Nobel Laureate John Jumper Leaves DeepMind for Anthropic

Microsoft states the update will deliver a frequently requested capability, with early testing now open.

Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation accuse each other of misconduct, while Archer adds a patent case against Vertical.

Wired outlines 28 techniques that move users past basic queries toward more deliberate prompt engineering with OpenAI’s chatbot.

Updates arriving this fall will require IT teams to move away from older device-management approaches for Apple hardware.

Kernel maintainers remove the legacy string-copy function in the 7.2 release following a long replacement campaign.

An article comparing epoll and io_uring appears on the Hacker News front page with 107 points and 30 comments.

A blog post arguing against accepting AI-written code that merely works reached the Hacker News front page with 121 points.

Meredith Whittaker states that chatbots lack consciousness and should not be viewed as friends or sentient partners.

WWDC updates this fall will require IT teams to adopt declarative device management or risk broken workflows on macOS and iOS fleets.

Epic Games will test the new Launcher V2 in private beta before any wider release.

Federal authorities examine how hackers gained access to a government mobile notification platform and broadcast messages containing the word “misanthropy” to millions of phones.

Three decades of attempts to restrict the spread of security tools show that new limits on models like Anthropic’s Mythos are unlikely to change outcomes.

Years spent tuning games for the lower-powered Xbox console appear to have transferred useful techniques to Nintendo Switch 2 projects.

Microsoft lists Windows 11 26H2 as official and introduces new Surface Pro and Laptop models in its weekly recap.

The new version aims to make the assistant useful across the entire phone instead of waiting for specific triggers.

Security firm Paradigm Shift disclosed usbliter8, an unpatchable exploit that grants arbitrary code execution on iPhones, iPads, and Watches using A12, A13, S4, and S5 chips.

Jean-Baptiste Kempf is building Kyber as a control layer for remote devices after years on the VLC media player.

Apple cited performance needs for new Siri AI features as the reason Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, SE 2, and the first Ultra will receive only security updates going forward.

Security researchers released technical details and a proof-of-concept for usbliter8, a permanent vulnerability in devices that cannot receive firmware fixes.

Go plans to deploy the proceeds from its record listing toward robotaxis and acquisitions that address Japan’s acute driver shortage.

Attempts to restrict tools like Anthropic’s Mythos model repeat three decades of failed efforts to contain encryption and spyware.