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Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW June 17, 2026 05:21 PM ET The cyberdefense agency received access around a week ago, but the White House has not yet set clear parameters for how the agency should use the model. * CISA * Industry * Cyber Defense
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The ultralight may become a permanent fixture in Apple’s smartphone lineup. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Apple could be making a follow-up to the iPhone Air, the ultralight smartphone introduced last fall. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, plans may be in motion for the company to launch a second
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Tesco is also dealing with migration challenges related to data security because its new, unnamed virtualization software is incompatible with the Veeam and Zerto products it uses. “Manifestly unfair and excessive” price hike Tesco initially requested at least 100 million pounds (about $133.6 million) in damages each from Broadcom,
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Hudson Rock said the attackers went on to “actively intercept SSL VPN authentication hashes and crack them using a massive, dedicated 45-GPU cluster managed via Hashtopolis.” From there, they used the GPU cluster to crack the hashes, meaning to try massive combinations of plain-text passwords until they found the right
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Landlines FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service. Credit: Getty Images | KoldoyChris California state regulators say AT&T lied to the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to shut off its old copper phone network without providing an adequate replacement. “AT&
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Define “useful”? Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back. The basic layout of the Libra hardware that's under testing by QuEra. Credit: QuEra Quantum computing news usually picks up near the end of the year, as companies try to provide evidence that they are hitting benchmarks
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* Attackers are now targeting physical systems inside data center environments * Power infrastructure vulnerabilities could shut down entire computing networks instantly * Cooling system breaches may trigger overheating across server facilities Modern data centers face a growing threat from cybercriminals who now target physical infrastructure components rather than just software systems, as
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Allbirds, the sustainable footwear company that went public at a $4.1 billion valuation in 2021, has officially renamed itself Smartbird and appointed a new chief executive to lead its pivot into AI compute. Shares surged more than 50% on Wednesday morning before pulling back. The rebrand completes a transformation
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TL;DR Amodei and Hassabis proposed a US-led AI coalition at the G7. Altman called for an international testing forum. No binding commitments emerged. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis used a closed-door lunch at the G7 summit on Wednesday to call for a US-led coalition
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TL;DR France’s Parliament adopted a bill that breaks EDF’s near-monopoly on hydropower by converting concessions to permits and requiring annual auctions of 6 GW. The reform ends more than a decade of EU legal pressure and could unlock billions in pumped-hydro investment. France’s Parliament adopted a
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TL;DR Apple investors are losing patience with the company’s AI strategy after a disappointing WWDC. The stock trades at a premium that assumes an upgrade cycle that has been repeatedly delayed, and the new Siri launches as a beta built on Google’s technology. Apple investors are losing
