May 20, 2026 Elon Musk loses his legal battle against OpenAI, but says the fight is far from over. Google unveils the biggest change to Search in 25 years, replacing the familiar list of blue links with AI-powered agentic search that could transform how people research, shop, and buy online. Starlink’s rapid expansion into direct-to-device satellite connectivity appears to have pushed America’s biggest telecom carriers into defensive action. And new research suggests data centres may be making nearby neighbourhoods measurably hotter. In today’s Hashtag Trending, Jim Love breaks down four stories reshaping technology, AI, telecom, and infrastructure. Today’s stories: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman is dismissed after a California jury rules he waited too long to bring the case Google I/O reveals AI-powered Search agents that could disrupt publishers, e-commerce, and rivals like OpenAI, Perplexity, Amazon, and Walmart Starlink’s satellite-to-phone ambitions trigger concern among Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile as SpaceX scales globally Phoenix research finds data centre waste heat may raise local temperatures by up to 2°C If AI becomes the layer between you and the internet, who controls what you see, buy, and trust? Timestamps: