Hacker News

Pledging Another $400k to the Zig Software Foundation Never Give Them Your Face Claude Code's "extended thinking" is a summary- not authentic thinking Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance Deno Desktop Codex logging bug may write TBs to local SSDs GLM 5.2 vs. Opus Chevron signs 20-year power agreement with Microsoft for West Texas data center Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site I built Ponytrail, a local audit trail for AI coding-agent edits DHL Set to Transport Goods on New Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Help I accidentally a wigglegram Did my old job only exist because of fraud? Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI

Bleeping Computer

A Glimpse into the “Search Your Target” Market for Stolen Credentials AryStinger botnet infected thousands of D-Link routers worldwide New Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recent files for encryption Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack Hackers exploit info disclosure bug in Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses Every AI Agent Is an Identity. Most Organizations Don't Treat Them That Way Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond Microsoft: June 2026 Windows updates break Recycle Bin prompts CISA: Splunk Enterprise flaw actively exploited, patch by Sunday NY man charged after harassing college student with AI-generated nudes CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak Gentlemen ransomware uses multiple EDR killers to disable defenses Nintendo confirms data stolen in WebMD subsidiary cyberattack

Ars Technica

Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Slashdot

Several US States Bet That AI Can Solve Their Prison Recidivism Crisis UK Official Promises Statements 'Around VPNs' and Further Teen Restrictions on Chatbots and Social Media Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock's Cameras to Stalk People US Bill Would Mandate AI Chip Location Tracking to Thwart China and Other Adversaries Facial Recognition on Public Buses? Kansas City Says Yes Gamers Sue PlayStation: It's Not Clear They're Selling Licenses Rather Than Ownership of Games Student Loan Borrowers Will Get Interest Rate Cut If They Sign Up For Auto Pay Norway Imposes Near Ban On AI In Elementary School New Unpatchable Exploit Targets Apple Devices With A12 and A13 Chips Meta Lobbies Congress For Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits Trump Admin Backs Off Plans To Kill Ocean Monitoring California 'Billionaire Tax' Makes Ballot Despite Opposition From Tech Moguls Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Plan To Give Americans Control of AI Industry Tesco Moving 40,000 Server Workloads Off VMware Amid Broadcom's 'Abusive Conduct' Microsoft Working To Patch 'RoguePlanet' Zero-Day

Events

The Verge

The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare All the news about Anthropic’s new AI fight with the White House The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts

Cipher Brief

Before the IC Trusts AI, It Needs to Prove It Can Assure It Learning Velocity: The Next Strategic Advantage The Forty-Year Cyber Policy Failure Congress Refuses to Address A Historic Summit between China and North Korea DNI Day One: Three Strategic Decisions for National Security Evolution AI Is Speeding Up Intelligence, But Not the System Around It Why Human Intelligence Matters More in an AI World The AI Race Won't Be Won by the Best Model—But by the Fastest Military Can the Pentagon Buy Faster Before the Next War Arrives? The Warning Paradox: Why Correct Intelligence Often Fails America's Veterans Are a Defense-Tech Asset — We're Wasting Them Economic Security in an Age of Strategic Competition The Future of Intelligence Space Assets: SAR, Electro-Optical and AI Fusion The Morning Brief: What the PDB Can Offer the Corporate Leadership Team Russia’s Taliban Embrace Signals a New Power Shift in Afghanistan

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

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