THURSDAY, 04 JUNE 2026, 14:05
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: Anthropic has extended an invitation to the European Commission granting the EU’s cyber agency access to its powerful AI hacking tool Mythos, according to a Commission official familiar with the process. The AI firm made the formal invitation after a meeting with the Commission in San Francisco last Thursday, the official said, adding the EU...
Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problem
When it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to stop searching for a different restaurant to try every night, or to visit the first place you love on repeat.
Now researchers have found that the late physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman devised a mathematical...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and boss Sam Altman built a ‘web of deceit’
Lisheenkyle, IRELAND – Tyrur Holdings Unlimited Company, a global Irish strategic advisory firm founded in 2016 with an international advisory footprint connected to over EUR 5 billion in client-related assets, has established a strategic framework with UBS in Switzerland, marking an important step in the Firm’s continued expansion across global capital markets, institutional financial...
Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: A United Airlines flight traveling from Newark, New Jersey, to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, was forced to make a U-turn and return to Newark after more than four hours in the air due to a security concern. According to passenger reports and air traffic control audio, the disruption was caused by a personal Bluetooth speaker — reportedly belonging to a teenager...
Remains of Los Alamos employee Melissa Casias found alongside handgun in case that stirred online speculation
Authorities in New Mexico have identified human remains which they recently discovered as those of a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employee who had been missing for more than a year.
In a statement released over the weekend, state police said the remains belonged to Melissa...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) recently prioritised diversity when updating its Listings Requirements (effective 16 February 2026) with initiatives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This agenda emphasises board diversity across gender, race, age, and culture, with a sharpened focus on age inclusion as part of its broader agenda to foster equitable and representative […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) recently prioritised diversity when updating its Listings Requirements (effective 16 February 2026) with initiatives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This agenda emphasises board diversity across gender, race, age, and culture, with a sharpened focus on age inclusion as part of its broader agenda to foster equitable and representative […]
It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism
Cancer causes nearly one in six deaths worldwide every year, some 10 million all told. That is a stunning number, but it also masks the reality that some cancers are more deadly than others. We have become remarkably good at detecting and...
The AI giant behind Claude submitted paperwork on Monday that would take it public, just a couple of weeks after SpaceX’s splashy IPO announcement.
Nine banks have been offered access to GPT 5.5 Cyber, as fierce rival Anthropic has blocked previews of its tool.
Three coins, three very different ways to read the market. The latest Ethereum news is all about the order book, where crowded short bets sit on a trap door and quieter buyers wait underneath. The Toncoin price prediction reads off the chart instead, where a clean retest has analysts drawing a line of higher targets. […]
Aikido Security says more than 30 official @redhat-cloud-services npm packages were compromised with a credential-stealing worm called “Miasma,” a variant resembling the open-sourced Mini Shai-Hulud supply-chain malware. “The packages were published via GitHub Actions OIDC, indicating the CI/CD pipeline was compromised rather than an npm token,” the report says. “If you have installed any...
Pat Brogan preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle after trial of treatment designed to stop disease from hiding
• Smart drug that strips cancer cells of ‘invisibility cloak’ can shrink tumours by 30%, trial shows
One of the first patients to benefit from a pioneering smart drug that appears to melt away the “invisibility cloak” that can shield cancer cells from treatment is Pat...
Experimental tablet produces encouraging results in patients with world’s most common forms of disease
• ‘I was getting ready to say goodbye’: patient’s hope after smart drug success
A smart drug that stops cancer cells “hiding” from treatment can shrink tumours by at least 30% in six of the world’s most common forms of the disease, early trial results show.
While immunotherapy treatments have...
The state became the first to sue the ChatGPT maker over claims that its technology posed a risk to children and that the company had failed to warn the public of dangers.
Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO, teeing up what could become a watershed moment for in the AI frenzy.
The artificial intelligence company has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to new technology that can automatically write computer code.
Dell has introduced a redesigned $699 XPS 13 aimed squarely at Apple’s budget MacBook Neo, offering a premium aluminum design, touch display, backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, 512GB of base storage, and various other configuration options. Dell’s machine costs more than Apple’s entry model but tries to justify the difference with lighter weight, better display specs, and upgrade paths Apple doesn’t...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center. The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities. The host...
From today, 1 June 2026, all travellers crossing South Africa’s borders must submit an online customs declaration and declare any foreign-registered vehicles they bring into the country. This launch of the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) new digital Traveller Declaration System, together with stepped-up education of customs rules at every port of entry, marks a […]