The Trump administration has effectively banned Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models over national security concerns, forcing a global shutdown. Meanwhile, Polymarket faces backlash for using deceptive videos to inflate success. In corporate news, Palantir is fighting to save its £330M NHS contract, while Apple prepares a 2027 roadmap featuring smart glasses and foldable phones.
Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died at 69 in a French plane crash. In tech, the ‘Europe 2031’ study warns of EU instability if it loses the AI race to China and the US. Meanwhile, literary magazine Granta is suspending certain partnerships due to AI allegations, even as new ‘humanizer’ apps emerge to help students bypass AI detection by mimicking natural writing patterns.
Iran now mandates insurance for ships in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening maritime trade agreements. In medicine, an experimental stem-cell transplant has kept patients with a rare autoimmune disease in remission for 15 years. Meanwhile, a Windows 11 update is causing system instability and Recycle Bin errors, while Amazon MGM Studios has dropped its Sam Altman biopic following a massive deal with OpenAI.
Google is phasing out unrestricted Gemini API keys by 2026 to curb unauthorized billing by hackers. Simultaneously, a supply chain attack has compromised over 140 Mastra npm packages with malware targeting sensitive credentials. In human rights news, Bulgarian licenses enabled surveillance tech exports to repressive regimes. Finally, debate continues regarding the benchmarks of Weibo’s VibeThinker-3B AI model.
Security concerns surround Europe’s new social media platform W, as experts warn its mandatory identity verification via passports risks massive data breaches. In a major move for material science, the U.S. government is investing $500 million in an Alphabet spinoff to use AI for semiconductor discovery. Meanwhile, rising memory costs are expected to shrink the smartphone market by 15% this year.
Google’s new reCAPTCHA testing hand gestures via camera access has sparked privacy concerns over biometric monitoring. In cybersecurity, researchers identified dozens of fraudulent World Cup streaming sites used for ad fraud, while global impersonation scams continue costing billions. Meanwhile, France’s intelligence agency is ditching US-based Palantir for a local alternative to boost tech sovereignty.
Fox Corporation plans a massive $22 billion acquisition of Roku, a move that sent its shares tumbling. Meanwhile, Nvidia is seeking at least $20 billion through its first corporate bond sale since 2021. In tech news, Meta is rolling out an “AI Mode” for Facebook search, even as the company faces legal challenges regarding allegations of using copyrighted adult content to train its AI models.
The UK plans a social media ban for under-16s, targeting platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Meanwhile, US AI-linked job cuts have surged to over 87,000 through May, marking a significant increase. In defense news, the US Army has selected the Vampire system’s laser-guided rockets to enhance drone defenses. Elsewhere, Tesla drivers in China are using small figurines to bypass safety monitors.
ReactOS has hit a massive milestone, successfully running Half-Life with 3D acceleration on real hardware. In the realm of software integrity, the new repo-slopscore tool is now analyzing Git histories to detect AI-generated contributions in repositories. Meanwhile, Pyodide 314.0 streamlines WebAssembly packaging for PyPI, making it easier for developers to distribute compatible wheels directly.
WASI 0.3 has launched, introducing native asynchronous support for WebAssembly and a new proposal for portable GPU access via wasi:webgpu. In security news, researchers have developed a polynomial-based technique to rapidly factor certain RSA keys. Additionally, the Sovereign Tech Fellowship is expanding its 2026 cohort to bolster Rust and Python, while PostgreSQL 19 prepares to introduce native temporal table support.
