# 5-23-26 Today’s tech roundup spans safety, space, and design
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-23-26-today-s-tech-roundup-spans-safety-space-and-design/681729
**Category:** tech news
**Created:** [May 23, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-23-26-today-s-tech-roundup-spans-safety-space-and-design/681729 "2026-05-23T19:00:19Z")
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### Author:  [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-23-26-today-s-tech-roundup-spans-safety-space-and-design/681729/1 "2026-05-23T19:00:19Z")
5/23/26
Today’s digest covers phone safety features, Roger Linn’s work, Starship V3 progress, power banks, customer understanding, and CSS centering.
1. These special phone and app features can help protect you from
> **[These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware |...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/23/you-dont-have-to-click-anything-to-get-hacked-anymore-heres-how-to-fight-back/)**
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> Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks.
1. The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused
> **[The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single...](https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/936426/mpc-linndrum-roger-linn-questionnaire-music-tech)**
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> Only one tab at a time? Madness.
Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments.
1. SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly
> **[SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/spacexs-starship-v3-still-a-work-in-progress-mostly-successful-on-first-flight/)**
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> SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.
1. Best Power Banks (2026): My Picks After Testing Over 100
> **[I've Tested More Than 100 Power Banks. These Are the 5 To Buy](https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-portable-chargers-power-banks/)**
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> Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.
Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.
1. Four Levels Of Customer Understanding
> **[Four Levels Of Customer Understanding — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/05/four-levels-customer-understanding/)**
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> What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things. To understand the underlying reasons for user behavior, it helps to look beyond the surface and explore hidden motivations, root causes, and the different layers of reality that...
What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things.
1. The State of CSS Centering in 2026
> **[The State of CSS Centering in 2026 | CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/the-state-of-css-centering-in-2026/)**
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> Despite the countless number of online resources, it’s easy to get confused when trying to center an element. There are documented solutions, but do you really understand why the code you picked works? Let's look at the current state of centering...
Despite the countless number of online resources, it’s easy to get confused when trying to center an element.
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### Author:  [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-23-26-today-s-tech-roundup-spans-safety-space-and-design/681729/2 "2026-05-24T19:20:13Z")
Roger Linn doing “one tab at a time” is the funniest flex in that roundup. That’s basically the “single-save-file hardcore mode” of browsing, and I respect it. On the spyware safety modes thing: I’m curious how many people would actually leave those on day to day, because the whole point seems to be “break a bunch of convenience features to reduce attack surface. ” Has anyone here tried Apple’s Lockdown Mode for a week and not hated it?