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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 19 Score 0.8912425064814814

Quoting Sean Lynch

The real valuable capability MCP offers over skills/CLI is isolating the auth flow outside of the agent’s context window, and potentially out of the harness completely. [...] Maybe the idealized form of MCP is just an auth gateway for the API and nothing else.

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Schneier on Security Jun 19 Score 0.8884089046296295

Friday Squid Blogging: Victims of Unregulated Squid Fishing

Dolphins, sharks, turtles, and human workers are all victims of unregulated squid fishing fleets. Another news article . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Blog moderation policy.

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Foreign Policy Jun 19 Score 0.8733157212962962

A Tale of Two AI Policy Regimes

Brazil wants regulation. Argentina rejects it.

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Foreign Policy Jun 19 Score 0.8733101657407406

Syria’s War Crimes Dilemma

The government can execute war criminals or get full international support—but not both.

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Schneier on Security Jun 19 Score 0.8717339046296295

Anthropic’s Fable and the State of AI

On June 9th, Anthropic released its Fable generative AI model. Three days later, the US government classified it as a dangerous munition, and used its export-control authority to prohibit any foreign nationals from accessing it. Unable to differentiate between

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Foreign Policy Jun 19 Score 0.8699745175925925

Foreign Pressure, American Freedom

How other countries and their citizens helped the United States live up to its ideals.

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BBC News — World Jun 19 Score 0.8176120120370372

US to stop funding HIV programmes in South Africa

More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world.

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BleepingComputer Jun 19 Score 0.815832988425926

Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack

Market intelligence platform Klue has publicly confirmed a recent security incident that allowed threat actors to steal OAuth tokens used to connect to customers' Salesforce environments, as the new "Icarus" extortion group publicly claims the attack. [...]

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The Verge Jun 19 Score 0.8140993231481483

Nothing cancels this year's CMF phone due to RAM prices

Nothing's next budget phone is the latest victim of RAMageddon. As 9to5Google reports, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced in a post on X that a follow-up to the CMF Phone 2 Pro won't be coming this year: We were working on a successor but with memor

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The Verge Jun 19 Score 0.809464600925926

NASA selects Eric Schmidt's rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars

Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA's Aeolus payload to Mars in 2028, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Under a new public-private partnership, Relativity Space will provide the "spacecra

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The Guardian — World Jun 19 Score 0.8073795861111112

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at landmark conference in Ghana

Ensuring fair compensation for those affected by legacies of enslavement and measures to address debt burdens, part of 18-point strategic roadmap More than money: the logic of slavery reparations A global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a

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The Verge Jun 19 Score 0.8073243231481482

Hue’s wired wall modules bring non-smart lights into its ecosystem

Smart lighting company Philips Hue has launched its first wired wall modules. Installed behind existing wall switches, the new devices bring non-smart lights into the Hue ecosystem for the first time. Hue also announced new Play table and floor lamps that are

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BleepingComputer Jun 19 Score 0.8053223402777778

Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) disclosed a data breach at its license system vendor that exposed personal information for more than three million individuals. [...]

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The Verge Jun 19 Score 0.8031335824074075

The NTS Radio Player brings the best of internet radio to your hi-fi

NTS Radio and Swedish audio company Atonemo have teamed up on a dedicated player that brings NTS's genre-defying mixes and streaming stations to almost any stereo or speaker setup. And, like Atonemo's existing Streamplayer, you can also listen to your favorite

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The Verge Jun 19 Score 0.8020669157407408

The film about Sam Altman has been dropped by Amazon MGM

Luca Guadagnino's film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman's termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in

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BleepingComputer Jun 19 Score 0.8002565995370371

Every AI Agent Is an Identity. Most Organizations Don't Treat Them That Way

AI agents can access data, trigger workflows, deploy code, and interact with critical business systems, often with little oversight. Token Security breaks down why AI agents are becoming a new identity and governance challenge. [...]

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Interconnects Jun 19 Score 0.8000474379629631

Banning Open Source AI Would Be A Mistake

This post was originally an op-ed co-authored with Kevin Xu of Interconnected for a general, non-technical audience.

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BleepingComputer Jun 19 Score 0.7986459513888889

Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond

Modern phishing attacks, including Device Code phishing, can undermine MFA protections and grant attackers access to corporate accounts without stealing passwords. This webinar explores how behavioral AI can help security teams detect compromised accounts fast

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MIT Technology Review Jun 19 Score 0.7985812324074075

The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off

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. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last m

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Wired Jun 19 Score 0.7966368060185186

The Best Art TVs

Even after your movies end, these art televisions look stunning on any wall.

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MIT Technology Review Jun 19 Score 0.7960923435185185

A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs

Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin, and many people we

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MIT Technology Review Jun 19 Score 0.7933034546296297

Brain-computer interface trials are taking off

This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to speak coherently without the device. He has now spent almost t

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MIT Technology Review Jun 19 Score 0.7933034546296297

The inevitable weakness of metrics

There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me

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War on the Rocks Jun 19 Score 0.7908239046296297

Why India Will Stick with America

The Trump administration has not been kind to India. Nevertheless, India has responded with far greater equanimity than most observers expected. Predictions that President Donald Trump's behavior will hurt U.S.-Indian relations have not come to pass, with the

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Schneier on Security Jun 16 Score 0.7517343675925925

Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking

There are over a dozen cases around the country where police officers are using the Flock surveillance camera system to obsessively and illegally stalk people . Alternate link .

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Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) Jun 20 Score 0.7467907824074074

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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TechCrunch Jun 19 Score 0.7383192097222222

Aura's impressive e-ink photo frame doesn't even look digital

What's the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display t

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The Hacker News Jun 19 Score 0.7343500115740741

Unpatchable 'usbliter8' Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain

Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published a working exploit, dubbed usbliter8, that achieves arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple's A12 and A13 chips. That code is burned into the silicon at manufacture. No software

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The Hacker News Jun 19 Score 0.7342231597222222

The Gentlemen RaaS Uses GentleKiller EDR Framework Targeting 400 Security Processes

The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers that it hands out to affiliates for impairing system defenses before deploying the encryptor. This mature por

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New Scientist Jun 19 Score 0.7329834833333333

Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again

Older mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improved brain plasticity, which suggests their brains could overcome a neurological condition that is typically successfully treated only in childhood

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New Scientist Jun 19 Score 0.7316371870370371

We've found a mysterious substance on Titan and Pluto

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial to understanding Titan’s complex chemistry

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New Scientist Jun 19 Score 0.7302112611111111

Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix

Efficiency ratings on portable air conditioners don’t give consumers the full picture, and one type of aircon unit is so inefficient that it should be banned, says Michael Le Page

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GitHub Blog Jun 19 Score 0.7299697972222222

How we built an internal data analytics agent

Qubot, our internal Copilot-powered analytics agent, allows any GitHub employee to ask questions about our data in plain language. Here's what we learned as we built it. The post How we built an internal data analytics agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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The Hacker News Jun 19 Score 0.7291583449074074

AutoJack Attack Lets One Web Page Hijack AI Agent for Host Code Execution

Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution. Steer the agent to load an attacker's web page, and that page's JavaScript can reach a privileged loca

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The Hacker News Jun 19 Score 0.7285226967592593

Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites

Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites. "With these actions we deprive cybercri

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The Hacker News Jun 19 Score 0.7266463078703703

CISA Warns Fortinet Customers as FortiBleed Hits 86,644 FortiGate Devices

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday urged Fortinet customers with FortiGate appliances to take steps to secure against ongoing malicious activity aimed at thousands of internet-accessible devices. The sweeping campaign,

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New Scientist Jun 19 Score 0.7257654277777777

Gas from Uranus reveals it has an icy centre

Carbon monoxide in Uranus's deep atmosphere indicates that the planet contains more ice than rock, suggesting it formed more like Neptune than we thought

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 19 Score 0.7255739347222222

Scientists expected a black hole but found a neutrino factory powered by stars

A distant galaxy nicknamed Shadow Blaster may have revealed a surprising source of cosmic neutrinos: extreme star formation instead of a supermassive black hole. The discovery suggests that hidden, dust-filled starburst galaxies could account for a significant

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Dark Reading Jun 19 Score 0.7249698527777778

Stressors, AI Forcing Changes to Cybersecurity Teams

As threats proliferate and AI complicates cybersecurity, CISOs say the job is getting harder, but more companies still want cybersecurity expertise, if even on a part-time basis.

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 19 Score 0.7247128236111111

Researchers found a Wordle strategy that wins 99% of the time

Researchers developed a Wordle-solving strategy that succeeds 99% of the time by focusing on information gain rather than likely answers. The method uses Shannon entropy to identify guesses that reveal the most about the hidden word. Each guess is designed to

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InfoQ Jun 19 Score 0.7233580763888889

Presentation: AI Agents to Make Sense of Data at OpenAI

OpenAI’s Bonnie Xu discusses Kepler, an internal AI data analyst agent built to query 600+ petabytes of data. She explains how they overcome context window limits using MCP, automated code crawling, and RAG. Xu also shares how their team leverages scoped seman

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InfoQ Jun 19 Score 0.7229969652777778

TSRX: A Framework-Agnostic Alternative to JSX

TSRX is a TypeScript language extension developed by Dominic Gannaway, designed to build declarative user interfaces in a framework-agnostic manner. It compiles single .tsrx files to various runtime targets and supports scoped styles and declarative error hand

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 19 Score 0.7229674532407407

Scientists reprogram brain immune cells to fight Alzheimer’s

A newly identified molecule called OLE helped restore the brain’s immune cells to a more protective state in Alzheimer’s models. The treatment reduced toxic plaque buildup and improved memory, raising hopes for a new therapeutic approach.

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 19 Score 0.7195007865740741

Einstein’s “biggest blunder” may finally have an explanation

Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between quantum gravity and an exotic quantum state of matter that could explain why the universe isn’t expanding wildly fast. The study suggests that the very shape of space-time may protect the cosmological c

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New Scientist Jun 19 Score 0.7183163537037037

Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help your ageing microbiome?

The disruption of your gut microbiome is a major consequence, and possible cause, of ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks into recent trials examining whether it can be replenished through diet and prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics

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InfoQ Jun 19 Score 0.7183025208333333

Article: Designing Continuous Authorization for Sensitive Cloud Systems

Most cloud systems make one authorization decision at login. Everything after runs on trust established at authentication time. For systems handling regulated data, that gap is where breaches happen. This article presents a continuous authorization architectur

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 19 Score 0.7132943050925926

This giant tropical fruit could help reverse gum disease damage

A new biomaterial made from jackfruit latex, pomegranate peel, and simvastatin could transform the treatment of severe gum disease. Early tests suggest it not only combats infection and inflammation but may also help rebuild lost bone and tissue around teeth.

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Risky Bulletin Jun 19 Score 0.7122932476851852

Risky Bulletin: Creds for 74,000 Fortinet devices leaked

A LOT of Fortinet creds have leaked online, Canada’s spy agency allowed to remove a botnet from Canadian devices, a supply chain attack hits the Mastra AI framework, and Europol disrupts SocGolish. Show notes Risky Bulletin: Canada’s spy agency allowed to remo

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NASA News Jun 19 Score 0.7099700699074074

Tropical Storm Arthur

The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Lobsters Jun 19 Score 0.7019519305555555

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Google Cloud Blog Jun 19 Score 0.6924691222222221

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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Lobsters Jun 19 Score 0.6834810972222222

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Phys.org Jun 20 Score 0.6733041185185186

Nanobubbles for algae cleanup: Q&A with researcher Wen Zhang

One of the most powerful environmental cleaning technologies in recent years is too small to see with the naked eye. Nanobubbles—tiny gaseous bubbles with diameters of around 100 nanometers—can clean up a range of harmful pollutants in water, from oil spills t

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Hacker News Jun 20 Score 0.6704396523148148

How to feed a dictator

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Phys.org Jun 20 Score 0.6694147666666667

Heatwave hits more than one in two people in France

More than half of France's population was dealing with scorching temperatures on Friday, according to AFP's calculations, with hundreds of schools adapting their timetables to keep students out of broiling classrooms.

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TechCrunch — AI Jun 19 Score 0.6552002523148148

Is the US government's Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5's guardrails.  Cybersec

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TechCrunch — AI Jun 19 Score 0.6549993263888889

The US banned Anthropic's Fable 5 release, but the numbers don't seem to care

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5's guardrails.  Cybersec

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MIT News — AI Jun 17 Score 0.629970125

Could AI tell you where you left your keys?

A new spatial memory system for robots efficiently captures details about the objects they see while exploring their environment.

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MIT News — AI Jun 16 Score 0.617470125

MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum

In its first year, INM has worked across research, workforce development, and industry engagement to help accelerate new manufacturing technologies and their real-world deployment.

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AI News Jun 19 Score 0.6142015037037036

SAP and Google Cloud deploy agentic commerce architecture

SAP and Google Cloud are deploying agentic commerce architecture to automate multi-agent marketing and retail operations at enterprise scale. SAP research indicates 78 percent of businesses consider AI essential for retaining customers in 2026. However, the sa

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