebook's main app has become heavy and filled with ads, algorithmically boosted content, and AI-generated content that is often referred to as AI junk.

Forum, on the other hand, focuses specifically on the discussions and opinions between people that Facebook groups contain.

Information about Facebook Forum. Image: Matt Navarra / Threads

Google is expanding the role of its Gemini AI assistant towards more independent, agent-like operations.

At its I/O 2026 developer conference, the company introduced a series of updates aimed at transforming Gemini from a passive question-and-answer tool into a constantly working digital assistant in the background. New features include the Daily Brief agent, which provides daily summaries, and the 24/7 personal AI agent Gemini Spark.

The task of Daily Brief is to serve as a kind of morning starting point, compiling a personalized status overview for the user. The agent automatically reads connected applications in the background, such as Gmail and Google Calendar, and based on these, quickly forms a scannable summary of urgent messages, upcoming events, and, for example, tracking information for incoming packages. Daily Brief is not limited to mere summarization but also aims to prioritize content according to the user's goals and suggest next steps. The user can guide the agent by providing feedback on the summaries it produces. Daily Brief will initially be available only in the United States and is limited to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.

The popularity of programming languages is measured by TIOBE, which has once again updated its listing.

The latest May 2026 listing does not contain huge surprises, as Python continues as the completely dominant number one, as it has for a long time.

Even after Python, the listing is very similar from month to month, meaning C, C++, and Java also remain firmly in the top four - although this time C++ has dropped a couple of places from a year ago, allowing C and Java to overtake it.

The biggest change was seen in the rise of the R language, which climbed as many as four places from a year ago, to position 8. According to TIOBE's assessment, R and Python are capturing the statistical computing market, and other programming languages used in statistics are losing their positions.

TIOBE's listing of the ten most popular programming languages in May 2026:

1. Python
2. C
3. Java
4. C++
5. C#
6. JavaScript
7. Visual Basic
8. R
9. SQL
10. Delphi/Object Pascal

TIOBE's listing is based on publicly known skill distribution of people who program for a living, available courses, and third-party sources. The full TIOBE listing can be found here.

A couple of years ago, the first big change in 30 years occurred on PC keyboards.

At the beginning of 2024, Microsoft mandated device manufacturers to add to the right side of the keyboard's spacebar a separate Copilot key.

As the name suggests, the key automatically opens the Copilot AI assistant in Windows and most Microsoft applications.

The key has been a quite universally hated change, because especially on laptops, manufacturers completely removed one of the previously used keys and slapped the Copilot key in its place. Most often, the right-hand Ctrl key was removed from the keyboard.

Even if one doesn't use Copilot for anything, the key has still sat on the keyboard unnecessarily. Linuxissa, the key's function could easily be changed to one's liking, and even in Windows, it has been possible in some cases with Microsoft's own PowerToys tool.

But now Microsoft has clearly listened to users, and the key's function can henceforth be changed directly from Windows settings back to the right-hand Ctrl key or the so-called Menu key, which has been the other option for several device manufacturers, in place of which the Copilot key was installed.

Microsoft has recently started an ambitious project known as K2, in which the company aims to fix all of Windows' most annoying shortcomings and features.

So, in practice, the aim is to stop Windows' enshittification.

As part of the project, Microsoft is, among other things, revamping Windows' most important utility programs, which are intended to be completely recreated as so-called native applications.

But other things are happening too, as according to information, the company is currently testing a new change to Windows that would significantly speed up program launches.

The feature, known as "Low Latency Profile", would give a significantly larger amount of the user's computer's processor power than before to the program that is currently starting up, for about 1 - 3 seconds.

According to preliminary information obtained by Windows Central, the feature would speed up the launch of the heaviest applications by up to 40% compared to the current state.

Elon Musk has lost his high-profile lawsuit against AI company OpenAI and its leadership in California.

The court jury found that Musk filed his lawsuit too late, causing all of the billionaire's claims to lapse due to statutes of limitations. The decision removes a significant legal threat to OpenAI's stock market listing, which is expected to happen as early as this year.

In the lawsuit that began in 2024, Musk demanded that OpenAI's transformation into a for-profit company be reversed and that its key leaders, including CEO Sam Altman and former chairman of the board Greg Brockman, be removed from the company's leadership. According to Musk, Altman and the other founders violated the company's original non-profit mission, which aimed to develop AI for the benefit of all humanity. Musk had donated a total of approximately 38 million dollars to OpenAI and claimed that his charitable funds had been practically "stolen" when operations were shifted to a for-profit structure.

According to international media reports, however, the jury focused primarily on a technical but crucial question when making its decision: when had Musk's alleged damages occurred, and had the lawsuit been filed within the legally required timeframe. OpenAI's lawyers largely built their defense on the statute of limitations argument, aiming to show that all damages claimed by Musk had arisen before 2021-2022, by which time the deadlines for Musk's claims would have already expired under California law. The jury found this interpretation credible and reached a verdict after only about two hours of deliberation.

Google has changed Gemini's usage limits starting May 17, 2026.

With the change, users are required to update the Gemini mobile app to the latest version on both Android and iOS devices to ensure the best user experience. Along with the update, Gemini's user interface has also been revamped, and personal usage limits can now be easily viewed directly in the app's settings.


Your own usage can be easily seen in the settings

However, the new restrictions only apply to users over 18, meaning that for minors, the usage limits remain unchanged.

The biggest change concerns how the consumption of the AI service is measured. Google is abandoning traditional fixed message limits and moving to compute-power-based usage restrictions that reset every five hours until a broader weekly limit is reached.

When calculating usage consumption, the complexity of the prompt, the features used, and the overall length of the conversation are taken into account. For the consumer, this means that complex and long conversations can exhaust the five-hour quota significantly faster than before.

Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics has taken a step into the world of science fiction films by presenting what it calls the world's first mass-produced human-controlled mecha-robot.

The giant robot named GD01 takes the company's development work from previous robot dogs and humanoids towards heavier, human-transported machines.

The device's price tag is as striking as its appearance, as the robot's prices start from over $650,000 (appx. 600,000 euros).

In a video released by Unitree, the company's founder and CEO Wang Xingxing climbs into the robot's cockpit himself. The video also shows the robot walking without a human.

According to the company, the presented material is genuine and real-time without video accelerations.

Weighing approximately 500 kilograms with its driver, the GD01 stands out with its transformability. The robot can move in urban environments and on streets walking on two legs, but if necessary, it can transform into a quadrupedal mode.

Google is currently testing a change that could significantly reduce the free cloud storage new users receive.

The company has quietly moved to a model where a new Google account by default receives only 5 gigabytes of storage instead of the previous 15 gigabytes - the full 15 gigabytes can only be accessed if the user links their phone number to the account. The change first emerged through user observations. A Reddit user shared a screenshot of the account creation view, where Google offered a basic quota of 5 gigabytes and the option to increase it to 15 gigabytes if a phone number was linked to the account. Small text stated that the number is used to ensure that the additional storage is granted only once per person.

Google's own help pages also indicate the policy change. Previously, the company's support pages unequivocally stated that a Google account includes 15 gigabytes of free cloud storage, shared between Gmail, Drive, and Photos services. After mid-March 2026, the text has been changed to promise "up to 15 GB" for free. The change in wording on the page is in line with the new account creation view, where the user is offered two clear options: accept the basic 5 gigabyte quota or link a phone number and get the full 15 gigabytes.

iRobot has simultaneously unveiled no less than nine new robot vacuums, covering the entire market spectrum from the most affordable to the premium end.

The 2026 model range represents the company's most significant technological leap in years, as the size of the devices has been reduced by a quarter while suction power has been elevated to a new level.

All models utilize LiDAR technology, which significantly speeds up home mapping and navigation compared to previous camera-based solutions.

Roomba 115 Combo

The entry-level of the collection is the Roomba 115 Combo - and its biggest selling point is its exceptional low profile, as at only 7.89 centimeters tall, it is lower than, for example, the Ecovacs T50 Pro model and Dreame's flagship X60 Ultra.

Despite its small size, the 115 offers a suction power of 15,000 Pascals, which is more than double that seen in iRobot's 2025 models, such as the 7,000 Pascals in the Roomba 505+ model.