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Jun 16, 2026

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·TechCrunch

Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

About 200 Stanford graduates reportedly walked out and others booed during Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech, protesting the company’s defense and government work. Act...

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·richardosgood.com

Hacker turns a Wi-Fi smart light bulb into a covert local web server for sharing banned books

A hardware tinkerer built the Banned Book Library, modifying a Wi-Fi smart bulb to host digital books through an open local access point and web server. The concept is to hide a lo...

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·TechCrunch

The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak

The article argues that the U.S. government’s move forcing Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models was not really about an AI jailbreak. It frames the decision as potenti...

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·The Verge

Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts

Meta is adding an AI Mode to Facebook search that produces AI-generated answers rather than only showing links or category results. The feature can draw on public posts across Meta...

Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
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·The Verge

Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory

Xbox is reportedly closing Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series, though employees hope it can still find a buyer. The move comes as several other Xbox-owned studios...

Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory
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·The Verge

Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it

Fox announced a $22 billion deal to acquire Roku, the streaming platform used in more than 100 million homes worldwide. Fox says it plans to keep Roku’s interface and business sepa...

Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it
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·roman.pt

Developer finds backdoor hidden in GitHub repo sent through LinkedIn crypto startup recruiting pitch

A developer says a recruiter for a small crypto startup sent him a GitHub repo to review, but he found a hidden payload disguised as a Node test file. The code assembled a remote U...

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