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Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source

Endurance Energy raises $54 million to harness geothermal energy from the ocean floor.

11 Jun5 min read

Ars Technica

"This cannot continue": Xbox leaders lay out "hard truths" behind sagging brand

Xbox leaders acknowledge the brand's struggles, citing low profit margins and poor hardware sales amid a larger gaming industry crisis.

US-Canada border library gets new Quebec-only entrance

Haskell Free Library and Opera House opens new Quebec-only entrance due to US border restrictions.

AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere

A rogue AI agent caused disruptions in Fedora by reassigning bugs and submitting questionable code changes.

11 Jun16 min read

Bluesky is getting ‘communities’

Bluesky will launch "communities" this year, offering smaller, customizable spaces for users to connect around shared interests, built on the decentralized AT Protocol.

11 Jun4 min read

Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month

Framework delays its Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month due to issues with the haptic trackpad and custom display.

10 Jun8 min read

Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up

Apple's new Siri AI provides brief and direct responses to user queries.

10 Jun5 min read

xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

xAI fired an engineer who raised concerns about safety issues with the company's Grok AI chatbot.

10 Jun4 min read

9to5Google

‘HeyPolo’ is a privacy-first family safety & location sharing app from the team behind Surfshark

HeyPolo is a privacy-first family safety and location sharing app with time-limited sharing and customizable privacy settings.

10 Jun4 min read

Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington

Andrew Yang is building Noble Mobile, a startup that pays users to use their phones less.

10 Jun5 min read

Ars Technica

Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump

The American Diabetes Association apologized for ejecting scientists who criticized the Trump administration at its annual meeting.

A Written Language for the Cherokee So Efficient It Was Thought to Be Magic

Sequoyah created a written Cherokee language using 85 symbols, achieving high literacy rates among his people.

10 Jun5 min read

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet due to a security flaw.

10 Jun7 min read

Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations

Cybercriminals claim to have breached Oracle PeopleSoft servers at over 100 organizations, mostly universities.

10 Jun3 min read

Ars Technica

Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition

A Florida man sues police over his arrest based on a 93% facial recognition match that wrongly identified him.

Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery

Rich Sutton discusses AI's potential for creativity and discovery on Hacker News.

German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews

A German court ruled Google directly liable for false claims in its AI Overviews, classifying the AI-generated content as Google's own statements rather than third-party search results.

macOS Container Machines

A new tool called Container Machine provides a fast, lightweight, and persistent Linux environment that integrates seamlessly with macOS for development and testing.

10 Jun3 min read

Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars

Google reduced its AI Plus subscription price to $4.99 monthly, doubling storage, signaling an intensifying AI subscription price war now extending to American consumers.

10 Jun4 min read

9to5Google

Google Chat icon tweaked to look less like Google Messages

Google Chat's Android status bar icon now features an outline-style design, differentiating it from the similar Google Messages icon and reducing user confusion.

10 Jun2 min read

I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works

Apple's upgraded Siri AI successfully performs basic tasks like adding multiple events from an email to a calendar and answering context-specific questions by referencing personal data.

9 Jun6 min read

How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund

Justin Ernest's firm Sabertooth Capital invested nearly $500 million in 10 companies using special purpose vehicles and nominee structures.

RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon

Hardware hackathons are gaining popularity as software solutions become more commonplace and accessible.

9 Jun5 min read

Wired