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The MacRumors Show: Latest iPhone 18 Pro Leaks and Rumors
🖥️ MacRumors · 03 Jul
Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
🔐 Krebs on Security · 10 Jun
New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
💀 The Hacker News · 03 Jul
JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack
🖥️ BleepingComputer · 04 Jul
Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AI
🕵️ Dark Reading · 02 Jul
FortiBleed Actors Collaborating With Inc, Lynx Ransomware Gangs
🕵️ Dark Reading · 02 Jul
How conflict minerals fuel war in eastern DR Congo amid US sanctions
🌐 Al Jazeera · 06 Jul
Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
🔐 Krebs on Security · 23 Jun
A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
🔐 Krebs on Security · 09 Jun
U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case
💀 The Hacker News · 04 Jul
Ransomware Thugs Masquerade as Interpol to Entice Small Biz
🕵️ Dark Reading · 02 Jul
Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump
📱 TechCrunch · 05 Jul
🔐 🛡️ CYBERSEC
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FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
🔐 Krebs on Security 02 Jul
Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
🔐 Krebs on Security 23 Jun ▲ SIGNAL
‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
🔐 Krebs on Security 18 Jun
Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
🔐 Krebs on Security 10 Jun ▲ SIGNAL
A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
🔐 Krebs on Security 09 Jun ▲ SIGNAL
Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
🔐 Krebs on Security 01 Jun
U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case
💀 The Hacker News 04 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages and Extensions in PolinRider Campaign
💀 The Hacker News 04 Jul
Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Filesystem Bundled Into Millions of Embedded Devices
💀 The Hacker News 03 Jul
New "Bad Epoll" Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Gain Root, Hits Android
💀 The Hacker News 03 Jul
New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
💀 The Hacker News 03 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets
💀 The Hacker News 03 Jul
Flipper Zero firmware development continues with community help
🖥️ BleepingComputer 05 Jul
JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack
🖥️ BleepingComputer 04 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off
🖥️ BleepingComputer 03 Jul
ARToken PhaaS exposes EvilTokens' Microsoft 365 phishing toolkit
🖥️ BleepingComputer 03 Jul
Claude Fable 5 isn’t permanently leaving subscriptions, Anthropic says
🖥️ BleepingComputer 03 Jul
Claude Fable relaunch disappoints users with nerfed performance
🖥️ BleepingComputer 03 Jul
Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders
🕵️ Dark Reading 03 Jul
Aussies Face Reduced Cybercrime Risk, as Pressure Shifts to SMBs
🕵️ Dark Reading 02 Jul
Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AI
🕵️ Dark Reading 02 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
FortiBleed Actors Collaborating With Inc, Lynx Ransomware Gangs
🕵️ Dark Reading 02 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Ransomware Thugs Masquerade as Interpol to Entice Small Biz
🕵️ Dark Reading 02 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Anthropic's AI Finds Bugs. IBM Bets $5B It Can Fix Them.
🕵️ Dark Reading 02 Jul
⚡ 🤖 AI INTELLIGENCE
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A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible
🧠 MIT Tech Review 03 Jul
The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story
🧠 MIT Tech Review 03 Jul
The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.
🧠 MIT Tech Review 03 Jul
Achieving operational excellence with AI
🧠 MIT Tech Review 02 Jul
Teaching AI to run with the turbines
🧠 MIT Tech Review 02 Jul
The Download: a startup has a solution for AI’s groupthink problem
🧠 MIT Tech Review 02 Jul
After Orthogonality: Virtue-Ethical Agency and AI Alignment
📈 The Gradient 18 Feb
AGI Is Not Multimodal
📈 The Gradient 04 Jun
Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research
📈 The Gradient 16 Nov
What's Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of Purpose
📈 The Gradient 09 Sep
We Need Positive Visions for AI Grounded in Wellbeing
📈 The Gradient 03 Aug
Financial Market Applications of LLMs
📈 The Gradient 20 Apr
Takeda signs US$600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico
🤖 AI News 03 Jul
NVIDIA BioNeMo accelerates Anthropic Claude Science
🤖 AI News 02 Jul
Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight
🤖 AI News 01 Jul
Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots
🤖 AI News 01 Jul
Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance
🤖 AI News 01 Jul
Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored
🤖 AI News 01 Jul
🏁 🚗 MOTORWORLD
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2000 Mitsubishi Pajero Mini on Bring a Trailer Is Perfect for a Peanuts Fan
🏁 Car and Driver 05 Jul
The Only Cizeta Moroder V16T Supercar Ever Made Can Now Be Yours
🏁 Car and Driver 05 Jul
Drivers' Parade Returns to F1 Grid with Smaller, Faster Lego Race Cars
🏁 Car and Driver 04 Jul
Ford's $30,000 Electric Truck Comes into Focus in New Spy Photos
🏁 Car and Driver 04 Jul
This 1975 Chevy Caprice Classic Convertible on Bring a Trailer Got a Late Start in Life
🏁 Car and Driver 04 Jul
Ferrari Revives the Gated Shifter with the New 12Cilindri Manuale
🏁 Car and Driver 03 Jul
The grid was melting down in last week’s heat – until EVs came to the rescue
⚡ Electrek 05 Jul
Hurricanes, heat domes, and holding up the grid with home batteries [update]
⚡ Electrek 05 Jul
Kalmar is building – and selling! – these massive electric reach stackers in China
⚡ Electrek 04 Jul
CATL is building more than 200 battery swap stations EVERY MONTH
⚡ Electrek 04 Jul
GM is flooding dealers with Bolt EVs – is that part of the plan?
⚡ Electrek 04 Jul
The DC metro area is getting its first en-route electric bus chargers
⚡ Electrek 03 Jul
📱 💻 TECH
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Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul
5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul
What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul
Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are
📱 TechCrunch 05 Jul
Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules
🔧 Ars Technica 05 Jul
The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth's first crust
🔧 Ars Technica 05 Jul
Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests
🔧 Ars Technica 04 Jul
When the ability to smell goes away
🔧 Ars Technica 04 Jul
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
🔧 Ars Technica 04 Jul
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
🔧 Ars Technica 03 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Some of the nation’s rich are letting AI teach their kids
📺 The Verge 05 Jul
Mr. Lif’s Emergency Rations EP is post-9/11 hip hop at its most daring
📺 The Verge 05 Jul
Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI
📺 The Verge 05 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
📺 The Verge 05 Jul
The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking
📺 The Verge 05 Jul
How Keurig saved — and ruined — your coffee
📺 The Verge 05 Jul
Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
Best Wi-Fi Routers (2026): My Honest Picks After Testing 40+
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
Review: TCL RM9L RGB-Mini LED (2026)
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
Eight Sleep Pod 5 Review: The Smartest, Nosiest Bed You Can Buy
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
What Are Fish Oil Supplements Good For? Here’s Your Crash Course
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
There’s a Global Network of Fungi Under Your Feet. This Is the First Complete Map
🔌 Wired 05 Jul
Why 3D TVs failed and the trouble with 3D in Hollywood.
🎮 Engadget 05 Jul
Sony says it will still make physical discs after 2028, as long as the game came out before then
🎮 Engadget 05 Jul
What's the fastest charging speed your iPad or iPhone port can handle?
🎮 Engadget 05 Jul
These popular smartphones are in their last year of software support
🎮 Engadget 05 Jul
A 10-year sky survey begins filming a 'cosmic movie,' cyborg cockroaches go for a dive and more science stories
🎮 Engadget 04 Jul
How your smartwatch and AI might detect early signs of illness
🎮 Engadget 04 Jul
🍎 🍎 APPLE
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Report: iPhone Ultra to have incredibly limited availability at launch, may ship slightly later
🍎 9to5Mac 05 Jul
iPhone 17 Pro Max buried in America’s 250th anniversary time capsule: to be opened in 2276
🍎 9to5Mac 05 Jul
Indie App Spotlight: ‘PulseKit’ makes it easy to monitor all of your key analytics on iPhone
🍎 9to5Mac 04 Jul
Apple @ Work: As Apple grows in the enterprise, these are the kind of update bugs it has to squash immediately
🍎 9to5Mac 04 Jul
MacBook Pro overhaul: entry-level model to gain new design sooner than expected
🍎 9to5Mac 04 Jul
iOS 27 beta 2 hints at AirPods Pro with cameras: Here’s what we know so far
🍎 9to5Mac 04 Jul
'iPhone Ultra' Likely to 'Repeat the iPhone X Story'
🖥️ MacRumors 05 Jul
Beat the Apple Price Hikes: These MacBook Pro Deals Won't Last Long
🖥️ MacRumors 04 Jul
iPhone 18 With 9GB RAM Still Won't Support Two New iOS 27 Features
🖥️ MacRumors 03 Jul
The MacRumors Show: Latest iPhone 18 Pro Leaks and Rumors
🖥️ MacRumors 03 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Sketchy Rumor Claims Apple Watch Series 12 Could Introduce Sensor in Band
🖥️ MacRumors 03 Jul
iOS 27 Beta Hints at New Apple Product Such as 'AirPods Ultra'
🖥️ MacRumors 03 Jul
Iced drinks wallpapers for iPhone and iPad
📲 iDownloadBlog 05 Jul
macOS 27: Use touch to control the Mac window in iPad Sidecar
📲 iDownloadBlog 03 Jul
How to save a slideshow as a video on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
📲 iDownloadBlog 02 Jul
How to increase the text size on Apple TV in tvOS 27
📲 iDownloadBlog 02 Jul
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 leaked wallpapers
📲 iDownloadBlog 01 Jul
How to use the new consolidated Find My app in watchOS 27
📲 iDownloadBlog 01 Jul
🌍 ⚔️ WORLD CONFLICTS
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Iran's supreme leader absent as senior officials attend ayatollah's funeral
🌍 BBC World 05 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Watch: Lyse Doucet on emotion and politics at Tehran funeral of former supreme leader
🌍 BBC World 05 Jul
Marine Le Pen appeal verdict: Why this moment matters for France
🌍 BBC World 05 Jul
A global hub for fake luxury goods, Vietnam cracks down on its black market
🌍 BBC World 05 Jul
From 'a beautiful night' to 'world's greatest hangover', guests react to Taylor and Travis's wedding
🌍 BBC World 06 Jul
Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands with huge wind gusts
🌍 BBC World 06 Jul
Bellingham inspires 10-man England in 3-2 last-16 thriller to beat Mexico
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul
OPEC+ countries say they will expand monthly oil production
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul
Sports stadium becomes home for victims of the Venezuela earthquakes
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul
Ronaldo’s last World Cup? We will see, says Portugal star before Spain clash
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul
How conflict minerals fuel war in eastern DR Congo amid US sanctions
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
Tuareg fighters claim to have shot down a Russian helicopter in Mali
🌐 Al Jazeera 06 Jul
📡 🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi responds to Starlink State Capture allegations
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
All 259 bank branches where you can get a smart ID in South Africa
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
The South African woman who climbed from middle manager to CEO of a digital payment giant in four years
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
Who owns the video, music, and writing created with AI in South Africa
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
Pick n Pay grows its online grocery delivery business by 37.6%
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
DStv alternative in South Africa that people can access for free
📡 MyBroadband 05 Jul
The South African who gifted his domestic worker a Rolex and a car worth over R500,000
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul
How to legally pay less tax in South Africa
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul
The 142-year-old small Karoo town part of NASA’s space missions
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul
BusinessTech sets record for readership and marketing campaigns in 2026
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul
South Africans have a three-year retirement problem
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul
R11,500 warning for one group of homebuyers in South Africa
💼 BusinessTech 05 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
The AI reckoning arrives at South Africa’s universities
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul
South Africa’s IoT opportunity is smaller than it looks – and already taken
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul ▲ SIGNAL
SA business grows even as optimism sinks to five-year low
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul
A degree is no longer enough
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul
Powertel, Paratus Zimbabwe switch on new digital highway
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul
Mitel Workflow Studio wins global remote-work innovation award
🎯 TechCentral 03 Jul
🔧 🌐 REDDIT
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Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
Data Center Emits Constant Screeching Noise Directly Into Man’s House
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
Hideo Kojima ‘really sad’ about PlayStation killing discs, ‘frightened’ for future of ownership
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony kills physical media
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
Microsoft caves after Teams AI backlash, will let you turn off Copilot, Facilitator and Recap mid-meeting
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
CIA Chief Puts Advanced AI in the Same League as Nuclear Weapons
🔧 r/technology 05 Jul
🌍 🏈 SA SPORT
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Who produced another iconic performance? England player ratings
🌍 BBC Sport 06 Jul
The man England will fear most - Haaland fires Norway to history
🌍 BBC Sport 06 Jul
Ageing Brazil need major surgery - but is Ancelotti the man to do it?
🌍 BBC Sport 06 Jul
Penalty? Red card? Why were they given against England?
🌍 BBC Sport 06 Jul
Red card system in disarray over Trump, Fifa and Balogun decision
🌍 BBC Sport 05 Jul
Bellingham scores two in 98 seconds to silence the Azteca
🌍 BBC Sport 06 Jul
Three Lions roar at alti-Jude! Bellingham and Kane send 10-man England to QFs after thriller
🏆 Sky Sports 06 Jul
Brazil stunned as Haaland's masterclass sends Norway into last eight
🏆 Sky Sports 05 Jul
Gotterup wins John Deere Classic title after thrilling final round
🏆 Sky Sports 05 Jul
'Future's really bright' - England upbeat despite being 'outplayed' in T20 final
🏆 Sky Sports 05 Jul
Harrington defends US Senior Open title with debutant Poulter fourth
🏆 Sky Sports 05 Jul
Rowley bemused by decisions in Saints' loss to Wigan
🏆 Sky Sports 05 Jul