Destination

2026-06-17

'A single cyber incident can lead to physical disruption, create safety hazards, or cause catastrophic downtime': Hackers target data center equipment, including critical power devices, in latest push to disrupt communities

Cybersecurity researchers found vulnerabilities in power and cooling systems inside data centers that could allow attackers to disrupt physical infrastructure operations [...]

thenextweb

2026-06-17

China pitches free AI for the developing world as the G7 debates who gets access to American models

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi announced on Wednesday that Beijing is “accelerating the establishment of a global AI cooperation organization” and invited all countries to join. The comments came as the G7 summit in France wrapped up with discussions about giving “trusted partners” access to leading US AI models, according to Reuters. Two competing visions […]<br /> This story cont [...]

thenextweb

2026-06-17

FTC freezes sprawling subscription enterprise built on Cyprus and Delaware shells

A federal court has temporarily shut down what the US Federal Trade Commission describes as a sprawling enterprise of deceptive subscription apps, freezing the operations of 15 corporations and eight individuals accused of charging consumers without permission and making cancellation deliberately hard. The order, granted at the agency’s request, came alongside a complaint filed on […]<br /& [...]

cnet

2026-06-17

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Watched a Planet Get Absolutely Scorched

The exoplanet HD 80606 b has a weird, elliptical orbit that brings it perilously close to its home star, causing massive temperature fluctuations. [...]

cnet

2026-06-17

Xiaomi May Have Just Invented a Robot Arm for EV Charging

If reports online are true, the Chinese tech giant is keeping quiet about an innovation it beat Tesla to create. [...]

cnet

2026-06-17

Illinois Could Be the First State to Ban Wearing Smart Glasses While Driving

The bill passed the Illinois legislature and is awaiting the governor's signature. [...]

Destination

2026-06-17

Quote of the day by Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings: 'Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use' — defining a new era for humankind

Netflix has become a titan in the content delivery landscape, and its co-founder believes humanity is on the verge of entering a new era [...]

venturebeat

2026-06-17

AWS enters the context layer race with a graph that learns from agents, not manual curation

Building a context layer between enterprise data stores and AI agents is bespoke work, with no standard service to automate or maintain the graphs over time. Amazon is making a direct play to change that.Amazon on Wednesday entered the space, announcing a series of three products it's positioning as a context intelligence stack for AI agents. The centerpiece is AWS Context, a new knowledge gr [...]

Destination

2026-06-17

Tim Cook says Apple price increases are 'unavoidable' due to memory crunch

RAMaggedon claims another one. [...]