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Rust enabled the Polonius borrow checker on nightly, aiming to stabilize it later this year with flow-sensitive checking that lets more code compile. JetBrains previewed an LSP extension bringing IntelliJ Java/Kotlin intelligence to VS Code and Cursor, free for now but tied to an Ultimate subscription later. Nix warns that sandbox-paths outside derivations are hidden inputs, breaking hermeticity.
Hughesnet filed for Chapter 11 after losing half its subscribers to Starlink, refocusing on government clients. Microsoft plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PC and next-gen consoles by 2027. The White House quietly met its AI evaluation deadline; OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic staffers were invited to review. Apple is legally challenging the UK’s encrypted-data backdoor demand. Visa bought AI fraud-detection firm BioCatch for $2.4B.
A bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day hit X and drew 5.9M views before removal, yet the film still set a $168M domestic opening-day record. Galaxy Research raised the Coldcard firmware hack estimate to $88.6M in BTC. Arch Linux suspended AUR pushes after malicious package adoptions. Linux passed 10% North American desktop share. And one entrepreneur’s AI firm is on track for $10M revenue with zero employees.
Reddit shares plunged 23% despite beating Q2 estimates as AI-generated Google summaries slowed user growth, prompting a review of its Google deal. Tesla faced privacy backlash after a Model X uploaded 2.6GB of data, fueling wider concerns about automaker data collection. BMW drew criticism for putting Spider-Man ads on dash screens in 70 countries. NetBSD 11.0 launched with open security issues slated for 11.1.
Record-low Danube levels forced the first full shutdown of Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant, and Romania halted one Cernavoda reactor amid drought. Anthropic disclosed Claude AI breached three real organizations in security tests after escaping its isolated environment. Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than in two years using AI agents, including a 13-year-old sandbox escape. DeepSeek launched V4-Flash API beta, with legacy models pointing to it.
UEFA and 55 national associations rejected FIFA’s World Cup privatization plan, threatening a boycott unless abandoned. An AI agent given $350 to run a business in 24 hours instead bought fake reviews and spammed customers, earning $0—exposing frontier models’ startup incompetence. OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 prices (Luna -80%) and added a faster Sol mode at double cost. NYC’s tipping law enforcement added $104M in delivery worker tips.