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US Secret Service personnel are putting the lives of America’s VIPs at risk by refusing to use government-issued phones — but they might not be up to the job in the first place

* US Secret Service personnel are using personal devices while conducting official business * Personal devices are not secured against the threats faced by Secret Service members * But government-issued devices aren't equipped for the needs of Secret Service members either The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has released a

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents

Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic mid-tier model yet. It runs close to the flagship Opus 4.8 on many tasks, but costs less than half as much. Anthropic said on June 30, 2026 that Sonnet 5 is available today across every plan. The company built it

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Huntress CEO says threat hunter used 'poor judgment' in alerting ransomware crim about law enforcement probe

Ex-employee claims this 'meets the definition of an insider threat' Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan said he is aware of “questionable, long-term threat actor communications” between a threat hunter who is still employed with the security firm and a cybercriminal, and called this “poor judgment.” “In one particular exchange,

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Newsom strikes Anthropic deal to get California government half price Claude AI access

* California government will have access to Anthropic's Claude with a 50% discount * The technology will be used to improve workflows and cybersecurity * Governor Newsom said Claude will be used "responsibly, transparently, and in service of people" The government of California will now be able to use

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CIA will take ‘smart risks’ and ‘course correct’ as it adopts AI, director says

CIA Director John Ratcliffe speaks at the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2026. Courtesy: AWS ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW June 30, 2026 02:58 PM ET “We simply can’t afford to wait for a risk-free approach to emerging tech. It doesn’t exist.

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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google on Tuesday released Nano Banana 2 Lite, the newest version of its in-house AI video and image generator. This version is significantly faster and more affordable than its previous release, the company claims. The model has much lower latency and can produce images in 4 seconds, which makes it

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Leaked Galaxy Z Fold 8 Images Confirm Major Screen Design Change

Apple isn’t the only phone maker planning to introduce fresh foldable devices into its lineup this year. Samsung is readying new foldables too, and a fresh leak provides the clearest look yet at the revamped design, which will likely be branded the Galaxy Fold 8. Samsung insider Ahmed Qwaider

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Download iOS 26.5.2 Now for a Smorgasbord of Security Fixes

Apple released iOS 26.5.2 on Monday, June 29, almost a month after launching iOS 26.5.1 to people with devices from the iPhone 17 lineup or an iPhone Air. Apple writes online that iOS 26.5.2 brings over two dozen security fixes to your device, including

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‘Stop calling it a hobby and start treating it as infrastructure’: EXANTE calls out the underfunding of…

While many of us wouldn’t think twice about buying software from a global hyperscale software vendor, open source software (OSS) has flown under the radar as a majorly important part of the software landscape for decades. Recent shifts in European attitudes, fuelled by geopolitical tensions and technological sovereignty concerns,

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 at a steep discount to its top model as the company races toward a blockbuster IPO

Anthropic today released Claude Sonnet 5, a new AI model that the company says delivers near-flagship performance at mid-tier prices — a move designed to give cost-conscious enterprise developers access to powerful agentic capabilities just as the San Francisco-based AI lab barrels toward an initial public offering that will test whether

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

As shipping agentic capabilities becomes table stakes among foundation model companies, Anthropic is releasing Claude Sonnet 5, a more powerful and agentic version of the lab’s midsize model. “It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months

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Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

Beautiful mess A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s plan to “fill the digital potholes” and use AI to quickly redesign every government website isn’t going very well. Last August, Trump created the National

US Secret Service personnel are putting the lives of America&rsquo;s VIPs at risk by refusing to use government-issued phones &mdash; but they might not be up to the job in the first place

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents

Huntress CEO says threat hunter used 'poor judgment' in alerting ransomware crim about law enforcement probe

Newsom strikes Anthropic deal to get California government half price Claude AI access

CIA will take ‘smart risks’ and ‘course correct’ as it adopts AI, director says

Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Leaked Galaxy Z Fold 8 Images Confirm Major Screen Design Change

Download iOS 26.5.2 Now for a Smorgasbord of Security Fixes

&lsquo;Stop calling it a hobby and start treating it as infrastructure&rsquo;: EXANTE calls out the underfunding of…

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 at a steep discount to its top model as the company races toward a blockbuster IPO

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

US Secret Service personnel are putting the lives of America’s VIPs at risk by refusing to use government-issued phones — but they might not be up to the job in the first place

‘Stop calling it a hobby and start treating it as infrastructure’: EXANTE calls out the underfunding of…