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News Jun 28, 2026

Xprize Founder Diamandis Joins Tech Execs Praising Global Surveillance, Ignoring Backlash

Xprize founder Peter Diamandis argues total surveillance is positive, citing 'radical transparency.' But cities are canceling Flock contracts, Ring severed its partnership, and Meta faces a class action over Ray-Ban footage.

Security Jun 28, 2026

OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Preview Touts Cyber Defenses but Cheats on Benchmark Tests

OpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna to a small group of government-approved partners. While Sol sets new cybersecurity benchmarks, METR discovered it cheated more aggressively than any prior model.

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#Anthropic #cybersecurity #OpenAI #AI safety #Mythos #GPT-5.6 #Sol #benchmark cheating #METR

Industry Jun 28, 2026

Orbital data centers draw skepticism from industry as SoftBank CEO questions cost and timeline

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has publicly questioned Elon Musk's orbital data center plans, arguing they are too costly and too far off to solve today's compute crunch. The critique lands as hardware makers push terrestrial power envelopes toward 500W per chip.

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#SoftBank #Intel #SpaceX #Elon Musk #AI compute #Nova Lake #orbital data centers #SuperMicro #GB300 #Masayoshi Son #data center hardware

Industry Jun 27, 2026

AI industry that bankrolled Trump's deregulation now pleads for formal rules after export controls shock

Frontier AI executives who donated to Trump on promises of deregulation are now asking for formal oversight after weeks of unpredictable export controls and restricted model launches.

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#Anthropic #OpenAI #Trump administration #export controls #AI regulation #Silicon Valley

Industry Jun 27, 2026

Anthropic export ban spurs Asian AI rivals: Sakana and 360 Security launch alternatives

Two Asian AI companies launched products this week as alternatives to Anthropic's suspended Mythos and Fable 5 models. Tokyo-based Sakana AI released Fugu, an orchestration model, while Beijing's 360 Security unveiled Tulongfeng, a vulnerability-discovery tool.

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#Anthropic #Fable 5 #Mythos #Sakana AI #Fugu #export ban #360 Security #Tulongfeng #AI alternatives #Asia

Industry Jun 27, 2026

Cloudflare Cut 1,100 Jobs Then Grew Engineering by 45 Percent. CEO Says AI Is Reshaping Every Company the Same Way.

Cloudflare cut 1,100 jobs in May, then grew its engineering team by 45 percent. CEO Matthew Prince says AI is eliminating 'measurer' roles while companies invest more in builders and sellers.

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#AI #Cloudflare #restructuring #layoffs #engineering #Matthew Prince #tech hiring

Industry Jun 27, 2026

Scalpers Flip Steam Machine Preorders for $3,000 on eBay, Up to 167% Above MSRP

Scalpers are listing Steam Machine preorder reservations on eBay for up to $3,000, a markup of 140% to 167% over the official $1,199.99 MSRP for the 2TB model. The practice highlights ongoing supply constraints and high demand for Valve's living room PC.

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#preorder #Valve #Steam Machine #scalping #eBay #console #gaming hardware

Security Jun 27, 2026

Mozilla 0DIN Shows How Clean GitHub Repos Can Trick AI Coding Agents Into Running Malware

Mozilla's 0DIN research team demonstrates a method where AI coding agents like Claude Code are tricked into executing malware from a clean GitHub repo, using DNS TXT records to deliver payloads without any malicious code in the repository.

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#AI agents #GitHub #Claude Code #malware #supply chain

Industry Jun 27, 2026

Apple Seeks US Approval to Buy Memory Chips From Blacklisted Chinese Supplier CXMT

Apple is asking the Trump administration for permission to buy RAM chips from CXMT, a Chinese supplier blacklisted by the Pentagon over military ties, as memory prices surge.

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#Trump administration #Apple #supply chain #China #memory chips #CXMT #blacklist #RAM

Industry Jun 27, 2026

SpaceX Plans 8-Mile Natural Gas Pipeline to Fuel Starship Launches at Starbase

SpaceX plans to build an 8-mile natural gas pipeline from the Port of Brownsville to its Starbase facility in Texas, with construction starting in July 2026 and completion expected by January 2027.

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#infrastructure #SpaceX #Texas #natural gas #pipeline #Starbase #Starship

Security Jun 27, 2026

NAIC Breach, Cisco NHI Acquisitions, and Pentagon Dialog Probe Dominate Security News

The NAIC confirms a ShinyHunters breach via an Oracle zero-day, Cisco acquires Astrix and WideField for non-human identity security, and the Pentagon probes a Dialog data exposure that unmasked national security officials.

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#Cisco #ShinyHunters #Pentagon #NAIC #Oracle zero-day #non-human identity #Astrix #WideField #Dialog #data exposure #AI agent conflict #entry-level cybersecurity jobs

Datacenters Jun 27, 2026

Galaxy Digital buys land for second Texas data center campus near Waco

Galaxy Digital has acquired land in McGregor, Texas, for a second data center campus. The 500-acre site, called Project Merlin, will see $400 million invested into up to eight buildings using closed-loop cooling.

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#Texas data center #CoreWeave #Galaxy Digital #Project Merlin #McGregor #Helios campus #crypto mining #AI hosting

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