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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies at 69 in plane crash near La Baule
20 June 2026 @ 5:17 pm
Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, has died in a plane crash near the coastal town of La Baule in western France. He was 69. Guillemot and a flight instructor from Rennes were both killed when their twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed in a field near La Baule aerodrome on the […]
This story continues at The Next WebHackers are mass-exploiting a Gravity SMTP flaw to steal API keys from 100,000 WordPress sites
20 June 2026 @ 4:56 pm
Attackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin that exposes API keys, OAuth tokens, and detailed system configuration data to anyone who sends a single unauthenticated HTTP request. Wordfence, the WordPress security firm owned by Defiant, says it has blocked more than 17 million exploit attempts targeting the flaw since activity […]
This story continues at The Next WebHarvard Business Review warns AI ‘workslop’ is rotting companies from the inside
20 June 2026 @ 4:30 pm
Companies that pushed hardest to adopt generative AI are now contending with a problem the technology was supposed to prevent: their work is getting worse. Two articles published by Harvard Business Review this month describe a feedback loop in which AI-generated low-quality output degrades the information companies rely on to make decisions, a phenomenon the […]
This story continues at The Next WebMicrosoft finds USB worm that steals cryptocurrency through clipboard hijacking and Tor
20 June 2026 @ 4:12 pm
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a new strain of self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives, monitors the Windows clipboard for cryptocurrency wallet addresses and seed phrases, and routes all stolen data through a portable Tor client to avoid detection. The campaign has been active since at least February 2026, according to Microsoft’s analysis published […]
This story continues at The Next WebAirPods Pro 3 heart rate sensor nearly matches Apple Watch in accuracy test
20 June 2026 @ 4:04 pm
Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 heart rate sensor averaged 1.67% error compared to a medical-grade Polar H10 chest strap in testing by CNET Labs, making the earbuds the second most accurate consumer heart rate device the publication has measured. Only the Apple Watch Series 11 performed better, averaging 0.98% error in the same test protocol. The […]
This story continues at The Next WebJio Platforms files for India’s largest-ever IPO, with nearly $3 billion earmarked for debt repayment
20 June 2026 @ 11:24 am
Jio Platforms, the digital and telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, filed its draft red herring prospectus with India’s securities regulator on Friday for what would be the country’s largest initial public offering. The filing covers a fresh issue of up to 270 million shares, with no offer-for-sale component, meaning every rupee raised flows […]
This story continues at The Next WebShinyHunters published 45GB of Madison Square Garden data, including facial recognition surveillance records
20 June 2026 @ 10:04 am
The cybercrime group ShinyHunters has published 45 gigabytes of data stolen from Madison Square Garden Entertainment after the company missed a June 15 ransom deadline. The dump includes facial recognition surveillance records, internal threat assessments, and personal information from what the hackers claim are 26 million customer and corporate records. A federal class action lawsuit […]
This story continues at The Next WebWharton researchers coined ‘cognitive surrender’ to describe what happens when people let AI think for them
20 June 2026 @ 9:35 am
A pair of Wharton researchers have put a name to something that many AI users have quietly started doing: letting chatbots make their decisions for them. Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave published a study in January titled “Thinking, Fast, Slow, and Artificial,” in which they introduced the term “cognitive surrender” to describe the tendency of […]
This story continues at The Next WebBYD rejects claims it violated Hungary’s environmental rules at its Szeged EV factory
20 June 2026 @ 8:49 am
BYD executive vice president Stella Li said the Chinese automaker has complied with all environmental regulations at its Szeged factory in Hungary, pushing back against allegations that the company violated its obligations during construction. Li made the comments at a press conference in Belgrade on Friday, where she met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to […]
This story continues at The Next WebThe developer behind VLC’s 6 billion downloads now wants to connect hundreds of millions of robots
20 June 2026 @ 8:22 am
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer of VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for his startup Kyber, an infrastructure layer for controlling remote devices in real time. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which also led Mistral AI’s record-breaking seed round and has since invested in Anthropic. OVNI Capital and Kima Ventures also […]
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President Donald Trump’s arrogance and braggadocio appear to be without bounds, but does he really believe his own claims of supreme power? That was the subject of debate on CNN’s “The Arena” Saturday morning.The panel consensus, however, could not confirm that he wasn’t nuts.Trump recently stated during an “Axios Show” interview that there are now "no limits" to his power sin
Mediaite reports Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hit President Donald Trump with a withering new Saturday rant attacking his waning popularity in the latest “salvo of a roiling feud over a selfie.”On Saturday afternoon, Italy time, Meloni posted a scathing Instagram message to Trump 
The very next day after Alternet reported Israeli officials were scheming to destroy President Donald Trump’s unseemly Iran ceasefire deal the MoU collapsed, a victim of Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon."Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States on Saturday, … saying it had closed the 
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says there can be no more fitting metaphor of President Donald Trump’s second term than “trillions of microscopic organisms suck[ing] up all the oxygen and endanger[ing] life around them.”“A historian once told me that the presidency would distill Donald Trump to his essence,” wrote Dowd. “… That essence is slimy, stinky and unrelenting, as reflected in the mass of algae that infests the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Bulwark founder Sarah Longwell conducts frequent surveys with Trump supporters. And her latest reveals many of Trump’s 2024 fans are now either having a difficult time supporting their Republican Party senatorial candidate or they’re outright voting for the Democrat.“I wasn't the biggest fan of [Texas senatorial GOP candidate] Ken Paxton and I know it's going to sound really feminine, I guess, because when the report started coming out of the affair 
Trump’s loyal Republican lawmakers don’t often get corrected to their face when they play fast and loose with the facts, but CNN Saturday morning anchor Victor Blackwell had no such patience for MAGA Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).Blackwell derailed Luna’s talking points at the start of the interview after watching her try to explain President Donald Trump calling his Iran Memorandum of Understanding a “win” despite it letting Iran keep missiles that Trump claimed he specifically invaded to remove.But Luna argued that Trump’s agre
Every election cycle sees its share of controversial, scandal-plagued candidates running for office. But the 2026 midterm elections will feature two such candidates – one from each party – in two of the highest-profile U.S. Senate races.In Texas, the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, recently secured the Republican Party’s nomination over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn. Cornyn and others have insisted that Paxton’s substantial legal and 
To put it mildly, the Democrats have had a complicated relationship with the white working class at least since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But things are going to be simple in the run up to November's midterm elections. Democrats don't need to offer much. White working-class voters who supported Donald Trump are probably going to stay home. “I don’t even want to vote for anybody in the next election,” Annette Dombrowski tol
A report published Friday reveals how President Donald Trump’s policies have jacked up prices for a host of potential Father’s Day gifts this year.Overall, the analysis by Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic think tank and advocacy group, finds that prices for popular Father’s Day gifts have risen by nearly 19% on average over the last year, highlighted by a 30% increase in the price of Remington electric shavers, a 16% jump for Blackstone 
Glenn Beck put up a long post Thursday justifying the ways of Donald Trump to men. He came to the conclusion that with the Iranians, the president had no choice but to play "the cards that were actually on the table." "He did exactly what a leader of a Republic should do: he listened to the people and found a way to end this. A dictator would have kept on going. At the end of the day, a president can only go as far as the people will carry him" (my italics).Sounds convincing, except for one thing: what he did is what a dictator would do. He