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OpenAI News Jun 26 Score 0.9449696328703705

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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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 26 Score 0.8906856703703703

Quoting Dean W. Ball

This is a bad state of affairs. Consider, in particular, some industry dynamics: Frontier models are trained at an enormous cost, and a significant fraction of that cost is recouped in the few post-release months that they are broadly available. After that per

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 26 Score 0.8887240962962962

Quoting Timothy B. Lee

This is like saying there's no learning curve to being a manager because your employees will just do whatever you tell them to do. — Timothy B. Lee , on the idea that LLMs take no skill and have no learning curve Tags: llms , ai , generative-ai

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Foreign Policy Jun 26 Score 0.8849929925925925

The Art That Created Colonialism

A new exhibition examines how Western art and colonial aggression made each other possible.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 26 Score 0.884226411111111

What happened after 2,000 people tried to hack my AI assistant

What happened after 2,000 people tried to hack my AI assistant Fernando Irarrázaval ran a challenge on hackmyclaw.com to see if anyone could leak secrets held by his OpenClaw test instance by sending it email. Surprisingly, after 6,000 attempts (and $500 in to

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 26 Score 0.8832727074074073

Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM

Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM Spectacular hypothetical incident report by Andrew Nesbitt. Day 2, 16:00 UTC --- Two AI review agents from competing vendors, both attached to a downstream pull request bumping foxhole-lz4 , enter a disagreement loop over whether

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Foreign Policy Jun 26 Score 0.8824578074074073

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of June 20: Colombia votes, Starmer resigns, and Rutte meets with Trump.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 26 Score 0.8819342814814813

Quoting OpenAI

We're beginning a limited preview of the GPT‑5.6 series: Sol, our flagship model; Terra, a balanced model for everyday work; and Luna, a fast and affordable model. Terra has competitive performance to GPT‑5.5 while being 2x cheaper and Luna brings strong capab

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Schneier on Security Jun 26 Score 0.8811066449074073

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 0.8790384180555555

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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Foreign Policy Jun 26 Score 0.8733087333333333

Colombia Swings to the Right

It’s the latest Latin American country to elect a Trump-backed leader.

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Schneier on Security Jun 26 Score 0.8717293300925925

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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Krebs on Security Jun 23 Score 0.8353255583333334

Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial

Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area. The duo were key members

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OpenAI News Jun 23 Score 0.8299696328703705

Helping build shared standards for advanced AI

OpenAI helps build shared standards for advanced AI, supporting evaluation frameworks, safety practices, and global cooperation through the Appia Foundation.

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The Verge Jun 27 Score 0.8232161972222223

Prime Day is almost over, but these are still the best Apple deals I've seen

Amazon's Prime Day is now in its final hours, but whether you're looking for a new pair of wireless earbuds or a smartwatch, there’s a good chance you’ll still find a discount. The Apple Watch Series 11 remains at its best price to date, while the AirPods Pro

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The Verge Jun 27 Score 0.823157400925926

It’s the last day of Prime Day — here are over 140 great deals to choose from

We’ve arrived at the final day of Prime Day, which at this point should probably be called “Prime Week.” We’ve found discounts on all manner of gadgets, including TVs, smart home tech, chargers, headphones, and more. Some of the best deals have started selling

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The Verge Jun 27 Score 0.8225782342592594

24 Prime Day deals Verge readers are grabbing before Prime Day ends

There are an overwhelming number of Prime Day deals to sort through, which is why we spend so much time highlighting products we've already tested and can stand behind. But our recommendations are only one way to identify a worthwhile deal: another is seeing w

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Wired Jun 27 Score 0.8199555712962964

The 28 Best Deals Under $100 Before Prime Day Ends

Times are hard in 2026. These Amazon Prime Day deals under $100 on earbuds, Kindles, and other tested products should help make life just a little bit easier.

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The Verge Jun 27 Score 0.8194893453703704

The 17 best robot vacuum deals you can still get before Prime Day ends

If you've been wanting to buy a robot vacuum but have been put off by how much it can cost to get a good one, now is not a bad time to start looking. We're now on the final day of Prime Day, and Amazon, along with retailers like Best Buy and Walmart, is still

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The Verge Jun 27 Score 0.8192402712962964

Anthropic's Mythos 5 is back

After a rollercoaster negotiation process with the Trump administration that dragged on for two weeks, Anthropic's Mythos 5 is finally back in action - at least, somewhat, for a select group of organizations, according to a letter from the government to Anthro

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BleepingComputer Jun 26 Score 0.8151442087962963

FBI: Russian hackers now target Signal backup recovery keys

The FBI and CISA are warning that a phishing campaign targeting Signal users tied to Russian intelligence services has evolved to steal Signal Backup Recovery Keys, allowing attackers to access victims' historical messages. [...]

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BleepingComputer Jun 26 Score 0.8111668939814816

CISA sets urgent deadline to fix Cisco flaw exploited in attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is giving federal agencies until Sunday to patch a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server that is being actively exploited. [...]

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BleepingComputer Jun 26 Score 0.8084196717592593

Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack

Polymarket says it will fully reimburse customers who lost an estimated $3 million after hackers injected a malicious script into the platform's frontend following a breach at a third-party vendor. [...]

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BleepingComputer Jun 26 Score 0.8080006902777779

Cybersecurity firms targeted by fraudulent OpenAI organization invites

Threat actors are creating OpenAI tenants that impersonate legitimate companies and inviting employees to join them, in what appears to be a ploy to trick targets into submitting sensitive company information in chats and projects. [...]

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.8052193726851853

Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence

Various issues – including a rodent infestation and mould – have left the historic, sprawling Ottawa estate empty 10 Downing Street has two things: mice and a chief mouser . For more than a decade, an officially recognized feline has kept rodent infestation in

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.8050402060185186

Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on

Worst incident of its kind in country for more than 125 years leaves many searching for family members – and pleading for international help Venezuela death toll doubles as interim president vows to save ‘as many people as possible’ Nearly all of Ligia Level’s

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War on the Rocks Jun 26 Score 0.8020697375000001

Not Imaginary: The Deterrence Gap is Real and America Needs Low-Yield Nukes

Nuclear policy debates are at their best when they force hard questions about risk, deterrence, and military necessity. They are at their worst when disagreement is recast as bad faith. In 2018, as an outgrowth of a rigorous policy review process, the Trump ad

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BleepingComputer Jun 26 Score 0.8016692087962963

Your First GRC Agent: A Red Teamer's Walkthrough

AI won't replace GRC analysts, but it can eliminate much of the repetitive work they do. Anecdotes walks through building an agent that continuously monitors controls, identifies evidence gaps, and opens remediation tasks. [...]

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MIT Technology Review Jun 26 Score 0.7985809935185186

The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions

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. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this w

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.798397613425926

‘Everyone is talking about Cape Verde’: World Cup run delights diaspora community in UK

Cape Verdeans in Britain feeling ‘incredibly proud’ after team’s hard-fought draws against Spain and Uruguay World Cup live – latest updates For as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lauryn struggled to find a map that included Cape Verde. Now, to her great

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 26 Score 0.7983026550925927

Russian Intelligence Services Continue to Target Commercial Messaging Applications

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an updated Public Service Announcement (PSA) warning of Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) cyber threat actors targeting commercial messaging applications in ongoing phishing campaigns. This PSA is an

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.796523076388889

Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo

Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public

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MIT Technology Review Jun 26 Score 0.7933032157407408

Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.

It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone confirmed, it felt like 39 °C. It’s frighteni

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NASA News Jun 26 Score 0.7362141513888889

NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge

NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The announcement marks the culmination of months of research by unive

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The Hacker News Jun 26 Score 0.7360384643518518

FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys

The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key. Hand it over once, and the attacker

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CyberScoop Jun 26 Score 0.7354244685185185

ATF cancels controversial commercial geolocation contract

The agency told CyberScoop the tool was a pilot that didn’t meet their needs. Members of Congress say it was accessed for hundreds of active cases. The post ATF cancels controversial commercial geolocation contract appeared first on CyberScoop .

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Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) Jun 26 Score 0.7351235004629629

Threat Brief: Mitigating Large-Scale Credential Attacks

We provide guidance for preparing for and mitigating large-scale credential attacks, focusing on recent campaigns targeting security vendors' devices. The post Threat Brief: Mitigating Large-Scale Credential Attacks appeared first on Unit 42 .

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NASA News Jun 26 Score 0.7345285032407407

NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions

For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special

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The Hacker News Jun 26 Score 0.7337963347222223

New SharkLoader Malware Deploys Cobalt Strike in StrikeShark Cyberattacks

A newly discovered cyber attack campaign has been observed delivering a previously undocumented malware family called SharkLoader that acts as a loader for deploying Cobalt Strike Beacon on compromised hosts. Kaspersky, which is tracking the activity under the

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Kubernetes Blog Jun 26 Score 0.733302486574074

Open source maintainership in the age of AI

AI has really changed the game around software development. More people are leveraging AI than ever to contribute patches to projects they use. To me, this is a good thing as more folks will contribute patches rather than fork or not fix them. The main problem

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InfoQ Jun 26 Score 0.7310518962962963

Vercel Introduces Eve, an Open-Source Framework for Building AI Agents

Vercel has released Eve, an open-source framework for building, deploying, and operating AI agents in production. The framework uses a filesystem-based project structure to organize agent instructions, tools, skills, subagents, communication channels, and sche

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NASA News Jun 26 Score 0.7293576699074074

NASA Identifies More Than 40 Space Technologies for Collaboration

NASA selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance technologies in support of the agency’s goals to establish a long-term presence on the Moon and enable human exploration of Mars. These American companies, picked from NASA’s 2025 Announcement of Collabor

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NASA News Jun 26 Score 0.7288947069444445

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, took a new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, seen in this image released on June 24, 2026. This observation overlaps with a region scientists will observe with NASA’s Nancy Grace

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New Scientist Jun 26 Score 0.7283186550925926

I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene

A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer anywhere in her body, causing endless anxiety and requiring regular whole-body MRIs and other screening

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New Scientist Jun 26 Score 0.7245732847222223

Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one day identify individual artists and resolve the debate over Neanderthals' artistic abilities

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GitHub Blog Jun 26 Score 0.7233025680555556

Transitioning as a Hubber

How GitHub's culture and benefits helped me be the best version of myself. The post Transitioning as a Hubber appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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InfoQ Jun 26 Score 0.7233018962962963

Argo CD 3.5 Tightens Supply Chain Security with Internal mTLS and Source Integrity

The Argo CD project released a v3.5 release candidate in June 2026. This version adds mutual TLS enforcement for internal components. It also includes Git commit signature verification for supply chain security and native ApplicationSet management in the UI. T

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New Scientist Jun 26 Score 0.7191580069444444

Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

The New Scientist Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, we learn about the upbringing of its protagonist on the planet Tu-mdo

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New Scientist Jun 26 Score 0.7191385625

Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusses how a population might deal with knowledge that their planet will be destroyed in 100 years

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New Scientist Jun 26 Score 0.7183038402777778

Can video games help us better understand quantum mechanics?

The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum mechanics or use quantum computers in their development. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explores how these could change our understanding of quantum physics,

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 26 Score 0.7089218569444444

Earth may have been seeding Venus with life for billions of years

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the journey and end up suspended in Venus' clouds. If futu

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Lobsters Jun 27 Score 0.7060448138888888

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Nautilus Jun 26 Score 0.7024695314814814

The New Seismic Discovery Beneath the Surface of Mars

Earth isn’t alone—in its rock recycling processes The post The New Seismic Discovery Beneath the Surface of Mars appeared first on Nautilus .

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Nautilus Jun 26 Score 0.7008028648148147

This Was a Big Week for Marie Curie, More Than 120 Years Ago

Despite steep odds, she became the first woman in France to earn a doctorate in science The post This Was a Big Week for Marie Curie, More Than 120 Years Ago appeared first on Nautilus .

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Kubernetes Blog Jun 25 Score 0.6999691532407407

Introducing the Cluster API plugin for Headlamp

Headlamp is an open-source, extensible Kubernetes SIG UI project designed to let you explore, manage, and debug cluster resources directly from a browser. Cluster API (CAPI) is a Kubernetes sub-project that brings declarative, Kubernetes-style APIs to cluster

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Kubernetes Blog Jun 25 Score 0.6966358199074074

Inspect Volcano workloads faster with Headlamp

Volcano is a cloud native batch scheduler for Kubernetes, built for high-performance computing, AI/ML, and other batch workloads. Headlamp is an extensible Kubernetes web UI. With its plugin system, Headlamp can surface APIs and workflows beyond the built-in K

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 26 Score 0.695801998148148

Securing agentic AI with perimeter guardrails: What's new in VPC Service Controls

As enterprises scale autonomous AI agents into production, enabling safe innovation requires robust architectural guardrails. AI agents connect across tools and datasets, so it’s essential to establish clear network-level boundaries for comprehensive data prot

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Kubernetes Blog Jun 25 Score 0.6933024861111111

See your serverless: introducing the Headlamp plugin for Knative

Headlamp is an open-source, extensible Kubernetes SIG UI project designed to let you explore, manage, and debug cluster resources. Knative brings serverless workloads to Kubernetes, handling traffic routing, autoscaling, and revision management so teams can de

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 26 Score 0.6924686643518517

What’s new with Google Cloud

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google C

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TechCrunch — AI Jun 26 Score 0.655658412962963

It's not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore

AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.

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MIT News — AI Jun 23 Score 0.6177476828703704

Exploring the societal impacts of AI

During the AI and Society Forum, leading MIT researchers examined critical questions about AI’s influence on employment and democracy.

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