--- title: Best TechLinked posts — May 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best TechLinked posts — May 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of TechLinked — May 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-teasing-us-valve-xylb78yec "Stop Teasing Us Valve") Video TechLinked · 18w Stop Teasing Us Valve A tech news roundup covering several stories: Valve imported \~100 tons of hardware from China in two months, sparking speculation about Steam Machines or VR headsets; the Steam Controller sold out instantly but CAD files were released under Creative Commons. Germany's .de domain suffered a major outage due to DENIC distributing faulty DNSSEC cryptographic signatures during a routine key swap. Google Chrome was found silently downloading a 4GB on-device AI model to users without permission, potentially violating EU privacy laws. Notepad++ creator Don Ho is threatening legal action over an unofficial macOS port misusing his name and branding. Microsoft Edge was found storing passwords in plaintext memory, which Microsoft downplayed. AI safety news: Microsoft, Google DeepMind, and xAI signed deals with the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation for pre-release model vetting. 86 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/yes-very-good-microsoft-kx2esclmy "Yes, Very Good, Microsoft") Video TechLinked · 16w Yes, Very Good, Microsoft A tech news roundup covering several stories: Microsoft is releasing an update to allow users to hide the controversial floating Copilot button in Microsoft 365 apps after user backlash. GitHub suffered a major breach by hacker group Team PCP via a malicious VS Code extension, exposing \~3,800 internal repositories now up for auction. Nvidia urges GPU owners to update drivers immediately to patch 14 vulnerabilities including a critical 8.8/10 memory flaw. Additional bits cover Meta launching a Reddit-like app called Forum while cutting 8,000 jobs, Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat bricking cheat hardware, Discord enabling end-to-end encryption for voice/video calls, a Spotify/UMG deal for AI-generated music covers, and Pizza Hut being sued $100M over a mandatory AI delivery system. 38 1 [See all TechLinked archives](/sources/techlinked/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/05","name":"Best TechLinked Posts — May 2026","description":"The most upvoted TechLinked posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2026/05#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-teasing-us-valve-xylb78yec","name":"Stop Teasing Us Valve"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yes-very-good-microsoft-kx2esclmy","name":"Yes, Very Good, Microsoft"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TechLinked","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2026"}]}]} ```