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OpenAI News Jun 25 Score 0.9316362194444445

How agents are transforming work

A new OpenAI research paper shows how AI agents are transforming work, enabling longer, more complex tasks and expanding productivity across roles.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 25 Score 0.8907688374999999

AI and Liability

AI and Liability Bruce Schneier on the recent German ruling that Google be held liable for errors introduced in their AI overviews: AI agents are agents of the person or organization that deploys them—and should be treated by the law as such. If a company hire

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Foreign Policy Jun 25 Score 0.887595374537037

Restocking the Pentagon

Trump urges defense manufacturers to speed up weapons production after the Iran war.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Jun 25 Score 0.8822239300925925

datasette-export-database 0.3a2

Release: datasette-export-database 0.3a2 An embarrassingly tiny release. The pyproject.toml had pinned to datasette==1.0a27 , inadvertently making this plugin incompatible with all other Datasette versions. It's now datasette>=1.0a27 instead. Tags: datasette

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Schneier on Security Jun 25 Score 0.8817265249999999

AI and Liability

Earlier this month, a German court ruled that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like "users can check for themselves," and that they generally know "that information generated with AI should not be blindly trusted," the court hel

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Quanta Magazine Jun 25 Score 0.8764819888888888

What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere?

Lauren Williams tells 'The Joy of Why' how studying a fundamental object in algebraic combinatorics led to a career full of surprises. The post What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Schneier on Security Jun 25 Score 0.8723019879629629

Interesting Paper Exploring Prompt Injection

This is a fascinating explotation of how LLMs fall for prompt injection attacks. It turns out that they learn to recognize the style of text in different role/instruction blocks, and not just the tags. Their conclusion: Role tags were a formatting trick that b

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.8209277560185186

Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes

US among countries sending help to search for survivors on north coast, where dozens of buildings flattened, as official death toll reaches 235 Rescue teams are racing to Venezuela’s shattered northern coast after almost simultaneous earthquakes reduced dozens

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The Guardian — World Jun 26 Score 0.8183360893518519

Experts say three recent powerful earthquakes are not related

5.6-magnitude California tremor, 7.2-magnitude temblor in Japan and two quakes in Venezuela all struck within hours A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck a rural part of northern California on Wednesday. Hours later, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the northern coa

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BleepingComputer Jun 25 Score 0.8160168148148149

Poland busts SIM-swapping gang tied to millions in crypto theft

Authorities in Poland have arrested four members of an organized cybercrime group accused of breaching telecommunications partners and hijacking email accounts to carry out SIM-swapping attacks. [...]

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The Verge Jun 25 Score 0.8159114361111112

Android 17's new foldable gaming mode could make flippy phones more fun

Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretically make it easier to play games. With foldable gaming mode, which is set to launch in the coming months, the vi

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Wired Jun 25 Score 0.8158405666666667

Venezuela’s Powerful Earthquakes Were a Rare ‘Seismic Doublet’

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault that runs through the country to another.

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The Verge Jun 25 Score 0.8152058805555557

YouTube updates Shorts to make it even more like TikTok

YouTube is adding even more TikTok-like features to Shorts, including a new "clear screen" mode that removes the icons and text from the video you're watching. In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube says it's also replacing the "thumbs-up" button with a "heart" i

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The Verge Jun 25 Score 0.8148892138888889

OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administration request

The Trump administration, apprehensive of potential security issues, has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its next big-ticket model, GPT-5.6. The Information reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday in a company Q&A tha

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The Verge Jun 25 Score 0.813963750925926

Framework has good news and bad news

Thanks to the component crisis, it's a bad time to want a new computer. But if you are waiting on a preorder for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro - which Framework's CEO has called the "MacBook Pro for Linux users" - the company shared good news on Thursday that mi

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BleepingComputer Jun 25 Score 0.8112418148148148

Order-tracking app Shop abused to push callback phishing attacks

Threat actors are increasingly abusing Shop, the order-tracking app from Shopify, by adding fake purchase receipts in users' order histories to trick them into providing sensitive data or installing remote access software. [...]

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War on the Rocks Jun 25 Score 0.8112233842592593

Open Strait, Unsettled Waters

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we'll provide you with expert analysis on America's greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranOn June 17, U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President M

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BleepingComputer Jun 25 Score 0.8091177407407408

Microsoft quietly extends free Windows 10 ESU support to October 2027

Microsoft has quietly extended its free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for consumers by an additional year, allowing enrolled devices to continue receiving security updates until October 12, 2027. [...]

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BleepingComputer Jun 25 Score 0.8056172777777778

New macOS malware embeds fake errors to confuse AI analysis tools

A newly discovered macOS malware dubbed "Gaslight" is designed to confuse AI-assisted malware analysis tools by hiding prompt injection strings and fake debugging data within the executable. [...]

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The Guardian — World Jun 25 Score 0.8050995152777778

‘Constitutional coup’ claims as Zimbabwe senate approves extending presidential term

Opposition figures fear changes will further tighten 83-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hold on power Zimbabwe is on the brink of amending its constitution to give the president more time in office, a change that the government says will bring stabilit

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Microsoft Research Blog Jun 25 Score 0.8049693930555556

Understanding the brain with AI-driven explanations and experiments

Researchers introduce generative causal testing, which translates black box models into clear hypotheses and verifies them in the scanner, revealing what specific brain regions respond to in language. The post Understanding the brain with AI-driven explanation

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MIT Technology Review Jun 25 Score 0.802274813888889

Repositioning retail for the AI era

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping retail, but not in the ways consumers might immediately notice. The biggest transformation may not be flashy virtual try-ons or chatbot shopping assistants, but in how decisions are made behind the scenes: how produ

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MIT Technology Review Jun 25 Score 0.7985808324074075

The Download: Europe's heat wave hits the grid, and IBM's chip targets Moore's Law

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. Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid i

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 25 Score 0.7983027925925926

H.VIEW HV-500S6 IP Camera

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and upload malicious files to the affected device. The following versions of H.VIEW HV-500S6 IP Camera are affected: H.VIEW HV-500S6 IP Camera

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 25 Score 0.7983027925925926

OHIF Viewers DICOM

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability in a custom integration version could allow an attacker to steal an authenticated clinician's token via a crafted link. The following versions of OHIF Viewers DICOM are affected: OHIF DICOM Web Vi

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 25 Score 0.7983027925925926

Delta Electronics DTM Soft

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The following versions of Delta Electronics DTM Soft are affected: DTMSoft vers:all/*  CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 7.8 Delta El

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 25 Score 0.7983027925925926

Daktronics Controller Firmware

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could could provide an unauthenticated user with complete root-level access and control of the system. The following versions of Daktronics Controller Firmware are affected: VFC-DMP-5000 VFC-DM

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Jun 25 Score 0.7983027925925926

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation.   CVE-2026-12569 PTC Windchill and FlexPLM Improper Input Validation Vulnerability CVE-2026-20230 Cisco Unified Communi

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MIT Technology Review Jun 25 Score 0.7949697212962964

IBM has unveiled chip technology that could help extend Moore’s Law another decade

IBM has built a new prototype chip with around 100 billion transistors on an area the size of a fingernail, which is twice the density of the company’s previous state-of-the-art technology announced in 2021. The design could pave the way for faster and more en

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MIT Technology Review Jun 25 Score 0.7949697212962964

What Europe’s heat wave means for the power grid

It’s been hard to look away from headlines about the European heat wave this week. Temperatures are breaking records across the continent, and the weather is threatening lives, shutting down schools, and in one particularly ironic case, forcing the cancellatio

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War on the Rocks Jun 25 Score 0.7916423657407408

The U.S. Navy’s Subsea Rare Earth Vulnerability

The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is the next generation of American nuclear deterrence. Twelve of these boats will replace the aging Ohio-class fleet, entering service over the 2030s and 2040s, each carrying 16 Trident IIs and driven by a ghost-q

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War on the Rocks Jun 25 Score 0.7908270879629631

The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and an entire battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment rode to their deaths and into American legend on the ridges north of Montana's Little Bighorn River. The battle was decided in a few hours. Its meaning remai

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Quanta Magazine Jun 22 Score 0.758104674074074

A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns

Recent observations suggest that dark energy is changing over time. Theorists wonder if dark matter is, too. The post A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Schneier on Security Jun 22 Score 0.7517172657407406

Professional Athletes and Wearables

I haven't thought about the privacy issues surrounding professional athletes and wearables. Wearables present serious privacy issues for "Average Joe" consumers, who are entrusting tech companies to safely store and protect their biometric data. Imagine the st

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Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) Jun 25 Score 0.7399935777777777

CL-STA-1062 Targets Southeast Asian Governments and Critical Infrastructure

Government entities and critical infrastructure were targeted for espionage in SE Asia by attackers using a hybrid toolkit, including custom TinyRCT backdoor. The post CL-STA-1062 Targets Southeast Asian Governments and Critical Infrastructure appeared first o

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NASA News Jun 25 Score 0.7391511444444444

Expedition 73 Crew Reflects on Science, Teamwork, and Life in Orbit

On June 16, astronauts and cosmonauts gathered at Space Center Houston to share stories from their missions aboard the International Space Station and recognize the teamwork and people on the ground that made their missions possible.  The Expedition

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NASA News Jun 25 Score 0.7385983666666667

NASA, US Small Business Administration to Announce Partnership

NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will sign a memorandum of agreement during a ceremony at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, June 29, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The agreement will create a new interagency initiative that directly responds to President

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NASA News Jun 25 Score 0.7385724407407407

NASA Welcomes Botswana as 68th Artemis Accords Signatory

The Republic of Botswana signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the sixth African nation to join a growing community of nations committed to the pe

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Dark Reading Jun 25 Score 0.7375870759259259

EdTech Attackers Shift From Schools to Their Software Suppliers

Educational institutions, the edtech companies they rely on, and, more concerningly, the challenges they pose for schools are the focus of the latest Reporters' Notebook video series.

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NASA News Jun 25 Score 0.7368215148148148

NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Science Missions

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) missions. The two selections are part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acqui

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TechCrunch Jun 25 Score 0.7366021555555555

Polymarket says hackers stole users' funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.

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InfoQ Jun 25 Score 0.7349688157407407

How Cloudflare Solved a Congestion Bug in quiche

Cloudflare has recently shared how they uncovered an issue in their Rust implementation of CUBIC, a congestion controller algorithm, which prevented it from recovering from a scenario of heavy packet loss at the start of a connection. By Gianmarco Nalin

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New Scientist Jun 25 Score 0.7316899921296296

Can home batteries help save the climate and save you money?

Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid and cuts emissions, and cheaper plug-in batteries will soon let more people do the same

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NASA News Jun 25 Score 0.7306469777777778

Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. Webb’s new view of M82, added to archival data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, gives us a more complete picture of this starburst gal

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New Scientist Jun 25 Score 0.7299441583333334

The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse

The loss of Antarctica’s doomsday glacier would transform our planet. Now scientists are revealing the secrets of this remotest of places, and asking the question: is its demise inevitable?

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 25 Score 0.7282374166666666

This common vitamin deficiency can mimic normal aging

Vitamin B12 is needed in microscopic amounts, but a shortage can have major effects on health and energy. The vitamin was first linked to a lifesaving liver treatment for pernicious anemia nearly 100 years ago. Today, researchers are finding that B12 may also

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New Scientist Jun 25 Score 0.7280552694444444

Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse

This August a total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe, while a partial eclipse will sweep across about a quarter of the planet – here’s how to catch it

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New Scientist Jun 25 Score 0.7258006398148148

If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be

The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little to adapt, says Michael Le Page

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InfoQ Jun 25 Score 0.721802149074074

Building a European Cloud Orchestration Platform within an Enterprise

Modern cloud deployments involve many tools with different lifecycles, creating a heavy burden on engineers. The Kubernetes ecosystem offers a unified Control Plane approach. Sharing best practices through tech talks and inner-source collaboration can create a

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InfoQ Jun 25 Score 0.7206077046296296

Presentation: Rust at the Core - Accelerating Polyglot SDK Development

Spencer Judge discusses the architectural pattern of building a shared core in Rust with language-specific layers on top. Drawing from his work on Temporal's SDKs, he shares lessons on navigating FFI boundaries, bridging async concepts, and managing memory saf

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InfoQ Jun 25 Score 0.7190521490740741

Cloudflare Ships Agent Skills for Zero Trust Deployment and Migration

Cloudflare released the Cloudflare One stack, an open-source library of agent skills for planning, deploying, and managing Zero Trust environments. The skills include automated migration logic for Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks, the same logic used in Cloudfla

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 25 Score 0.7161323240740741

After 70 years of excavation, ancient Sardis becomes a UNESCO World Heritage site

After nearly seven decades of excavation, the legendary ancient city of Sardis has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, celebrating years of discoveries that continue to reshape its history. Archaeologists say the biggest breakthroughs don't happen in a s

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InfoQ Jun 25 Score 0.7150243712962963

Slack Outlines Four-Phase Journey to a Multi-Cloud AI Serving Platform

Slack has outlined how its AI serving infrastructure evolved through four distinct phases, moving from a self-managed Amazon SageMaker deployment to a multi-cloud architecture spanning AWS Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI. By Matt Foster

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Jun 25 Score 0.712284175925926

NASA’s Lucy finds a wobbling peanut-shaped asteroid with signs of ancient water

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic born from a violent collision and slowly reshaped by the subtle force of sunlight. It also carries traces of ancient water, making it an important clue to the sol

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Lobsters Jun 26 Score 0.7064130425925925

Om Malik, 1966-2026

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Nautilus Jun 25 Score 0.7041361481481481

Some Neanderthals Were Genetically Healthy Right Up Until the End

Not all populations of the ancient human species were struggling prior to their mysterious demise The post Some Neanderthals Were Genetically Healthy Right Up Until the End appeared first on Nautilus .

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CNCF Blog Jun 25 Score 0.6848302962962962

Building a Cluster-Aware AI Agent with Kubernetes, Argo CD, and GitOps

A practical walkthrough of running a self-hosted, read-only AI agent inside a Kubernetes cluster, with the full CI/CD chain handled by GitHub Actions and Argo CD Image Updater. No data leaves the cluster, no cloud AI...

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Lilian Weng's Blog Jun 24 Score 0.6633031037037037

Scaling Laws, Carefully

Scaling laws are one of the most critical empirical findings in deep learning. The observation is simple in form: the training loss $L$ decreases predictably as we scale up model size $N$, dataset size $D$, and compute $C$, following a power-law curve, which a

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