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Anthropic says internal and external red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks; it will keep user traffic for 30 days, aligning with Trump's AI EO (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop)
 North Korean hackers are at it again — phishing scheme targets hundreds of workers to try and steal crypto and more
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a new Siri app (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Apple announces new parental controls, letting kids ask to browse specific websites or contact specific people, adding automatic image filtering, and more (Daniel Cooper/Engadget)
A federal judge blocks President Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employer H-1B visa applications (CNBC)
 Phablets return? Getac's 8-inch Windows 11 rugged tablet looks like a large smartphone, takes SIM cards, and can make VOIP calls
 The Scuf Omega is a great PS5 controller, but its price and some annoying design quirks make it difficult to fully recommend
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal)
 How to watch Brazil vs Egypt: Free Streams & TV Guide for World Cup warm-up
 ‘Chasing every model release is a fool's errand and a fast track to AI fatigue inside your organisation’: GoodData.AI CTO says businesses should focus on automation use cases over every single new release
 Fuze review: this explosive new thriller movie will keep you on the edge of your seat — but wastes its all-star cast
The largest US banks plan to launch a tokenized deposit network in 2027 to connect traditional payment rails with the infrastructure that digital assets run on (Wall Street Journal)
 NSA warns that cybercriminals are targeting this one critical component that the energy, chemical, food, agriculture, and transportation sectors rely on - here's what we know
Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, proposes a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers to ensure "that they are paying their fair share" (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)
 Clearaudio just unveiled a stunning Rammstein turntable and truly, ich will!
 Outlander: Blood of My Blood season 2 — release date, cast and everything we know so far about the hit Starz and MGM+ spinoff show's return
Email: the EU Parliament plans to replace Google with the French search engine Qwant as the default search tool on its computers, seeking digital sovereignty (Politico)
 Multiple Linux distros hit by major 'CIFSwitch' flaw that gives attackers root access
Researchers find several packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace shipped malware targeting credentials for GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP, and others (Rohan Prabhu/Step Security Blog)
 NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, June 1 (game #820)
Experts say ChatGPT, Gemini, and other Western AI models are turbocharging Iran's cyber operations, helping it develop malware and launch phishing attacks (Jacob Judah/Financial Times)
 How to watch Brazil vs Panama for *FREE* — Stream international friendly
AI adoption follows the J-curve path of general-purpose tech, like early US factory electrification, requiring years of investment before noticeable ROI gains (Exponential View)
 The Witcher 4 may not have a release date yet but here are the 7 features I want the game to have when it finally arrives
China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)
 This Kubb mini PC certainly isn't wallet-friendly, but it'll easily tackle any task you throw at it - and look good doing it too
 Lidl launches super-cheap solar balcony battery — as home backups become new energy crisis essential
ElevenLabs launches Dubbing v2, which it says preserves the original speaker's emotion, tone, and pacing across 90+ languages while staying synced to content (ElevenLabs)
Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers "in the coming weeks" following the development of stronger safeguards (Madison Mills/Axios)
 I asked ChatGPT to build me a realistic weekly workout for a 54-year-old body — and I actually kept doing it
Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance for startups, raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation, up from $1.3B on May 6, for a total funding of $378M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, saying it's "more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims", at the same price as 4.7 (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, will test $7.99/mo. and $19.99/mo. Meta AI plans, a $49.99/mo. creator plan, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
 Exclusive: 'We’re not going to compete on price' says Insta360 co-founder, but the Luna vlogging camera looks set to rival DJI with premium and exclusive features
Starlette, an open-source Python framework underpinning FastAPI, has a vulnerability, called BadHost, that can allow hackers to bypass authorization (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
 ‘They choose not to buy because they want to develop their own’: China just refused to buy a single Nvidia AI chip as Trump’s plan backfires
Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the information ecosystem with Search changes, putting AI agents in everything, when AI will replace him as CEO, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
 What is the release date for Hacks season 5 episode 10 on HBO Max?
 IKEA living room trends for summer: playful colors and open storage for a welcoming space that's packed with personality
 What is the release date for Half Man episode 6 on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer?
Report: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of a 2025 probe over concerns it favors its own services in search results (Reuters)
Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed (Financial Times)
 There's almost 50% off the 4.5-star-rated Motorola Razr Ultra at Best Buy
The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)
 Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced creative director says his top three favorite elements of the remake are the fight system, the new missions, and the new end game chapters — 'We have received a lot of positive reactions to the story'
 'We are putting quantum inside the rack so customers can roll it in, plug it in': The world’s first rack-mounted quantum computer is here — and it runs at -459 degrees Fahrenheit from a standard wall socket
Jensen Huang urged Super Micro to tighten up compliance after Taiwan detained three people for allegedly trying to export servers with Nvidia chips to China (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
Dell says it has 5,000 clients for its AI Factory, a product line of servers with Nvidia chips, software, and services, including 1,000 new clients last quarter (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
 “Honestly? We’re genuinely terrified” — Flipper Zero creators reveal massive new Flipper One swiss-army knife PC and ask community for help
Google rolls out a Google Wallet redesign, including "dynamic quick access" for favourites, a "View more" floating action button, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google)
 Android users beware — this huge fraud scam campaign hit millions of victims around the world, make sure you're not next
Apple plans to broadcast an MLS game on Saturday shot entirely on 15 iPhone 17 Pros, the first major live sports event to be captured using only smartphones (Todd Spangler/Variety)