Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes
https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/
https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/
A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones
https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones/
https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones/
Google Research
A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones
With support from Google, Researchers at the University of California San Diego are building a useful second-life for consumer smartphones.
Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration
https://github.com/Paca-AI/paca
https://github.com/Paca-AI/paca
GitHub
GitHub - Paca-AI/paca: AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where…
AI-native, free, open-source alternative to Jira, Trello, ClickUp & Monday. Built for Scrum teams where humans and AI agents collaborate as equals — on the same board, the same sprints, the...
Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Packages
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500
Phoronix
Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages
The day started out with Arch Linux's AUR user-contributed repository seeing more than 400 packages compromised with malware
Introduction to the experience of rendering Arabic typography&its technical debt
https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/
https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/
Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/12/treating-pancreatic-tumours-may-have-revealed-cancers-master-switch
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/12/treating-pancreatic-tumours-may-have-revealed-cancers-master-switch
The Economist
A new drug targets one of cancer’s master switches
The pancreatic-cancer drug could be the first of an entirely new class of treatments
The adder at the heart of Intel's 8087 floating-point chip
https://www.righto.com/2026/06/intel-8087-adder-reverse-engineered.html
https://www.righto.com/2026/06/intel-8087-adder-reverse-engineered.html
Righto
The adder at the heart of Intel's 8087 floating-point chip
In 1980, Intel released the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor, a chip that could make math up to 100 times faster. As well as arithmetic...
Amazon CEO's Talks with U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-ceos-talks-with-u-s-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models-dcc90578
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-ceos-talks-with-u-s-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models-dcc90578
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon CEO’s Talks With U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models
Information Andy Jassy shared with the Trump administration sparked an abrupt, sweeping move to halt foreign access to the company’s powerful AI tools.
PwC Report: AI Making Medical Bills Higher
https://fortune.com/2026/06/12/ai-making-medical-bills-higher/
https://fortune.com/2026/06/12/ai-making-medical-bills-higher/
Fortune
AI was supposed to cut health care costs. One of its first jobs was charging you more, PwC report shows | Fortune
AI is one of five potential drivers of health costs climbing up to 9% in 2027, according to PwC.
Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-Bios from Scratch
https://chrisdevblog.com/2026/06/08/running-dos-on-behringers-ddx3216-using-a-diy-x86-bios/
https://chrisdevblog.com/2026/06/08/running-dos-on-behringers-ddx3216-using-a-diy-x86-bios/
What Happens to an Economy When It's Too Hot to Work?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-12/india-s-extreme-heat-is-hurting-its-economy-and-workers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-12/india-s-extreme-heat-is-hurting-its-economy-and-workers
Bloomberg.com
What Happens to an Economy When It’s Too Hot to Work?
India is becoming a case study in how rising temperatures can undermine productivity and growth in nations that still rely heavily on physical labor.
Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases
https://news.sky.com/story/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-for-using-ai-to-create-evidence-in-multiple-cases-13553661
https://news.sky.com/story/derbyshire-police-officer-investigated-for-using-ai-to-create-evidence-in-multiple-cases-13553661
Sky News
Derbyshire police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases
The officer has been taken off frontline duties pending the outcome of the investigation.
Derbyshire Police officer accused of using AI to 'create evidence'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8wppwdxl6o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8wppwdxl6o
Bbc
Police officer accused of creating AI evidence
Derbyshire Police say the officer has been removed from frontline duties while it investigates.