5-19-26 tech roundup spans AI, gaming, and safety

5/19/26

Today’s tech digest covers a new 1000Hz gaming monitor, SpaceX safety scrutiny, and major health and AI developments.

  1. Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he

There’s a common refrain among [young] people in this world that it’s easier to raise money for a startup right now than to get an internship.

  1. LG will release the first 1000Hz, 1080p gaming monitor this year

If you just can’t choose between refresh rate and resolution, LG’s next gaming monitor could solve your.

  1. Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel

CDC is working to move the infected American and six others to Germany.

  1. rotateY()

The rotateY() function rotates an element around its vertical y-axis.

  1. OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site

The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.

  1. SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no

Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models.