Apple announced in June 2026 that developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads will be able to use its Foundation Models running in Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost….
Outside WWDC on June 8, 2026, protesters led by UltraViolet and Heat Initiative demanded Apple remove “nudify apps” and act on CSAM on iCloud. Pamphlets cite 47 apps and $117M+ in revenue ($35M+ from Grok) and recall Apple scrapped CSAM photo scanning over privacy.
Meta removed its internal NameTag face-recognition code from the Meta AI app in June 2026, a day after WIRED said it was embedded on 50M+ phones. WIRED’s code diff found the face-recognition libraries and local “Person recognized” workflow stripped; Meta called it “purely exploratory.”
Apple announced a significant overhaul to its Screen Time parental control tool at WWDC 2026, introducing new features designed to give parents and guardians greater control over how children use…
WhatsApp says it disrupted a June 2026 NSO-linked spear-phishing campaign that used malicious links to deliver Pegasus spyware via external sites. The Meta-owned app also filed a contempt motion over a permanent injunction after NSO’s 2019 mass hack of 1,400 WhatsApp users led to $167M damages, later cut to $4M.
OpenAI announced Lockdown Mode in June 2026, a new ChatGPT feature designed to reduce the risk of sensitive data being exposed through prompt injection attacks — a technique where malicious…
Cryptocurrency payments to Chinese peptide supplement labs exceeded $100 million annually, according to a June 2026 analysis by crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis. The report found that some of the same…
Ex-IBM threat intel VP William Barlow alleges Chinese state-linked APT10 breached IBM’s core network between 2013–2016, potentially 56,000+ times, infecting ~400 accounts and nearly 200 systems/servers across 18 countries. He says Five Eyes alerted IBM in March 2017, yet it failed to notify U.S. agencies; the 2020 suit was unsealed in June 2026, with Trusteer (acquired in 2013) allegedly breached in 2018.
In June 2026, the FBI and Google say Silent Ransom Group reached “dozens” of victims (Jan–May 2026) by sending people impersonating IT support into law firms’ offices. Those imposters used USB drives or remote access to steal contracts, Social Security numbers, and financial/tax records.
Cash App launched a $25 magic wand on Thursday, June 4, 2026, that lets users make tap-to-pay purchases by tapping the device against compatible payment terminals. The wand is the first product in a…
Meta’s Oversight Board released a report in June 2026 finding that Meta’s account deactivation policies lack due process, offer insufficient clarity about violations, and provide little meaningful…
Meta quietly embedded face-recognition technology into its AI app — downloaded more than 50 million times — months before publicly acknowledging the feature was under consideration, according to a…
