DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
As the rest of the country celebrated the USA's first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump administration over its latest model release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive to suspend access to its ...
Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
Article URL: https://runtimewire.com/article/microsoft-github-aws-ai-capacity-crunch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549918 Points: 126 # Comments: 53
Apple TV releases massive Widow’s Bay-themed playlist on Apple Music
The “Patricia’s Sunset Cocktails” playlist from episode 4 of Widow’s Bay’s first season is now available on Apple Music. Get it below.
Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email are getting a new shared email domain
Apple announced today that it will soon use a single shared domain for private email addresses generated by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email. Here are the details.
iOS 27 fixes three of the most annoying Messages bugs
iOS 27 focuses heavily on bug fixes and performance improvements across apps like Safari, Mail, Calendar, and more. In the Messages app, iOS 27 fixes what I think are three of the most frustrating bugs …
Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5
Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they’re still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.
Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri
Article URL: https://www.narracomm.com/amazon-announces-multibillion-dollar-data-center-in-missouri/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48548975 Points: 75 # Comments: 55
Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap
Article URL: http://ishmeetbindra.com/posts/reviews-have-become-expensive-rewrites-have-become-cheap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48548883 Points: 38 # Comments: 29
Still seeing ‘Indexing in Progress’ on iOS 27? Here’s how to check the actual status
For some iOS 27 beta 1 users, the indexing process is taking much longer than expected. Thankfully, there’s a way to check the actual percentage from a Mac. Here’s how.
Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties
AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.
Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again
Isar Aerospace is not hurting for money, but it is sorely lacking in the currency of flight experience.
9to5Mac Daily: June 15, 2026 – More iOS 27 features and changes
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Xbox is reportedly closing Ninja Theory, Double Fine and Compulsion Games
Some well-known first-party Xbox studios are reportedly at risk of being closed down.
Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb
Article URL: https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547985 Points: 243 # Comments: 115
Why I email complete strangers
Article URL: https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/why-i-email-complete-strangers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547566 Points: 105 # Comments: 49
DOJ seizes CFAKE, SOCFAKE deepfake nude sites under TAKE IT DOWN Act
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has seized the CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com websites, which allegedly hosted nonconsensual AI-generated nude images and videos of women, in what appears to be the first publicly announced domain seizure under the TAKE IT DOWN Act. [...]
WhatsApp Web extends voice and video calls test to group chats
Users who rely on WhatsApp’s web version will soon be able to make voice and video calls in group chats. Here are the details.
The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government interference.