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A supply chain attack compromises HTTP client Axios, which has 100M weekly npm downloads, introducing a malicious dependency and deploying a multi-stage payload — Socket Research Team … Our analysis shows the malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan …
More: Step Security Blog, The Register, The Hacker News, CyberInsider, The Crypto Times, The Cyber Express, Daily Dark Web, Neowin, Cyber Security News, Security Boulevard, iTnews, Aikido Security's Blog, and CryptoPotato
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/cybersecurity, r/hacking, and Lobsters
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Alibaba's new Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model, which processes text, audio, images, and video, is proprietary, marking a shift away from its open-source strategy — Alibaba Group has released the new generation of its large language model that can understand text, audio, images and video.
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| Vaibhav Srivastav / @reach_vb: |
OpenAI introduces a Codex plugin for Claude Code, letting users invoke Codex from inside Claude Code to review code or delegate tasks — If you already use Claude Code, this Codex plugin gives you a simple way to pull Codex into the same workflow. It is useful for three things …
More: GitHub, Constellation Research, The Elec, Digit, and Implicator.ai
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| Niko Gallogly / New York Times: |
Wearable maker Whoop raised $575M led by Collaborative Fund at a $10.1B valuation and says it hit $1B in ARR by 2025's end; 60% of its 2025 sales were non-US — With elite athletes like LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo as investors, the company, now valued at $10 billion, is courting everyday health enthusiasts.
More: Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Inc.com, and Financial Post
| Stephen Clark / Ars Technica: |
The US' GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, developed by RTX for $8B+, remains non-operational nine months after the Space Force took ownership — Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Social gaming startup Rec Room is shutting down on June 1, saying it could not find a path to profitability; Rec Room had a $3.5B valuation in December 2021 — Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming company once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down its platform on June 1 …
More: UploadVR, Rec Room, IGN, Push Square, WUSA, The Ghost Howls, GamesBeat, and The Verge
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state — Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state.
More: Benzinga, Reuters, Governor of California, Courthouse News Service, ABC10 on YouTube, The Guardian, Implicator.ai, and CNET. X: @cagovernor
| Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
London-based 9fin, which offers AI tools to help credit traders and investors originate new business efficiently, raised a $170M Series C at a $1.3B valuation — 9fin Ltd., the debt intelligence provider founded by two former investment banking analysts, has raised fresh funds … | Thomas H. Ptacek / sockpuppet.org: |
AI coding agents will drastically alter both the practice and the economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities — For the last two years, technologists have ominously predicted that AI coding agents will be responsible for a deluge of security vulnerabilities.
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Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda; US officials say Sriram Krishnan is taking on a position at the National Economic Council to focus on AI — - The move lands as Republicans grow increasingly wary of an all-in attitude on AI development and begin to question …
More: Fortune, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Originally Reported …, The Dispatch, and InsideAIPolicy.com. X: @ashleyrgold
| Lola Murti / CNBC: |
Micron shares closed down 10% on Monday and are now down 30% since Micron's earnings report on March 18; Sandisk fell 7% and Western Digital dropped 9% — Micron shares plummeted 10% on Monday, continuing the memory maker's significant post-earnings sell-off.
More: Barchart.com. X: @hardwarecanucks, @mr_derivatives, @themg3d, @stocksavvyshay, and @jbulltard1
| Financial Times: |
Iran mobilizes its hackers to sow chaos, gather intel, and find targets; ex-CISA Director Chris Krebs says Iran is “throwing everything they have at this” — Tehran's cyber operatives have sought to sow fear and hoover up intelligence in series of attacks in Israel and the US — NEW
X: @ft
| Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times: |
UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage — Financial Reporting Council issues guidance stressing need for human oversight — The UK's accountancy regulator has told auditors …
More: Silicon UK
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly”, following a similar incident in December; the satellite likely exploded — It follows a similar incident from December. … SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.”
More: Blue Tech Wave Media, Reuters, SpaceNews, and PCMag
X: @starlink, @nasaspaceflight, @djsnm, @blobifie, @mcrs987, and @dpoddolphinpro
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta is testing an Instagram Plus subscription in a few countries, offering features including anonymous Story viewing and extended 48-hour Story durations — Meta has begun testing a premium subscription on Instagram in a few countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday.
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Threads: @rowilson, @brooksrocco, @mattnavarra, @cmcalgary, @itsy2kei, and @reblmedia. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Raspberry Pi reports 2025 revenue up 25% YoY to $323.2M, driven by demand in the US and China; its stock is down 21% in the past year due to memory chip costs — Raspberry Pi Holdings Plc, a British maker of small, low-cost computers, rose as much as 27% after reporting a jump in sales …
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Raspberry Pi, and BusinessCloud
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
Quinnipiac poll: 55% of Americans say AI will do more harm than good in their day-to-day lives, and 65% oppose building data centers in their community — Americans are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence, with growing majorities saying they fear the fast-moving technology … | Issie Lapowsky / Bloomberg: |
A look at Babel Audio, which pairs anonymous strangers to record their conversations, starting at $17/hour, and bundles those recordings into AI training data — They vent, confess and role-play with strangers, all to help machines learn how to sound human.
LinkedIn: Issie Lapowsky
| Reuters: |
Amsterdam-based Nebius announces a $10B, 310MW data center in Lappeenranta, Finland, built by developer Polarnode and set to begin phased operations in 2027 — AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group (NBIS.O) on Tuesday said it was continuing its rapid European expansion with a 310-megawatt data centre … | Financial Times: |
Sources: London-based chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise over $200M from Accel and others at a $1B valuation; Fractile raised a $15M seed round in 2024 — Company is part of growing cohort of UK groups developing faster AI processors — London-based start-up Fractile is in talks … | Quratulain Rehbar / Nikkei Asia: |
Indian government data: India's smartphone exports rose 55% YoY to $11B in H1 FY 2026; analysts warn the Iran war may trigger a 22%-25% drop in the coming weeks — NEW DELHI — India's fast-growing smartphone export sector is facing its first geopolitical test, as tensions … Sponsor Posts
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