May

May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is referenced in the news as the month during which a significant outage occurred at Wikipedia, which may have been linked to 'rogue' bots from OpenAI.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because it is the month associated with a major Wikipedia outage potentially caused by OpenAI's bots.

Latest on May

• Commentary: What’s in the melting Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague
• TechSparks 2026: Zakir Khan, Varun Mayya, Keshav Reddy, and more join the speakers
• Trump taps Russia to boost global diesel supplies ahead of midterms. It may be ‘too little, too late,’ says strategist.
• Beer maker leaders may have been aware of price cartel
• Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
• Golden Week slowdown may not be enough to ease Transpacific ocean rates

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