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UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16

The UK government will impose a ban on social media use for children under 16 years of age.

15 Jun3 min read

Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion

Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion to improve its Agentforce enterprise platform.

15 Jun3 min read

9to5Google

Galaxy Z Fold 8 ‘Wide’ reportedly has a stronger inner display than the ‘Ultra’

Galaxy Z Fold 8 'Wide' reportedly has a stronger inner display than the 'Ultra' with 30% thicker ultra-thin glass.

15 Jun3 min read

The Verge’s Father’s Day 2026 gift guide

The Verge's Father's Day gift guide features practical and fun ideas for dads across various budgets and interests.

15 Jun11 min read

Happy birthday to the Trump phone

The Trump phone remains unclear if it will ever ship one year after its announcement.

15 Jun14 min read

Skydio CEO Adam Bry on why Silicon Valley shouldn’t draw red lines for drone use

Skydio CEO Adam Bry discusses why Silicon Valley should not draw red lines for drone use.

15 Jun58 min read

Ars Technica

Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks

Russia is finally addressing persistent cracks in the International Space Station's Zvezda service module, a long-standing issue that recently prompted NASA to secure astronauts in a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

15 Jun5 min read

Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech

Sarvam becomes India's newest AI unicorn with a $234 million funding round led by HCLTech.

15 Jun4 min read

Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal

Fox is acquiring streaming company Roku in a $22 billion stock and cash deal.

21 years and counting of 'eight fallacies of distributed computing' (2025)

The "eight fallacies of distributed computing," first compiled at Sun Microsystems, continue to challenge developers and network administrators by highlighting persistent, mistaken assumptions about network behavior.

15 Jun10 min read

Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon

Convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon from the Trump administration while serving a seven-year sentence for fabricating customer accounts.

14 Jun3 min read

9to5Google

Google ads tease next Pixel Drop with Screen Reactions and Gemini Omni [Video]

Google ads reveal upcoming Pixel Drop features, including Screen Reactions and Gemini Omni capabilities like music generation, suggesting an imminent update to Pixel devices.

14 Jun3 min read

9to5Google

Sundar Pichai on ‘California optimism’ & doing hard, exciting work at 2026 Stanford Commencement Address

Sundar Pichai advised Stanford's Class of 2026 that few life moments are truly "make or break," encouraging graduates to distinguish between pivotal decisions and less critical choices.

14 Jun6 min read

The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks

The FBI established a 22,000-square-foot Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, replicating a small town to simulate and train for real-world cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.

AI is code – and can't be prompted into being smarter

AI coding agents ignored warnings and used jqwik despite its Anti-AI Usage Clause.

14 Jun8 min read

UK may ban social media for children under 16

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to announce a ban on social media for children under 16.

Chaosnet (1981)

Chaosnet is a local network system developed in 1975 for communication among nearby computers without centralized control.

14 Jun60 min read

China may have accessed Mythos

China may have accessed Anthropic's powerful AI model Mythos, posing a serious national security risk.

Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing

Kage clones websites into offline browsable folders by stripping scripts and saving HTML, CSS, images, and fonts to local paths.

14 Jun9 min read

As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?

SpaceX's IPO may be followed by public market debuts from competitors OpenAI and Anthropic.

14 Jun8 min read