This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, May 22nd, 2026.

We're going to tell you some stuff it's good to know.

We're going to give you the context, and we're going to help each other understand, right?

We are, Tom.

Today, Andy Beach is telling us how Google is using AI in advertising, and Frameworks, MacBook

for Linux users may have achieved the dream of the mainstream modular laptop.

Very excited about all that.

I'm Tom Merritt.

And I'm Sarah Lane.

Let's start with what you need to know with that big story.

Yeah, for those who

follow framework, the new framework laptop 13 Pro probably doesn't have too many things that are

unexpected. Seems like everybody's pleased with it. But those who are new to the modular

laptop maker may want to pay closer attention this time because not only have they got the modular

part down, which they have been doing

for a long time, but it's got a solid build. That is the big thing I keep hearing from people is

that this feels not like something that might be a little flimsier or anything. This is a very good

solid build. It's called the laptop 13 Pro. And in fact, Framework

CEO has described it as a MacBook Pro for Linux users. You cannot get it with MacOS, although

you can get it with Windows as well as Linux. But the company is clearly targeting Linux

users and says they have slightly more of them in their user base than they do Windows users.

Something like a little more than 50%.

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