Arch Linux Malware Incident: Malicious Commits Found in 1,579 Packages
More than 1,500 user-contributed packages in the Arch Linux User Repository “AUR” were infected with malware, reports Phoronix:

The last message in the thread over this security incident is noting that Arch Linux developers have deleted all the malicious commits they are aware of. Cited was this list that puts the number of malware-af … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Investigated By Coalition of America’s State Attorneys General
“A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an investigation into OpenAI,” reports the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.”

OpenAI was served Friday with a subpoena seeking documents related to a broad range of its activities and impact on users, including advertising, user engagement and retention, hand … ⌘ Read more

New UK Referendum Would Flip ‘Brexit’ Result of a Decade Ago, Poll Finds
It’s the 10-year anniversary of Britain’s “Brexit” vote withdrawing from the European Union.
But a new UK poll “shows that a new Brexit referendum would reverse the vote that led to Britain’s departure,” reports Bloomberg:

Fifty-two percent of Britons think the UK should rejoin the EU, according to an Ipsos survey of 1,137 British … ⌘ Read more

US Congress Lets ‘Warrantless Wiretap’ Law FISA Lapse
It’s the U.S. law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets. And the U.S. Congress just let it lapse. Sort of. NPR reports:

Each year, the provision is used by American intelligence agencies to collect the electronic communications of hundreds of thousands of foreigners located outside of the United States. The government says that more than … ⌘ Read more

Mystery Orb Videos, Other UFO Records Released By White House
The Trump administration released another large batch of government UAP records, including videos of glowing orb-like objects appearing to split and rejoin, witness accounts, illustrations, and decades-old investigative documents. Axios reports: The documents indicate that government agents have spent years monitoring, investigating and documen … ⌘ Read more

World’s First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation’s Future
The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon – the first crewed, fixed-wing aircraft ever to fly on … ⌘ Read more

Anthropic ‘Suspends’ All Mythos and Fable Access After US Order Limiting Foreign Access
“Anthropic said on Friday it will ‘abruptly disable’ its most advanced AI models for all users,”
reports Reuters, “after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company received the export control directive to suspend a … ⌘ Read more

Data Center Opponents Have Blocked Or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion In 2026
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study – conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks loc … ⌘ Read more

Jeff Bezos’ AI Startup Aims To Build an ‘Artificial General Engineer’
Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an “artificial general engineer” capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startu … ⌘ Read more

Justice Department Approves Paramount’s $111 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision, expected to be announced Friday, paves the way for Paramount to combine … ⌘ Read more

ShinyHunters Hacked 100+ Organizations By Exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-Day
ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. “ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its data leak site on Tuesday before publishing the stolen f … ⌘ Read more

Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaig … ⌘ Read more

Touchscreen Macbook ‘100% Confirmed,’ Says Reputable Leaker
A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Surface Flaw Allowed Unprotected Devices To Be Bricked By a Single Packet
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company’s … ⌘ Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried Loses Bid To Overturn Crypto Fraud Conviction
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors’ evidence against Bankman-Fried “was, conservatively stated, robust.” “While he was publicly reassuring customers, investo … ⌘ Read more

Infineon to Open German Chip Fab as Part of EU Sovereignty Push
Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue as demand for AI infrastructure strains global electricity systems. Bloomberg reports: Infineon, tra … ⌘ Read more

SpaceX IPO Makes Elon Musk World’s First Trillionaire
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world’s first trillionaire. At a time when concerns about inequality are high and public attitudes toward the ultra … ⌘ Read more

Pokemon Go Data Was Used To Help Train AI Systems Being Developed For Military Drones
Pokemon Go players’ optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial’s visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired with Vantor’s drone navigation software for milita … ⌘ Read more

An Algorithm Determines How Fast You Should Drive On California’s I-15 Freeway
Riverside County has launched an 8-mile “smart freeway” pilot on northbound I-15 near Temecula, using roadway sensors and an algorithm to coordinate ramp meters and suggest speeds rather than widening the freeway. Officials say the $33 million project could reduce stop-and-go traffic and travel times. According to SFGAT … ⌘ Read more

China Lures Foreign Patients With Cutting-Edge, Cheap Medical Care
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: While traditional hotspots in the region such as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia focus on services such as cosmetic surgery, IVF or physicals, China is trying to differentiate itself by providing some of the world’s most advanced procedures. “There are two reasons why a patient travels f … ⌘ Read more

Study Links Smartphones With Declining Fertility Rates
Two recent studies argue that smartphones may have contributed to falling birthrates by reducing in-person social interaction, sexual frequency, and other conditions tied to unintended pregnancies. “One of the studies published in May is called ‘The Collapse of Teen Fertility in the Digital Era’ and the other, published just Monday, is titled ‘Is the iPhone Birth C … ⌘ Read more

Poland To Jail Online Streamers of Violent Crime For Up To 5 Years
Polish lawmakers have voted to criminalize “trash streaming,” with up to five years in prison for online broadcasts of serious crimes such as rape or murder, animal cruelty, humiliating violence, gambling promotion, or even simulated depictions of those acts. Reuters reports: The move is part of a broader push by Poland to tighten regulation o … ⌘ Read more

Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments
Coinbase has launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT or Claude execute crypto trades and manage payments on a user’s behalf. “For example, customers can prompt their agent to rebalance portfolios, identify trading opportunities, execute strategies and manage positions over time,” reports CNBC. “It will eventually ex … ⌘ Read more

Euro-Office 1.0 Arrives To Open-Source Infighting: ‘Compatibility Is Not Sovereignty’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: If digital sovereignty is important to you, and it certainly is in the European Union (EU), then you’ll be pleased to know that EuroOffice, a new open-source browser-based office suite alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, has officially reached its … ⌘ Read more

ACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man As a Child Abductor
fjo3 shares a report from Reason: Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agenci … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Mulls Slashing Prices As It Competes With Anthropic For Users
OpenAI is reportedly considering sharp price cuts for paid access to its AI models as competition with Anthropic intensifies and both companies race for users ahead of potential IPOs. “The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products,” t … ⌘ Read more

Opendoor Ends India Operations, Fueling a Bigger Conversation About AI and Outsourcing
Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: “I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we win … ⌘ Read more

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins ‘Cannot Continue’
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox’s current economics “cannot continue,” citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report say … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. Ope … ⌘ Read more

Fully Autonomous Drones Have Killed Human Soldiers For the First Time
Longtime Slashdot reader MattSparkes shares a report from NewScientist, captioned: “For years we’ve had unconfirmed reports, rumors, hints… now we know.” From the report: Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian def … ⌘ Read more

Humans Prefer To Walk Anticlockwise, Scientists Find
fjo3 shares a report from The Guardian: Tests reveal that when people are ambling about, they have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction. “If you simply ask someone to start walking, whether they are wandering around a museum, a supermarket, or even an empty room, it is surprisingly likely that they will drift counterclockwise,” … ⌘ Read more

Solar Beats Coal In the US For the First Month Ever
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Solar generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first month on record in May 2026, according to new analysis from global energy think tank Ember. Solar supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity during the month, while coal dropped to 12.2%. That’s a dramatic shift in the U.S. power mix. Just five years ago, coal gene … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Defender ‘RoguePlanet’ Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Privileges
A researcher using the name Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit called “RoguePlanet,” which reportedly works on fully patched Windows 10 and 11 systems and can spawn a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges through a Defender race condition. The release came just hours after Microsoft fixed two previously discl … ⌘ Read more

Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT
Visa is integrating its payment network with ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and complete purchases on users’ behalf. “It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa,” reports the Associated Press. “The payment network’s previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single re … ⌘ Read more

Valve Discontinues Physical Steam Gift Cards Due To Scammers
Valve is discontinuing physical Steam Gift Cards and says it will stop restocking them as retailers sell through remaining inventory. In a blog post, the company blamed persistent gift card scams as the reason, though Steam Digital Gift Cards will remain available and existing physical cards can still be redeemed. PC Guide reports: Valve says it has “re … ⌘ Read more

Threats Against Politicians Tripled After Meta Changed Its Speech Rules
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last year, Meta radically overhauled the rules around what content it would allow on its platforms. The company claimed that its own efforts policing speech had gone too far and that it would relax the rules around what speech was allowed. “We have been over-enforcing our rules, limiti … ⌘ Read more

BYD To Install Thousands of 5-Minute EV Chargers Across Europe
BYD plans to install 3,000 ultra-fast “Flash Chargers” across Europe by the end of 2027, with the first stations already appearing in Germany and the UK. The Verge reports: At an estimated cost of 580,000 euros (about $670,000) per charger according to the Financial Times, that would mean a total spend of roughly $2 billion to install the network … ⌘ Read more

macOS 27 Beta Boots Asahi Linux Off Apple Silicon
The Asahi Linux team is warning Apple Silicon users not to upgrade to the macOS 27 beta because Apple’s changes to the boot picker and Startup Disk app make Asahi partitions invisible, preventing Linux from booting. The Register reports: The team added: “If you insist on trying out macOS 27 as soon as possible, please ensure you install a secondary copy of macOS 26 first, or … ⌘ Read more

German Court Holds Google Liable For False AI Overview Answers
A Munich regional court has ruled (PDF) that Google can be held directly liable for false claims in AI Overviews. The case involved AI Overviews falsely linking two publishers to scams and shady business practices, with the court rejecting Google’s argument that users could simply check the sources themselves. The Decoder reports: Google’s AI overview … ⌘ Read more

Seattle Enacts Year-Long Ban On New AI Datacenters
Seattle has enacted a one-year moratorium on new datacenters, making it the largest U.S. city to do so as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban. The Guardian reports: Lawmakers have framed the pause as an opportunity to draft regulations specifically targeting the electricity-hungry datacenters bei … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Smashes Record For Biggest Ever Patch Tuesday Update
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ComputerWeekly: Microsoft has issued patches for about 200 flaws in its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop, blasting past a previous record high of almost 170 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in October 2025. Among a great many others, the latest update from Redmond fixes a total of 32 critical C … ⌘ Read more

Commonwealth Fusion Makes the Physics Case For Its 400 MW Reactor
Commonwealth Fusion has published five peer-reviewed papers laying out the physics case for ARC, its planned 400 MW fusion power plant, which would follow the company’s smaller SPARC tokamak now under construction. The papers suggest ARC could produce more energy than it consumes using high-temperature superconducting magnets, molten-salt h … ⌘ Read more

NASA Announces Astronauts For Its Artemis III Mission
NASA has named Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas as the crew for Artemis III, which has been reworked from a moon-landing mission into a roughly two-week Earth-orbit test of lunar landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin. NBC News reports: Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are expected to launch into Earth … ⌘ Read more

FCC Wants To Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms To Get All Customers’ IDs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones – a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase – which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse … ⌘ Read more

US Labels BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and Other Tech Giants As Aiding China’s Military
The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, Unitree, and other Chinese companies to its list of firms it says support China’s military, barring them from U.S. defense contracts. The companies and China’s embassy deny the allegations. The Associated Press reports: Created in 2021 by a congressional mandate, the list (PDF) … ⌘ Read more

EU Orders Meta To Open WhatsApp To Rival AI Chatbots
The European Commission has ordered Meta to temporarily restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while it investigates whether Meta’s ban on third-party assistants abuses its dominant position. Meta says it will appeal, calling the move “regulatory overreach” that would let major AI companies use a paid WhatsApp product for free. The BBC reports: … ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Releases Claude Fable, a ‘Safe’ Version of Mythos
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. “For us, it’s really around what we call ‘race to the top,’ being able to provide this technology in a valuable fash … ⌘ Read more

High-Severity Vulnerability In Linux Caused By a Single Errant Character
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don’t often see: a single errant character inside the kernel. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23111, is located in nf_tables, a subsyst … ⌘ Read more

EU Says Decision Not to Launch Siri AI in Europe Is Apple’s Alone
The European Commission says Apple’s decision not to launch Siri AI in the EU is Apple’s alone, arguing that the company sought an exemption from Digital Markets Act interoperability rules instead of building a compliant privacy- and security-preserving solution. Apple, meanwhile, says regulators rejected its proposals and claims the DMA would … ⌘ Read more

Meta Will Use Your Activity On Other Websites To Personalize Your Feeds
Meta says it will expand how it uses off-platform activity shared by other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds as well as AI responses, not just ads. The change starts in July and can be disabled through the “Activity from other businesses” setting, though Meta says it is not collecting new data as part of the upd … ⌘ Read more