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| Engadget: |
A live blog of WWDC 2026, where Apple is expected to announce an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on reliability, and more — We're covering the news live from the company's “All systems glow” event. — It's WWDC day, and this year, it's falling on a Monday.
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| Apple on YouTube: |
A livestream of Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote — All systems glow for WWDC26. This year's week of technology, community, and creativity with developers across the world kicks off June 8 at 10 a.m. PT. Click “Notify me” and we'll send you a reminder before showtime.| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
More: TechCrunch, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada, and The Hindu
X: @rjonesy, @dylanmcd8, @markgurman, @oldmanreeg, @wongmjane, @stevesi, @samifathi_, @loudmouthjulia, @greengart, @mweinbach, and @mweinbach. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Microsoft has shut down 70+ of its own repositories on GitHub after hackers pushed malware that would steal credentials from users of AI coding agents — Microsoft took the highly unusual step of shutting down more than 70 of its own GitHub repositories after hackers pushed malware …
More: OpenSourceMalware.com, The Hacker News, and Step Security Blog
Bluesky: @jasonkoebler and @josephcox
| Choi Eun-Kyung / The Chosun Daily: |
Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI factory and co-designing future data center architectures — Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited the LG Group headquarters and shouted “Fighting LG,” emphasizing, “We are collaborating with LG … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces major performance improvements across its platforms, including up to 30% faster app launches and up to 80% faster AirDrop transfers — Today during its WWDC keynote, Apple introduced major performance improvements across its platforms, including iOS 27 for iPhone. Here are the details.
More: Gizmodo, The Mac Observer, and iPhone in Canada
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users — Meta (META.O) said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating … | Zack Whittaker / ~this week in security~: |
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says 20,225+ Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting on April 17 — Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
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| Reuters: |
UK PM Keir Starmer says tech companies must introduce “device controls” that stop kids from sending and receiving nude images or face laws forcing them to do so — Big tech firms operating in Britain must introduce safety measures on children's phones to prevent …
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| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Amazon announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to produce optical fiber for its US data centers; Corning shares jump 8%+ — Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fiber to power and connect its rapidly expanding U.S. data centers …
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| Bloomberg: |
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse — FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applied for a presidential pardon, more than two years after he was convicted …
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Anthropic researchers say Mythos Preview can now turn publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities, or N-days, into working exploits in hours instead of weeks — Anthropic's Mythos Preview can now turn newly disclosed software vulnerabilities into working exploits in hours instead of weeks …
More: The Next Web and Anthropic
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier — Vimeo parent Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, as a busy summer IPO window takes shape.
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LinkedIn: Seb Johnson and TechCrunch
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise up to $2B at a $30B valuation, up from a $20B+ valuation in a May round — Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Russia paused parts of a surveillance system protecting Putin after Israel used AI on footage from Iran's traffic cameras to locate Ayatollah Khamenei — Russia paused surveillance system after killing of Iran's Supreme Leader exposed how AI can be used on CCTV data to target enemies
More: The Irish Times
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla — Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story.
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| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture 3M+ TPUs in 2028; Nvidia is testing Intel's tech for a new processor and running 18A trials — TSMC's capacity struggles are turning into a boon for Intel. — As the Taiwanese chip making giant struggles to meet overwhelming demand …
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| Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times: |
A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24 — Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has $20B+ AUM, after launching less than two years ago — Leopold Aschenbrenner has attracted a cult following online, with fans dissecting his every move
More: Benzinga and New York Post
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