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Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro, launching in late June 2026, offers a 2-million-token context window and a Deep Think reasoning mode, entering a competitive landscape thinned by the shutdown of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 under …
Anthropic shut down its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for customers after a US government export-control directive required suspending access for foreign nationals. The order, received on June 12, cited a jailbreaki…
GitHub shipped a feature on June 17 allowing repository maintainers to cap open pull requests per contributor without write access, responding to a flood of AI-generated PRs that has overwhelmed open-source maintainers. …
Rising stars from 'Obsession,' 'The Pitt,' 'Euphoria' and other shows gathered at SAG-AFTRA Foundation's First Act event to discuss Gen Z's impact on entertainment and navigating Hollywood careers. Panelists expressed hu…
Fiber optic spool-fed drones, which use a thin cable to communicate with operators, are evading counter-drone systems on battlefields in Ukraine, according to a U.S. Army publication. The technology offers resistance to …
The Nairobi International Financial Centre Authority (NIFC) deepened its partnership with CHAINBLX SPC to launch the Prompter Community, a program of hackathons and capacity-building for African AI innovators. NIFC CEO D…
Microsoft disclosed a security issue in Claude Code's GitHub Action where untrusted content could be read by the CI agent, potentially exposing workflow secrets. Anthropic mitigated the issue in Claude Code 2.1.128. The …
An invited speaker at the US Department of Energy's Office of Science SCAC Quantum Subcommittee Town Hall on June 12, 2026, argued that quantum computing infrastructure governance, procurement cycles, and open software s…
Amazon's MGM distribution arm has dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished biopic 'Artificial' about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following Amazon's $50 billion strategic partnership with OpenAI announced in February 2026. Th…
OpenAI and Anthropic have both filed for US IPOs, with OpenAI targeting up to a $1 trillion valuation and a potential listing as early as September, according to Reuters. The combined private-market valuations of the two…
Amazon MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished biopic 'Artificial' about Sam Altman's November 2023 firing and reinstatement at OpenAI, citing the film would be better served by a different distributor. The…
A reader criticizes a Mercury News headline for overreaching, arguing the article only cites one government official proposing a law to sue public records seekers, not the entire government. The letter calls for more bal…
The WNBA's expansion to a 50-game schedule next season is drawing mixed reactions from Golden State Valkyries players and coaches, who see it as a sign of league growth but worry about player health and potential load ma…
Ordinary Labs released v0.8 of Ordinary with initial support for middleware, focusing on validation via HTTP requests. The release highlights integration with Iocaine, a service that filters AI scrapers, and plans to use…
Google's Gemini API began blocking unrestricted API keys on June 19, 2026, after years of allowing keys to access the service without explicit restrictions. The change follows a Truffle Security report that found thousan…
President Donald Trump told Axios he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, saying the company has 'behaved very responsibly,' and indicated he would consider easing restrictions. The comments follow a …
A developer's analysis of job postings from 2023 and 2024 reveals that companies like IBM, Atlassian, Shopify, and Stripe are quietly rewriting job descriptions to emphasize AI oversight over manual execution. The shift …
David Fairfull, founder of failed AI startup Metigy, was sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding investors of $39 million, including diverting $7.7 million to buy luxury homes. The court found his deception deli…
California fire safety officials are failing to invest in basic community protections like evacuation planning and home-hardening, instead spending on remote fuels-reduction projects that do little to save lives during w…
A bootstrapped AI governance startup, ClearCompli, seeks guidance on go-to-market strategy after building a compliance transparency solution for multiple business units. The founder, lacking funds for GTM plans, asks whe…