2026-06-19

6 Reasons Weber Grills Keep Winning Our Tests, Year After Year

Few grill brands command more respect from seasoned pitmasters and backyard cooks alike. Here's what sets Weber apart, and why it keeps earning our recommendation year after year. [...]

2026-06-19

OpenAI researchers show small doses of "beneficial trait" training make AI models broadly safer and harder to manipulate

OpenAI researchers show that reinforcement learning on desired behavioral traits like truthfulness and corrigibility works across domains. Training on health data also improved deception detection, and the model scored better on 44 out of 53 benchmarks. The approach differs from Anthropic's constitution-based method.<br /> The article OpenAI researchers show small doses of "benefic [...]

2026-06-19

The RAM crisis just killed Nothing’s next budget phone — CMF Phone 3 Pro scrapped as co-founder says ‘we can't build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward’

AI has a lot to answer for, with the ongoing RAM crisis now leading to no new CMF phones this year. [...]

2026-06-19

The Vimeo breach and the dangers of delegated trust

One compromised analytics vendor gave hackers a passport to dozens of major customer environments. [...]

2026-06-19

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says making the game four-player is a 'challenge' because there's now 'four times the amount of things that you need to put on screen' — But it 'works better in a PVE game'

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director Chris Cross has explained why the team at Cold Iron Studios decided to make the sequel four-player co-op. [...]

2026-06-19

I know it's basic, but this new Google Calendar feature makes me very happy — and organized

Google Calendar will now offer a wider range of coloring options to personalize your events. [...]

2026-06-19

General Atlantic wants to back China’s Kling AI at $18bn. Beijing is telling its AI firms to refuse US money.

A US investor wants to buy into China’s most successful AI-video company. The timing could hardly be more awkward. General Atlantic is in talks to lead the first outside funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, Bloomberg reported. Kling is seeking more than $2bn at a valuation of $18bn, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-19

Rejected by 180 investors, Bland just raised $50M to prove voice AI is the future

Isaiah Granet spent three weeks at Y Combinator getting turned down by 180 investors. Their reason was always the same: phone calls would not exist in a year. He has now raised more than $100mn to prove them wrong. His startup, Bland, has closed a $50mn Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, Fortune reported. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-19

The AI bubble didn’t pop. It sent the bill

Until last week, about 200 organisations could use a preview of Anthropic’s most capable model, Mythos. They got in through a programme called Glasswing, after the system flagged thousands of software vulnerabilities. Then, on the evening of 12 June, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to cut off every foreign national, anywhere. The company could […]<br /> This story continues [...]