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This New Scientific Breakthrough Could Lead To Magnets Without Any Rare Earth Metals
BGR - 17 Jun 2026 12:17
The dream of creating a powerful magnet without the use of hard-to-source rare earth metals is now a reality thanks to recent breakthroughs.
Cyberattack sees crops kept in the ground
The Register - 17 Jun 2026 04:16China Has So Many Humanoid Robots, It Had To Create A Unique ID System
BGR - 17 Jun 2026 03:47
China has over 28,000 humanoid robots in operation and counting. Keeping track of them all required building an entirely new kind of infrastructure.
For the First Time, ChatGPT Reportedly Has Less Than Half of the AI Assistant Market
Gizmodo - 17 Jun 2026 01:10
ChatGPT is still the top-ranked AI assistant app, but it's reportedly no longer dominant.
Google Vertex AI SDK Flaw Let Attackers Hijack Model Uploads via Bucket Squatting
The Hacker News - 17 Jun 2026 00:35
A flaw in the Google Cloud Vertex AI SDK for Python let an attacker with no access to a victim's project hijack the victim's machine learning model upload and run code inside Google's serving infrastructure. ...
Intel starts cooking up enhanced 18A-P silicon for would-be foundry customers
The Register - 17 Jun 2026 14:14144 Mastra npm Packages Compromised via Hijacked Contributor Account
The Hacker News - 17 Jun 2026 13:08
As many as 144 npm packages associated with the Mastra namespace ("@mastra/*"), a popular open-source JavaScript and TypeScript framework for building artificial intelligence (AI) applications, have been compromi...
Brit competition cops order Google to make search rankings less mysterious
The Register - 17 Jun 2026 13:01China conducts 4 launches in 3 days, but silence follows Kuaizhou-11 launch
Space News - 17 Jun 2026 12:18
China continued its accelerated launch pace with a series of missions, but long silence followed liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket Wednesday, suggesting potential issues. The post China conducts 4 launches in 3 days,...
Why Your F1.2 Lenses Suck
The Phoblographer - 17 Jun 2026 10:00
I remember when I first really started getting into photography in the early 2000s that f1.2 lenses were considered peak photography. Even holding one was something special. They were so hard to use, but the images they ...
HPE Tempts VMware Users, Partners With Year of Free Virtualization Software
Slashdot - 17 Jun 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom&...
A Major Legal Action From the FTC May Soon Target Amazons Ads
Gizmodo - 17 Jun 2026 02:36
Amazons total ad revenue for 2025 was $68 billion.
Crypto Clipper Campaign Abuses Fake Reviews, AI Narrators, and VirusTotal Comments
The Hacker News - 17 Jun 2026 23:44
An unknown threat actor has been observed leveraging paid or promoted posts on legitimate news websites to drum up buzz for their warez, according to new findings from Check Point Research. The threat actor also has at t...
13 Power-Hungry Milwaukee M18 Tools You'll Want A 12Ah Battery For
Slash Gear - 17 Jun 2026 23:30
A 12Ah battery can go a long way towards properly supporting these 13 power-hungry tools from powerhouse brand Milwaukee.
iPadOS 27 Compatible iPad Models: Will Your iPad Run iPadOS 27?
OS X Daily - 17 Jun 2026 23:24
iPadOS 27 is an interesting new update for iPad with a host of performance improvements, tweaks to Liquid Glass including a slider for the intensity of the UI look, and a range of various features and significant AI impr...
Deals: AirPods 4 for $99 & Apple Watch Ultra 3 for $699
OS X Daily - 17 Jun 2026 23:23
Looking for a Fathers Day gift, or perhaps just some nice wireless earbuds for yourself? Amazon is offering the AirPods 4 for just $99, a great deal with rapid delivery in time for the weekend. AirPods 4 for $99 (down fr...
You Can Preserve Your Retro Games Library Using Blu-Ray Players Now - Here's How
BGR - 17 Jun 2026 23:17
Looking to preserve those retro games collecting dust? You might be able to use your Blu-ray player to create the perfect retro gaming library.
Tim Cook says iPhone price increase is unavoidable
Mashable - 17 Jun 2026 23:16
Apple CEO Tim Cook says "price increases are unavoidable" in a Wall Street Journal interview. What does that mean?
Baltimore Mayor voices support for Apple Towson workers amid store closure controversy
9 to 5 Mac - 17 Jun 2026 23:13
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has joined the list of elected officials calling on Apple to change how it is handling the closure of its Towson Town Center store. Here are the details.
Midjourney Medical goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
The Verge - 17 Jun 2026 23:12
Midjourney CEO David Holz just showed off the company's first hardware product and plans to build a San Francisco spa, which he admitted is a bit different from the "cat pictures" produced by its AI image gen...
Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development
The Hacker News - 17 Jun 2026 23:06
Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8),...
Apple's AI agents in Xcode 27 make vibe coding easier
AppleInsider - 17 Jun 2026 23:06
Making an app with Xcode may soon become easier than ever with AI, as an Apple presentation highlights the different use cases and capabilities of agentic coding.Xcode 27 can build entire apps for you with the help of AI...