Today’s Tech Roundup Covers OS updates lawsuits and gadgets

5/18/26

Haiku OS reaches M1 Macs, OpenAI wins a Musk lawsuit, Walmart unveils budget Android tablets, and Windows 11 restores a beloved taskbar feature.

  1. Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now

Article URL: https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/my-haiku-arm64-progress/19044.page=2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item.id=48183579 Points: 16 # Comments: 3.

  1. Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

Elon Musk’s claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI cofounders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.

  1. Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting

Walmart’s Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro.

  1. Five years later, Windows 11 brings back much-missed taskbar

Microsoft is also testing a smaller taskbar and more customizable Start menu.

  1. These 11 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026

We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.

  1. Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions

This is Part 1 of a two-part series about cross-document view transitions, going over all the gotchas, from ditching the deprecated way to opt into them to a little-known.