2026-06-16

'The whole Gemini migration has been a dumpster fire': Gemini calls are broken on Android Auto and users are switching back to Google Assistant

Multiple user reports suggest Gemini calls being borked in Android Auto — here's what we know. [...]

2026-06-16

Chainguard's new Athena coalition uses AI to fix open-source flaws - before attackers exploit them

Open-source security has a new AI problem. But Chainguard has a plan, and plenty of friends, to help [...]

2026-06-16

China's retail sales posted their first drop in over three years as domestic demand sours

Retail sales fell 0.6% in May, missing expectations of flat growth, while fixed-asset investment contracted more than forecast [...]

2026-06-16

Bank of Japan raised rates to a 31-year high as inflation and a weak yen piled up pressure

The BOJ lifted its policy rate to 1% on Tuesday, the first time it has reached that level since 1995, in a 7-1 board vote [...]

2026-06-16

You can’t build your AI future on broken foundations

Resolve four compounding debts, and you’ll eliminate inefficiency. [...]

2026-06-16

Threads hits 500 million users, and adds a feed control even X doesn’t have

Meta’s Threads has crossed 500 million monthly users, the company said on Tuesday, almost exactly three years after it launched to chase Elon Musk’s X. That is 100 million more than last August, and it puts Mark Zuckerberg halfway to the 1 billion-user goal he set on day one. Alongside the milestone, Threads is shipping […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-16

Qualcomm’s CEO says AI agents will be the new app, and 40 new devices are coming

Qualcomm’s chief executive thinks the app as you know it is on the way out, and that the phone in your pocket is about to lose its place at the centre of your digital life. ‘Agents are going to be the new app,’ Cristiano Amon told CNBC’s The Tech Download podcast. Apps are ‘not dead,’ […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-16

SpaceX makes its $60bn Cursor takeover official, days after its record IPO

SpaceX has made it official. In a filing on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s newly public rocket company said it had signed a binding agreement to buy Anysphere, the startup behind the popular AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock deal that values the company at $60bn. It confirms an option SpaceX first disclosed in April, and […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-16

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to seal 2FA code from users

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over. [...]