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OpenAI News Jun 29 Score 0.9399699180555556

Mapping Europe’s AI Workforce Opportunity

A new OpenAI report maps how AI could reshape jobs across the EU, highlighting which occupations may face automation, growth, or workflow changes.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 29 Score 0.8927019694444444

HTML table extractor

Tool: HTML table extractor Yet another in my growing collection of paste-conversion tools. This one accepts pasted rich text from browsers (with embedded HTML tables) and converts every detected table into HTML, Markdown, CSV, TSV, or JSON. Try it out by selec

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Foreign Policy Jun 29 Score 0.8849868518518518

Farmers Worldwide Brace for El Niño

An intense El Niño threatens to compound trade and energy pain.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 29 Score 0.8843116916666666

Count the number of Safari tabs

Tiniest TIL, using AppleScript to count the number of open browser tabs in Safari: osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to count tabs of every window' Tags: safari , til , applescript

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Foreign Policy Jun 29 Score 0.8822581481481481

Can NATO Pull Off a Dull Summit?

European countries are hoping that Erdogan can keep Trump from causing chaos.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 29 Score 0.880469562037037

Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding

Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding This is an interesting new open weights (MIT licensed) model, the first model release from DeepReinforce. [...] with variants including 9B Dense, 31B Dense, 35B MoE, and 397B MoE. Built on top of pretrained

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Schneier on Security Jun 29 Score 0.880117061574074

Factoring RSA Keys with Many Zeros

Interesting research on a new class of weak RSA keys: keys with lots of zeros. It turns out that these keys are out in the wild. The badkeys project is an open-source service that checks public keys for known vulnerabilities. While developing this tool, Hanno

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Foreign Policy Jun 29 Score 0.8779322222222221

America’s Sexual Exceptionalism

How Washington shaped global policy toward sex and prostitution.

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Quanta Magazine Jun 29 Score 0.8766406550925925

What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it manage the strain? The post What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Schneier on Security Jun 29 Score 0.8715128949074074

Robot Police Officers

We've taken one small step towards robot police officers: a drone capable of disarming a suspect: In a June 22 video posted on the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office’s Instagram page, an officer wearing goggles can be seen operating a drone to retrieve a knife

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OpenAI News Jun 26 Score 0.8249699180555556

Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with its most advanced safety stack.

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The Guardian — World Jun 29 Score 0.8169210569444445

Venezuelans newly deported from US missing after hotel collapse

More than 100 people removed on ICE flight were being held in hotel in La Guaira when earthquakes struck More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find surv

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Microsoft Research Blog Jun 29 Score 0.8137020412037038

Memora: A Harmonic Memory Representation Balancing Abstraction and Specificity

AI agents can't remember past conversations. They must constantly reload or retrieve context, which grows less efficient as tasks get longer and more complex. Memora solves this with a scalable memory system separating what’s stored from how it's retrieved. Th

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The Verge Jun 29 Score 0.8134765162037038

T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

Earlier today, T-Mobile started notifying customers that it will be retiring many legacy plans and moving subscribers onto one of its current rate plans. This move includes plans that date back to the 3G era, and it's going about as well as you'd expect. Affec

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The Verge Jun 29 Score 0.8133033680555556

After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down

While Kara Zor-El's appearance at the end of James Gunn's Superman was a very pleasant surprise, Warner Bros. Discovery's plan to fast-track a standalone Supergirl feature always felt a little dubious. It seemed odd that, after Superman, the studio wanted to f

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BleepingComputer Jun 29 Score 0.812767987962963

Nissan discloses employee data breach linked to Oracle zero-day attacks

Nissan is warning that it suffered a data breach affecting current and former employees after threat actors exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability in data theft attacks previously linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group. [...]

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BleepingComputer Jun 29 Score 0.8124828027777778

NAIC says public data stolen in ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft breach

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says the ShinyHunters extortion group stole only publicly available data, outdated logs, and configuration files after breaching its systems by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in an Oracle PeopleSo

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The Verge Jun 29 Score 0.8121487384259259

Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos reportedly wound up on the dark web

Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos and parts lists appeared on the dark web following a data breach affecting one of Apple's key suppliers, according to a report from Reuters. The leaked images show a drop test of what a source tells Reuters is the iPhone 18 Pro, equ

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The Verge Jun 29 Score 0.8112917939814815

Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music but isn’t banning it outright

Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to "protect artists" and "inform listeners." Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-gen

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The Verge Jun 29 Score 0.8103103125000001

Sony's next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’

Sony hinted in a recent Q&A with investors that the next generation PlayStation will offer some kind of experience that lets you play games outside of your living room. Here's the relevant portion from the transcript, emphasis mine: Q: How can you bring ba

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MIT Technology Review Jun 29 Score 0.8083033282407408

AI agents are not your "coworkers"

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one

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The Guardian — World Jun 29 Score 0.807664575462963

Strong aftershock terrifies Venezuelans days after devastating twin quakes

Caracas and La Guaira affected by 4.6-magnitude tremor as death toll passes 1,700 and humanitarian crisis grows A strong aftershock has rattled northern Venezuela, sending terrified residents racing on to the streets five days after the twin earthquakes that k

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War on the Rocks Jun 29 Score 0.8049926305555556

The Ukrainian Push for Long-Term Strategic Planning

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering in

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Google AI Blog Jun 29 Score 0.8049699319444445

Ask an AI expert: What exactly is the full stack?

A Google expert explains what it means to take a full-stack approach to AI and why it’s been the foundation of our AI work for so long.

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BleepingComputer Jun 29 Score 0.8035730805555557

U.S. offers $10 million for hackers targeting WhatsApp, Signal users

The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $10 million for information that helps identify or locate members of the UNC5792 and UNC4221 hacker groups, which are linked to Russia's intelligence and military services. [...]

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MIT Technology Review Jun 29 Score 0.8028593467592593

Agent confidence on the technical frontier

Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mounts, executives and technology leaders are looking to agentic

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MIT Technology Review Jun 29 Score 0.7985811060185186

The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. The inevitable weakness of metrics There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more that it can

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 29 Score 0.7983030490740741

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-48558 SimpleHelp Authentication Bypass Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malic

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War on the Rocks Jun 29 Score 0.7916440194444445

The Defense Industrial Alliance Washington Is Throwing Away

As the relationship between the United States and Canada continues to degrade, it now comes at the expense of each country's industrial security.Last month, the Pentagon announced the unilateral suspension of the 86-year-old Canadian Permanent Joint Board on D

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War on the Rocks Jun 29 Score 0.7908296675925927

A New Force Posture Concept for Europeanizing Extended Nuclear Deterrence

During the Cold War, Europe kept asking whether Washington would risk an American city to save a European one. It was an impolite question, but a useful one, which is why it never quite left the room. It has now packed its bags and moved east. Earlier this yea

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Schneier on Security Jun 26 Score 0.7611068763888889

Meta Is Testing Facial Recognition for Police and Military

We know that ICE wants to deploy eyeglasses with facial recognition that can identify people in real time. Turns out Meta is prototyping the feature with a Pentagon supplier. (Alternate news story.)

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Quanta Magazine Jun 26 Score 0.7590388032407407

After 80 Years, Mathematicians Give Famed ‘Erdős Method’ an Upgrade

Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his technique even more powerful. The post After 80 Years, Mathematicians Give Famed ‘Erdős Method’ an Upgrade first appeared on Quanta Ma

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Schneier on Security Jun 26 Score 0.751729561574074

One Million Passports Leaked Online

A database of almost a million passports from around the world was leaked online. Note what happened. A high-value credential—a passport—was used in an ancillary low-value authentication system: ID verification for cannabis dispensaries. And it's t

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Bellingcat Jun 29 Score 0.7409193416666666

Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage

At least 1,719 people are reported to have died after two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela last week. The final casualty count is expected to rise significantly. Some media outlets report resident’s growing frustration with the Venezuelan

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Dark Reading Jun 29 Score 0.7391155004629629

'Djinn' Stealer Targets Cloud, AI Credentials

The infostealer was delivered via CVE-2026-48558, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in SimpleHelp, targeting credentials linking development and admin environments to wider enterprise systems.

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CyberScoop Jun 29 Score 0.7391114569444445

Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents

The bill empowers the FTC to create a registry for sellers of AI agent software certifying their privacy and cybersecurity protections. The post Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents appeared first on CyberScoop .

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NASA News Jun 29 Score 0.7377462736111111

NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy

NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers of industrial components and providers of technologies critical to space exploration to support a susta

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NASA News Jun 29 Score 0.7377027550925926

NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovation

For more than 100 years, wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have helped shape the future of flight.   Now, two of NASA’s longest-serving facilities — the 12-Foot Low-Speed Tunnel and the 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel — wil

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Risky Bulletin Jun 29 Score 0.7371440925925926

Between Two Nerds: Set cyberspace ablaze

In this edition of Between Two Nerds, Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss whether cyber organisations should actually be separated from Signals Intelligence organisations. The Grugq argues that having cyber expertise subordinate to intelligence collection means tha

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TechCrunch — AI Jun 29 Score 0.7369973300925926

Gemini's personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.

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TechCrunch Jun 29 Score 0.7351464041666667

Watch out, Amazon: The Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival

Kobo users can now automatically sync their reading progress to StoryGraph, making it easier to track books, reading stats, and challenges without relying on Amazon’s Goodreads.

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MIT News — AI Jun 29 Score 0.7333033532407407

3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics

In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how design can make complex computational systems visible.

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GitHub Blog Jun 29 Score 0.7323422407407407

Highlights from Git 2.55

The open source Git project just released Git 2.55. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time. The post Highlights from Git 2.55 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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New Scientist Jun 29 Score 0.7299906935185185

Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?

Sleep is essential, yet humans have evolved to need so little of it. When evolutionary anthropologist David Samson delved into our ancient past to find the reasons why, he discovered surprising ways to get a better night’s rest

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NASA News Jun 29 Score 0.728823125462963

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) helps flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit on June 23, 2026, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems inside the Internat

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NASA News Jun 29 Score 0.7287680328703704

Mapping Earth's Observations, featuring Betsy Ford

NASA's Earth-observing satellites track an enormous range of phenomena: how aerosols move through the atmosphere, how moisture descends through soil, how land-cover shifts over decades. It's some of the most consequential data NASA produces, informing science,

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InfoQ Jun 29 Score 0.7280245893518519

Eliya 25 Brings a JVM-Level Diagnostic Profile to OpenJDK 25 LTS

Asymm Systems has released Eliya 25.0.3, an OpenJDK 25 LTS distribution aimed at improving production diagnostics in Java environments. It consolidates several HotSpot features into an opt-in Production profile. Eliya is designed for teams needing reliable dia

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New Scientist Jun 29 Score 0.7278263416666667

Your menstrual cycle may affect how well vaccines work

Women who were vaccinated against covid-19 in the luteal phase of their menstrual cycle reported having a breakthrough infection sooner than those vaccinated during their follicular phase

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New Scientist Jun 29 Score 0.7199805083333334

Remote-controlled cockroach swarm can now breathe underwater

Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a cyborg insect swarm to explore disaster zones and perhaps even Mars

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 29 Score 0.7081751736111112

Brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness

The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under general anesthesia could still process language at a sophisticated level, distinguishing nouns, verbs, and adjectives while listening to s

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 29 Score 0.7055733217592592

These tiny soil microbes could rescue crops from salty farmland

Researchers have discovered that beneficial soil bacteria give plants an unexpected survival advantage in salty soils. Instead of helping plants keep salt out, the microbes stimulate the production of lignin, a natural compound that strengthens roots and makes

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 29 Score 0.7041354634259258

Supercharging the agentic era with Spanner’s multi-model architecture

In the agentic era, the role of the database has fundamentally changed. It is no longer a passive repository; it’s a critical context engine designed to ground generative AI apps, models and power autonomous workflows. To do this effectively, databases must mo

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Nautilus Jun 29 Score 0.7024695856481481

When Earth Was an Asteroid Rain Hell

The constant barrage made it impossible for continents to form in the planet’s early days The post When Earth Was an Asteroid Rain Hell appeared first on Nautilus .

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 29 Score 0.6924687967592592

Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud Security uses AI internally

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2026. Today, we’re discussing how we use AI to chart a path to autonomous software development lifecycle security. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Goo

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 29 Score 0.6924687967592592

Synthesize the big picture and analyze trends with BigQuery's AI.AGG function

We recently announced the preview of the BigQuery AI.AGG() function. With AI.AGG() , you can use natural-language instructions within a single line of SQL to summarize or synthesize information over millions of rows of unstructured or even multimodal data. Sum

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 29 Score 0.6924687967592592

Scaling Network Analysis for Fraud Prevention with BigQuery Graph

Based in the UK, Curve are building a financial super-app, a smart wallet that consolidates all your debit and credit cards into a single app and card, simplifying how millions of users spend, send and save money. However, operating at this scale means confron

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AI News Jun 29 Score 0.6114351759259259

HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier

HP has scaled its OpenAI Frontier integration across global operations to optimise enterprise workflows and accelerate output. The hardware manufacturer initiated testing of the platform in February 2026. Early pilot programs yielded verified operational gains

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