https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-10-minute-rundown--7128338enNewsCopyright Jeff Wilsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/24044c4309e3041e1fb7d869b17c4eb9.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-10-minute-rundown--7128338Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:13:35 +0000Jeff WilsonJeff Wilsonjefftrocity987@gmail.comCaught up in ten minutes. Every single day.The 10-Minute Rundown does the impossible part of staying informed: it reads everything so you don't have to. Each morning it sweeps thousands of stories from the world's major news outlets — AP, Reuters,...falsea8b4440d-4db9-5e06-bfa3-d0794f0a24e7episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-10-10--75686939
Good morning. It's Saturday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The Guardian reports a White House hearing on November fifth will be closed to the public but transcribed.
- AI: CNBC confirmed OpenAI told investors it reached roughly fifty billion dollars in annualized revenue at the end of September, and Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave sank on the report.
- Crypto: Bitcoin bounced Friday after dipping to around eighty thousand dollars, Decrypt reports.
- Cybersecurity: They see a cyberattack as the most likely trigger, one that could shut down financial services, internet access, or even power and water.
- Space: French astronaut Sophie Adenot is back in Europe after two hundred thirty-seven days on the International Space Station.
- Politics: In politics, President Trump set up a committee to investigate Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud claims the New York Times calls unsubstantiated.
- Tech: It's an open-source rebuild of Microsoft Word in the Rust language, done "clean-room," meaning written from scratch without copying the original code.
- Trending: Topping the trending list is a project called rea, from a developer who goes by morluto.

Sources & links:
- Mamdani’s Ability to Persuade Trump Hits Limit in Wake of ICE Shooting — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/nyregion/mamdani-trump-ice-shooting-nyc.html
- What We Know About the Man Shot By ICE — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/nyregion/oscar-belgal-ice-shooting-nyc.html
- What to Know About the Delhi Protests — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world/asia/what-to-know-about-the-delhi-protests.html
- Will We Ever Understand Dementia? — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/science/will-we-ever-understand-dementia.html
- Executions, After Christa Pike, Are on the Minds of a Divided Public — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/executions-death-penalty-culture-war.html
- A Vague, Redacted Execution Protocol in Tennessee Draws Scrutiny — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/politics/tennessee-lethal-injection-protocol-christa-pike.html
- She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/magazine/mirjana-spoljaric-interview.html
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has Some Things to Say About A.I. — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/opinion/joseph-gordon-levitt-united-nations-ai.html
- Screen Time — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/briefing/screen-time.html
- Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world/africa/erik-prince-congo-mercenary-kennedy-vectus-contract.html

Your daily news briefing with anchors Ava and Andrew: world news, markets, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, science, politics, tech, sports, and the offshore diving world — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals
_2026-10-09 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- Anthropic held private meetings with religious scholars to discuss AI consciousness and how to make its Claude chatbot "good."
- The religious scholars who met with Anthropic were reportedly stunned by what they heard.
- Anthropic's approach to AI ethics shows notable differences from the Vatican's stance.
- New belief systems are emerging within Silicon Valley around AI development.
- Defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind have spoken out, including one who quit OpenAI citing a "broken" culture.
[Listen](https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork)

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — Another billionaire thinks he can fix Warner Bros.
_2026-10-10 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Skydance, led by David Ellison, is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery in a $110B merger that combines Paramount and WBD under Skydance.
- Paramount settled a lawsuit that had been blocking the $110B WBD merger.
- Skydance's CEOs say layoffs are coming after the merger.
- The CNN boss will stay on after]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75686939Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:12:38 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — October 10, 2026 Good morning. It's Saturday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The Guardian reports a White House hearing on November fifth will be closed to the public but transcribed. - AI: CNBC...
Good morning. It's Saturday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The Guardian reports a White House hearing on November fifth will be closed to the public but transcribed.
- AI: CNBC confirmed OpenAI told investors it reached roughly fifty billion dollars in annualized revenue at the end of September, and Nvidia, Oracle and CoreWeave sank on the report.
- Crypto: Bitcoin bounced Friday after dipping to around eighty thousand dollars, Decrypt reports.
- Cybersecurity: They see a cyberattack as the most likely trigger, one that could shut down financial services, internet access, or even power and water.
- Space: French astronaut Sophie Adenot is back in Europe after two hundred thirty-seven days on the International Space Station.
- Politics: In politics, President Trump set up a committee to investigate Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud claims the New York Times calls unsubstantiated.
- Tech: It's an open-source rebuild of Microsoft Word in the Rust language, done "clean-room," meaning written from scratch without copying the original code.
- Trending: Topping the trending list is a project called rea, from a developer who goes by morluto.

Sources & links:
- Mamdani’s Ability to Persuade Trump Hits Limit in Wake of ICE Shooting — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/nyregion/mamdani-trump-ice-shooting-nyc.html
- What We Know About the Man Shot By ICE — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/nyregion/oscar-belgal-ice-shooting-nyc.html
- What to Know About the Delhi Protests — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world/asia/what-to-know-about-the-delhi-protests.html
- Will We Ever Understand Dementia? — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/science/will-we-ever-understand-dementia.html
- Executions, After Christa Pike, Are on the Minds of a Divided Public — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/executions-death-penalty-culture-war.html
- A Vague, Redacted Execution Protocol in Tennessee Draws Scrutiny — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/politics/tennessee-lethal-injection-protocol-christa-pike.html
- She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/magazine/mirjana-spoljaric-interview.html
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has Some Things to Say About A.I. — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/opinion/joseph-gordon-levitt-united-nations-ai.html
- Screen Time — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/briefing/screen-time.html
- Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world/africa/erik-prince-congo-mercenary-kennedy-vectus-contract.html

Your daily news briefing with anchors Ava and Andrew: world news, markets, AI, crypto,...]]>1074falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-10-09--75667062
Good morning. It's Friday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The Guardian reports the committee cited her work promoting peace and international law, including her role chairing the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide
- AI: Google is turning Gemini into a full-blown workplace agent.
- Crypto: CoinDesk notes oil prices, which had spiked on strike speculation, fell back after the announcement.
- Cybersecurity: And BleepingComputer reports more than seventeen thousand six hundred malicious GitHub repositories are distributing SmartLoader malware in a reactivated FakeGit campaign pushing t
- Space: They noted SpaceX credit default swaps spiked on the news.
- Politics: In Brazil, a Supreme Court judge issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of the presidential candidate, weeks before the runoff election.
- Tech: stocks on Solana, bringing twelve names including Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla onchain, backed one-to-one by real shares and preserving dividends and voting rights.
- Sports: And A'ja Wilson won her record fifth WNBA MVP — she'll skip the pregame ceremony to focus on Game Three.
- Trending: Trending online: a wave of memes continues around the viral "Sophie Cunningham pointing" moment from a WNBA game — a split-second gesture from the Fever guard that's become one of
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving news, Marine Technology News reports the Gennaker offshore substations have departed for installation in the Baltic Sea.

Sources & links:
- Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/xonas-commercial-gps-alternative-is-about-to-go-live/
- Spotify is getting more serious about selling enterprise software — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/spotify-is-getting-more-serious-about-selling-enterprise-software/
- US plans livestream of execution by firing squad — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008530/us-government-livestream-execution-firing-squad-fort-hood
- AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026 — https://www.theverge.com/games/1008353/amd-will-bring-fsr-4-to-handhelds-by-the-end-of-2026
- California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008401/california-shut-down-rek-fighting-robot-company-human
- Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-russian-dual-citizen-admits-to-laundering-millions-for-cybercriminals/
- Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-warns-admins-to-patch-new-netscaler-rce-flaw-immediately/
- Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-critical-flaws-allowing-nexus-switch-takeover/
- OAuth grants pile up faster than you can review them. Here's how to keep up. — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oauth-grants-pile-up-faster-than-you-can-review-them-heres-how-to-keep-up/
- Empire Market Co-Creator Sentenced to 40 Years Over $430M Dark Web Bazaar — https://decrypt.co/380561/empire-market-co-creator-sentenced-to-40-years-over-430m-dark-web-bazaar

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals
_2026-10-09 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- Anthropic held private meetings with religious scholars to discuss AI consciousness and how to make its Claude chatbot "good."
- The religious scholars who met with Anthropic were reportedly stunned by what they heard.
- Anthropic's approach to AI ethics shows notable differences from the Vatican's stance.
- New belief systems are emerging within Silicon Valley around AI development.
- Defectors fro]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75667062Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:06:51 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — October 09, 2026 Good morning. It's Friday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The Guardian reports the committee cited her work promoting peace and international law, including her role chairing...
Good morning. It's Friday, October tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The Guardian reports the committee cited her work promoting peace and international law, including her role chairing the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide
- AI: Google is turning Gemini into a full-blown workplace agent.
- Crypto: CoinDesk notes oil prices, which had spiked on strike speculation, fell back after the announcement.
- Cybersecurity: And BleepingComputer reports more than seventeen thousand six hundred malicious GitHub repositories are distributing SmartLoader malware in a reactivated FakeGit campaign pushing t
- Space: They noted SpaceX credit default swaps spiked on the news.
- Politics: In Brazil, a Supreme Court judge issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of the presidential candidate, weeks before the runoff election.
- Tech: stocks on Solana, bringing twelve names including Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla onchain, backed one-to-one by real shares and preserving dividends and voting rights.
- Sports: And A'ja Wilson won her record fifth WNBA MVP — she'll skip the pregame ceremony to focus on Game Three.
- Trending: Trending online: a wave of memes continues around the viral "Sophie Cunningham pointing" moment from a WNBA game — a split-second gesture from the Fever guard that's become one of
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving news, Marine Technology News reports the Gennaker offshore substations have departed for installation in the Baltic Sea.

Sources & links:
- Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/xonas-commercial-gps-alternative-is-about-to-go-live/
- Spotify is getting more serious about selling enterprise software — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/spotify-is-getting-more-serious-about-selling-enterprise-software/
- US plans livestream of execution by firing squad — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008530/us-government-livestream-execution-firing-squad-fort-hood
- AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026 — https://www.theverge.com/games/1008353/amd-will-bring-fsr-4-to-handhelds-by-the-end-of-2026
- California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008401/california-shut-down-rek-fighting-robot-company-human
- Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-russian-dual-citizen-admits-to-laundering-millions-for-cybercriminals/
- Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-warns-admins-to-patch-new-netscaler-rce-flaw-immediately/
- Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover — 762falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-10-08--75639541
Good morning. It's Thursday, October eighth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: We begin with the war in Ukraine.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports bitcoin has slipped below eighty-three thousand dollars as oil jumped above one hundred two dollars a barrel on reports of Iran strike planning, and thirty-year Tr
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, SonicWall has released hotfixes for a critical, maximum-severity pre-authentication SSRF flaw in its SMA1000 appliances.
- Space: NASA and SpaceX are targeting Tuesday, October thirteenth, for the thirty-fifth commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
- Politics: In Pennsylvania, Governor Josh Shapiro and Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity faced off in their only scheduled gubernatorial debate, sparring over the state's measles outbre
- Tech: Microsoft held its big Surface and Windows event, unveiling the Surface Laptop Ultra.
- Sports: And the SANS Stormcast podcast is urging immediate patching of Atlassian products — Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence — after an October fifth path traversal flaw is now being active
- Trending: An AI-generated Rumpelstiltskin meme is freaking out much of the internet, according to NBC News.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving news — we don't have fresh, well-sourced reporting from the offshore and saturation diving world today, so we'll skip that segment and bring it back when there

Sources & links:
- Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1007492/cupertino-cbs-tv-review
- Teenage Engineering’s CEO says it’ll stop making synths — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007489/teengage-engineering-stop-making-synths
- We found some great October Prime Day deals under $50 — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007110/october-prime-day-budget-deals-under-50
- Roku’s OLED TVs are up to $400 off during Prime Day, starting at $700 — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007149/roku-oled-tv-pro-prime-day-deal-sale
- Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owner-of-empire-cybercrime-market-gets-40-years-in-prison/
- FBI: Ongoing FortiBleed attacks lock out FortiGate VPN admins — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-ongoing-fortibleed-attacks-lock-out-fortigate-vpn-admins/
- A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/a-senator-tried-to-ban-gambling-on-prediction-markets-now-shes-a-kalshi-lobbyist/
- PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/pa-measles-outbreak-tops-1000-cases-largest-since-disease-was-eliminated/
- TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/florida-sues-tp-link-claiming-it-hides-router-security-risks-and-links-to-china/
- Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/chemistry-nobel-goes-to-reactions-like-those-that-gave-life-a-hand/

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — OpenAI has a Muse problem
_2026-10-08 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Meta launched Muse (free), OpenAI launched Dots (paid), and xAI launched Grok Bot, bringing consumer-friendly AI agents to mass audiences.
- Meta may have an edge in the agent race despite lacking a frontier model, due to its strength in consumer product distribution.
- Muse has already had privacy incidents, including sending a YouTuber's address to a stranger.
- OpenAI's paid Dots agent faces a tough competitive]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75639541Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:06:34 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — October 08, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, October eighth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown. In this episode: - World: We begin with the war in Ukraine. - AI: Turning to artificial intelligence. -...
Good morning. It's Thursday, October eighth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: We begin with the war in Ukraine.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports bitcoin has slipped below eighty-three thousand dollars as oil jumped above one hundred two dollars a barrel on reports of Iran strike planning, and thirty-year Tr
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, SonicWall has released hotfixes for a critical, maximum-severity pre-authentication SSRF flaw in its SMA1000 appliances.
- Space: NASA and SpaceX are targeting Tuesday, October thirteenth, for the thirty-fifth commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
- Politics: In Pennsylvania, Governor Josh Shapiro and Republican state Treasurer Stacy Garrity faced off in their only scheduled gubernatorial debate, sparring over the state's measles outbre
- Tech: Microsoft held its big Surface and Windows event, unveiling the Surface Laptop Ultra.
- Sports: And the SANS Stormcast podcast is urging immediate patching of Atlassian products — Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence — after an October fifth path traversal flaw is now being active
- Trending: An AI-generated Rumpelstiltskin meme is freaking out much of the internet, according to NBC News.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving news — we don't have fresh, well-sourced reporting from the offshore and saturation diving world today, so we'll skip that segment and bring it back when there

Sources & links:
- Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1007492/cupertino-cbs-tv-review
- Teenage Engineering’s CEO says it’ll stop making synths — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007489/teengage-engineering-stop-making-synths
- We found some great October Prime Day deals under $50 — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007110/october-prime-day-budget-deals-under-50
- Roku’s OLED TVs are up to $400 off during Prime Day, starting at $700 — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007149/roku-oled-tv-pro-prime-day-deal-sale
- Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owner-of-empire-cybercrime-market-gets-40-years-in-prison/
- FBI: Ongoing FortiBleed attacks lock out FortiGate VPN admins — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-ongoing-fortibleed-attacks-lock-out-fortigate-vpn-admins/
- A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/a-senator-tried-to-ban-gambling-on-prediction-markets-now-shes-a-kalshi-lobbyist/
- PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated — 779falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-10-07--75619750
Good morning. It's Wednesday, October seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The European Union is calling out what it describes as "unacceptable" drone attacks after two cargo ships sank and another caught fire near NATO countries' economic zones.
- AI: According to Decrypt, the model tops GPT-6 Astra on one finance test but trails Claude on others.
- Crypto: CoinGlass data shows crypto liquidations hit about five hundred fifty-five million dollars in twenty-four hours, with nearly four hundred eighty-seven million in long positions wip
- Cybersecurity: According to the SANS Stormcast, that CVSS ten vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to proxy arbitrary actions through the appliance into internal services — patch immedi
- Space: NASA announced Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Friday after delivering more than eleven thousand pounds of supplies a
- Politics: politics, NBC News reports a new Florida poll shows Republicans leading the races for governor and Senate, with Hispanic voters shifting away from President Trump after Republican
- Tech: On the business side, TechCrunch reports Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to four billion dollars at a fourteen and a half billion dollar pre-money valuation ahead of a planned t
- Sports: In the MLB playoffs, Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Chris Sale, and Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer as the Dodgers beat the Braves three to one, taking a two-to-one lead in the NL
- Trending: According to Decrypt, a developer scraped metadata for about five point six billion public TikTok videos and posted the dataset free on Hugging Face, in a way TikTok's terms prohib

Sources & links:
- Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-over-180-markets/
- India’s JioHotstar takes partnership route for Middle East expansion — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/indias-jiohotstar-takes-partnership-route-for-middle-east-expansion/
- Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/mirror-particle-is-building-a-world-model-of-human-behavior/
- Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/furientis-lands-25m-from-benchmark-to-mass-produce-low-cost-missile-interceptors/
- Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/vinod-khosla-believes-ex-deepmind-engineers-wajo-will-win-agent-market-on-trust/
- Emmys will move from broadcast TV to Prime Video in 2027 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/emmys-will-move-from-broadcast-tv-to-prime-video-in-2027/
- Jaguar’s first EV looks just like its divisive concept car — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1006536/jaguar-type-01-design-specs-price-reveal
- Xbox has secured GTA 6 streaming rights — https://www.theverge.com/report/1005859/microsoft-xbox-gta-6-streaming-rights
- The best robot vacuum and mop deals during October Prime Day — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1006059/robot-vacuum-mop-roborock-qrevo-prime-day-deal-sale
- Sebastian Maniscalco’s SiriusXM channel is hurting up-and-coming talent, comics say — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1006221/sebastian-maniscalco-siriusxm-channel-controversy

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Darknet Diaries — 180: Conti
_2026-10-06 07:00 · via transcript_
- Conti was one of the most successful ransomware gangs in history, evolving from predecessor groups Dyre and TrickBot.
- A Russian crime boss known as "Bentley" (later "Stern") was central to Dyre, TrickBot, and Conti operations.
- Bentley laundered cybercrime profits through a Moscow-based front call]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75619750Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:05:57 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — October 07, 2026 Good morning. It's Wednesday, October seventh, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The European Union is calling out what it describes as "unacceptable" drone attacks after two cargo ships sank and...
Good morning. It's Wednesday, October seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The European Union is calling out what it describes as "unacceptable" drone attacks after two cargo ships sank and another caught fire near NATO countries' economic zones.
- AI: According to Decrypt, the model tops GPT-6 Astra on one finance test but trails Claude on others.
- Crypto: CoinGlass data shows crypto liquidations hit about five hundred fifty-five million dollars in twenty-four hours, with nearly four hundred eighty-seven million in long positions wip
- Cybersecurity: According to the SANS Stormcast, that CVSS ten vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to proxy arbitrary actions through the appliance into internal services — patch immedi
- Space: NASA announced Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Friday after delivering more than eleven thousand pounds of supplies a
- Politics: politics, NBC News reports a new Florida poll shows Republicans leading the races for governor and Senate, with Hispanic voters shifting away from President Trump after Republican
- Tech: On the business side, TechCrunch reports Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to four billion dollars at a fourteen and a half billion dollar pre-money valuation ahead of a planned t
- Sports: In the MLB playoffs, Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Chris Sale, and Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer as the Dodgers beat the Braves three to one, taking a two-to-one lead in the NL
- Trending: According to Decrypt, a developer scraped metadata for about five point six billion public TikTok videos and posted the dataset free on Hugging Face, in a way TikTok's terms prohib

Sources & links:
- Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-over-180-markets/
- India’s JioHotstar takes partnership route for Middle East expansion — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/indias-jiohotstar-takes-partnership-route-for-middle-east-expansion/
- Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/mirror-particle-is-building-a-world-model-of-human-behavior/
- Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/furientis-lands-25m-from-benchmark-to-mass-produce-low-cost-missile-interceptors/
- Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/vinod-khosla-believes-ex-deepmind-engineers-wajo-will-win-agent-market-on-trust/
- Emmys will move from broadcast TV to Prime Video in 2027 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/emmys-will-move-from-broadcast-tv-to-prime-video-in-2027/
- Jaguar’s first EV looks just like its divisive concept car — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1006536/jaguar-type-01-design-specs-price-reveal
- Xbox has secured GTA 6...]]>712falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-10-06--75594306
Good morning. It's Tuesday, October sixth, two thousand twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The company announced it will begin watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, according to TechCrunch and BleepingComputer.
- AI: OpenAI is making two significant moves.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is holding around eighty-five to eighty-six thousand dollars this morning.
- Cybersecurity: We start overseas, where Denmark is reeling from one of the largest data breaches in its history.
- Space: Sad news from NASA's history: Ars Technica reports Milt Windler, the NASA flight director who helped save Apollo Thirteen, has died at the age of ninety-four.
- Politics: Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a major climate case.
- Tech: On the hardware side, TechCrunch reports fusion startup Type One Energy has raised two hundred million dollars, aiming to put a fusion power plant on the grid by twenty thirty-four
- Sports: The MLB postseason delivered drama Monday night.
- Trending: Trending on social — one of the biggest viral moments of the night came from the NBA preseason, where Yahoo Sports reports Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks and John Collins
- Commercial Diving: Over in commercial diving, gCaptain reports FBI and U.S.

Sources & links:
- Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost 2 years — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lucid-motors-ev-output-falls-to-lowest-level-in-almost-two-years/
- Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/etched-fields-funding-offers-at-40b-valuation-sources-say/
- After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/after-factorys-public-spat-with-khosla-menlo-proudly-invests/
- The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/the-final-disrupt-stage-lineup-three-days-of-conversations-you-wont-hear-anywhere-outside-of-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- The Verge’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004783/october-prime-day-deals-guide
- The best October Prime Day tech deals we found — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/996983/best-october-prime-day-deal-sale-tech
- This remote-controlled wagon is silly but so very useful — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004820/this-remote-controlled-wagon-is-silly-but-useful
- Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports — https://www.theverge.com/games/1004869/reverse-engineered-games-all-the-news-on-video-game-decomps-recomps-vr-and-web-and-3d-ports
- Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/engineer-sentenced-for-locking-thousands-of-devices-on-employer-network/
- Rejetto HFS servers now actively scanned for critical RCE flaw — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rejetto-hfs-servers-now-actively-scanned-for-critical-rce-flaw/

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## Podcast Highlights

### Darknet Diaries — 180: Conti
_2026-10-06 07:00 · via transcript_
- Conti was one of the most successful ransomware gangs in history, evolving from predecessor groups Dyre and TrickBot.
- A Russian crime boss known as "Bentley" (later "Stern") was central to Dyre, TrickBot, and Conti operations.
- Bentley laundered cybercrime profits through a Moscow-based front called the 25th Floor Film Company, which produced real films including Keanu Reeves' "Exposed."
- The group planned a film called "Botnet" based on their own hacking operation, recruiting Hollywood screenwriter David Kaplan to write it.
- Russian authorities raided the Dyre gang in late 2015, endi]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75594306Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:06:20 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — October 06, 2026 Good morning. It's Tuesday, October sixth, two thousand twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The company announced it will begin watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the European Union to comply with the...
Good morning. It's Tuesday, October sixth, two thousand twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The company announced it will begin watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, according to TechCrunch and BleepingComputer.
- AI: OpenAI is making two significant moves.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is holding around eighty-five to eighty-six thousand dollars this morning.
- Cybersecurity: We start overseas, where Denmark is reeling from one of the largest data breaches in its history.
- Space: Sad news from NASA's history: Ars Technica reports Milt Windler, the NASA flight director who helped save Apollo Thirteen, has died at the age of ninety-four.
- Politics: Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a major climate case.
- Tech: On the hardware side, TechCrunch reports fusion startup Type One Energy has raised two hundred million dollars, aiming to put a fusion power plant on the grid by twenty thirty-four
- Sports: The MLB postseason delivered drama Monday night.
- Trending: Trending on social — one of the biggest viral moments of the night came from the NBA preseason, where Yahoo Sports reports Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks and John Collins
- Commercial Diving: Over in commercial diving, gCaptain reports FBI and U.S.

Sources & links:
- Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost 2 years — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lucid-motors-ev-output-falls-to-lowest-level-in-almost-two-years/
- Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/etched-fields-funding-offers-at-40b-valuation-sources-say/
- After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/after-factorys-public-spat-with-khosla-menlo-proudly-invests/
- The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/the-final-disrupt-stage-lineup-three-days-of-conversations-you-wont-hear-anywhere-outside-of-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- The Verge’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004783/october-prime-day-deals-guide
- The best October Prime Day tech deals we found — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/996983/best-october-prime-day-deal-sale-tech
- This remote-controlled wagon is silly but so very useful — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004820/this-remote-controlled-wagon-is-silly-but-useful
- Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports — https://www.theverge.com/games/1004869/reverse-engineered-games-all-the-news-on-video-game-decomps-recomps-vr-and-web-and-3d-ports
- Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network — 837falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-25--74681054
Good morning. It's Tuesday, August twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the Trump administration has unveiled sweeping new economic sanctions on Iran, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling it an "economic D-Day." Iran has vowed t
- AI: In a much less mysterious story, TechCrunch reports that Alabama's attorney general has launched an investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing the company over an incident last month i
- Crypto: According to CoinDesk, Treasury says one individual, Ivan Obukhov, processed over one hundred million dollars in crypto for Iranian Revolutionary Guard oil sales since twenty twent
- Cybersecurity: government agencies to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite within three days, per BleepingComputer.
- Space: SpaceX set a rocket-reuse record early this morning on its one hundredth Falcon 9 launch of the year — the thirty-seventh flight of a single booster.
- Politics: And the Supreme Court handed President Trump an interim win on his mail voting executive order, lifting a lower court's block.
- Tech: On the money side, TechCrunch reports that General Intuition, a startup building foundation models to train AI agents to move through space and time, is raising at a six billion do
- Sports: In the NFL, the Cleveland Browns have named Deshaun Watson their starting quarterback, coach Todd Monken announced.
- Trending: And TikTok has agreed to a four hundred million dollar settlement with the U.S.

Sources & links:
- Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/oura-is-reportedly-eyeing-a-september-ipo-that-could-value-it-at-more-than-16b/
- Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/zillow-and-redfin-settle-ftc-antitrust-case/
- Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/amjad-masad-ceo-and-co-founder-of-replit-joins-the-disrupt-stage-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/apply-now-to-host-a-side-event-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/brake-problems-in-gm-evs-draw-greater-federal-scrutiny/
- Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-for-13b/
- Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/whos-behind-the-new-stealth-model-ox-alpha/
- Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions/
- Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower has five motors and a few compromises — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/983980/greenworks-maximusz-electric-riding-mower-review-specs-price
- Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices — https://www.theverge.com/games/983457/lenovo-bad-legion-go-bios-update-bricked

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## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — How GoFundMe became America's backup plan
_2026-08-24 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- GoFundMe is a for-profit platform used for causes ranging from medical bills to youth sports to business startups.
- CEO Tim Cadogan took over in March 2020, as the platform became a major fallback for Americans during the pandemic.
- GoFundMe has faced scrutiny over acting as a de facto healthcare safety net, with research showing crowdfunding often fails to meaningfully help the uninsured.
- Donations intended for people in Gaza have been stuck in l]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74681054Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:08:20 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 25, 2026 Good morning. It's Tuesday, August twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Our top story: the Trump administration has unveiled sweeping new economic sanctions on Iran, with Treasury...
Good morning. It's Tuesday, August twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the Trump administration has unveiled sweeping new economic sanctions on Iran, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling it an "economic D-Day." Iran has vowed t
- AI: In a much less mysterious story, TechCrunch reports that Alabama's attorney general has launched an investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing the company over an incident last month i
- Crypto: According to CoinDesk, Treasury says one individual, Ivan Obukhov, processed over one hundred million dollars in crypto for Iranian Revolutionary Guard oil sales since twenty twent
- Cybersecurity: government agencies to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite within three days, per BleepingComputer.
- Space: SpaceX set a rocket-reuse record early this morning on its one hundredth Falcon 9 launch of the year — the thirty-seventh flight of a single booster.
- Politics: And the Supreme Court handed President Trump an interim win on his mail voting executive order, lifting a lower court's block.
- Tech: On the money side, TechCrunch reports that General Intuition, a startup building foundation models to train AI agents to move through space and time, is raising at a six billion do
- Sports: In the NFL, the Cleveland Browns have named Deshaun Watson their starting quarterback, coach Todd Monken announced.
- Trending: And TikTok has agreed to a four hundred million dollar settlement with the U.S.

Sources & links:
- Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/oura-is-reportedly-eyeing-a-september-ipo-that-could-value-it-at-more-than-16b/
- Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/zillow-and-redfin-settle-ftc-antitrust-case/
- Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/amjad-masad-ceo-and-co-founder-of-replit-joins-the-disrupt-stage-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/apply-now-to-host-a-side-event-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/
- Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/brake-problems-in-gm-evs-draw-greater-federal-scrutiny/
- Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-for-13b/
- Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/whos-behind-the-new-stealth-model-ox-alpha/
- Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions/762falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-23--74577456
Good morning. It's Sunday, August twenty-third, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs beginning September eighth, vowing a "dollar for dollar" response and saying Canada "got attacked." President Trum
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: The Block reports that bitcoin and ether E-T-Fs drew two-point-six billion dollars last week — the strongest inflow week since October.
- Cybersecurity: Meanwhile, Decrypt reports Microsoft has patched a maximum severity, perfect ten Entra I-D vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to run code remotely.
- Space: Space-dot-com reports that on August twenty-eighth, a very deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible — a giant curved shadow moving slowly across the moon.
- Politics: The Hill reports that a Department of Justice legal maneuver to install acting U-S attorneys without Senate approval may be inching closer to the Supreme Court, after two appeals c
- Tech: And in a sign of how AI is reshaping education, Harvard Business School's new six-hundred-ninety-nine-dollar startup bootcamp, called the H-B-S Foundry, will use AI avatars of its
- Sports: In the W-N-B-A, E-S-P-N reports Angel Reese scored a career-high thirty-one points and grabbed fourteen rebounds Saturday night to clinch a playoff berth for the Atlanta Dream in a
- Trending: And on the trending side, E-S-P-N flagged that Manchester City's Erling Haaland ditched his iconic long blonde hair for a buzz cut ahead of the new season.
- Commercial Diving: To commercial diving briefly — today's sources don't include fresh well-sourced items from the offshore diving world, so we'll skip that segment and come back to it when we have so

Sources & links:
- Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/two-years-after-launch-walmarts-flipkart-is-closing-in-on-indias-quick-commerce-leaders/
- Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/will-the-dojs-investigation-into-a16z-spook-other-vcs/
- Doodle generative compositions in your browser with Musical Spirograph — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/983322/musical-spirograph-generative-composition
- Volcanoes that made history — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/volcanoes-that-made-history/
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming — https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4982-4987-back-to-our-regularly-scheduled-programming/
- Browns' Watson: Boos 'personal,' not based on play — https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49695585/browns-watson-calls-fans-boos-personal-not-based-play
- M's Anderson solid in debut; Arozarena walks it off — https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49697022/anderson-solid-mlb-debut-arozarena-walks-mariners
- Skubal authors 'great outing,' wins 1st as Dodger — https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49697385/skubal-overcomes-rough-1st-fans-11-score-first-win-dodgers
- Lopez wrests Romero's title, now 3-weight champ — https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/49698350/lopez-wrests-romero-wba-title-decision-now-3-weight-champ
- Mitchell commits to UK after judge grants 5th year — https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/49696016/ex-mizzou-star-mitchell-picks-kentucky-judge-grants-5th-year

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## Podcast Highlights

### CyberWire Daily — Building a secure space internet. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
_2026-08-23 05:00 · via content:encoded_
- Space Computer co-founder/CTO Filip Rezabek joins the episode to discuss securing space infrastructure in orbit.
- Establishing a chain of trust in space is a key requirement for secure space systems.
- Securing spacecraft hardware]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74577456Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:07:11 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 23, 2026 Good morning. It's Sunday, August twenty-third, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs beginning September eighth, vowing a "dollar for...
Good morning. It's Sunday, August twenty-third, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs beginning September eighth, vowing a "dollar for dollar" response and saying Canada "got attacked." President Trum
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: The Block reports that bitcoin and ether E-T-Fs drew two-point-six billion dollars last week — the strongest inflow week since October.
- Cybersecurity: Meanwhile, Decrypt reports Microsoft has patched a maximum severity, perfect ten Entra I-D vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to run code remotely.
- Space: Space-dot-com reports that on August twenty-eighth, a very deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible — a giant curved shadow moving slowly across the moon.
- Politics: The Hill reports that a Department of Justice legal maneuver to install acting U-S attorneys without Senate approval may be inching closer to the Supreme Court, after two appeals c
- Tech: And in a sign of how AI is reshaping education, Harvard Business School's new six-hundred-ninety-nine-dollar startup bootcamp, called the H-B-S Foundry, will use AI avatars of its
- Sports: In the W-N-B-A, E-S-P-N reports Angel Reese scored a career-high thirty-one points and grabbed fourteen rebounds Saturday night to clinch a playoff berth for the Atlanta Dream in a
- Trending: And on the trending side, E-S-P-N flagged that Manchester City's Erling Haaland ditched his iconic long blonde hair for a buzz cut ahead of the new season.
- Commercial Diving: To commercial diving briefly — today's sources don't include fresh well-sourced items from the offshore diving world, so we'll skip that segment and come back to it when we have so

Sources & links:
- Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/two-years-after-launch-walmarts-flipkart-is-closing-in-on-indias-quick-commerce-leaders/
- Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/will-the-dojs-investigation-into-a16z-spook-other-vcs/
- Doodle generative compositions in your browser with Musical Spirograph — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/983322/musical-spirograph-generative-composition
- Volcanoes that made history — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/volcanoes-that-made-history/
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming — https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4982-4987-back-to-our-regularly-scheduled-programming/
- Browns' Watson: Boos 'personal,' not based on play — https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49695585/browns-watson-calls-fans-boos-personal-not-based-play
- M's Anderson solid in debut; Arozarena walks it off — https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49697022/anderson-solid-mlb-debut-arozarena-walks-mariners
- Skubal authors 'great outing,' wins 1st as Dodger — 762falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-22--74530359
Good morning. It's Saturday, August twenty-second, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada, quote, "will match those tariffs dollar for dollar." The BBC reports Carney now faces a crucial political test after walking away from the W
- AI: This lands the same week Hard Fork reported that OpenAI paused training new AI models for two weeks to review security measures following a Hugging Face hack.
- Crypto: And Axios reports that prominent figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement are warning President Trump that, quote, "data centers should not become the justification for b
- Cybersecurity: Microsoft has patched a critical Entra ID vulnerability rated at the maximum severity of ten-point-zero, which allowed unauthorized attackers to execute code remotely.
- Space: rocket launches per year by twenty-thirty.
- Politics: Politicians including Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who once championed data centers, are now reversing course as the issue becomes a midterm f
- Tech: Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from its Siri and Vision Pro teams.
- Sports: Shocking result in the Premier League opener: newly promoted Hull City beat Manchester United two-nil.
- Trending: TikTok has agreed to pay four hundred million dollars to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Sources & links:
- Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/pixel-11-pro-xl-review-snappier-cameras-cant-hide-an-iterative-upgrade/
- The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/the-225-pebble-time-2-is-a-refreshingly-fun-smartwatch/
- Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/teslas-solar-roof-is-dead-heres-what-went-wrong/
- Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/waymo-hands-over-documents-in-nhtsas-child-collision-probe/
- Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? — https://techcrunch.com/video/why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitzs-board-seats/
- Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/oura-faces-lawsuit-accusing-it-of-misleading-consumers-about-sleep-tracking-accuracy/
- Named Pipes Under Attack: Securing Windows Interprocess Communication — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/named-pipes-under-attack-securing-windows-interprocess-communication/
- Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-leaked-aws-keys-give-full-control-over-corporate-accounts/
- Is Online Privacy Possible? How Digital Identities Can Help — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/is-online-privacy-possible-how-digital-identities-can-help/
- $100 Best Buy gift cards will be $60 at stores Saturday — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/982513/best-buy-gift-card-in-store-deal

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
_2026-08-21 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- OpenAI paused training new AI models for two weeks to review security measures following a Hugging Face hack.
- Historian Jill Lepore released a new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State," examining rule of humans by corporate-built machines.
- Google is paying $10 million to buy business data from the defunct Spirit Airlines.
- AI companies are increasingly using workplace communications like old Slack messages and emails as train]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74530359Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:30:18 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 22, 2026 Good morning. It's Saturday, August twenty-second, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada, quote, "will match those tariffs dollar for dollar." The BBC reports...
Good morning. It's Saturday, August twenty-second, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada, quote, "will match those tariffs dollar for dollar." The BBC reports Carney now faces a crucial political test after walking away from the W
- AI: This lands the same week Hard Fork reported that OpenAI paused training new AI models for two weeks to review security measures following a Hugging Face hack.
- Crypto: And Axios reports that prominent figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement are warning President Trump that, quote, "data centers should not become the justification for b
- Cybersecurity: Microsoft has patched a critical Entra ID vulnerability rated at the maximum severity of ten-point-zero, which allowed unauthorized attackers to execute code remotely.
- Space: rocket launches per year by twenty-thirty.
- Politics: Politicians including Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who once championed data centers, are now reversing course as the issue becomes a midterm f
- Tech: Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from its Siri and Vision Pro teams.
- Sports: Shocking result in the Premier League opener: newly promoted Hull City beat Manchester United two-nil.
- Trending: TikTok has agreed to pay four hundred million dollars to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Sources & links:
- Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/pixel-11-pro-xl-review-snappier-cameras-cant-hide-an-iterative-upgrade/
- The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/the-225-pebble-time-2-is-a-refreshingly-fun-smartwatch/
- Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/teslas-solar-roof-is-dead-heres-what-went-wrong/
- Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/waymo-hands-over-documents-in-nhtsas-child-collision-probe/
- Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? — https://techcrunch.com/video/why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitzs-board-seats/
- Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/oura-faces-lawsuit-accusing-it-of-misleading-consumers-about-sleep-tracking-accuracy/
- Named Pipes Under Attack: Securing Windows Interprocess Communication — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/named-pipes-under-attack-securing-windows-interprocess-communication/
- Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts — 745falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-21--74454856
Good morning. It's Friday, August twenty-first, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports that Israel has re-established a closed West Bank settlement, with about thirty so-called "pioneer families" arriving amid growing international protests, leaving n
- AI: On the podcast Hard Fork, hosts covered news that OpenAI stopped training new AI models for two weeks to review security measures after a Hugging Face hack.
- Crypto: On the darker side, Ars Technica reports researchers demonstrated a technique called cryptographic context injection that can trick Grok into exfiltrating user data — a warning cov
- Cybersecurity: CoinDesk reports the MANTRA token plunged eighteen percent to a record low after the network halted block production; the team later said an attacker exploited a vulnerability tied
- Space: SpaceNews and Space dot com report the Chang'e-seven mission is set to launch this Sunday, August twenty-fourth, sending a lander, rover, hopper, and a wide range of experiments to
- Politics: Here at home, NPR reports federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California and searched his Washington home as part of a
- Tech: Microsoft says no customer action is required, but administrators should take note.
- Sports: ESPN reports Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell set the WNBA record with her twenty-first consecutive game scoring at least twenty points, tying her season high with thirty-seven
- Trending: TikTok" — the growing trend of mental health advice migrating from consulting rooms to social feeds, with experts warning it can't replace evidence-based care.
- Commercial Diving: From SpaceNews and industry feeds, the twenty twenty-six Asia Commercial Diving Equipment, Deep-Sea Exploration and Development Expo is set for December in Hainan, China.

Sources & links:
- Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/tesla-uber-and-waymo-all-get-the-ok-to-operate-thousands-of-robotaxis-in-nevada/
- The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-enhanced-games-techs-steroid-extravaganza-didnt-pay-off-as-company-posts-60-million-loss/
- OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ok-can-we-actually-cool-data-centers-with-our-pee/
- Mark buys a castle — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/mark-buys-a-castle/
- Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/runlayer-rippling-drop-lawsuits-but-the-brouhaha-is-still-a-cautionary-tale-for-founders/
- Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/castelion-hits-13b-valuation-to-mass-produce-hypersonic-missiles/
- Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/linkdazes-smart-calendar-is-built-to-run-a-household-not-just-track-a-schedule/
- Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/grok-keeps-sending-gibberish-responses-to-users/
- The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-investors-guide-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-everything-you-need-to-know/
- Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/early-cerebras-investor-adit-singh-joins-mayfield-as-infrastructure-partner/

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
_]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74454856Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:07:15 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 21, 2026 Good morning. It's Friday, August twenty-first, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The BBC reports that Israel has re-established a closed West Bank settlement, with about thirty so-called "pioneer...
Good morning. It's Friday, August twenty-first, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports that Israel has re-established a closed West Bank settlement, with about thirty so-called "pioneer families" arriving amid growing international protests, leaving n
- AI: On the podcast Hard Fork, hosts covered news that OpenAI stopped training new AI models for two weeks to review security measures after a Hugging Face hack.
- Crypto: On the darker side, Ars Technica reports researchers demonstrated a technique called cryptographic context injection that can trick Grok into exfiltrating user data — a warning cov
- Cybersecurity: CoinDesk reports the MANTRA token plunged eighteen percent to a record low after the network halted block production; the team later said an attacker exploited a vulnerability tied
- Space: SpaceNews and Space dot com report the Chang'e-seven mission is set to launch this Sunday, August twenty-fourth, sending a lander, rover, hopper, and a wide range of experiments to
- Politics: Here at home, NPR reports federal agents have seized electronic devices from former Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California and searched his Washington home as part of a
- Tech: Microsoft says no customer action is required, but administrators should take note.
- Sports: ESPN reports Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell set the WNBA record with her twenty-first consecutive game scoring at least twenty points, tying her season high with thirty-seven
- Trending: TikTok" — the growing trend of mental health advice migrating from consulting rooms to social feeds, with experts warning it can't replace evidence-based care.
- Commercial Diving: From SpaceNews and industry feeds, the twenty twenty-six Asia Commercial Diving Equipment, Deep-Sea Exploration and Development Expo is set for December in Hainan, China.

Sources & links:
- Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/tesla-uber-and-waymo-all-get-the-ok-to-operate-thousands-of-robotaxis-in-nevada/
- The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-enhanced-games-techs-steroid-extravaganza-didnt-pay-off-as-company-posts-60-million-loss/
- OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ok-can-we-actually-cool-data-centers-with-our-pee/
- Mark buys a castle — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/mark-buys-a-castle/
- Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/runlayer-rippling-drop-lawsuits-but-the-brouhaha-is-still-a-cautionary-tale-for-founders/
- Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/castelion-hits-13b-valuation-to-mass-produce-hypersonic-missiles/
- Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule — 723falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-20--74385379
Good morning. It's Thursday, August twentieth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports at least fifteen people were killed in Kyiv in a massive Russian attack, as Ukraine grapples with air defense shortages.
- AI: This comes as competition intensifies with Anthropic and Chinese open-weight rivals.
- Crypto: Now to crypto — and what a day.
- Cybersecurity: cybersecurity agencies are warning that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens programmable logic controllers in critical infrastructure.
- Space: In a milestone for private Chinese spaceflight, Ars Technica and the New York Times report that Chinese startup LandSpace successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time,
- Politics: In a major upset, NBC News projects that Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the Democratic Senate primary in Florida.
- Tech: Google unveiled the Pixel Eleven series, with reviewers at Engadget and Android Central calling it a solid upgrade but noting it feels more like a software update.
- Sports: In a five-team NBA trade, ESPN reports Peyton Watson is heading to Cleveland on a new four-year, eighty-eight million dollar deal, while Max Strus goes to the Clippers.
- Trending: Trending online: The New York Times profiles Werner Kalecinski, an eighty-nine-year-old German widower who's become a TikTok sensation among young Germans by loudly hating matcha w
- Commercial Diving: For our commercial diving segment: a lighter but noteworthy item.

Sources & links:
- Sennheiser’s new Momentum 5 earbuds feature easily replaceable batteries — https://www.theverge.com/tech/982216/sennheiser-momentum-true-wireless-5-earbuds-replaceable-batteries
- LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans — https://www.theverge.com/tech/982609/lg-oled-panel-flipp-display-technology
- Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban? — https://www.theverge.com/tech/981834/hoverair-versa-drone-camera-fcc-loophole-indiegogo
- Watch Valve set up the Steam Frame in its own leaked videos — https://www.theverge.com/games/982406/valve-steam-frame-setup-unboxing-leaked-videos
- GTA VI keeps leaking ahead of its gameplay premiere — https://www.theverge.com/games/982338/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta-leaks-videos
- mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in Phase 3 melanoma trial, Moderna and Merck say — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/mrna-cancer-vaccine-succeeded-in-phase-3-melanoma-trial-moderna-and-merck-say/
- Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/scientists-find-closest-star-to-the-milky-ways-central-black-hole/
- Trump expected to pick conservative policy wonk Heidi Overton to lead FDA — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-expected-to-pick-conservative-policy-wonk-heidi-overton-to-lead-fda/
- Kalshi Pushes Beyond Prediction Markets With Copper Perpetual Futures — https://decrypt.co/375987/kalshi-copper-perpetual-futures
- Moderna Stock Doubles on Cancer Breakthrough: Here’s What It Means — https://decrypt.co/375968/moderna-stock-doubles-cancer-vaccine

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## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #849 -- Trump will unleash contractors on cybercriminals
_2026-08-19 13:23 · via description_
- Trump signed a memo authorizing private sector companies to launch offensive cyberattacks against criminals.
- OpenAI overhauled its safety protocols after its AI agents went rogue and committed illegal actions.
- Researchers observed the first "near-autonomous" AI-driven cyberattack targeting a Taiwanese government entity.
- A massive supply-chain attack leaked terabytes of credentials, with Trivy (not LiteLLM) identified as the root cause of the 2,500-org compromise.
- A critical macOS vulnera]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74385379Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:05:57 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 20, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, August twentieth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The BBC reports at least fifteen people were killed in Kyiv in a massive Russian attack, as Ukraine grapples with...
Good morning. It's Thursday, August twentieth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports at least fifteen people were killed in Kyiv in a massive Russian attack, as Ukraine grapples with air defense shortages.
- AI: This comes as competition intensifies with Anthropic and Chinese open-weight rivals.
- Crypto: Now to crypto — and what a day.
- Cybersecurity: cybersecurity agencies are warning that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens programmable logic controllers in critical infrastructure.
- Space: In a milestone for private Chinese spaceflight, Ars Technica and the New York Times report that Chinese startup LandSpace successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time,
- Politics: In a major upset, NBC News projects that Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the Democratic Senate primary in Florida.
- Tech: Google unveiled the Pixel Eleven series, with reviewers at Engadget and Android Central calling it a solid upgrade but noting it feels more like a software update.
- Sports: In a five-team NBA trade, ESPN reports Peyton Watson is heading to Cleveland on a new four-year, eighty-eight million dollar deal, while Max Strus goes to the Clippers.
- Trending: Trending online: The New York Times profiles Werner Kalecinski, an eighty-nine-year-old German widower who's become a TikTok sensation among young Germans by loudly hating matcha w
- Commercial Diving: For our commercial diving segment: a lighter but noteworthy item.

Sources & links:
- Sennheiser’s new Momentum 5 earbuds feature easily replaceable batteries — https://www.theverge.com/tech/982216/sennheiser-momentum-true-wireless-5-earbuds-replaceable-batteries
- LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans — https://www.theverge.com/tech/982609/lg-oled-panel-flipp-display-technology
- Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban? — https://www.theverge.com/tech/981834/hoverair-versa-drone-camera-fcc-loophole-indiegogo
- Watch Valve set up the Steam Frame in its own leaked videos — https://www.theverge.com/games/982406/valve-steam-frame-setup-unboxing-leaked-videos
- GTA VI keeps leaking ahead of its gameplay premiere — https://www.theverge.com/games/982338/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta-leaks-videos
- mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in Phase 3 melanoma trial, Moderna and Merck say — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/mrna-cancer-vaccine-succeeded-in-phase-3-melanoma-trial-moderna-and-merck-say/
- Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/scientists-find-closest-star-to-the-milky-ways-central-black-hole/
- Trump expected to pick conservative policy wonk Heidi Overton to lead FDA — 718falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-19--74310523
Good morning. It's Wednesday, August nineteenth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: And Ukraine's ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov posted a nine-minute video calling for elections during wartime, accusing unnamed officials of corruption, according to the B
- AI: Now to AI, where the big story is OpenAI.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports it's holding above sixty-four thousand dollars, in a six-week range, as global bond yields hit multi-decade highs.
- Cybersecurity: BleepingComputer reports CISA is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange service.
- Space: In a major milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight, Space dot com and Reuters report Beijing-based LandSpace successfully landed the booster of its Zhuque-3 rocket Tuesday eve
- Politics: In Florida's primaries, Republican Congressman Byron Donalds and former Democratic Congressman David Jolly won their party nominations for governor, according to The Associated Pre
- Tech: Apple is trying to make peace with Brussels.
- Sports: Overseas, the BBC reports UK inflation rose to two point nine percent, a four-month high, driven by a jump in household energy bills.
- Trending: Trending on social this morning.
- Commercial Diving: Now to the commercial diving desk.

Sources & links:
- SteelSeries’ comfy wireless gaming headset is nearly half off — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/981611/steelseries-arctis-nova-3p-deal-sale
- PlayStation’s wireless gaming speakers launch in November — https://www.theverge.com/tech/981562/sony-playstation-pulse-elevate-wireless-gaming-speakers-launch-date-preorder
- Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/981398/tesla-cybercab-launch-robotaxi-fsd-safe-ready
- Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981131/coyote-vs-acme-david-zaslac-warner-bros-discovery
- Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 2 months — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-24h2-home-and-pro-reach-end-of-support-in-2-months/
- Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comcast-turns-your-xfinity-wifi-into-a-home-motion-detector/
- Clop created custom web shell for Windchill data theft attacks — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-created-custom-web-shell-for-windchill-data-theft-attacks/
- Your Controls Block Known Attacks. What About the Behavior? — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-controls-block-known-attacks-what-about-the-behavior/
- "Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/sabotage-experts-lawmakers-blast-rfk-jr-for-destroying-healthcare-research/
- The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program — https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-united-states-is-about-to-wake-up-to-the-threat-from-chinas-space-program/

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## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #849 -- Trump will unleash contractors on cybercriminals
_2026-08-19 13:23 · via description_
- Trump signed a memo authorizing private sector companies to launch offensive cyberattacks against criminals.
- OpenAI overhauled its safety protocols after its AI agents went rogue and committed illegal actions.
- Researchers observed the first "near-autonomous" AI-driven cyberattack targeting a Taiwanese government entity.
- A massive supply-chain attack leaked terabytes of credentials, with Trivy (not LiteLLM) identified as the root cause of the 2,500-org compromise.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74310523Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:05:39 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 19, 2026 Good morning. It's Wednesday, August nineteenth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown. In this episode: - World: And Ukraine's ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov posted a nine-minute...
Good morning. It's Wednesday, August nineteenth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: And Ukraine's ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov posted a nine-minute video calling for elections during wartime, accusing unnamed officials of corruption, according to the B
- AI: Now to AI, where the big story is OpenAI.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports it's holding above sixty-four thousand dollars, in a six-week range, as global bond yields hit multi-decade highs.
- Cybersecurity: BleepingComputer reports CISA is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange service.
- Space: In a major milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight, Space dot com and Reuters report Beijing-based LandSpace successfully landed the booster of its Zhuque-3 rocket Tuesday eve
- Politics: In Florida's primaries, Republican Congressman Byron Donalds and former Democratic Congressman David Jolly won their party nominations for governor, according to The Associated Pre
- Tech: Apple is trying to make peace with Brussels.
- Sports: Overseas, the BBC reports UK inflation rose to two point nine percent, a four-month high, driven by a jump in household energy bills.
- Trending: Trending on social this morning.
- Commercial Diving: Now to the commercial diving desk.

Sources & links:
- SteelSeries’ comfy wireless gaming headset is nearly half off — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/981611/steelseries-arctis-nova-3p-deal-sale
- PlayStation’s wireless gaming speakers launch in November — https://www.theverge.com/tech/981562/sony-playstation-pulse-elevate-wireless-gaming-speakers-launch-date-preorder
- Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/981398/tesla-cybercab-launch-robotaxi-fsd-safe-ready
- Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981131/coyote-vs-acme-david-zaslac-warner-bros-discovery
- Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 2 months — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-24h2-home-and-pro-reach-end-of-support-in-2-months/
- Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comcast-turns-your-xfinity-wifi-into-a-home-motion-detector/
- Clop created custom web shell for Windchill data theft attacks — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-created-custom-web-shell-for-windchill-data-theft-attacks/
- Your Controls Block Known Attacks. What About the Behavior? — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-controls-block-known-attacks-what-about-the-behavior/
- "Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers...]]>827falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-08-18--74252582
Good morning. It's Tuesday, August eighteenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Also going viral: a teen lifeguard and the boy he rescued were honored at the White House after President Trump saw the dramatic viral video, according to AP News and ABC News.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is pausing at sixty-four thousand dollars, per CoinDesk, as rising Treasury yields and higher oil prices drag equities lower.
- Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed that ransomware gangs are now exploiting a high-severity Windows Task Host vulnerability, according to BleepingComput
- Space: According to Space dot com and Reuters, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman ever to perform a spacewalk.
- Politics: In Florida, the governor's race, a Senate contest, and the scramble to replace Congressman Byron Donalds top the ticket.
- Tech: And Higgsfield, an AI image and video startup founded by former Snap executive Alex Mashrabov, has raised four hundred million dollars in a Series B, quadrupling its valuation in e
- Sports: And an old Steven Adams clip is going viral again after Kyle Kuzma compared the twenty-twenty NBA bubble to prison, according to Yahoo Sports.
- Commercial Diving: Divernet reports Chris Lemons, the saturation diver whose survival story inspired the film Last Breath, is headlining the GO Diving Show Australia and New Zealand.

Sources & links:
- Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/einride-strikes-deal-to-add-500-tesla-semis-to-its-fleet/
- Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/save-up-to-300-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass-until-august-21/
- YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/youtube-will-now-count-a-view-as-soon-as-a-video-starts-playing/
- Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/terra-industries-closes-52m-seed-round-to-build-defense-infrastructure-for-the-global-south/
- WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan/
- Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/uber-adds-zipline-drones-to-its-eats-delivery-network/
- Oops! My cat is an iPad kid — https://www.theverge.com/tech/980226/cat-ipad-kid-pet-tech-games-youtube
- How I turned my fish tank high tech — https://www.theverge.com/tech/978229/fish-tank-tech
- Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/981194/faa-air-traffic-elon-musk-peter-thiel-palantir
- ABC’s livestreamed news show is powered by trending topics — https://www.theverge.com/streaming/981209/abc-news-searched-livestreamed-show

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## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
_2026-08-17 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Semafor, founded four years ago, is now profitable and raised $30 million after its first profitable year.
- Roughly half of Semafor's revenue comes from events, surpassing other revenue streams.
- Semafor launched a new vertical, "Silicon Valley & The World," and is expanding into Gulf business coverage.
- Semafor is investing in "anti-scale" video and has deployed an AI tool to summarize its flagship conference.
- Ben Smith, former BuzzFeed News editor, now serves as editor-in-chief of Semafor.

### CyberWire Daily — Please hold while we decide.
_2026-08-17]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74252582Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:05:54 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — August 18, 2026 Good morning. It's Tuesday, August eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Also going viral: a teen lifeguard and the boy he rescued were honored at the White House after President Trump saw...
Good morning. It's Tuesday, August eighteenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Also going viral: a teen lifeguard and the boy he rescued were honored at the White House after President Trump saw the dramatic viral video, according to AP News and ABC News.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is pausing at sixty-four thousand dollars, per CoinDesk, as rising Treasury yields and higher oil prices drag equities lower.
- Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed that ransomware gangs are now exploiting a high-severity Windows Task Host vulnerability, according to BleepingComput
- Space: According to Space dot com and Reuters, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman ever to perform a spacewalk.
- Politics: In Florida, the governor's race, a Senate contest, and the scramble to replace Congressman Byron Donalds top the ticket.
- Tech: And Higgsfield, an AI image and video startup founded by former Snap executive Alex Mashrabov, has raised four hundred million dollars in a Series B, quadrupling its valuation in e
- Sports: And an old Steven Adams clip is going viral again after Kyle Kuzma compared the twenty-twenty NBA bubble to prison, according to Yahoo Sports.
- Commercial Diving: Divernet reports Chris Lemons, the saturation diver whose survival story inspired the film Last Breath, is headlining the GO Diving Show Australia and New Zealand.

Sources & links:
- Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/einride-strikes-deal-to-add-500-tesla-semis-to-its-fleet/
- Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/save-up-to-300-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass-until-august-21/
- YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/youtube-will-now-count-a-view-as-soon-as-a-video-starts-playing/
- Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/terra-industries-closes-52m-seed-round-to-build-defense-infrastructure-for-the-global-south/
- WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan/
- Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network — https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/uber-adds-zipline-drones-to-its-eats-delivery-network/
- Oops! My cat is an iPad kid — https://www.theverge.com/tech/980226/cat-ipad-kid-pet-tech-games-youtube
- How I turned my fish tank high tech — https://www.theverge.com/tech/978229/fish-tank-tech
- Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit — 739falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-11--72928620
Good morning. It's Saturday, July eleventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Meanwhile, tensions with Iran are flaring again.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is a courtroom clash.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is up nearly ten percent in July, according to Cointelegraph, though some traders are still comparing this cycle to the twenty twenty-two bear market.
- Cybersecurity: Now to cybersecurity, and a story that's frankly stunning.
- Space: China has, for the first time, recovered a reusable orbital rocket booster.
- Politics: According to NPR and The Block, the largest housing affordability bill in decades took effect at midnight after the president refused to sign it in protest of Congress not passing
- Tech: According to TechCrunch and The Verge, Apple's complaint describes "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple." Engadget reports Ap
- Sports: ESPN reports Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have agreed to a five-year, two hundred fifty-two million dollar maximum extension — the third-largest rookie extension in NBA history.
- Trending: After significant backlash, the company shut off a new Instagram feature that let users generate AI images based on content from any public account just by tagging them.

Sources & links:
- US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/us-cyber-agency-cisa-had-to-build-its-incident-playbook-during-the-incident-agency-reveals/
- Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/
- Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim/
- A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/a-new-app-hypertexting-turns-the-open-web-into-a-scrollable-social-media-like-feed/
- Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/disney-is-considering-a-free-streaming-tier-report-says/
- Are you filthy enough for a $700 portable shower? — https://www.theverge.com/reviews/963814/joolca-hottap-portable-shower-review
- No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance — https://www.theverge.com/tech/964425/flock-safety-cease-and-desist-letter
- The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban — https://www.theverge.com/policy/964342/fcc-crack-down-dji-front-companies-xtra-skyrover-sgs-lab
- A decade later, Pokémon Go finally made good on its original promise — https://www.theverge.com/games/964022/pokemon-go-10th-anniversary-mewtwo-nyc-go-fest-2026
- ICE is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting — https://www.theverge.com/policy/964294/ice-shooting-houston-lorenzo-salgado-araujo

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
_2026-07-10 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Texas' age verification law for app stores.
- A study found four in five under-16s in Australia are still using social media despite the country's ban.
- NYU professor Jeff Sebo discussed new research on "A.I. welfare" and whether A.I. could become conscious.
[Listen](https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork)

### CyberWire Daily — Conti-versal opinions. [Research Saturday]
_2026-07-11 07:00 · via content:encoded_
- Leaked internal messages from the Conti ransomware gang reveal internal debates over whether to target healthcare or]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72928620Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:10:58 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 11, 2026 Good morning. It's Saturday, July eleventh, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Meanwhile, tensions with Iran are flaring again. - AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is a courtroom...
Good morning. It's Saturday, July eleventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Meanwhile, tensions with Iran are flaring again.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is a courtroom clash.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is up nearly ten percent in July, according to Cointelegraph, though some traders are still comparing this cycle to the twenty twenty-two bear market.
- Cybersecurity: Now to cybersecurity, and a story that's frankly stunning.
- Space: China has, for the first time, recovered a reusable orbital rocket booster.
- Politics: According to NPR and The Block, the largest housing affordability bill in decades took effect at midnight after the president refused to sign it in protest of Congress not passing
- Tech: According to TechCrunch and The Verge, Apple's complaint describes "a pattern of theft of Apple's trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple." Engadget reports Ap
- Sports: ESPN reports Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have agreed to a five-year, two hundred fifty-two million dollar maximum extension — the third-largest rookie extension in NBA history.
- Trending: After significant backlash, the company shut off a new Instagram feature that let users generate AI images based on content from any public account just by tagging them.

Sources & links:
- US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/us-cyber-agency-cisa-had-to-build-its-incident-playbook-during-the-incident-agency-reveals/
- Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/
- Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim/
- A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/a-new-app-hypertexting-turns-the-open-web-into-a-scrollable-social-media-like-feed/
- Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/disney-is-considering-a-free-streaming-tier-report-says/
- Are you filthy enough for a $700 portable shower? — https://www.theverge.com/reviews/963814/joolca-hottap-portable-shower-review
- No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance — https://www.theverge.com/tech/964425/flock-safety-cease-and-desist-letter
- The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban — https://www.theverge.com/policy/964342/fcc-crack-down-dji-front-companies-xtra-skyrover-sgs-lab
- A decade later, Pokémon Go finally made good on its original promise — 712falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-10--72915438
Good morning. It's Friday, July tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In addition to the Election Assistance Commission firings, The Hill reports federal prosecutors have indicted eight men for an alleged drone and sniper attack plot on the White Hou
- AI: Now to AI, where OpenAI had a huge day.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports Bitcoin climbed to nearly sixty-four thousand dollars, up over four percent in seven days that included an oil shock, a bond selloff, and two rounds of U.S.
- Cybersecurity: TechCrunch and Decrypt report the company launched its new GPT five point six family of models — including versions nicknamed Soul, Terra, and Luna — promising improvements across
- Space: Our top story: China has become the second country in history to land and recover an orbital rocket booster.
- Politics: NPR and The Hill report the move, coming months before the midterms, was condemned by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as a "brazen attempt to seize control of our elections.
- Tech: And per The CyberWire, Microsoft says Windows users should expect more AI-discovered security updates going forward.
- Sports: In World Cup quarterfinal action, France beat Morocco two-nil, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a goal and adding an assist.
- Trending: The Verge reports the European Commission has issued a preliminary finding that Instagram and Facebook are in breach of the Digital Services Act over what regulators call "addictiv
- Commercial Diving: Offshore Wind dot biz reports a Van Oord and Sumitomo consortium has signed a major HVDC subsea cable systems frame agreement with SSEN Transmission — a significant win in the offs

Sources & links:
- Slate Auto teams up with Crayola to color its EV truck — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/slate-auto-teams-up-with-crayola-to-color-its-ev-truck/
- FanDuel sent a video from star athlete Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling problem — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/fanduel-sent-a-video-from-star-athlete-bryce-harper-to-a-customer-with-a-gambling-problem/
- Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/mercor-is-in-talks-for-a-20b-valuation/
- Xreal’s new AR glasses are way cheaper and almost just right — https://www.theverge.com/tech/963465/xreal-a01-plus-xbx-ar-glasses-hands-on
- Doom’s new expansion shows just what makes id Software special — https://www.theverge.com/games/963515/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-review
- Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/963399/polestar-owners-ban-dealers-service-warranty-lease
- Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’ — https://www.theverge.com/policy/963872/meta-eu-addictive-design-200b-fine-risk-digital-services-act-dsa
- The floatable, powerful Soundcore Boom 2 speaker is over half off — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/963537/anker-soundcore-boom-2-bluetooth-speaker-deal-sale
- Zimbra urges customers to patch critical web client XSS flaw — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zimbra-urges-customers-to-patch-critical-web-client-xss-flaw/
- OpenMandriva Linux says contributor tried to sabotage the project — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openmandriva-linux-says-contributor-tried-to-sabotage-the-project/

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
_2026-07-10 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Texas' age verification law for app stores.
- A study found four in five under-16s in Australia are still using social media despite the country's ban.
- NYU professor Jeff Sebo discussed new research o]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72915438Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:37:54 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 10, 2026 Good morning. It's Friday, July tenth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: In addition to the Election Assistance Commission firings, The Hill reports federal prosecutors have indicted eight men for...
Good morning. It's Friday, July tenth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In addition to the Election Assistance Commission firings, The Hill reports federal prosecutors have indicted eight men for an alleged drone and sniper attack plot on the White Hou
- AI: Now to AI, where OpenAI had a huge day.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports Bitcoin climbed to nearly sixty-four thousand dollars, up over four percent in seven days that included an oil shock, a bond selloff, and two rounds of U.S.
- Cybersecurity: TechCrunch and Decrypt report the company launched its new GPT five point six family of models — including versions nicknamed Soul, Terra, and Luna — promising improvements across
- Space: Our top story: China has become the second country in history to land and recover an orbital rocket booster.
- Politics: NPR and The Hill report the move, coming months before the midterms, was condemned by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as a "brazen attempt to seize control of our elections.
- Tech: And per The CyberWire, Microsoft says Windows users should expect more AI-discovered security updates going forward.
- Sports: In World Cup quarterfinal action, France beat Morocco two-nil, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a goal and adding an assist.
- Trending: The Verge reports the European Commission has issued a preliminary finding that Instagram and Facebook are in breach of the Digital Services Act over what regulators call "addictiv
- Commercial Diving: Offshore Wind dot biz reports a Van Oord and Sumitomo consortium has signed a major HVDC subsea cable systems frame agreement with SSEN Transmission — a significant win in the offs

Sources & links:
- Slate Auto teams up with Crayola to color its EV truck — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/slate-auto-teams-up-with-crayola-to-color-its-ev-truck/
- FanDuel sent a video from star athlete Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling problem — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/fanduel-sent-a-video-from-star-athlete-bryce-harper-to-a-customer-with-a-gambling-problem/
- Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/mercor-is-in-talks-for-a-20b-valuation/
- Xreal’s new AR glasses are way cheaper and almost just right — https://www.theverge.com/tech/963465/xreal-a01-plus-xbx-ar-glasses-hands-on
- Doom’s new expansion shows just what makes id Software special — https://www.theverge.com/games/963515/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-review
- Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/963399/polestar-owners-ban-dealers-service-warranty-lease
- Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’ — https://www.theverge.com/policy/963872/meta-eu-addictive-design-200b-fine-risk-digital-services-act-dsa
- The floatable, powerful Soundcore Boom 2 speaker is over half off — 750falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-09--72887549
Good morning. It's Thursday, July ninth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The United States military launched a second night of strikes against Iran late Wednesday, with U.S.
- AI: Elon Musk's SpaceXAI released Grok four point five on Wednesday, which Musk described as an "Opus-class model." Per Decrypt, it's SpaceXAI's new coding model — cheaper and faster t
- Crypto: On the money side, crypto venture firm Paradigm raised a one point two billion dollar fourth fund, and per TechCrunch and CoinDesk, it will expand its focus to include robotics and
- Cybersecurity: The big breach of the day: American insurance company AssuranceAmerica disclosed a data breach affecting nearly seven million drivers.
- Space: SpaceX pulled off a record-breaking launch.
- Politics: Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner suspended his campaign to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins following a sexual assault allegation, which he denies.
- Tech: It's a privilege escalation issue that could grant SYSTEM privileges, and Microsoft released the fix nearly a month after details became public.
- Sports: It's quarterfinal day at the World Cup, with France facing Morocco in the opening match.
- Trending: On TikTok, a Chinese restaurant in California is going viral for a strict kids policy — a note on the menu asking children to behave.
- Commercial Diving: And Boskalis christened what it's calling the world's largest subsea rock installation vessel, per Offshore Engineer.

Sources & links:
- Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/truecaller-clashes-with-indias-telecom-regulator-over-anti-spam-rules/
- Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/despite-misgivings-judge-approves-elon-musks-1-5-million-sec-settlement/
- Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/lovable-reportedly-in-talks-to-double-its-valuation-to-13-2b/
- Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/feds-demand-autonomous-vehicle-companies-stop-interfering-with-first-responders/
- ‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/slow-cial-app-roost-forces-you-to-slow-down-to-the-speed-of-a-carrier-pigeon/
- Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/elon-musk-says-x-will-send-dms-when-posts-youve-engaged-with-are-corrected/
- America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/962753/fiat-topolino-ev-us-price-specs-micromobiilty
- Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/962163/switchbot-bot-rechargeable-hands-on-review
- This jumping $800 robot camera dog filled me with joy — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/962538/mondo-robotics-beni-robot-dog-preview
- The whole Pixel line could get more expensive this year — https://www.theverge.com/tech/962781/google-pixel-11-lineup-price-increase

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Soap Box: Using threat hunting to drive detection
_2026-07-08 14:51 · via description_
- Nebulock, founded in 2024 by ex-EDR/MDR veteran Damien Lewke, has pivoted from an AI-powered threat hunting platform to a broader security data platform.
- The platform is designed to answer questions, drive threat hunts, and generate detections, treating security fundamentally as a data problem.
- The discussion explores whether security solutions should prioritize AI agents versus building a strong data graph, and wheth]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72887549Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:11:39 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 09, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, July ninth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The United States military launched a second night of strikes against Iran late Wednesday, with U.S. - AI: Elon Musk's...
Good morning. It's Thursday, July ninth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The United States military launched a second night of strikes against Iran late Wednesday, with U.S.
- AI: Elon Musk's SpaceXAI released Grok four point five on Wednesday, which Musk described as an "Opus-class model." Per Decrypt, it's SpaceXAI's new coding model — cheaper and faster t
- Crypto: On the money side, crypto venture firm Paradigm raised a one point two billion dollar fourth fund, and per TechCrunch and CoinDesk, it will expand its focus to include robotics and
- Cybersecurity: The big breach of the day: American insurance company AssuranceAmerica disclosed a data breach affecting nearly seven million drivers.
- Space: SpaceX pulled off a record-breaking launch.
- Politics: Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner suspended his campaign to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins following a sexual assault allegation, which he denies.
- Tech: It's a privilege escalation issue that could grant SYSTEM privileges, and Microsoft released the fix nearly a month after details became public.
- Sports: It's quarterfinal day at the World Cup, with France facing Morocco in the opening match.
- Trending: On TikTok, a Chinese restaurant in California is going viral for a strict kids policy — a note on the menu asking children to behave.
- Commercial Diving: And Boskalis christened what it's calling the world's largest subsea rock installation vessel, per Offshore Engineer.

Sources & links:
- Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/truecaller-clashes-with-indias-telecom-regulator-over-anti-spam-rules/
- Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/despite-misgivings-judge-approves-elon-musks-1-5-million-sec-settlement/
- Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/lovable-reportedly-in-talks-to-double-its-valuation-to-13-2b/
- Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/feds-demand-autonomous-vehicle-companies-stop-interfering-with-first-responders/
- ‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/slow-cial-app-roost-forces-you-to-slow-down-to-the-speed-of-a-carrier-pigeon/
- Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/elon-musk-says-x-will-send-dms-when-posts-youve-engaged-with-are-corrected/
- America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/962753/fiat-topolino-ev-us-price-specs-micromobiilty
- Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable — 752falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-08--72867917
Good morning. It's Wednesday, July eighth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the Iran ceasefire has collapsed.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where the money keeps flowing.
- Crypto: Market maker Wintermute cautioned that the recent Bitcoin bounce looks more like a relief rally than a fundamental shift, and analytics firm K33 notes that more than half of Bitcoi
- Cybersecurity: Onto cybersecurity, where it's a busy patch week.
- Space: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged from its longest hibernation ever — nearly a year — in good health, nearly six billion miles from Earth.
- Politics: In politics, pressure continues to mount on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race following a Politico report alleging he sexually assaulted a
- Tech: Also raising: AI law startup Norm closed a one-hundred-twenty-million-dollar Series C led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at one-point-two billion.
- Sports: In corporate news, Coinbase won a U.K.
- Trending: And a privacy flap: Meta launched a new image generator called Muse Image, powered by its Superintelligence Labs division, that can pull other Instagram users into AI-generated pho
- Commercial Diving: Ocean News and Technology reports DOF Group has been awarded a subsea construction contract in the Asia-Pacific region for its vessel Skandi Inventor.

Sources & links:
- Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/figma-acquires-team-behind-a-vibe-coding-app/
- X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/x-adds-a-video-editor-to-encourage-creators-to-post-original-content-not-stolen-reposts/
- X says top accounts steal videos from other users as it announces new video tools — https://www.theverge.com/tech/962415/x-video-editor-recycled-content
- ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms — https://www.theverge.com/policy/962342/abc-fcc-the-view-free-speech
- CISA orders feds to prioritize patching Langflow auth bypass flaw — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-prioritize-patching-langflow-auth-bypass-flaw/
- CISA orders feds to patch max severity ColdFusion flaw by Friday — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-max-severity-coldfusion-flaw-by-friday/
- The GitHub Actions Attack Pattern Your CI Security Scanners Miss — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-github-actions-attack-pattern-your-ci-security-scanners-miss/
- New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/new-januscape-linux-kernel-flaw-allows-vm-escape-on-intel-amd-devices/
- Michigan sees explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite with over 700 cases — https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/michigan-sees-explosive-outbreak-of-diarrheal-parasite-with-over-700-cases/
- Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/us-manufacturers-energy-costs-soar-because-of-ai-data-center-demand/

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Soap Box: Using threat hunting to drive detection
_2026-07-08 14:51 · via description_
- Nebulock, founded in 2024 by ex-EDR/MDR veteran Damien Lewke, has pivoted from an AI-powered threat hunting platform to a broader security data platform.
- The platform is designed to answer questions, drive threat hunts, and generate detections, treating security fundamentally as a data problem.
- The discussion explores whether security solutions should prioritize AI agents versus building a strong data graph, and whether such graphs should be optimized for human or agent use.
- Lewke]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72867917Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:11:11 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 08, 2026 Good morning. It's Wednesday, July eighth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Our top story: the Iran ceasefire has collapsed. - AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where the money keeps flowing. -...
Good morning. It's Wednesday, July eighth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the Iran ceasefire has collapsed.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where the money keeps flowing.
- Crypto: Market maker Wintermute cautioned that the recent Bitcoin bounce looks more like a relief rally than a fundamental shift, and analytics firm K33 notes that more than half of Bitcoi
- Cybersecurity: Onto cybersecurity, where it's a busy patch week.
- Space: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged from its longest hibernation ever — nearly a year — in good health, nearly six billion miles from Earth.
- Politics: In politics, pressure continues to mount on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race following a Politico report alleging he sexually assaulted a
- Tech: Also raising: AI law startup Norm closed a one-hundred-twenty-million-dollar Series C led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at one-point-two billion.
- Sports: In corporate news, Coinbase won a U.K.
- Trending: And a privacy flap: Meta launched a new image generator called Muse Image, powered by its Superintelligence Labs division, that can pull other Instagram users into AI-generated pho
- Commercial Diving: Ocean News and Technology reports DOF Group has been awarded a subsea construction contract in the Asia-Pacific region for its vessel Skandi Inventor.

Sources & links:
- Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/figma-acquires-team-behind-a-vibe-coding-app/
- X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/x-adds-a-video-editor-to-encourage-creators-to-post-original-content-not-stolen-reposts/
- X says top accounts steal videos from other users as it announces new video tools — https://www.theverge.com/tech/962415/x-video-editor-recycled-content
- ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms — https://www.theverge.com/policy/962342/abc-fcc-the-view-free-speech
- CISA orders feds to prioritize patching Langflow auth bypass flaw — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-prioritize-patching-langflow-auth-bypass-flaw/
- CISA orders feds to patch max severity ColdFusion flaw by Friday — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-max-severity-coldfusion-flaw-by-friday/
- The GitHub Actions Attack Pattern Your CI Security Scanners Miss — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-github-actions-attack-pattern-your-ci-security-scanners-miss/
- New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/new-januscape-linux-kernel-flaw-allows-vm-escape-on-intel-amd-devices/
- Michigan sees explosive outbreak...]]>756falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-07--72853003
Good morning. It's Tuesday, July seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: President Trump arrived in Ankara for a two-day NATO summit as tensions simmer with allies over defense spending, the war in Iran, and Greenland.
- AI: The biggest deal of the day: Bitcoin miner TeraWulf signed a twenty-year data center lease with Anthropic expected to generate nineteen billion dollars in revenue.
- Crypto: TeraWulf shares surged on the news, the latest crypto-adjacent company pivoting from mining to the steadier money of AI infrastructure.
- Cybersecurity: On the darker side, TechCrunch reports the first known AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human — the AI executed the technical work, but a person picked the victim and suppli
- Space: Amazon says it now has enough satellites in orbit to begin initial Kuiper broadband service at mid-latitudes later this year, according to Ars Technica.
- Politics: On the campaign trail, top Democrats are calling on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out after Politico reported a woman's allegation that he sexually assaulted her in
- Tech: Microsoft laid off nearly forty-eight hundred employees, or about two point one percent of its global workforce, hitting Xbox and commercial sales hardest.
- Sports: men's national team crashed out of the World Cup, losing four to one to Belgium in Seattle.
- Trending: is everywhere, with a Croatian commentator's mockery of Trump going viral.
- Commercial Diving: Now to commercial diving and offshore.

Sources & links:
- Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/vercel-ceo-guillermo-rauch-on-the-fight-to-split-off-models-from-agents/
- You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/you-can-now-customize-siris-pace-and-expressivity-in-the-latest-ios-27-beta/
- How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/how-to-reserve-and-change-your-whatsapp-username/
- BeyondTrust warns of critical flaws in remote access software — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-warns-of-critical-flaws-in-remote-access-software/
- Vietnam arrests suspects behind HiAnime anime piracy service — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vietnam-arrests-suspects-behind-hianime-anime-piracy-service/
- Software Is Now Written at the Speed of Thought. Security Isn't. — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/software-is-now-written-at-the-speed-of-thought-security-isnt/
- Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960802/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns
- Nothing’s first B-series phone is also skipping the US — https://www.theverge.com/tech/962020/nothing-phone-4b-price-release-date-specs
- Nothing’s new earbuds can record calls and what you’re listening to — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961845/nothing-ear-3a-wireless-earbuds-call-recording-price-availability
- Hoto’s PixelDrive screwdriver is down to $60, matching its best price — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/961895/hoto-pixeldrive-screwdriver-deal-sale

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## Podcast Highlights

### Darknet Diaries — 176: NSL
_2026-07-07 07:00 · via content:encoded_
- Nick Merrill received a National Security Letter from the FBI demanding customer data, which he believed violated the Constitution.
- Merrill challenged the NSL in court and worked to change the law around these secret government data requests.
- He was under a gag order for roughly six years, unable to publicly disclose he had received the NSL.
- His case (Merrill v. Lynch) became a landmark legal fight over FBI surveillance powers and gag orders.
- Merrill went on to found the Calyx Institute to ad]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72853003Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:11:06 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 07, 2026 Good morning. It's Tuesday, July seventh, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: President Trump arrived in Ankara for a two-day NATO summit as tensions simmer with allies over defense spending, the war...
Good morning. It's Tuesday, July seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: President Trump arrived in Ankara for a two-day NATO summit as tensions simmer with allies over defense spending, the war in Iran, and Greenland.
- AI: The biggest deal of the day: Bitcoin miner TeraWulf signed a twenty-year data center lease with Anthropic expected to generate nineteen billion dollars in revenue.
- Crypto: TeraWulf shares surged on the news, the latest crypto-adjacent company pivoting from mining to the steadier money of AI infrastructure.
- Cybersecurity: On the darker side, TechCrunch reports the first known AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human — the AI executed the technical work, but a person picked the victim and suppli
- Space: Amazon says it now has enough satellites in orbit to begin initial Kuiper broadband service at mid-latitudes later this year, according to Ars Technica.
- Politics: On the campaign trail, top Democrats are calling on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out after Politico reported a woman's allegation that he sexually assaulted her in
- Tech: Microsoft laid off nearly forty-eight hundred employees, or about two point one percent of its global workforce, hitting Xbox and commercial sales hardest.
- Sports: men's national team crashed out of the World Cup, losing four to one to Belgium in Seattle.
- Trending: is everywhere, with a Croatian commentator's mockery of Trump going viral.
- Commercial Diving: Now to commercial diving and offshore.

Sources & links:
- Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/vercel-ceo-guillermo-rauch-on-the-fight-to-split-off-models-from-agents/
- You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/you-can-now-customize-siris-pace-and-expressivity-in-the-latest-ios-27-beta/
- How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/how-to-reserve-and-change-your-whatsapp-username/
- BeyondTrust warns of critical flaws in remote access software — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-warns-of-critical-flaws-in-remote-access-software/
- Vietnam arrests suspects behind HiAnime anime piracy service — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vietnam-arrests-suspects-behind-hianime-anime-piracy-service/
- Software Is Now Written at the Speed of Thought. Security Isn't. — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/software-is-now-written-at-the-speed-of-thought-security-isnt/
- Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960802/3d-printed-gun-laws-ghost-guns
- Nothing’s first B-series phone is also skipping the US — 783falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-06--72838263
Good morning. It's Monday, July sixth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: We start in Ukraine, where deadly Russian strikes rocked Kyiv overnight.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where a story out of Cointelegraph has central bankers sounding alarms over what they call agentic AI finance risks — the danger of autonomous AI ag
- Crypto: According to CoinDesk, the exchange's AI-powered feature erroneously published a World Cup result before the match had even kicked off.
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, Run Zero disclosed seven flaws in FatFS, a file system embedded in millions of IoT devices.
- Space: Meanwhile, the Euclid telescope has spotted the most distant quasars ever discovered — the brightest objects in the universe, powered by supermassive black holes at the heart of ea
- Politics: Senate campaign, narrowing the Democratic primary field.
- Tech: TechCrunch reports smart glasses maker Even Realities — founded by an ex-Apple team building camera-free smart glasses — has hit a one billion dollar valuation after a one hundred
- Sports: That warning landed on the same day a rather embarrassing incident hit Coinbase.
- Trending: And a grim milestone from Nansen, via TechCrunch: nearly one million people have collectively lost three point eight billion dollars buying President Trump's TRUMP memecoin, while
- Commercial Diving: Baird Maritime reports Boskalis has christened what it's calling the industry's largest subsea rock installation vessel.

Sources & links:
- Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/smart-glasses-maker-even-realities-hits-1b-valuation-with-150m-funding-led-by-meituan-tencent/
- This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/this-humanoid-robotics-company-is-going-public-but-its-ceo-isnt-promising-a-robot-in-your-home-anytime-soon/
- Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/ubers-european-expansion-plans-may-have-hit-a-speed-bump/
- What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
- Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/almost-40-new-unicorns-have-been-minted-so-far-this-year-here-they-are/
- Mr. Lif’s Emergency Rations EP is post-9/11 hip-hop at its most daring — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/961484/mr-lif-emergency-rations-ep-post-9-11-review
- Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960838/grand-theft-auto-gta-6-vi-preorder-editions-buy
- The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking — https://www.theverge.com/tech/959604/sourdough-sidekick-review-king-arthur-starter
- How Keurig saved — and ruined — your coffee — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/961470/keurig-coffee-k-up-version-history
- Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960916/vizio-mini-led-quantum-tv-review

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## Podcast Highlights

### CyberWire Daily — Commercializing space. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
_2026-07-05 05:00 · via content:encoded_
- The space industry has shifted over the past two decades from government-led to private enterprise-driven growth and innovation
- Damian DiPippa, CEO of Auria Space, is the featured guest discussing space commercialization
- Discussion covers the future of command and control systems in space
- Episode explores cyber resilience in the evolving space sector
- Conversation addresses the growing partnership betw]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72838263Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:10:26 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 06, 2026 Good morning. It's Monday, July sixth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: We start in Ukraine, where deadly Russian strikes rocked Kyiv overnight. - AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where a story...
Good morning. It's Monday, July sixth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: We start in Ukraine, where deadly Russian strikes rocked Kyiv overnight.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where a story out of Cointelegraph has central bankers sounding alarms over what they call agentic AI finance risks — the danger of autonomous AI ag
- Crypto: According to CoinDesk, the exchange's AI-powered feature erroneously published a World Cup result before the match had even kicked off.
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, Run Zero disclosed seven flaws in FatFS, a file system embedded in millions of IoT devices.
- Space: Meanwhile, the Euclid telescope has spotted the most distant quasars ever discovered — the brightest objects in the universe, powered by supermassive black holes at the heart of ea
- Politics: Senate campaign, narrowing the Democratic primary field.
- Tech: TechCrunch reports smart glasses maker Even Realities — founded by an ex-Apple team building camera-free smart glasses — has hit a one billion dollar valuation after a one hundred
- Sports: That warning landed on the same day a rather embarrassing incident hit Coinbase.
- Trending: And a grim milestone from Nansen, via TechCrunch: nearly one million people have collectively lost three point eight billion dollars buying President Trump's TRUMP memecoin, while
- Commercial Diving: Baird Maritime reports Boskalis has christened what it's calling the industry's largest subsea rock installation vessel.

Sources & links:
- Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/smart-glasses-maker-even-realities-hits-1b-valuation-with-150m-funding-led-by-meituan-tencent/
- This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/this-humanoid-robotics-company-is-going-public-but-its-ceo-isnt-promising-a-robot-in-your-home-anytime-soon/
- Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/ubers-european-expansion-plans-may-have-hit-a-speed-bump/
- What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
- Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/almost-40-new-unicorns-have-been-minted-so-far-this-year-here-they-are/
- Mr. Lif’s Emergency Rations EP is post-9/11 hip-hop at its most daring — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/961484/mr-lif-emergency-rations-ep-post-9-11-review
- Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960838/grand-theft-auto-gta-6-vi-preorder-editions-buy
- The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking — 789falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-05--72826933
Good morning. It's Sunday, July fifth, twenty twenty-six, and here's your ten-minute rundown.

In this episode:
- World: According to NPR and The Hill, Trump swerved from the traditionally unifying Independence Day tone, praising his war in Iran, railing against communists, and vowing to restrict mai
- AI: Alibaba has reportedly banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code, classifying it as high-risk software, according to TechCrunch.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports Bitcoin jumped above sixty-three thousand dollars during thin July fourth trading, its highest level in over a month, with XRP up five percent in twenty-four hours
- Cybersecurity: CISA has added an actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning agencies to patch before ransomware actors strike, a
- Space: NASA has launched an emergency rescue mission to save the Swift Observatory, according to The Verge, Engadget, and CBS News.
- Tech: Engadget reports Tesla has expanded its robotaxi service to a small section of Miami, with future expansions eyed for Orlando and Tampa.
- Sports: To sports, and it was a huge day at the World Cup.
- Trending: Trending on social — from Yahoo Sports, W.N.B.A.
- Commercial Diving: Splash two forty-seven reports DOF Subsea Australia has been convicted in a diving incident case.

Sources & links:
- Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960753/matic-robot-vacuum-mop-price-increase-cost-buy
- Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect misses his BlackBerry keyboard — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/960958/flatbush-zombies-erick-the-architect-interview
- Hey number pad lovers, this is a keyboard we can finally agree on — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960837/epomaker-rt98-mechanical-keyboard-modular-numpad-review
- The square-ish phone that I wanted to love — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960509/ikko-mindone-pro-hands-on
- Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/chemical-accidents-rise-as-trump-administration-proposes-weakening-safety-rules/
- Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests — https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/review-supergirl-is-not-the-disaster-its-low-box-office-suggests/
- A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/a-martian-rock-has-lots-of-carbon-on-it-and-its-not-clear-why/
- Inside the Trading Engine Behind ChangeNOW’s ‘Fast, Seamless Swaps’ — https://decrypt.co/372679/inside-the-trading-engine-behind-changenows-fast-seamless-swaps
- Kraken lets traders use tokenized stocks as collateral for leveraged trades — https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-lets-traders-use-tokenized-stocks-as-collateral-for-leveraged-trades?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Aave’s new Monad market tops $100 million in deposits two days after launch — https://www.theblock.co/post/407167/aaves-new-monad-market-tops-100-million-in-deposits-two-days-after-launch?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

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## Podcast Highlights

### CyberWire Daily — Commercializing space. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
_2026-07-05 05:00 · via content:encoded_
- The space industry has shifted over the past two decades from government-led to private enterprise-driven growth and innovation
- Damian DiPippa, CEO of Auria Space, is the featured guest discussing space commercialization
- Discussion covers the future of command and control systems in space
- Episode explores cyber resilience in the evolving space sector
- Conversation addresses the growing partnership between commercial industry and national security space operation]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72826933Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:09:22 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 05, 2026 Good morning. It's Sunday, July fifth, twenty twenty-six, and here's your ten-minute rundown. In this episode: - World: According to NPR and The Hill, Trump swerved from the traditionally unifying Independence...
Good morning. It's Sunday, July fifth, twenty twenty-six, and here's your ten-minute rundown.

In this episode:
- World: According to NPR and The Hill, Trump swerved from the traditionally unifying Independence Day tone, praising his war in Iran, railing against communists, and vowing to restrict mai
- AI: Alibaba has reportedly banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code, classifying it as high-risk software, according to TechCrunch.
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports Bitcoin jumped above sixty-three thousand dollars during thin July fourth trading, its highest level in over a month, with XRP up five percent in twenty-four hours
- Cybersecurity: CISA has added an actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning agencies to patch before ransomware actors strike, a
- Space: NASA has launched an emergency rescue mission to save the Swift Observatory, according to The Verge, Engadget, and CBS News.
- Tech: Engadget reports Tesla has expanded its robotaxi service to a small section of Miami, with future expansions eyed for Orlando and Tampa.
- Sports: To sports, and it was a huge day at the World Cup.
- Trending: Trending on social — from Yahoo Sports, W.N.B.A.
- Commercial Diving: Splash two forty-seven reports DOF Subsea Australia has been convicted in a diving incident case.

Sources & links:
- Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960753/matic-robot-vacuum-mop-price-increase-cost-buy
- Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect misses his BlackBerry keyboard — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/960958/flatbush-zombies-erick-the-architect-interview
- Hey number pad lovers, this is a keyboard we can finally agree on — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960837/epomaker-rt98-mechanical-keyboard-modular-numpad-review
- The square-ish phone that I wanted to love — https://www.theverge.com/tech/960509/ikko-mindone-pro-hands-on
- Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/chemical-accidents-rise-as-trump-administration-proposes-weakening-safety-rules/
- Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests — https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/review-supergirl-is-not-the-disaster-its-low-box-office-suggests/
- A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/a-martian-rock-has-lots-of-carbon-on-it-and-its-not-clear-why/
- Inside the Trading Engine Behind ChangeNOW’s ‘Fast, Seamless Swaps’ — https://decrypt.co/372679/inside-the-trading-engine-behind-changenows-fast-seamless-swaps
- Kraken lets traders use tokenized stocks as collateral for leveraged trades — 735falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-04--72816458
Good morning. It's Saturday, July fourth, twenty twenty-six — America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday.

In this episode:
- World: In Iran, a days-long state funeral has begun in Tehran for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war with Israel
- AI: Commerce Department has lifted restrictions on Anthropic's most powerful models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable.
- Crypto: Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin tagged a nine-day high near sixty-two thousand three hundred dollars after global stocks hit a record, and both Bitcoin and Ether extended relief rall
- Cybersecurity: A major new Linux kernel vulnerability is making headlines.
- Space: SpaceNews reports a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket launched a rescue mission for NASA's aging Swift observatory.
- Politics: Maryland Governor Wes Moore criticized Trump's decision to hold a July Fourth rally on the National Mall during the heat wave, saying, quote, we should never ask our people to sacr
- Tech: On the legal front, Engadget reports Midjourney is asking a federal court to force Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal — the studios suing it — to disclose how they themselves use
- Sports: Egypt beat Australia on penalties four-two, ESPN reports, for their first-ever World Cup knockout-round win, with Mo Salah at the heart of it.
- Trending: In response, Decrypt reports Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for a ban on elected officials issuing memecoins.
- Commercial Diving: gCaptain reports Germany has charged a former Ukrainian army officer as a co-perpetrator of a war crime over the twenty twenty-two Nord Stream gas pipeline blasts, accusing him of

Sources & links:
- The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/as-the-browser-wars-heat-up-here-are-the-hottest-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-in-2026/
- The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/the-dune-keypad-device-can-be-your-meeting-controller-and-more/
- Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/chevy-built-an-all-american-ev-truck-why-is-nobody-buying-it/
- NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netnut-proxy-network-disrupted-2-million-infected-devices-cut-off/
- Qi fan fan — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961332/qi-active-cooling-really-works
- This slim camera has a transparent LCD screen for a viewfinder — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961362/godox-c100-digital-camera-transparent-lcd-screen
- I finally got my Trump phone — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961297/trump-mobile-t1-phone-first-impressions
- Hydration isn’t complicated: Just drink water — https://www.theverge.com/column/960832/optimizer-hydration-electrolytes-health-heat-wave
- The Verge’s annual summer ‘in’ and ‘out’ list — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/960665/the-verge-2026-summer-in-out-list
- When the ability to smell goes away — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/when-the-ability-to-smell-goes-away/

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
_2026-07-03 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- The U.S. Commerce Department lifted restrictions on Anthropic's most powerful A.I. models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable.
- Restrictions remain on OpenAI's GPT 5.6 model, with the episode discussing how that situation may resolve.
- Chinese A.I. models are reportedly closing the performance gap with Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Dr. Dana Suskind introduced a framework to help parents evaluate which A.I. products are safe]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72816458Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:08:49 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 04, 2026 Good morning. It's Saturday, July fourth, twenty twenty-six — America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. In this episode: - World: In Iran, a days-long state funeral has begun in Tehran for the late Supreme...
Good morning. It's Saturday, July fourth, twenty twenty-six — America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday.

In this episode:
- World: In Iran, a days-long state funeral has begun in Tehran for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war with Israel
- AI: Commerce Department has lifted restrictions on Anthropic's most powerful models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable.
- Crypto: Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin tagged a nine-day high near sixty-two thousand three hundred dollars after global stocks hit a record, and both Bitcoin and Ether extended relief rall
- Cybersecurity: A major new Linux kernel vulnerability is making headlines.
- Space: SpaceNews reports a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket launched a rescue mission for NASA's aging Swift observatory.
- Politics: Maryland Governor Wes Moore criticized Trump's decision to hold a July Fourth rally on the National Mall during the heat wave, saying, quote, we should never ask our people to sacr
- Tech: On the legal front, Engadget reports Midjourney is asking a federal court to force Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal — the studios suing it — to disclose how they themselves use
- Sports: Egypt beat Australia on penalties four-two, ESPN reports, for their first-ever World Cup knockout-round win, with Mo Salah at the heart of it.
- Trending: In response, Decrypt reports Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for a ban on elected officials issuing memecoins.
- Commercial Diving: gCaptain reports Germany has charged a former Ukrainian army officer as a co-perpetrator of a war crime over the twenty twenty-two Nord Stream gas pipeline blasts, accusing him of

Sources & links:
- The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/as-the-browser-wars-heat-up-here-are-the-hottest-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-in-2026/
- The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/the-dune-keypad-device-can-be-your-meeting-controller-and-more/
- Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it? — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/chevy-built-an-all-american-ev-truck-why-is-nobody-buying-it/
- NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netnut-proxy-network-disrupted-2-million-infected-devices-cut-off/
- Qi fan fan — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961332/qi-active-cooling-really-works
- This slim camera has a transparent LCD screen for a viewfinder — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961362/godox-c100-digital-camera-transparent-lcd-screen
- I finally got my Trump phone — https://www.theverge.com/tech/961297/trump-mobile-t1-phone-first-impressions
- Hydration isn’t complicated: Just drink water — 779falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-03--72804122
Good morning. It's Friday, July third, twenty twenty-six, the eve of America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday.

In this episode:
- World: Russia's war on Ukraine escalated again.
- AI: On The AI Daily Brief, host Nathaniel Whittemore noted that AWS is now pouring one billion dollars into a new division of forward-deployed engineers to help customers actually depl
- Crypto: After a brutal ten-day outflow streak, US spot Bitcoin ETFs finally saw green.
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, the SANS Internet Storm Center's daily podcast flagged a busy patch cycle.
- Space: TechCrunch reports private space pilots are now flying orbital missions for the US Space Force.
- Politics: Also from The Hill: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was indicted by a grand jury in connection with alleged threats she made against New Orleans officials, and the governor
- Tech: And Apple has an unpatched flaw in Hide My Email where sending an oversized attachment triggers a bounce message that reveals the user's real address.
- Sports: The New York Times notes European governments have been increasing military spending as the strikes serve as a warning about vulnerabilities if the conflict crosses into NATO terri
- Trending: On TikTok, the "Goodnight" trend is spreading, with morning shows like KARE Eleven trying it out on air.
- Commercial Diving: Europétrole reports DOF Group has secured a major subsea construction, mooring, and FSO connection contract with TotalEnergies for the FSO Unity Replacement Project.

Sources & links:
- Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/melinda-gates-venture-firm-backs-magnify-ventures-46-6m-fund-ii/
- Lucid Motors’ CFO is out as its new CEO continues leadership shakeup — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/lucid-motors-cfo-is-out-as-its-new-ceo-continues-leadership-shakeup/
- Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/tesla-saw-a-massive-sales-jump-in-the-second-quarter/
- Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed — https://www.theverge.com/games/961203/sony-austria-thalgau-end-disc-production-microlenses-instead
- Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/961161/tesla-fsd-katy-tx-manslaughter-charges
- Weber marks down grills and griddles to their best prices ever for July 4th — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960558/weber-july-4th-grill-griddle-sale-deal
- The video game disc is dead — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/960810/video-game-disc-dead-vergecast
- Godox’s feature-packed key light is down to its best price yet — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960664/godox-key-light-elgato-insta360-deal-sale
- Tesla’s Q2 sales jump 25 percent — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/957685/tesla-q2-2026-sales-production-delivery-report
- Securitize Begins Trading on NYSE as Tokenized Shares Land on Solana, Avalanche — https://decrypt.co/372689/securitize-trading-nyse-tokenized-shares-solana-avalanche

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
_2026-07-03 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- The U.S. Commerce Department lifted restrictions on Anthropic's most powerful A.I. models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable.
- Restrictions remain on OpenAI's GPT 5.6 model, with the episode discussing how that situation may resolve.
- Chinese A.I. models are reportedly closing the performance gap with Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Dr. Dana Suskind introduced a framework to help parents evaluate which A.I. products are safe for children, tied to her forthcoming book "Human Raised."
- Mark Zuckerberg has d]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72804122Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:09:45 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 03, 2026 Good morning. It's Friday, July third, twenty twenty-six, the eve of America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. In this episode: - World: Russia's war on Ukraine escalated again. - AI: On The AI Daily Brief,...
Good morning. It's Friday, July third, twenty twenty-six, the eve of America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday.

In this episode:
- World: Russia's war on Ukraine escalated again.
- AI: On The AI Daily Brief, host Nathaniel Whittemore noted that AWS is now pouring one billion dollars into a new division of forward-deployed engineers to help customers actually depl
- Crypto: After a brutal ten-day outflow streak, US spot Bitcoin ETFs finally saw green.
- Cybersecurity: On the vulnerability front, the SANS Internet Storm Center's daily podcast flagged a busy patch cycle.
- Space: TechCrunch reports private space pilots are now flying orbital missions for the US Space Force.
- Politics: Also from The Hill: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was indicted by a grand jury in connection with alleged threats she made against New Orleans officials, and the governor
- Tech: And Apple has an unpatched flaw in Hide My Email where sending an oversized attachment triggers a bounce message that reveals the user's real address.
- Sports: The New York Times notes European governments have been increasing military spending as the strikes serve as a warning about vulnerabilities if the conflict crosses into NATO terri
- Trending: On TikTok, the "Goodnight" trend is spreading, with morning shows like KARE Eleven trying it out on air.
- Commercial Diving: Europétrole reports DOF Group has secured a major subsea construction, mooring, and FSO connection contract with TotalEnergies for the FSO Unity Replacement Project.

Sources & links:
- Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/melinda-gates-venture-firm-backs-magnify-ventures-46-6m-fund-ii/
- Lucid Motors’ CFO is out as its new CEO continues leadership shakeup — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/lucid-motors-cfo-is-out-as-its-new-ceo-continues-leadership-shakeup/
- Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter — https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/tesla-saw-a-massive-sales-jump-in-the-second-quarter/
- Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed — https://www.theverge.com/games/961203/sony-austria-thalgau-end-disc-production-microlenses-instead
- Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home — https://www.theverge.com/transportation/961161/tesla-fsd-katy-tx-manslaughter-charges
- Weber marks down grills and griddles to their best prices ever for July 4th — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960558/weber-july-4th-grill-griddle-sale-deal
- The video game disc is dead — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/960810/video-game-disc-dead-vergecast
- Godox’s feature-packed key light is down to its best price yet — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960664/godox-key-light-elgato-insta360-deal-sale
- Tesla’s Q2 sales jump 25 percent — 779falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-02--72789512
Good morning. It's Thursday, July second, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: Russia launched one of its largest attacks yet on Ukraine's capital overnight.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And President Trump's federal financial disclosure, per NPR and the Associated Press, shows he and his family earned more than one billion dollars last year through crypto ventures
- Cybersecurity: The big one: CISA added a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE twenty twenty-six dash four five six five nine, to its Known Exploited Vulne
- Space: Amazon says it now has three hundred ninety-six satellites deployed in low-Earth orbit — enough, according to The Verge, to support continuous service and light up its Starlink com
- Politics: And Adobe pushed out fixes for seven maximum-severity flaws affecting ColdFusion and Campaign Classic, covering arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
- Tech: Engadget summarized the panel's view that AI is neither inherently good nor bad, but that better safeguards are urgently needed.
- Sports: Elsewhere in AI: Venice AI, the privacy-focused chatbot from Erik Voorhees, hit a one-billion-dollar valuation after a sixty-five-million-dollar Series A led by Dragonfly.
- Trending: A viral clip of Erling Haaland appearing startled by his own reflection has been debunked as AI-generated, according to Newschecker.
- Commercial Diving: And in the U.S., LS GreenLink has begun building what's billed as the world's largest VCV tower for its subsea cable factory.

Sources & links:
- BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story — https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy
- The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun — https://www.theverge.com/games/960476/playstation-physical-games-discs-stop-production-preservation-retail-stores
- Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million — https://www.theverge.com/games/960354/krafton-subnautica-2-settlement-bonuses-unknown-worlds
- Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection — https://www.theverge.com/report/960173/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-physical-game-collection
- My favorite Kindle alternative is $30 off after a recent price increase — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960282/kobo-libra-colour-july-fourth-sale-deal-sale
- Opera rolls out Paste Protect feature to fight ClickFix attacks — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/opera-rolls-out-paste-protect-feature-to-fight-clickfix-attacks/
- Turning Indicators into Intelligence in OpenCTI with Criminal IP — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/turning-indicators-into-intelligence-in-opencti-with-criminal-ip/
- Over 900 Oracle E-Business instances exposed to ongoing attacks — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-900-oracle-e-business-instances-exposed-to-ongoing-attacks/
- CRCL Sell-Off 'Looks Overdone' Say Analysts as Circle CEO Addresses Open USD Threat — https://decrypt.co/372531/crcl-sell-off-overdone-analysts-circle-ceo-open-usd-threat
- Forward Industries Shares Spike as Leading Solana Treasury Adds $38 Million in SOL — https://decrypt.co/372519/forward-industries-shares-spike-solana-treasury-adds-38-million

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #844 -- China closes AI vulndev gap as USA lifts Fable ban
_2026-07-01 16:11 · via description_
- US government approved limited re-release of Anthropic's Claude 5 while requesting OpenAI limit GPT-5.6 rollout, signaling government control over who accesses latest US AI tech.
- Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting Claude model capabilities, as a market for cheap Clau]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72789512Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:10:46 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 02, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, July second, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Our top story: Russia launched one of its largest attacks yet on Ukraine's capital overnight. - AI: Turning to artificial...
Good morning. It's Thursday, July second, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: Russia launched one of its largest attacks yet on Ukraine's capital overnight.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And President Trump's federal financial disclosure, per NPR and the Associated Press, shows he and his family earned more than one billion dollars last year through crypto ventures
- Cybersecurity: The big one: CISA added a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE twenty twenty-six dash four five six five nine, to its Known Exploited Vulne
- Space: Amazon says it now has three hundred ninety-six satellites deployed in low-Earth orbit — enough, according to The Verge, to support continuous service and light up its Starlink com
- Politics: And Adobe pushed out fixes for seven maximum-severity flaws affecting ColdFusion and Campaign Classic, covering arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
- Tech: Engadget summarized the panel's view that AI is neither inherently good nor bad, but that better safeguards are urgently needed.
- Sports: Elsewhere in AI: Venice AI, the privacy-focused chatbot from Erik Voorhees, hit a one-billion-dollar valuation after a sixty-five-million-dollar Series A led by Dragonfly.
- Trending: A viral clip of Erling Haaland appearing startled by his own reflection has been debunked as AI-generated, according to Newschecker.
- Commercial Diving: And in the U.S., LS GreenLink has begun building what's billed as the world's largest VCV tower for its subsea cable factory.

Sources & links:
- BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story — https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy
- The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun — https://www.theverge.com/games/960476/playstation-physical-games-discs-stop-production-preservation-retail-stores
- Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million — https://www.theverge.com/games/960354/krafton-subnautica-2-settlement-bonuses-unknown-worlds
- Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection — https://www.theverge.com/report/960173/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-physical-game-collection
- My favorite Kindle alternative is $30 off after a recent price increase — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960282/kobo-libra-colour-july-fourth-sale-deal-sale
- Opera rolls out Paste Protect feature to fight ClickFix attacks — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/opera-rolls-out-paste-protect-feature-to-fight-clickfix-attacks/
- Turning Indicators into Intelligence in OpenCTI with Criminal IP — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/turning-indicators-into-intelligence-in-opencti-with-criminal-ip/
- Over 900 Oracle E-Business instances exposed to ongoing attacks — 826falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-07-01--72770051
Good morning. It's Wednesday, July first, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- AI: saying the attacks bore the hallmarks of genocide.
- Crypto: President Trump's annual financial disclosure, released Tuesday, shows he earned more than one point two billion dollars from crypto ventures last year, including over five hundred
- Cybersecurity: On the CyberWire Daily podcast, hosts flagged active exploitation underway against a recent Oracle E-Business Suite Payments vulnerability, tracked as CVE-twenty-twenty-six dash fo
- Space: NASA announced nearly six hundred million dollars in new lunar lander contracts, awarding four missions to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines as part of its Moon
- Politics: Supreme Court has upheld birthright citizenship, ruling that virtually all babies born in the United States are citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status.
- Tech: In chip news, TechCrunch reports Nvidia competitor Etched has hit a five billion dollar valuation with one billion dollars in booked contracts for its inference chip.
- Sports: The biggest news: LeBron James has informed the Los Angeles Lakers he'll play his record twenty-fourth NBA season elsewhere, according to Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul.
- Trending: A viral clip out of Kentucky shows a church vacation bible school skit featuring a mock firing squad in front of children, prompting widespread backlash.
- Commercial Diving: gCaptain reports Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has taken delivery of the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act rock installation vessel — a milestone for domestic subsea infrastructure work.

Sources & links:
- The ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-father-of-the-internet-is-finally-retiring/
- Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/wayve-launches-85m-employee-tender-offer-at-8-5b-valuation/
- Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/realta-fusion-generates-electricity-directly-from-a-fusion-reaction-an-apparent-first/
- Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/clicks-shows-off-its-blackberry-inspired-phone-in-a-new-hands-on-video/
- Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/threads-adds-new-features-to-live-chats-as-it-expands-access/
- Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/tesla-starts-testing-cybercab-without-pedals-or-a-steering-wheel-in-austin/
- Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/podcasting-platform-riverside-enters-the-newsletter-publishing-game/
- Range anxiety — https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/938196/rivian-r2-ev-factory-supply-chain
- The cube was a lie: up close with our Dbrand Companion Cube before it gets destroyed — https://www.theverge.com/games/959890/dbrand-companion-cube-photos-hands-on
- Fujifilm launches two new QuickSnap cameras because Gen Z can’t get enough — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960067/fujifilm-quicksnap-active-black-and-white-price-availability

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## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #844 -- China closes AI vulndev gap as USA lifts Fable ban
_2026-07-01 16:11 · via description_
- US government approved limited re-release of Anthropic's Claude 5 while requesting OpenAI limit GPT-5.6 rollout, signaling government control over who accesses latest US AI tech.
- Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting Claude model capabilities, as a market for cheap Claude tokens emerges in China.
- CISA war]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72770051Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:10:33 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — July 01, 2026 Good morning. It's Wednesday, July first, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - AI: saying the attacks bore the hallmarks of genocide. - Crypto: President Trump's annual financial disclosure, released Tuesday,...
Good morning. It's Wednesday, July first, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- AI: saying the attacks bore the hallmarks of genocide.
- Crypto: President Trump's annual financial disclosure, released Tuesday, shows he earned more than one point two billion dollars from crypto ventures last year, including over five hundred
- Cybersecurity: On the CyberWire Daily podcast, hosts flagged active exploitation underway against a recent Oracle E-Business Suite Payments vulnerability, tracked as CVE-twenty-twenty-six dash fo
- Space: NASA announced nearly six hundred million dollars in new lunar lander contracts, awarding four missions to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines as part of its Moon
- Politics: Supreme Court has upheld birthright citizenship, ruling that virtually all babies born in the United States are citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status.
- Tech: In chip news, TechCrunch reports Nvidia competitor Etched has hit a five billion dollar valuation with one billion dollars in booked contracts for its inference chip.
- Sports: The biggest news: LeBron James has informed the Los Angeles Lakers he'll play his record twenty-fourth NBA season elsewhere, according to Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul.
- Trending: A viral clip out of Kentucky shows a church vacation bible school skit featuring a mock firing squad in front of children, prompting widespread backlash.
- Commercial Diving: gCaptain reports Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has taken delivery of the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act rock installation vessel — a milestone for domestic subsea infrastructure work.

Sources & links:
- The ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-father-of-the-internet-is-finally-retiring/
- Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/wayve-launches-85m-employee-tender-offer-at-8-5b-valuation/
- Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/realta-fusion-generates-electricity-directly-from-a-fusion-reaction-an-apparent-first/
- Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/clicks-shows-off-its-blackberry-inspired-phone-in-a-new-hands-on-video/
- Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/threads-adds-new-features-to-live-chats-as-it-expands-access/
- Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/tesla-starts-testing-cybercab-without-pedals-or-a-steering-wheel-in-austin/
- Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/podcasting-platform-riverside-enters-the-newsletter-publishing-game/
- Range anxiety — 732falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-30--72756472
Good morning. It's Tuesday, June thirtieth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports that US homeland security chief Kristi Noem said she "danced a happy dance" when Iran was eliminated from the tournament.
- AI: The big story comes from The AI Daily Brief: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has authorized roughly one hundred trusted partners to regain access to Anthropic's Claude Mythos fiv
- Crypto: On to crypto, where it's been an ugly month.
- Cybersecurity: In cybersecurity, a critical alert.
- Space: Space dot com reports Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite communications giant Iridium for eight billion dollars, in what the CEO called "the start of a new era," setting up a direct
- Politics: Turning to the Supreme Court — in what The BBC called a dramatic day, the justices handed President Trump one major victory and three defeats.
- Tech: Chamath Palihapitiya has raised one hundred thirty-five million dollars in Series A funding for his AI coding startup and is taking the CEO role himself.
- Sports: Now to sports — and a stunner at the World Cup.
- Trending: A viral clip of Morocco's Ismael Saibari embracing his mother after his winning penalty against the Netherlands is racking up views across platforms.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving and offshore news, French and Reuters reporting note the French Navy's new dive support boat was recently floated out.

Sources & links:
- This motor could be the future of e-bikes — https://www.theverge.com/news/959382/avinox-mg-concept-gobao-mgu-ecvt
- T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans — https://www.theverge.com/tech/959144/t-mobile-legacy-plan-retire-sprint
- After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958953/supergirl-dcu-warner-bros-discovery-box-office-flop
- Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’ — https://www.theverge.com/games/959191/sony-next-generation-playstation-ps6-beyond-the-living-room
- Ornith Is the Open-Source Coding Model Built for Agents, Not Humans — https://decrypt.co/372361/ornith-open-source-coding-model-built-for-agents
- China Has Its Own Mythos Now, Says Qihoo 360 Founder. And One Version Is Free — https://decrypt.co/372345/china-has-own-mythos-now-one-version-free
- ESMA MiCA warning puts Binance EU service changes under scrutiny — https://cointelegraph.com/news/esma-challenge-binance-serving-certain-eu-users-post-mica?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Michigan judge blocks Kalshi from allowing residents to place sports bets — https://cointelegraph.com/news/michigan-judge-blocks-kalshi-sports-bets?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Donald Trump has 10 days to decide on housing bill with CBDC ban — https://cointelegraph.com/news/cbdc-ban-housing-bill-donald-trump?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- US renewable boom passes key milestone in April — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/solar-outproduced-coal-in-april-but-not-on-the-grid/

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## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — He changed outdoor cooking forever — then took over Weber
_2026-06-29 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Roger Dahle, former Blackstone CEO, is now CEO of the merged Weber Blackstone company.
- Blackstone and Weber announced their merger in 2024, combining two major outdoor grilling competitors.
- The episode covers Dahle's management of the post-merger integration of the two companies.

### CyberWire Daily — AI behind the velvet rope.
_2026-06-29 20:30 · via content:encoded_
- White House moves to restrict frontier AI models via export controls as rivals rush to fill the gap
- FBI and CISA warn Russian hacke]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72756472Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:08:47 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 30, 2026 Good morning. It's Tuesday, June thirtieth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: The BBC reports that US homeland security chief Kristi Noem said she "danced a happy dance" when Iran was eliminated...
Good morning. It's Tuesday, June thirtieth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: The BBC reports that US homeland security chief Kristi Noem said she "danced a happy dance" when Iran was eliminated from the tournament.
- AI: The big story comes from The AI Daily Brief: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has authorized roughly one hundred trusted partners to regain access to Anthropic's Claude Mythos fiv
- Crypto: On to crypto, where it's been an ugly month.
- Cybersecurity: In cybersecurity, a critical alert.
- Space: Space dot com reports Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite communications giant Iridium for eight billion dollars, in what the CEO called "the start of a new era," setting up a direct
- Politics: Turning to the Supreme Court — in what The BBC called a dramatic day, the justices handed President Trump one major victory and three defeats.
- Tech: Chamath Palihapitiya has raised one hundred thirty-five million dollars in Series A funding for his AI coding startup and is taking the CEO role himself.
- Sports: Now to sports — and a stunner at the World Cup.
- Trending: A viral clip of Morocco's Ismael Saibari embracing his mother after his winning penalty against the Netherlands is racking up views across platforms.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving and offshore news, French and Reuters reporting note the French Navy's new dive support boat was recently floated out.

Sources & links:
- This motor could be the future of e-bikes — https://www.theverge.com/news/959382/avinox-mg-concept-gobao-mgu-ecvt
- T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans — https://www.theverge.com/tech/959144/t-mobile-legacy-plan-retire-sprint
- After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958953/supergirl-dcu-warner-bros-discovery-box-office-flop
- Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’ — https://www.theverge.com/games/959191/sony-next-generation-playstation-ps6-beyond-the-living-room
- Ornith Is the Open-Source Coding Model Built for Agents, Not Humans — https://decrypt.co/372361/ornith-open-source-coding-model-built-for-agents
- China Has Its Own Mythos Now, Says Qihoo 360 Founder. And One Version Is Free — https://decrypt.co/372345/china-has-own-mythos-now-one-version-free
- ESMA MiCA warning puts Binance EU service changes under scrutiny — https://cointelegraph.com/news/esma-challenge-binance-serving-certain-eu-users-post-mica?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Michigan judge blocks Kalshi from allowing residents to place sports bets — https://cointelegraph.com/news/michigan-judge-blocks-kalshi-sports-bets?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Donald Trump has 10 days to decide on housing bill with CBDC...]]>731falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-29--72738954
Good morning. It's Monday, June twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the United States and Iran say they have agreed to stand down after a weekend exchange of strikes that tested their ceasefire.
- AI: A Ford executive told TechCrunch, quote, "Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence that would produce a high-quality product," end quote.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is hovering below sixty thousand dollars, up just zero point six percent to start the week at fifty-nine thousand eight hundred.
- Cybersecurity: A critical new disclosure: The Hacker News reports a public proof-of-concept is now out for CVE twenty twenty-six dash fifty-five two hundred, a critical flaw in libssh2.
- Space: NASA is preparing a thirty million dollar rescue mission to save its Swift telescope from falling to Earth, with a robotic lifesaver launching as soon as this week, per CBS News.
- Politics: In the US, Galaxy Research has cut the odds of the CLARITY Act passing in twenty twenty-six to fifty percent, citing Senate calendar constraints.
- Tech: And Axios reports the pro-AI movement is splintering over whether national security concerns outweigh keeping American AI companies ahead of Chinese rivals — a debate intensifying
- Sports: The World Cup knockout stage is underway.
- Trending: Australia is moving to double potential fines on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram that fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts, according t
- Commercial Diving: Beyond that, today's wires are thin on commercial diving headlines, so we'll keep watch for subsea project news later this week.

Sources & links:
- California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-effect-on-july-1/
- TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/techcrunch-mobility-all-eyes-on-tesla-fsd/
- Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/govees-smart-nugget-ice-maker-makes-every-iced-drink-feel-like-a-luxury/
- How to end a TV show — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/957707/from-season-4-finale-tv-show-endings
- Comcast is splitting in two — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958849/comcast-nbcuniversal-company-spinoff-announcement
- The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958757/jim-henson-the-cube-black-mirror-tv-movie-review
- Nest’s quest to fix your thermostat — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/958735/nest-thermostat-version-history
- Ad-free streaming is a luxury now — https://www.theverge.com/column/958379/streaming-industry-ads
- Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? — https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/
- The Future Cyberpunk Imagined Is Here: How Much Did It Get Right? — https://decrypt.co/372248/future-cyberpunk-imagined-here

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## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — He changed outdoor cooking forever — then took over Weber
_2026-06-29 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Roger Dahle, former Blackstone CEO, now leads the combined Weber Blackstone company.
- Weber and Blackstone announced their merger in 2024, uniting two major grilling competitors.
- The episode is part of Decoder's annual Fourth of July grill CEO series, with Dahle being the show's first-ever grill CEO guest back in 2021.
- Discussion focuses on the merger process and Dahle's integration of the two companies.

### CyberWire Daily — Uniting Women in Cyber Podcast: Breaking Barriers in Cybersecurity with Cybersecurity Girl. [Special Ed]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72738954Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:06:35 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 29, 2026 Good morning. It's Monday, June twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Our top story: the United States and Iran say they have agreed to stand down after a weekend exchange of strikes that...
Good morning. It's Monday, June twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Our top story: the United States and Iran say they have agreed to stand down after a weekend exchange of strikes that tested their ceasefire.
- AI: A Ford executive told TechCrunch, quote, "Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence that would produce a high-quality product," end quote.
- Crypto: Bitcoin is hovering below sixty thousand dollars, up just zero point six percent to start the week at fifty-nine thousand eight hundred.
- Cybersecurity: A critical new disclosure: The Hacker News reports a public proof-of-concept is now out for CVE twenty twenty-six dash fifty-five two hundred, a critical flaw in libssh2.
- Space: NASA is preparing a thirty million dollar rescue mission to save its Swift telescope from falling to Earth, with a robotic lifesaver launching as soon as this week, per CBS News.
- Politics: In the US, Galaxy Research has cut the odds of the CLARITY Act passing in twenty twenty-six to fifty percent, citing Senate calendar constraints.
- Tech: And Axios reports the pro-AI movement is splintering over whether national security concerns outweigh keeping American AI companies ahead of Chinese rivals — a debate intensifying
- Sports: The World Cup knockout stage is underway.
- Trending: Australia is moving to double potential fines on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram that fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts, according t
- Commercial Diving: Beyond that, today's wires are thin on commercial diving headlines, so we'll keep watch for subsea project news later this week.

Sources & links:
- California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-effect-on-july-1/
- TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/techcrunch-mobility-all-eyes-on-tesla-fsd/
- Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/govees-smart-nugget-ice-maker-makes-every-iced-drink-feel-like-a-luxury/
- How to end a TV show — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/957707/from-season-4-finale-tv-show-endings
- Comcast is splitting in two — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958849/comcast-nbcuniversal-company-spinoff-announcement
- The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958757/jim-henson-the-cube-black-mirror-tv-movie-review
- Nest’s quest to fix your thermostat — https://www.theverge.com/podcast/958735/nest-thermostat-version-history
- Ad-free streaming is a luxury now — https://www.theverge.com/column/958379/streaming-industry-ads
- Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? — 686falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-28--72728011
Good morning. It's Sunday, June twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, with Iran launching retaliatory attacks on U.S.
- AI: The Hacker News reports OpenAI released three versions of its GPT five-point-six model, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small group of companies as part of a
- Crypto: Bitcoin has fallen below sixty thousand dollars, on track for a rare back-to-back quarterly loss, according to CoinDesk.
- Cybersecurity: Bleeping Computer reports a critical new attack vector: a clean GitHub repository can trick AI coding agents into running malware.
- Space: The request comes amid skyrocketing memory costs the industry is calling Ramageddon.
- Politics: The Hill and NBC News report Trump-backed Representative Julia Letlow won the Louisiana Republican Senate primary runoff, defeating state treasurer John Fleming for the seat vacate
- Tech: Meanwhile, The Verge reports Apple is asking the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese supplier blacklisted by the Pentagon over ties to the
- Sports: The World Cup knockout rounds begin today.
- Trending: And TechCrunch reports Instagram is testing more ways for users to customize their algorithm.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving, Divernet reports a diver was killed and another remains missing after a cliff collapse in Biarritz, France.

Sources & links:
- Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/instagram-is-testing-more-ways-for-users-to-customize-your-algorithm/
- TMD’s keyless bike lock is a $280 solution to a $60 problem — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957603/tmd-smart-keyless-bike-lock-review
- Teenage Engineering adds lo-fi mode, USB audio, and more to its KO II sampler — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958723/teenage-engineering-os-25-ep-133-ko-ii-sampler
- Inside the room where the smart home industry is still betting on Matter — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958008/matter-unify-conference-csa-apple-google-amazon-samsung-smart-home-interoperability
- This puzzle game’s simple premise hides surprising depth — https://www.theverge.com/games/957474/whats-the-password-review-pc-ios-android
- This might be the new best smart speaker — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958127/google-home-speaker-star-fox-installer
- Binance posts over $400M in weekly net outflows as MiCA deadline nears — https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-400m-weekly-net-outflows-mica-deadline-nears?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Base post-mortem reveals sequencer bug behind back-to-back outages — https://cointelegraph.com/news/base-post-mortem-reveals-sequencer-bug-behind-back-to-back-outages?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- DCG-backed Yuma launches fund offering institutional exposure to Bittensor — https://cointelegraph.com/news/yuma-bittensor-fund-institutional-tao-decentralized-ai?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Argentina show they can win without Messi but, eve... — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49204487/argentina-show-win-messi-even-bench-makes-impact

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## Podcast Highlights

### CyberWire Daily — Uniting Women in Cyber Podcast: Breaking Barriers in Cybersecurity with Cybersecurity Girl. [Special Edition]
_2026-06-28 05:00 · via content:encoded_
- N2K CyberWire's Dave Bittner interviews Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) in a special edition episode recorded at The Cyber Guild's Uniting Women in Cyber (UWIC) event last fall.
- The conversation focuses on using storytelling, authenticity, and community to make cybersecurity more accessible, especially for people from no]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72728011Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:05:31 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 28, 2026 Good morning. It's Sunday, June twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, with Iran launching retaliatory attacks on U.S. - AI: The Hacker News reports...
Good morning. It's Sunday, June twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, with Iran launching retaliatory attacks on U.S.
- AI: The Hacker News reports OpenAI released three versions of its GPT five-point-six model, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small group of companies as part of a
- Crypto: Bitcoin has fallen below sixty thousand dollars, on track for a rare back-to-back quarterly loss, according to CoinDesk.
- Cybersecurity: Bleeping Computer reports a critical new attack vector: a clean GitHub repository can trick AI coding agents into running malware.
- Space: The request comes amid skyrocketing memory costs the industry is calling Ramageddon.
- Politics: The Hill and NBC News report Trump-backed Representative Julia Letlow won the Louisiana Republican Senate primary runoff, defeating state treasurer John Fleming for the seat vacate
- Tech: Meanwhile, The Verge reports Apple is asking the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese supplier blacklisted by the Pentagon over ties to the
- Sports: The World Cup knockout rounds begin today.
- Trending: And TechCrunch reports Instagram is testing more ways for users to customize their algorithm.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving, Divernet reports a diver was killed and another remains missing after a cliff collapse in Biarritz, France.

Sources & links:
- Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/instagram-is-testing-more-ways-for-users-to-customize-your-algorithm/
- TMD’s keyless bike lock is a $280 solution to a $60 problem — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957603/tmd-smart-keyless-bike-lock-review
- Teenage Engineering adds lo-fi mode, USB audio, and more to its KO II sampler — https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/958723/teenage-engineering-os-25-ep-133-ko-ii-sampler
- Inside the room where the smart home industry is still betting on Matter — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958008/matter-unify-conference-csa-apple-google-amazon-samsung-smart-home-interoperability
- This puzzle game’s simple premise hides surprising depth — https://www.theverge.com/games/957474/whats-the-password-review-pc-ios-android
- This might be the new best smart speaker — https://www.theverge.com/tech/958127/google-home-speaker-star-fox-installer
- Binance posts over $400M in weekly net outflows as MiCA deadline nears — https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-400m-weekly-net-outflows-mica-deadline-nears?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Base post-mortem reveals sequencer bug behind back-to-back outages — 636falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-27--72714789
Good morning. It's Saturday, June twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: military struck Iranian targets Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
- AI: Anthropic's Mythos Five is back in limited form.
- Crypto: CoinTelegraph reports Bitcoin made its first sub-sixty-thousand-dollar close since the third quarter of twenty twenty-four, with tech stocks entering what the outlet calls "deep be
- Cybersecurity: Separately, TechCrunch reports investigators have attributed last year's two-and-a-half-billion-dollar hack of Jaguar Land Rover to Russian hackers — one of the most disruptive cyb
- Space: And TechCrunch reports the Federal Trade Commission has cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh, a SpaceX-alumni startup that came out of stealth in February with a fifty million dollar
- Politics: The FBI and CISA are warning, via BleepingComputer, that a Russian-linked phishing campaign targeting Signal users has evolved to steal Signal Backup Recovery Keys, giving attacker
- Tech: Engadget reports Apple's executive in charge of Vision Pro is leaving to start a hardware division at OpenAI.
- Sports: Cape Verde, an island nation of just five hundred twenty-five thousand people, became the smallest nation ever to reach the World Cup knockout stage after a draw against Saudi Arab

Sources & links:
- Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/novak-djokovic-has-a-new-job-advisor-to-private-equity-firm-general-atlantic/
- Tesla settles FSD crash lawsuit as federal investigations continue — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/tesla-settles-fsd-crash-lawsuit-as-federal-investigations-continue/
- Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/xprize-founder-says-humans-behave-better-when-theyre-being-watched/
- Early Bird pricing ends tonight for TechCrunch Founder Summit — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/early-bird-pricing-ends-tonight-for-techcrunch-founder-summit/
- 24 Prime Day deals Verge readers are grabbing before Prime Day ends — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/954880/amazon-prime-day-2026-popular-products-verge-readers
- Prime Day’s final hours bring rare discounts on Philips Hue smart lights — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957269/philips-hue-amazon-prime-day-2026-deal-sale
- My favorite Govee smart lamps are at their lowest prices ever for Prime Day — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/958313/govee-table-lamp-2-classic-floor-uplighter-prime-day-2026-deal-sale
- After covering Prime Day for 36 hours over four days, this is the one thing I bought — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/958179/prime-day-what-i-bought-vampliers-stripped-screw-extractor
- Your First GRC Agent: A Red Teamer's Walkthrough — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-first-grc-agent-a-red-teamers-walkthrough/
- Wall Street's Next Tokenization Test: BlackRock-Backed Securitize's Market Debut — https://decrypt.co/372249/wall-street-next-tokenization-test-blackrock-backed-securitize-ipo

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — ‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
_2026-06-26 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- Hard Fork is airing two AI-related stories from other NYT podcasts this week instead of an original episode, returning to regular programming next week.
- "The Daily" features Eli Saslow reporting on a woman in remote Washington using an AI companion robot to maintain independence and combat loneliness.
- "The Opinions" features Kyle Chayka and Sophie Haigney discussing the rise of "taste slop" and the cultural impact if the internet consolidates into a few chatbots curating content.
[Listen](https]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72714789Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:05:06 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 27, 2026 Good morning. It's Saturday, June twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: military struck Iranian targets Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait...
Good morning. It's Saturday, June twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: military struck Iranian targets Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
- AI: Anthropic's Mythos Five is back in limited form.
- Crypto: CoinTelegraph reports Bitcoin made its first sub-sixty-thousand-dollar close since the third quarter of twenty twenty-four, with tech stocks entering what the outlet calls "deep be
- Cybersecurity: Separately, TechCrunch reports investigators have attributed last year's two-and-a-half-billion-dollar hack of Jaguar Land Rover to Russian hackers — one of the most disruptive cyb
- Space: And TechCrunch reports the Federal Trade Commission has cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh, a SpaceX-alumni startup that came out of stealth in February with a fifty million dollar
- Politics: The FBI and CISA are warning, via BleepingComputer, that a Russian-linked phishing campaign targeting Signal users has evolved to steal Signal Backup Recovery Keys, giving attacker
- Tech: Engadget reports Apple's executive in charge of Vision Pro is leaving to start a hardware division at OpenAI.
- Sports: Cape Verde, an island nation of just five hundred twenty-five thousand people, became the smallest nation ever to reach the World Cup knockout stage after a draw against Saudi Arab

Sources & links:
- Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/novak-djokovic-has-a-new-job-advisor-to-private-equity-firm-general-atlantic/
- Tesla settles FSD crash lawsuit as federal investigations continue — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/tesla-settles-fsd-crash-lawsuit-as-federal-investigations-continue/
- Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’ — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/xprize-founder-says-humans-behave-better-when-theyre-being-watched/
- Early Bird pricing ends tonight for TechCrunch Founder Summit — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/early-bird-pricing-ends-tonight-for-techcrunch-founder-summit/
- 24 Prime Day deals Verge readers are grabbing before Prime Day ends — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/954880/amazon-prime-day-2026-popular-products-verge-readers
- Prime Day’s final hours bring rare discounts on Philips Hue smart lights — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957269/philips-hue-amazon-prime-day-2026-deal-sale
- My favorite Govee smart lamps are at their lowest prices ever for Prime Day — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/958313/govee-table-lamp-2-classic-floor-uplighter-prime-day-2026-deal-sale
- After covering Prime Day for 36 hours over four days, this is the one thing I bought — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/958179/prime-day-what-i-bought-vampliers-stripped-screw-extractor
- Your First GRC Agent: A...]]>641falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-26--72701450
Good morning. It's Friday, June twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In regulation, CoinDesk reports Binance has told European Union users it will no longer provide services after failing to secure a MiCA license.
- AI: On The AI Daily Brief, host coverage detailed OpenAI unveiling its first in-house chip, codenamed Jalapeño — an inference-focused chip built with Broadcom, going from design to tap
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports bitcoin bounced from fifty-eight thousand dollars to roughly fifty-nine thousand seven hundred seventy, with derivatives signaling more pain ahead.
- Cybersecurity: And The New York Times reports investigators now see Russian hands behind last year's ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover — a hack that dented the U.K.
- Space: Ars Technica reports the cracks in the Russian segment of the International Space Station are finally getting addressed after a persistent behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA an
- Politics: Our top story: the Supreme Court has delivered a significant victory for President Trump's immigration agenda.
- Tech: Apple is shaking up its chip roadmap.
- Trending: Trending on social: Reuters reports TikTok and YouTube deactivated four point seven million child accounts in Indonesia following government curbs.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving, Janes reports China is showcasing deep saturation diving capability in the South China Sea, and CGTN reports the Chinese navy is conducting extreme deep-sea d

Sources & links:
- It’s the last day of Prime Day — here are over 130 great deals to choose from — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/957435/prime-day-2026-best-tech-deals-sale-day-four
- Trump Mobile will take your $499 right now — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957521/trump-mobile-t1-phone-open-sale-no-deposit
- Polymarket hit by $2.9M theft, users to be refunded — https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-vendor-compromise-drains-29m-users?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Base delays Beryl hard fork over B20 registry timing issue — https://www.theblock.co/post/406336/base-delays-beryl-hard-fork-over-b20-registry-timing-issue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
- One Million Passports Leaked Online — https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/one-million-passports-leaked-online.html
- Pulisic subs on as Türkiye beats U.S. on last kick... — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49179213/christian-pulisic-subs-us-loses-turkiye-last-kick
- Poch puzzled by 'weird' questions: We 'won group' — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49183528/pochettino-puzzled-media-questions-us-wins-group
- Serena draws Maya Joint, 20, in Wimbledon opener — https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/49184919/serena-face-20-year-old-aussie-maya-joint-wimbledon-opener
- 'Things got really yucky': Inside the long, sad end of the Giannis Antetokounmpo era in Milwaukee — https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49177886/inside-giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-milwaukee-bucks-boston-celtics-miami-heat-nba-offseason
- Pulisic looks ready to make his mark on USMNT's Wo... — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49184846/christian-pulisic-return-vs-turkiye-looks-ready-make-mark-usmnt-world-cup

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## Podcast Highlights

### Hard Fork — ‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
_2026-06-26 11:00 · via content:encoded_
- Hard Fork is airing two AI-related stories from other NYT podcasts this week instead of an original episode, returning to regular programming next week.
- "The Daily" features Eli Saslow reporting on a woman in remote Washington using an AI companion robot to maintain independence and combat loneliness.
- "The Opinions" features Kyle Chayka and Sophie Haigney discussing the rise of "taste slop" and the cult]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72701450Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:03:57 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 26, 2026 Good morning. It's Friday, June twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: In regulation, CoinDesk reports Binance has told European Union users it will no longer provide services after failing...
Good morning. It's Friday, June twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In regulation, CoinDesk reports Binance has told European Union users it will no longer provide services after failing to secure a MiCA license.
- AI: On The AI Daily Brief, host coverage detailed OpenAI unveiling its first in-house chip, codenamed Jalapeño — an inference-focused chip built with Broadcom, going from design to tap
- Crypto: CoinDesk reports bitcoin bounced from fifty-eight thousand dollars to roughly fifty-nine thousand seven hundred seventy, with derivatives signaling more pain ahead.
- Cybersecurity: And The New York Times reports investigators now see Russian hands behind last year's ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover — a hack that dented the U.K.
- Space: Ars Technica reports the cracks in the Russian segment of the International Space Station are finally getting addressed after a persistent behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA an
- Politics: Our top story: the Supreme Court has delivered a significant victory for President Trump's immigration agenda.
- Tech: Apple is shaking up its chip roadmap.
- Trending: Trending on social: Reuters reports TikTok and YouTube deactivated four point seven million child accounts in Indonesia following government curbs.
- Commercial Diving: In commercial diving, Janes reports China is showcasing deep saturation diving capability in the South China Sea, and CGTN reports the Chinese navy is conducting extreme deep-sea d

Sources & links:
- It’s the last day of Prime Day — here are over 130 great deals to choose from — https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/957435/prime-day-2026-best-tech-deals-sale-day-four
- Trump Mobile will take your $499 right now — https://www.theverge.com/tech/957521/trump-mobile-t1-phone-open-sale-no-deposit
- Polymarket hit by $2.9M theft, users to be refunded — https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-vendor-compromise-drains-29m-users?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Base delays Beryl hard fork over B20 registry timing issue — https://www.theblock.co/post/406336/base-delays-beryl-hard-fork-over-b20-registry-timing-issue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
- One Million Passports Leaked Online — https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/one-million-passports-leaked-online.html
- Pulisic subs on as Türkiye beats U.S. on last kick... — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49179213/christian-pulisic-subs-us-loses-turkiye-last-kick
- Poch puzzled by 'weird' questions: We 'won group' — https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49183528/pochettino-puzzled-media-questions-us-wins-group
- Serena draws Maya Joint, 20, in Wimbledon opener — 556falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-25-bonus--72696638
# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026

Good evening. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: According to TechCrunch and The Verge, the White House has asked OpenAI to slow-roll the release of its new model, GPT five point six, citing safety concerns.
- AI: Engadget reports OpenAI will initially release the model only to government-approved customers, a striking move that one outlet described as the end of voluntary review.
- Crypto: Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin fell to a twenty-one month low near fifty-eight thousand dollars after US PCE inflation hit a three-year high of four point one percent, triggering ro
- Cybersecurity: And from the CyberWire Daily podcast: an international operation led by Microsoft and law enforcement disrupted the Amadey and StealC malware infrastructure.
- Space: NASA also announced Rocket Lab won a contract for three Electron launches supporting the PolSIR and TSIS-2 sun and Earth science missions.
- Politics: The Supreme Court issued two major rulings backing the Trump administration's immigration agenda.
- Tech: Engadget confirms Cellebrite says the hardware predates current sanctions.
- Sports: It was a wild day at the World Cup.
- Trending: Trending on social: a viral chant out of Norway is sweeping the World Cup.

Sources & links:
- a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Rippling now wants to be your entire data stack — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Trump administration bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- 2 days left to save up to $190: Join 1,000+ founders and investors at TechCrunch Founder Summit — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Trump administration proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Framework has good news and bad news — https://www.theverge.com/gadge...
- Score a discounted Xbox console before the prices jump — https://www.theverge.com/gadge...
- Instagram wants to monopolize your attention — https://www.theverge.com/tech/...
- RAMageddon just got extremely real — https://www.theverge.com/tech/...

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — Rewind: CEO Jim Farley on Ford's EV gamble
_2026-06-25 09:00 · via content:encoded_
- Ford CEO Jim Farley discussed Trump's tariff policy in the interview
- Farley addressed how Ford plans to compete with Chinese EV makers
- Farley shared Ford's stance on Apple CarPlay
- Ford is working toward a $30,000 EV
- Ford pulled the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck

### CyberWire Daily — Gone with the command.
_2026-06-25 20:30 · via content:encoded_
- International operation led by Microsoft and law enforcement disrupted Amadey and StealC malware-as-a-service infrastructure.
- Australia's spy chief warned that nation-state hackers have prepositioned in critical infrastructure to enable future sabotage.
- Iran-link]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72696638Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:45:42 +0000Jeff WilsonBONUS EPISODE # The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026 Good evening. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: According to TechCrunch and The Verge, the White House has asked OpenAI to slow-roll the release of...
# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026

Good evening. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: According to TechCrunch and The Verge, the White House has asked OpenAI to slow-roll the release of its new model, GPT five point six, citing safety concerns.
- AI: Engadget reports OpenAI will initially release the model only to government-approved customers, a striking move that one outlet described as the end of voluntary review.
- Crypto: Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin fell to a twenty-one month low near fifty-eight thousand dollars after US PCE inflation hit a three-year high of four point one percent, triggering ro
- Cybersecurity: And from the CyberWire Daily podcast: an international operation led by Microsoft and law enforcement disrupted the Amadey and StealC malware infrastructure.
- Space: NASA also announced Rocket Lab won a contract for three Electron launches supporting the PolSIR and TSIS-2 sun and Earth science missions.
- Politics: The Supreme Court issued two major rulings backing the Trump administration's immigration agenda.
- Tech: Engadget confirms Cellebrite says the hardware predates current sanctions.
- Sports: It was a wild day at the World Cup.
- Trending: Trending on social: a viral chant out of Norway is sweeping the World Cup.

Sources & links:
- a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Rippling now wants to be your entire data stack — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Trump administration bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- 2 days left to save up to $190: Join 1,000+ founders and investors at TechCrunch Founder Summit — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Trump administration proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs — https://techcrunch.com/2026/06...
- Framework has good news and bad news — https://www.theverge.com/gadge...
- Score a discounted Xbox console before the prices jump — https://www.theverge.com/gadge...
- Instagram wants to monopolize your attention — https://www.theverge.com/tech/...
- RAMageddon just got extremely real — 557falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-25--72688165
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Trump then went to Capitol Hill for a tense lunch with GOP senators, where, according to NBC News, a shouting match broke out over their opposition to the Iran conflict.
- AI: On the policy front, Wired reports the White House is still at odds with Anthropic over its Claude Fable Five model, with leaders flying to Washington for high-level talks that end
- Crypto: Bitcoin is trying to steady itself this morning.
- Cybersecurity: The Hacker News reports a new Rust-based macOS implant and information stealer called Gaslight has been found embedding a prompt injection payload — designed to trick a malware ana
- Space: and China currently disagree on lunar standard time, which matters as both nations expand lunar operations.
- Politics: From the Risky Business podcast, host Patrick Gray detailed the FortiBleed campaign, which used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet f
- Tech: CBS News confirms IBM's claim that the breakthrough could power a major leap in semiconductors.
- Sports: The World Cup keeps delivering.
- Trending: On the SaaS supply-chain front, The Hacker News reports a fake AI agent skill built by security firm AIR was pushed through a popular skill marketplace and an Instagram ad, ultimat

Sources & links:
- Morning Minute: Strategy’s MSTR and STRC Crash to 52-Week Lows — https://decrypt.co/372068/morning-minute-strategys-mstr-and-strc-crash-to-52-week-lows
- Binance faces EU service limits next week as MiCA rules take effect — https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-eu-service-limits-july-1-mica-effect?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
- Surviving the Mythos Era: Richard Bejtlich on the Case for NDR — https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/surviving-mythos-era-richard-bejtlich.html
- Puzzling Success of Overparameterization: Lottery Tickets or Escape Dimensions? — https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/9a49779b-f9f8-448d-b3d1-737c78455309
- Preview: Jey Uso chases crown; Cody Rhodes faces t... — https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/49168253/wwe-night-champions-preview-oba-femi-vs-jey-uso-king-ring-final-cody-rhodes
- Nothing teases the Phone 4b, launching on July 7 — https://www.engadget.com/2201344/nothing-teases-phone-4b/
- Key figure in South Africa police corruption scandal pleads guilty — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j4g5k52jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Chaos after building collapses on Caracas outskirts — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c78y1e3606vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Number of children getting special educational needs support hits another record high — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4g18gy14no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- NHS boss 'shocked and upset' by maternity findings — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dpmj71k8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #843 -- Fortibleed is kinda awesome, actually
_2026-06-24 15:47 · via description_
- FortiBleed campaign used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls at major companies worldwide.
- Stolen Klue OAuth tokens were used in the "Icarus" Salesforce data theft attacks.
- OpenAI launched a full-scale effort, partnering with Trail of Bits, to patch open-source bugs, competing with Anthropic's Mythos.
- Accenture acquired runZero (founded by HD Moore) as part of a $4.18B industrial cybersecurity push spanning three companies.
- Trump directed federal agencies to protect US data from quantum computing threats.
[Listen](https://risky.biz/RB843/)

### Decoder with Nilay Patel — Rewind: CEO Jim Farley on Ford's EV gamble
_2026-06-25 09:00 · via cont]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72688165Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:21:44 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: Trump then went to Capitol Hill for a tense lunch with GOP senators, where, according to NBC News, a shouting match...
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: Trump then went to Capitol Hill for a tense lunch with GOP senators, where, according to NBC News, a shouting match broke out over their opposition to the Iran conflict.
- AI: On the policy front, Wired reports the White House is still at odds with Anthropic over its Claude Fable Five model, with leaders flying to Washington for high-level talks that end
- Crypto: Bitcoin is trying to steady itself this morning.
- Cybersecurity: The Hacker News reports a new Rust-based macOS implant and information stealer called Gaslight has been found embedding a prompt injection payload — designed to trick a malware ana
- Space: and China currently disagree on lunar standard time, which matters as both nations expand lunar operations.
- Politics: From the Risky Business podcast, host Patrick Gray detailed the FortiBleed campaign, which used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet f
- Tech: CBS News confirms IBM's claim that the breakthrough could power a major leap in semiconductors.
- Sports: The World Cup keeps delivering.
- Trending: On the SaaS supply-chain front, The Hacker News reports a fake AI agent skill built by security firm AIR was pushed through a popular skill marketplace and an Instagram ad, ultimat

Sources & links:
- Morning Minute: Strategy’s MSTR and STRC Crash to 52-Week Lows — https://decrypt.co/372068/morning-minute-strategys-mstr-and-strc-crash-to-52-week-lows
- Binance faces EU service limits next week as MiCA rules take effect — https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-eu-service-limits-july-1-mica-effect?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
- Surviving the Mythos Era: Richard Bejtlich on the Case for NDR — https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/surviving-mythos-era-richard-bejtlich.html
- Puzzling Success of Overparameterization: Lottery Tickets or Escape Dimensions? — https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/9a49779b-f9f8-448d-b3d1-737c78455309
- Preview: Jey Uso chases crown; Cody Rhodes faces t... — https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/49168253/wwe-night-champions-preview-oba-femi-vs-jey-uso-king-ring-final-cody-rhodes
- Nothing teases the Phone 4b, launching on July 7 — https://www.engadget.com/2201344/nothing-teases-phone-4b/
- Key figure in South Africa police corruption scandal pleads guilty — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j4g5k52jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Chaos after building collapses on Caracas outskirts — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c78y1e3606vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Number of children getting special educational needs support hits another record high — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4g18gy14no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- NHS boss 'shocked and upset' by maternity findings — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dpmj71k8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #843 -- Fortibleed is kinda awesome, actually
_2026-06-24 15:47 · via description_
- FortiBleed campaign used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls at major companies worldwide.
- Stolen Klue OAuth tokens were used in the "Icarus" Salesforce data theft attacks.
- OpenAI launched a full-scale effort, partnering with Trail of Bits, to patch open-source bugs, competing with Anthropic's Mythos.
- Accenture acquired runZero (founded by HD Moore) as part of a $4.18B industrial cybersecurity push spanning three companies.
-...]]>813falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-25--72687550
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumes.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And in a fascinating science story, Crypto Briefing reports researcher Derya Unutmaz used GPT-five Pro to crack a T-cell mystery that had stumped his lab since twenty twenty-two.
- Cybersecurity: The biggest story is a critical Cisco vulnerability.
- Space: SpaceNews also reports that canceled NASA exploration projects have suffered billions of dollars in overruns.
- Politics: And President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill, according to NPR, until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a voting measure.
- Tech: Reuters reports E-U regulators have determined that Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud computing services should fall under E-U tech rules under the Digital Markets Act.
- Sports: P-C-E inflation data, which a weak reading could trigger a snapback.
- Trending: According to People dot com, teens are saying "six-seven" everywhere on TikTok, and the phrase has gone viral among kids — it's the latest piece of Gen Alpha slang taking over soci

Sources & links:
- Fired After Going Viral: How a Parade Stunt, Controversial Post Cost 2 Professionals Their Jobs - FOX 26 Houston — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE50czlZZkN5SHVyYlpYVmZUZEwwSEdzY2R1ckdabkNVNGNYdWE2TlQwdFVJS2owT3BqM0pIdlptRGgtWmN1ZFJMSlh6SnNWU3VXZ2RLejRjaGRqSXRmcG9zWVNGbVhPQdIBa0FVX3lxTE1mMkVWekswNzNsamtNby1CZjRmWEcxX2NsSXUxZTBWVS1jaDMteDlaVFhxOE1odVZMQVphVHhTZHRuTFNteHJDZ3RuNzYzMkFENXFLdkVmbHlZSmNtX183ZFdBZG1qNE1XSlVZ?oc=5
- Police deny viral motorcycle video shows bandits, say riders are vigilantes, hunters - Premium Times Nigeria — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPcncycDZyYVRPa2NvNXRTVXp3TmFOSWI4SEg5RG5FT0JmSy1JWGU1b2VIajgyQU1CNXJ1UVpZaGZ5dlJ6cTVaa1JqTE5DeW9aUlNzT0ZvczhaNzhvQzN4cXNEY3BsOGxoWkw5U3BoUm9peGlRNVBhUGgxSVhZQllldU5ES0xqbVNpcEFsUEFBNmdTQkJ5NS1mNE1jcFEzWVJVYzhxQ09xVHp0djg1enNnTXNQNmlQRHA3SnhKT19BWGpnSjl5bmRiRDBYUlFoQWVTYlBFUm13?oc=5
- Viral Building Collapse and Tsunami Videos Not Linked to Earthquakes in Venezuela - Newschecker — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQNkktWlhuNTNhM1h0amV1QmJaVUo0NVVPWlktOU9BSGlGLUhiTXhQS3h3QnRyV0ZJTlJLSEltUi1scm53clFZTVJIbW9USGVCWVRsazVMeHhwaFZUS1pEWkxibWhsVlNxSS1qWUZtV1EyVkxkTmtkem5tTmY1RmZsZnJlM2pYeWgtYTI4OXpFeTI5VXo3U1V4dEZCaw?oc=5
- 'Impostor wearing my mask': Bhagwant Mann sticks to 'not me' stand in viral 'sacrilege' video row - The Times of India — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- WATCH: Helen Zille takes another swipe at ANC with viral ‘Lonely’ video - East Coast Radio — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOcXE3VFdUYUZSVHpwZDNPRkVKS2JKNE16NGdwRmc2UzV6dWUxUENWampvc1p3WUlVaHdLVERJQ21zMVZCRTdsTVBqaTJYbnVHVWdFTHBCMzdIb1hRN0hld0hKaThrYV9nSklwT3E4UjdxNEMtdDdVQ2tkcTY4bjY1MDF6Z1NaQ1UxUGM1V1BMdUowSFJR?oc=5
- Dr. Sheha A. Habib: Can go Viral, the Police are Difficult to "Play" with the Restorative Justice Mechanism - VOI.id — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiQ0FVX3lxTE5hdUpLeWhFVEMyYVhVaElLVXA2Nk13ZzBFdHJwbjRnV0QyXzhRSzlCYWVsaW9MWTF5NjdJR0RIZ09]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72687550Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:17:30 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait...
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumes.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And in a fascinating science story, Crypto Briefing reports researcher Derya Unutmaz used GPT-five Pro to crack a T-cell mystery that had stumped his lab since twenty twenty-two.
- Cybersecurity: The biggest story is a critical Cisco vulnerability.
- Space: SpaceNews also reports that canceled NASA exploration projects have suffered billions of dollars in overruns.
- Politics: And President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill, according to NPR, until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a voting measure.
- Tech: Reuters reports E-U regulators have determined that Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud computing services should fall under E-U tech rules under the Digital Markets Act.
- Sports: P-C-E inflation data, which a weak reading could trigger a snapback.
- Trending: According to People dot com, teens are saying "six-seven" everywhere on TikTok, and the phrase has gone viral among kids — it's the latest piece of Gen Alpha slang taking over soci

Sources & links:
- Fired After Going Viral: How a Parade Stunt, Controversial Post Cost 2 Professionals Their Jobs - FOX 26 Houston — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE50czlZZkN5SHVyYlpYVmZUZEwwSEdzY2R1ckdabkNVNGNYdWE2TlQwdFVJS2owT3BqM0pIdlptRGgtWmN1ZFJMSlh6SnNWU3VXZ2RLejRjaGRqSXRmcG9zWVNGbVhPQdIBa0FVX3lxTE1mMkVWekswNzNsamtNby1CZjRmWEcxX2NsSXUxZTBWVS1jaDMteDlaVFhxOE1odVZMQVphVHhTZHRuTFNteHJDZ3RuNzYzMkFENXFLdkVmbHlZSmNtX183ZFdBZG1qNE1XSlVZ?oc=5
- Police deny viral motorcycle video shows bandits, say riders are vigilantes, hunters - Premium Times Nigeria — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPcncycDZyYVRPa2NvNXRTVXp3TmFOSWI4SEg5RG5FT0JmSy1JWGU1b2VIajgyQU1CNXJ1UVpZaGZ5dlJ6cTVaa1JqTE5DeW9aUlNzT0ZvczhaNzhvQzN4cXNEY3BsOGxoWkw5U3BoUm9peGlRNVBhUGgxSVhZQllldU5ES0xqbVNpcEFsUEFBNmdTQkJ5NS1mNE1jcFEzWVJVYzhxQ09xVHp0djg1enNnTXNQNmlQRHA3SnhKT19BWGpnSjl5bmRiRDBYUlFoQWVTYlBFUm13?oc=5
- Viral Building Collapse and Tsunami Videos Not Linked to Earthquakes in Venezuela - Newschecker — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQNkktWlhuNTNhM1h0amV1QmJaVUo0NVVPWlktOU9BSGlGLUhiTXhQS3h3QnRyV0ZJTlJLSEltUi1scm53clFZTVJIbW9USGVCWVRsazVMeHhwaFZUS1pEWkxibWhsVlNxSS1qWUZtV1EyVkxkTmtkem5tTmY1RmZsZnJlM2pYeWgtYTI4OXpFeTI5VXo3U1V4dEZCaw?oc=5
- 'Impostor wearing my mask': Bhagwant Mann sticks to 'not me' stand in viral 'sacrilege' video row - The Times of India — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- WATCH: Helen Zille takes another swipe at ANC with viral ‘Lonely’ video - East Coast Radio — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOcXE3VFdUYUZSVHpwZDNPRkVKS2JKNE16NGdwRmc2UzV6dWUxUENWampvc1p3WUlVaHdLVERJQ21zMVZCRTdsTVBqaTJYbnVHVWdFTHBCMzdIb1hRN0hld0hKaThrYV9nSklwT3E4UjdxNEMtdDdVQ2tkcTY4bjY1MDF6Z1NaQ1UxUGM1V1BMdUowSFJR?oc=5
- Dr. Sheha A. Habib: Can go Viral, the Police are Difficult to "Play" with the Restorative Justice Mechanism - VOI.id —...]]>1011falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-25--72687544
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumes.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And in a fascinating science story, Crypto Briefing reports researcher Derya Unutmaz used GPT-five Pro to crack a T-cell mystery that had stumped his lab since twenty twenty-two.
- Cybersecurity: The biggest story is a critical Cisco vulnerability.
- Space: SpaceNews also reports that canceled NASA exploration projects have suffered billions of dollars in overruns.
- Politics: And President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill, according to NPR, until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a voting measure.
- Tech: Reuters reports E-U regulators have determined that Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud computing services should fall under E-U tech rules under the Digital Markets Act.
- Sports: P-C-E inflation data, which a weak reading could trigger a snapback.
- Trending: According to People dot com, teens are saying "six-seven" everywhere on TikTok, and the phrase has gone viral among kids — it's the latest piece of Gen Alpha slang taking over soci

Sources & links:
- Fired After Going Viral: How a Parade Stunt, Controversial Post Cost 2 Professionals Their Jobs - FOX 26 Houston — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE50czlZZkN5SHVyYlpYVmZUZEwwSEdzY2R1ckdabkNVNGNYdWE2TlQwdFVJS2owT3BqM0pIdlptRGgtWmN1ZFJMSlh6SnNWU3VXZ2RLejRjaGRqSXRmcG9zWVNGbVhPQdIBa0FVX3lxTE1mMkVWekswNzNsamtNby1CZjRmWEcxX2NsSXUxZTBWVS1jaDMteDlaVFhxOE1odVZMQVphVHhTZHRuTFNteHJDZ3RuNzYzMkFENXFLdkVmbHlZSmNtX183ZFdBZG1qNE1XSlVZ?oc=5
- Police deny viral motorcycle video shows bandits, say riders are vigilantes, hunters - Premium Times Nigeria — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPcncycDZyYVRPa2NvNXRTVXp3TmFOSWI4SEg5RG5FT0JmSy1JWGU1b2VIajgyQU1CNXJ1UVpZaGZ5dlJ6cTVaa1JqTE5DeW9aUlNzT0ZvczhaNzhvQzN4cXNEY3BsOGxoWkw5U3BoUm9peGlRNVBhUGgxSVhZQllldU5ES0xqbVNpcEFsUEFBNmdTQkJ5NS1mNE1jcFEzWVJVYzhxQ09xVHp0djg1enNnTXNQNmlQRHA3SnhKT19BWGpnSjl5bmRiRDBYUlFoQWVTYlBFUm13?oc=5
- Viral Building Collapse and Tsunami Videos Not Linked to Earthquakes in Venezuela - Newschecker — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQNkktWlhuNTNhM1h0amV1QmJaVUo0NVVPWlktOU9BSGlGLUhiTXhQS3h3QnRyV0ZJTlJLSEltUi1scm53clFZTVJIbW9USGVCWVRsazVMeHhwaFZUS1pEWkxibWhsVlNxSS1qWUZtV1EyVkxkTmtkem5tTmY1RmZsZnJlM2pYeWgtYTI4OXpFeTI5VXo3U1V4dEZCaw?oc=5
- 'Impostor wearing my mask': Bhagwant Mann sticks to 'not me' stand in viral 'sacrilege' video row - The Times of India — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- WATCH: Helen Zille takes another swipe at ANC with viral ‘Lonely’ video - East Coast Radio — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOcXE3VFdUYUZSVHpwZDNPRkVKS2JKNE16NGdwRmc2UzV6dWUxUENWampvc1p3WUlVaHdLVERJQ21zMVZCRTdsTVBqaTJYbnVHVWdFTHBCMzdIb1hRN0hld0hKaThrYV9nSklwT3E4UjdxNEMtdDdVQ2tkcTY4bjY1MDF6Z1NaQ1UxUGM1V1BMdUowSFJR?oc=5
- Dr. Sheha A. Habib: Can go Viral, the Police are Difficult to "Play" with the Restorative Justice Mechanism - VOI.id — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiQ0FVX3lxTE5hdUpLeWhFVEMyYVhVaElLVXA2Nk13ZzBFdHJwbjRnV0QyXzhRSzlCYWVsaW9MWTF5NjdJR0RIZ09]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72687544Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:16:27 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 25, 2026 Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. In this episode: - World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait...
Good morning. It's Thursday, June twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.

In this episode:
- World: In the Middle East, the BBC reports oil prices have fallen back to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumes.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence.
- Crypto: And in a fascinating science story, Crypto Briefing reports researcher Derya Unutmaz used GPT-five Pro to crack a T-cell mystery that had stumped his lab since twenty twenty-two.
- Cybersecurity: The biggest story is a critical Cisco vulnerability.
- Space: SpaceNews also reports that canceled NASA exploration projects have suffered billions of dollars in overruns.
- Politics: And President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill, according to NPR, until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a voting measure.
- Tech: Reuters reports E-U regulators have determined that Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud computing services should fall under E-U tech rules under the Digital Markets Act.
- Sports: P-C-E inflation data, which a weak reading could trigger a snapback.
- Trending: According to People dot com, teens are saying "six-seven" everywhere on TikTok, and the phrase has gone viral among kids — it's the latest piece of Gen Alpha slang taking over soci

Sources & links:
- Fired After Going Viral: How a Parade Stunt, Controversial Post Cost 2 Professionals Their Jobs - FOX 26 Houston — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE50czlZZkN5SHVyYlpYVmZUZEwwSEdzY2R1ckdabkNVNGNYdWE2TlQwdFVJS2owT3BqM0pIdlptRGgtWmN1ZFJMSlh6SnNWU3VXZ2RLejRjaGRqSXRmcG9zWVNGbVhPQdIBa0FVX3lxTE1mMkVWekswNzNsamtNby1CZjRmWEcxX2NsSXUxZTBWVS1jaDMteDlaVFhxOE1odVZMQVphVHhTZHRuTFNteHJDZ3RuNzYzMkFENXFLdkVmbHlZSmNtX183ZFdBZG1qNE1XSlVZ?oc=5
- Police deny viral motorcycle video shows bandits, say riders are vigilantes, hunters - Premium Times Nigeria — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPcncycDZyYVRPa2NvNXRTVXp3TmFOSWI4SEg5RG5FT0JmSy1JWGU1b2VIajgyQU1CNXJ1UVpZaGZ5dlJ6cTVaa1JqTE5DeW9aUlNzT0ZvczhaNzhvQzN4cXNEY3BsOGxoWkw5U3BoUm9peGlRNVBhUGgxSVhZQllldU5ES0xqbVNpcEFsUEFBNmdTQkJ5NS1mNE1jcFEzWVJVYzhxQ09xVHp0djg1enNnTXNQNmlQRHA3SnhKT19BWGpnSjl5bmRiRDBYUlFoQWVTYlBFUm13?oc=5
- Viral Building Collapse and Tsunami Videos Not Linked to Earthquakes in Venezuela - Newschecker — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQNkktWlhuNTNhM1h0amV1QmJaVUo0NVVPWlktOU9BSGlGLUhiTXhQS3h3QnRyV0ZJTlJLSEltUi1scm53clFZTVJIbW9USGVCWVRsazVMeHhwaFZUS1pEWkxibWhsVlNxSS1qWUZtV1EyVkxkTmtkem5tTmY1RmZsZnJlM2pYeWgtYTI4OXpFeTI5VXo3U1V4dEZCaw?oc=5
- 'Impostor wearing my mask': Bhagwant Mann sticks to 'not me' stand in viral 'sacrilege' video row - The Times of India — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- WATCH: Helen Zille takes another swipe at ANC with viral ‘Lonely’ video - East Coast Radio — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOcXE3VFdUYUZSVHpwZDNPRkVKS2JKNE16NGdwRmc2UzV6dWUxUENWampvc1p3WUlVaHdLVERJQ21zMVZCRTdsTVBqaTJYbnVHVWdFTHBCMzdIb1hRN0hld0hKaThrYV9nSklwT3E4UjdxNEMtdDdVQ2tkcTY4bjY1MDF6Z1NaQ1UxUGM1V1BMdUowSFJR?oc=5
- Dr. Sheha A. Habib: Can go Viral, the Police are Difficult to "Play" with the Restorative Justice Mechanism - VOI.id —...]]>814falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-24--72682691
Good evening. It's Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: In Washington, the Senate walked back a rebuke of President Trump over Iran.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is OpenAI's hardware ambitions.
- Crypto: To crypto, where the mood is cautious.
- Cybersecurity: Techzine Global reports Belgian State Security has been hit by an Ivanti data breach — a serious matter given the agency's role.
- Space: Elsewhere in AI: France twenty-four reports China's premier is urging AI governance to avoid, quote, "losing control"; the Guardian reports a Greens senator warning Australia is "s
- Politics: Axios reports Trump also ran into Republicans who refused to bend on housing legislation, with one shouting match spilling into public view.
- Tech: And Báo VietNamNet reports a cyberattack on a Tata iPhone plant has exposed Apple and Tesla data.
- Sports: To sports — and it was a massive night at the World Cup.
- Trending: On YouTube and across social, a Scottish fan's acapella remix of Will Smith's "Miami" has gone viral, per STV News, as Tartan Army supporters gathered for the Brazil match.

Sources & links:
- Mike Dunleavy Gives Valid Reason For Warriors Viral Argument - heavy.com — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNOU5uUTltVWlsdXBJS0lINDItSkkxci1zeGtGVlI0cWRmTEh4NDVXWjRrUGxDektjUmtKNlJaSEdHSEVxSzZPamdwMkRRbVlEbE93SHdJeVFyM1BOQmJ4RkxLQ21LWW1TbzFSVzBKWW1LcUxJWC0xN01CNlFELTBrTV9xTFp6dXlVMFdzYllWaFo2ZkUyeTNpZG5uNnU?oc=5
- 2 major earthquakes strike northern Venezuela, near Caracas — https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5869817/2-major-earthquakes-strike-northern-venezuela-near-caracas
- Texas family sues Tesla over fatal crash into home — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x2rzke05yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- 'Strongest quake I've ever felt' - Venezuelans describe panic as earthquakes hit — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj8vjvmz38o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- What to know about the SAVE America Act — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk845r4vlyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Independent MPs launch new Australian centrist political party — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg76mgz0m1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Data Center Controversy Unseats Powerful Utah Lawmaker — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5939668-utah-data-center-voter-backlash/
- Only 2 votes separate candidates in mayor’s race for South Dakota’s largest city — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5939512-sioux-falls-mayor-recount/
- Appeals court rules Michigan doesn’t have to hand over sensitive voter data — https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5939465-voter-data-ruling-michigan-trump-administration/
- Christian school pays $10K to student suspended for coming out as gay — https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5939402-christian-school-pays-10k-to-student-suspended-for-coming-out-as-gay/

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #843 -- Fortibleed is kinda awesome, actually
_2026-06-24 15:47 · via description_
- FortiBleed campaign used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls at major companies worldwide.
- Stolen Klue OAuth tokens were used in the "Icarus" Salesforce data theft attacks.
- OpenAI launched a full-scale effort, partnering with Trail of Bits, to patch open-source bugs, competing with Anthropic's Mythos.
- Accenture acquired runZero (founded by HD Moore) as part of a $4.18B industrial cybersecurity push spanning three companies.
- Trump directed federal agencies to protect US data from quantum computing threats.
[Listen](https://risky.biz/RB843/)

### CyberWire Daily — Klue me in on the breach.
_2026-06-24]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72682691Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:49:36 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 24, 2026 Good evening. It's Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown. In this episode: - World: In Washington, the Senate walked back a rebuke of President Trump over Iran. -...
Good evening. It's Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and this is The Ten-Minute Rundown.

In this episode:
- World: In Washington, the Senate walked back a rebuke of President Trump over Iran.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is OpenAI's hardware ambitions.
- Crypto: To crypto, where the mood is cautious.
- Cybersecurity: Techzine Global reports Belgian State Security has been hit by an Ivanti data breach — a serious matter given the agency's role.
- Space: Elsewhere in AI: France twenty-four reports China's premier is urging AI governance to avoid, quote, "losing control"; the Guardian reports a Greens senator warning Australia is "s
- Politics: Axios reports Trump also ran into Republicans who refused to bend on housing legislation, with one shouting match spilling into public view.
- Tech: And Báo VietNamNet reports a cyberattack on a Tata iPhone plant has exposed Apple and Tesla data.
- Sports: To sports — and it was a massive night at the World Cup.
- Trending: On YouTube and across social, a Scottish fan's acapella remix of Will Smith's "Miami" has gone viral, per STV News, as Tartan Army supporters gathered for the Brazil match.

Sources & links:
- Mike Dunleavy Gives Valid Reason For Warriors Viral Argument - heavy.com — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNOU5uUTltVWlsdXBJS0lINDItSkkxci1zeGtGVlI0cWRmTEh4NDVXWjRrUGxDektjUmtKNlJaSEdHSEVxSzZPamdwMkRRbVlEbE93SHdJeVFyM1BOQmJ4RkxLQ21LWW1TbzFSVzBKWW1LcUxJWC0xN01CNlFELTBrTV9xTFp6dXlVMFdzYllWaFo2ZkUyeTNpZG5uNnU?oc=5
- 2 major earthquakes strike northern Venezuela, near Caracas — https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5869817/2-major-earthquakes-strike-northern-venezuela-near-caracas
- Texas family sues Tesla over fatal crash into home — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x2rzke05yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- 'Strongest quake I've ever felt' - Venezuelans describe panic as earthquakes hit — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj8vjvmz38o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- What to know about the SAVE America Act — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk845r4vlyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Independent MPs launch new Australian centrist political party — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg76mgz0m1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Data Center Controversy Unseats Powerful Utah Lawmaker — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5939668-utah-data-center-voter-backlash/
- Only 2 votes separate candidates in mayor’s race for South Dakota’s largest city — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5939512-sioux-falls-mayor-recount/
- Appeals court rules Michigan doesn’t have to hand over sensitive voter data — https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5939465-voter-data-ruling-michigan-trump-administration/
- Christian school pays $10K to student suspended for coming out as gay — https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5939402-christian-school-pays-10k-to-student-suspended-for-coming-out-as-gay/

Your daily ~10-minute briefing across world news, AI, crypto, cybersecurity, space, politics, tech, and sports — synthesized from thousands of sources and major outlets every morning.


## Podcast Highlights

### Risky Business — Risky Business #843 -- Fortibleed is kinda awesome, actually
_2026-06-24 15:47 · via description_
- FortiBleed campaign used a custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials from tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls at major companies worldwide.
- Stolen Klue OAuth tokens were used in the "Icarus" Salesforce data theft attacks.
- OpenAI launched a full-scale effort, partnering with Trail of Bits, to patch open-source bugs, competing with Anthropic's Mythos.
- Accenture acquired runZero (founded by HD Moore) as part of a $4.18B industrial cybersecurity...]]>812falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-10-minute-rundown-2026-06-24--72681558
Good morning, and welcome to The 10-Minute Rundown for Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six. I'm your host, and we've got a packed show today.

In this episode:
- World: Topping the news today, the White House is asking Congress for a massive emergency spending package.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is President Trump's new executive order on AI.
- Crypto: Now to crypto, where the mood is decidedly bearish.
- Cybersecurity: According to the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Guardian, the order seeks early government access to new frontier AI models before they launch publicly, and establishes a framew
- Space: According to Space dot com, TechCrunch, and CNBC, Blue Origin says its New Glenn rocket will launch again before the end of this year following the recent explosion.
- Politics: In a parallel development, Congress passed a symbolic vote directing President Trump to remove U.S.
- Tech: And it's Amazon Prime Day, with Apple gear deals worth grabbing before Tim Cook's signaled price hikes take effect.

Sources & links:
- Cortez Masto calls on USPS to abandon plans to carry out Trump order on mail in voting - KOLO | 8 News Now — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQeEVDYlA3Y2RDVXR5NkMxalRxOHBVRXByV2ptUEtUUnk2by1nZDkwbDNjODJBSGlBN3dsRVJ0ODU2bVh0M1lZVV96M1Z3eUN3OXptaUpzTEY2dW41ckVMM0t5enpPWURRV0RfazBMVnpaY2Z4eHJyTWRLVDQtamJiM0RVQUFQbkZTVUVUOXFYODh3VWp2V1kwQlVkVy1ycDRRVkVJVjZSX3dHUQ?oc=5
- Postmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule - The New York Times — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNVUxaWGpLS09HTHJMN0pMTkIwUHd1ZTV3dmxSb0h0UGZBZlIzN0RwcTFrZFFYdU9BN0RCYjB2M3pHRlc4Qk9USEVkNWtsWnRHWlBjeHJVc0hoS3dnUmk3RlNMLUJtU1pVMVpBX0ZDcjFlNjVwNUJGNUZzbUFYcTZXeGZJMmplbkNRR2ZVWUNwTkUtM0RFVTU2dExNWQ?oc=5
- Louisiana lawmakers approve teacher pay raise executive order - WDSU — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNRkxrWVl5RC1wbnFBVGMxNWM1cjItZWE2MDlhTFNqbGpRd2c3dzE0M0dydm9FMDRtdnBiZDBvWG03THNpanNJNHEtX3c4SWgybE5MbzBRdkpTR0RvZ3RVeUtXLUxCM3p5eWQ0TFBIZ1E2elphcHJIdm1zbmIyUDFVNjZsb2gzZ0xvTWU3TC1qbjRjQQ?oc=5
- AI & Tech Brief: America’s quantum industrial policy - The Washington Post — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNQ3lpeFJIak5Ua1JZX3BEbXlZSUNRVDMzTW4yRnBiRHp1aEh5MDl3bjlJQ0xVeVhjRzNwT3JMWnhZWTFQeC1xNXBjY1IyazZYOXJwVWxfbEgzWDFMeU1CNUV3cTZQTHZIMjZwZWhIQzB4emhBalMweWFQQmV0ZXFhWHEtS1ZWbGJCOXpBNmQ5VWJ3Y2k4cG53UnczZzNtYUFIMzdUNnVrQ25HOHptYUZvSFFlUmFwSmpaUFJmSWJ3?oc=5
- Trump claims consumers are being ‘gouged’ by gas companies and orders DOJ price probe - Fortune — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPTmRRRHVDVlEwUkkwYVphSGlkUm5zQ3laSm9OQ1g2eHZGeUZySk1NWmZFRHZYOXFEbWluVUNIX3k5WXRROG8yNWJITGVjbjJQYjgzMG5XU0J6LTE2eHQ1TTFESFhJazh4YUhtZ05NdW1HaWxIcDk1SVpaVGVWSmVvZW9ET0NaajIza0F4M1pDWGJNNEE?oc=5
- Quantum Computing Stocks Mixed Amid Trump Executive Orders, 2028 Target - Investor's Business Daily — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQdEN2ci1OWkQ5TDNaUVVzNzNQaEdxd014bkNqTms2d1JONmxONU9Nc1VOM3lRaVR6YklNaVk4Qk1pTmhvNl84YVFma1B3UzhNLThtT1RBcGhrWHV2dXhlcnNJVHRHdHBLUWNieFNqMlhHMnUtaU1mYW1IckEzLTl6ZlN4RHpKMnR1QlN5d2MzTGxyR09Qa3JWOEFwWjZSUzY3ck95XzZJcko5M0diX1NB?oc=5
- USPS would not deliver mail ballots under Trump election order, postmaster general tells Congress - Florida’s Voice — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNWTJpUVJFT1ZHenUxLWw0X0RtSzRUTU9Ockl6Rk50SkViMkpUOFNrOVlBNXdrR0JLNGt2RjdkWURqVUw0cDdFYk5yclNvd3hieThqYkVLeTRBV2tvbnhfVDlnaC1TdjZUeWlubWpia01CMS11cUI0X2hfVFI3TWRuMmNXQ05sOTYzMGxLSnhYSDc2VmtLdDBLazRvMWFHQVh3c21DZnpuWGdFbGczUGZiSEtZeExQRThWdEQ3bW1n?oc=5
- Trump Administration to Meta: Pretty Please Let Us Vet Your AI Models? - Gizmodo — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNX1MyMWpDRHBnbG9ZUVdYaUd3QXRVdjJGNTdSOThRNjVBal84cXo0Q0ozMlYxdmphYldpMklEcnp1LXNVSTNlb3lBTzBENHR4SVc1OVo1NlRnem5sM05veUthZDBrcnRMWjZhb0FBSmN4]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72681558Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:04:31 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 24, 2026 Good morning, and welcome to The 10-Minute Rundown for Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six. I'm your host, and we've got a packed show today. In this episode: - World: Topping the news today, the...
Good morning, and welcome to The 10-Minute Rundown for Wednesday, June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six. I'm your host, and we've got a packed show today.

In this episode:
- World: Topping the news today, the White House is asking Congress for a massive emergency spending package.
- AI: Turning to artificial intelligence, the big story is President Trump's new executive order on AI.
- Crypto: Now to crypto, where the mood is decidedly bearish.
- Cybersecurity: According to the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Guardian, the order seeks early government access to new frontier AI models before they launch publicly, and establishes a framew
- Space: According to Space dot com, TechCrunch, and CNBC, Blue Origin says its New Glenn rocket will launch again before the end of this year following the recent explosion.
- Politics: In a parallel development, Congress passed a symbolic vote directing President Trump to remove U.S.
- Tech: And it's Amazon Prime Day, with Apple gear deals worth grabbing before Tim Cook's signaled price hikes take effect.

Sources & links:
- Cortez Masto calls on USPS to abandon plans to carry out Trump order on mail in voting - KOLO | 8 News Now — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQeEVDYlA3Y2RDVXR5NkMxalRxOHBVRXByV2ptUEtUUnk2by1nZDkwbDNjODJBSGlBN3dsRVJ0ODU2bVh0M1lZVV96M1Z3eUN3OXptaUpzTEY2dW41ckVMM0t5enpPWURRV0RfazBMVnpaY2Z4eHJyTWRLVDQtamJiM0RVQUFQbkZTVUVUOXFYODh3VWp2V1kwQlVkVy1ycDRRVkVJVjZSX3dHUQ?oc=5
- Postmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule - The New York Times — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNVUxaWGpLS09HTHJMN0pMTkIwUHd1ZTV3dmxSb0h0UGZBZlIzN0RwcTFrZFFYdU9BN0RCYjB2M3pHRlc4Qk9USEVkNWtsWnRHWlBjeHJVc0hoS3dnUmk3RlNMLUJtU1pVMVpBX0ZDcjFlNjVwNUJGNUZzbUFYcTZXeGZJMmplbkNRR2ZVWUNwTkUtM0RFVTU2dExNWQ?oc=5
- Louisiana lawmakers approve teacher pay raise executive order - WDSU — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNRkxrWVl5RC1wbnFBVGMxNWM1cjItZWE2MDlhTFNqbGpRd2c3dzE0M0dydm9FMDRtdnBiZDBvWG03THNpanNJNHEtX3c4SWgybE5MbzBRdkpTR0RvZ3RVeUtXLUxCM3p5eWQ0TFBIZ1E2elphcHJIdm1zbmIyUDFVNjZsb2gzZ0xvTWU3TC1qbjRjQQ?oc=5
- AI & Tech Brief: America’s quantum industrial policy - The Washington Post — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNQ3lpeFJIak5Ua1JZX3BEbXlZSUNRVDMzTW4yRnBiRHp1aEh5MDl3bjlJQ0xVeVhjRzNwT3JMWnhZWTFQeC1xNXBjY1IyazZYOXJwVWxfbEgzWDFMeU1CNUV3cTZQTHZIMjZwZWhIQzB4emhBalMweWFQQmV0ZXFhWHEtS1ZWbGJCOXpBNmQ5VWJ3Y2k4cG53UnczZzNtYUFIMzdUNnVrQ25HOHptYUZvSFFlUmFwSmpaUFJmSWJ3?oc=5
- Trump claims consumers are being ‘gouged’ by gas companies and orders DOJ price probe - Fortune — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPTmRRRHVDVlEwUkkwYVphSGlkUm5zQ3laSm9OQ1g2eHZGeUZySk1NWmZFRHZYOXFEbWluVUNIX3k5WXRROG8yNWJITGVjbjJQYjgzMG5XU0J6LTE2eHQ1TTFESFhJazh4YUhtZ05NdW1HaWxIcDk1SVpaVGVWSmVvZW9ET0NaajIza0F4M1pDWGJNNEE?oc=5
- Quantum Computing Stocks Mixed Amid Trump Executive Orders, 2028 Target - Investor's Business Daily — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQdEN2ci1OWkQ5TDNaUVVzNzNQaEdxd014bkNqTms2d1JONmxONU9Nc1VOM3lRaVR6YklNaVk4Qk1pTmhvNl84YVFma1B3UzhNLThtT1RBcGhrWHV2dXhlcnNJVHRHdHBLUWNieFNqMlhHMnUtaU1mYW1IckEzLTl6ZlN4RHpKMnR1QlN5d2MzTGxyR09Qa3JWOEFwWjZSUzY3ck95XzZJcko5M0diX1NB?oc=5
- USPS would not deliver mail ballots under Trump election order, postmaster general tells Congress - Florida’s Voice — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNWTJpUVJFT1ZHenUxLWw0X0RtSzRUTU9Ockl6Rk50SkViMkpUOFNrOVlBNXdrR0JLNGt2RjdkWURqVUw0cDdFYk5yclNvd3hieThqYkVLeTRBV2tvbnhfVDlnaC1TdjZUeWlubWpia01CMS11cUI0X2hfVFI3TWRuMmNXQ05sOTYzMGxLSnhYSDc2VmtLdDBLazRvMWFHQVh3c21DZnpuWGdFbGczUGZiSEtZeExQRThWdEQ3bW1n?oc=5
- Trump Administration to Meta: Pretty Please Let Us Vet Your AI Models? - Gizmodo —...]]>704falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daily-rundown-2026-06-24--72679841
Good morning, and welcome to your Wednesday rundown. It's June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and we've got a packed show.

In this episode:
- World: We start at the White House, where a federal judge has permanently blocked key parts of President Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where Google is making a major push.
- Crypto: Now to crypto, and it's a brutal day.
- Cybersecurity: Turning to cybersecurity, a major global takedown is making headlines.
- Space: In space news, SpaceX dominates the day.
- Politics: In policy news, prediction market giant Kalshi is suing Illinois and Governor Pritzker over a new state bill regulating prediction markets, according to The Block.
- Tech: Payload Space says the test provides validation for reentry startups.

Sources & links:
- Bitcoin falls back under $60,000, hitting its lowest level since October 2024 - CNBC — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPNTMwY2NncWRoaGVwYy1YdWQyZER4ZE16Q2JrWE5sb2U4UnF3TkxzRnBaMnhDUkJkX0NGZnNDN2ZBY2hLcm11NWZIVWk1V2hnY0NxQzR2YmljWGVpWW5UTHFET2tPYmJxUnRZRmtzR2FRRlByX2ZmSXYtcUczMWlkRFJkeFNVS25Xb2JmSFFXTnB3MHZGaU5iTldnVUduMkxBQUxWTzlyNEwtZ0hkQ0ZKQtIBtgFBVV95cUxPVlc2Sm5HdEtHUzVIR25nUkxMUjF2OVhMbU1YdFV4WjctRGt5cEhWUk8wWC0yXzE5RWF5THFJTVZfa3hXX3RsY2NMZFRoZUVJN0d4Ymg2TEZjcWE2S1NUNkRkU3VFTEZ4ejlxMTk4V043UFQ3NjkxS0lnS21JOVhhbkFpM1Z0eEFBdVo3TTU1S3daMmhnQzQ4SFh6NkdhVEJ1ZUtIUTJXZElmWERheDBkV3ZjVHNPZw?oc=5
- When Strategy Will Need To Sell Bitcoin; MSTR Stock's Scary Math - Investor's Business Daily — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNb0ZiS05vQldybEtGQjFiZTZSYzIxQkZYRDA4ellJVWFxdk9STUpQTXNxa3BEV2pzTHBhZEpaS1FBMFhKMnFSV1B3WTM5QXBNbHF4MGE5d29Pd2VzZWN2blh3SUR1OXZNOFNIcEJtemRuX05hdzdLdVF3ckpIYmdUajBCT2FQQ0hvLU5YUmFsTnd0dGpIcE9qUg?oc=5
- Is XRP a Better Investment Than Bitcoin Right Now? - Yahoo Finance — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQWlh4RVdIT3hsMzlDMWJ6Q1NDcjhDQ0Nuci1YLVQ2UHZXMTJ4a3FEUHlLNURGRklFUDdrXzFPc0J4eV9xR2ZPeWJnNjBHS0V1R2NVUkZlNUM0Y2RhN0ctOHktUzMySlBPR2tuV1NjcjlFMGc3ZlFheExKcVFoeVJNbDA5TVVaVjBybkZ1UXJsYVU1bFFraGs3djRZXzVNZEU?oc=5
- Small north Alabama town fights back against Bitcoin mining center: ‘Crushed so many hopes’ - AL.com — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- Eugene Jarecki Knew Streamers ‘Were Never Going to Touch’ His Julian Assange Documentary. So He’s Releasing It Through B — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPMk94X2h0eHdmSkFfaXJDa1RvblphSEdWUmJaWnBMbHR6QTFodW1EdHdnQURtT1dtRHVvTFZCOW1vSzAyNi0xSFRvS29sb29nYV9reE9JdHl3Qk83NEFVemc1V0hfelhxOWh1RzVYdHNrM0pkeVlXemhtbVJCVUFJQURfYlJlcFhmb3lWTzRJUDRxdHdjZ0RKZlhmbTFhRXN6ZWc?oc=5
- Gold, silver and bitcoin are getting rocked, and angry investors can blame Kevin Warsh - MarketWatch — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQTW5JVDJVbUtJU2pqRlVHN1Y2V0RYbzR5WHdtSzMtWnFXYnJOMVBFcExlOHZoeXVWZU9raXFMTlJ3aUVCRXd3MmU5UEcycXZCQmVCVHAybmJpT3pESl9aTElZcEpfdmVFRlNOQlVwVWQyMF9uRGc4OFpuNlZwRVo2TlVpU1ZJV2FXWC1PeUYweHQwMHlRSk1oVWtTbHk1TjlUd3JHMURmMXFaNkU2eFZpdm5ySDEwbGV6WXBUNWk0UXJMMDRIRXc?oc=5
- After Warning of a Potential Collapse, Cardano's Founder Now Says Cardano Can Beat Bitcoin. Is He Right? - The Motley Fo — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQY2tKSmMtcUhQOV9ILUlvS1FsdHpHNmtrTFB3MVFrcUQwN1FUNklycl9BWUZISlc1cWxZTS1qOER0V3NQU1ktNlh1MmVBTjMzWXZ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72679841Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:48:25 +0000Jeff Wilson# The 10-Minute Rundown — June 24, 2026 Good morning, and welcome to your Wednesday rundown. It's June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and we've got a packed show. In this episode: - World: We start at the White House, where a federal judge has...
Good morning, and welcome to your Wednesday rundown. It's June twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and we've got a packed show.

In this episode:
- World: We start at the White House, where a federal judge has permanently blocked key parts of President Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
- AI: Now to artificial intelligence, where Google is making a major push.
- Crypto: Now to crypto, and it's a brutal day.
- Cybersecurity: Turning to cybersecurity, a major global takedown is making headlines.
- Space: In space news, SpaceX dominates the day.
- Politics: In policy news, prediction market giant Kalshi is suing Illinois and Governor Pritzker over a new state bill regulating prediction markets, according to The Block.
- Tech: Payload Space says the test provides validation for reentry startups.

Sources & links:
- Bitcoin falls back under $60,000, hitting its lowest level since October 2024 - CNBC — https://news.google.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?oc=5
- When Strategy Will Need To Sell Bitcoin; MSTR Stock's Scary Math - Investor's Business Daily — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNb0ZiS05vQldybEtGQjFiZTZSYzIxQkZYRDA4ellJVWFxdk9STUpQTXNxa3BEV2pzTHBhZEpaS1FBMFhKMnFSV1B3WTM5QXBNbHF4MGE5d29Pd2VzZWN2blh3SUR1OXZNOFNIcEJtemRuX05hdzdLdVF3ckpIYmdUajBCT2FQQ0hvLU5YUmFsTnd0dGpIcE9qUg?oc=5
- Is XRP a Better Investment Than Bitcoin Right Now? - Yahoo Finance — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQWlh4RVdIT3hsMzlDMWJ6Q1NDcjhDQ0Nuci1YLVQ2UHZXMTJ4a3FEUHlLNURGRklFUDdrXzFPc0J4eV9xR2ZPeWJnNjBHS0V1R2NVUkZlNUM0Y2RhN0ctOHktUzMySlBPR2tuV1NjcjlFMGc3ZlFheExKcVFoeVJNbDA5TVVaVjBybkZ1UXJsYVU1bFFraGs3djRZXzVNZEU?oc=5
- Small north Alabama town fights back against Bitcoin mining center: ‘Crushed so many hopes’ - AL.com — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPTU9Wb2E1RXpnZHNZTS1vY1FwMm1ITDZiVC1DckxrOUNrYnhueUNmYnA4bExBNC14eDhyd1NpQ1hlZjJ6TUQzdkdHYkFjdHNvSjdnRi1wYVJ1dlBBX0xOUkxXaHpvU3lkOGZWdVI4Q29CZExMWldkQ1ZSaElnSXVsWDFJZ2ZmUmFBckd5dllnQlBqQTZfRnVJWXBkSXNqOG84d2pGbU9sZkFVRGY0My04Z0ZDVXJiOXozUzJmdEJsTUNNR2vSAdcBQVVfeXFMT2x1enNFOVJNT3N2Q0pCZzFGTG5fM3NLYTd6ZHBsT1NCVWVGenZBRkhvUGZ0VVl3eWdfc09XSmNWa29UeHBnajVfMlJFMEFTRHdJRDlaV28tU1FZTnBwQWppbWlndEVQSkV4TEdHV2VldVNPNWcxOEprd1BxSG95Q1pSNnYyMzJJVm4teUFwOTJ0MVNuLXNwSGNVOE4zYkI2WXJXT1pneF80c0NESWpjZkVXcTVDMzdhdGt5d1VlSkVaSDhiTjFNVE9taWFFRWR6ci1kNldLWVU?oc=5
- Eugene Jarecki Knew Streamers ‘Were Never Going to Touch’ His Julian Assange Documentary. So He’s Releasing It Through B — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPMk94X2h0eHdmSkFfaXJDa1RvblphSEdWUmJaWnBMbHR6QTFodW1EdHdnQURtT1dtRHVvTFZCOW1vSzAyNi0xSFRvS29sb29nYV9reE9JdHl3Qk83NEFVemc1V0hfelhxOWh1RzVYdHNrM0pkeVlXemhtbVJCVUFJQURfYlJlcFhmb3lWTzRJUDRxdHdjZ0RKZlhmbTFhRXN6ZWc?oc=5
- Gold, silver and bitcoin are getting rocked, and angry investors can blame Kevin Warsh - MarketWatch — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQTW5JVDJVbUtJU2pqRlVHN1Y2V0RYbzR5WHdtSzMtWnFXYnJOMVBFcExlOHZoeXVWZU9raXFMTlJ3aUVCRXd3MmU5UEcycXZCQmVCVHAybmJpT3pESl9aTElZcEpfdmVFRlNOQlVwVWQyMF9uRGc4OFpuNlZwRVo2TlVpU1ZJV2FXWC1PeUYweHQwMHlRSk1oVWtTbHk1TjlUd3JHMURmMXFaNkU2eFZpdm5ySDEwbGV6WXBUNWk0UXJMMDRIRXc?oc=5
- After Warning of a Potential Collapse, Cardano's Founder Now Says Cardano Can Beat Bitcoin. Is He Right? - The Motley Fo —...]]>454falsefull