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Trump Administration Clears Anthropic’s Mythos 5 for Use by Over 100 U.S. Companies and Agencies

June 26, 2026 / TechCrunch

Trump administration authorized Anthropic to redeploy Claude Mythos 5 for 100+ U.S. agencies and companies, including Anthropic’s non‑American employees, partially reversing a ban that started June 12, 2026. Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick wrote to chief compute officer Tom Brown that safeguards are in place after researchers allegedly bypassed Mythos 5’s guardrails; the directive doesn’t address Fable 5.

AI, Security & Privacy

OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at U.S. Government Request, Pushes Back on Process

June 26, 2026 / TechCrunch

On June 26, 2026, OpenAI will roll out GPT‑5.6 only to a small group of “trusted partners” at the U.S. government’s request, calling the arrangement temporary. Sol/Terra/Luna are priced at $5/$30, $2.5/$15, and $1/$6 per 1M input/output tokens, amid a U.S. exec order pushing firms to submit advanced models for review up to 30 days early, which Dean Ball says creates de facto involuntary licensing.

Mobile & Apps, Security & Privacy

Pentagon Investigates Data Exposure at Dialog Events Group That Revealed Details of NSC and Military Intelligence Officials

June 26, 2026 / WIRED

Pentagon confirmed June 2026 it’s probing Dialog after maia arson crimew found 222 registrants’ files exposed via a Dialog website misconfiguration, not a cyberattack. Among them are an NSC adviser (former CIA) and an active-duty Tier 1 special-operations intelligence officer invited to an August retreat outside Dublin.

AI, Security & Privacy

OpenAI Delays GPT-5.6 Release After White House Requests Government Approval Process

June 26, 2026 / WIRED

OpenAI confirmed June 27, 2026 it’s delaying GPT-5.6’s public release at the Trump administration’s request, starting with government-preapproved customers. GPT-5.6 comes in Sol, Terra, and Luna plus a “layered safeguard stack”; OpenAI hopes for broad access within weeks, despite no 30-day review framework yet.

Enterprise, Security & Privacy

Russian Hackers Identified Behind $2.5 Billion Jaguar Land Rover Breach

June 26, 2026 / TechCrunch

A NYT report blames a Russian hacking group for Jaguar Land Rover’s last-year breach that halted production for months, costing the UK about $2.5B and prompting a £1.5B bailout. Microsoft had tracked the group and alerted JLR, but investigators can’t confirm whether the Kremlin ordered it; a Jordanian hacker using the name “Rey” also hit some networks.

AI, Security & Privacy

UK Police Built 23 Predictive AI Models on Half a Million People — Some Were Scrapped After Trust Collapsed

June 25, 2026 / WIRED

A WIRED investigation published in June 2026 has revealed the full scope of Avon and Somerset Police’s predictive analytics program in Bristol, England — a system that assigned algorithmic risk…

General, Security & Privacy

Russia Used Cellebrite Tools to Hack Dissident’s iPhone After Company Said It Cut Ties

June 25, 2026 / TechCrunch

Russian authorities used phone-hacking technology made by Israeli forensics firm Cellebrite to break into the iPhone of opposition politician Andrey Pivovarov while he was in custody — more than…

AI, Security & Privacy

Google Search Now Saves Your Images and Audio for AI Training by Default — Here’s How to Opt Out

June 24, 2026 / WIRED

Google’s 2026 “Search Services History” saves uploaded Search media—images, audio, and video from Lens and voice practice—and uses it to train AI. For most users it’s enabled by default, with a checked “save for AI training” option; Google says retained up to 4 years, and you can opt out in My Activity.

Mobile & Apps, Security & Privacy

New website tracks major apps still lacking passkey support, including Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify

June 24, 2026 / TechCrunch

whynopasskeys.com launched in June 2026, created by security researcher Scott Helme, and says about 1 in 4 of the world’s popular websites still don’t offer passkey logins. It flags Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify; Apple, Google, and Microsoft already support passkeys, which are device-generated and harder to phish, and Instagram needs a linked Facebook passkey.

Enterprise, Security & Privacy

Samsara Launches Disposable Bluetooth Tracking Label to Combat Cargo Theft

June 24, 2026 / TechCrunch

Samsara’s June 2026 Tracking Label targets the gaps between ports and distribution centers, sending location via BLE with a zinc battery for ~45 days. Sleep mode lasts up to 9 months, and it uses Samsara’s camera/sensor network as receivers instead of RFID’s fixed-scanner model (UPS’s April 2026 plan).

AI, Security & Privacy

Google Home Updates Familiar Faces to Identify People by Clothing and Body Size

June 23, 2026 / The Verge

Google is expanding its Familiar Faces feature in Google Home, allowing smart home cameras to continue identifying tagged individuals even when their faces aren’t clearly visible. The update, rolling…

Mobile & Apps, Security & Privacy

Dialog’s Data Breach Was a Misconfiguration, Not a Hack, WIRED Analysis Finds

June 23, 2026 / WIRED

Dialog, the Peter Thiel–cofounded events group, warned members in June 2026 of a hacker breach, but WIRED found a misconfiguration: its app landing page loaded records for ~200 people after email sign-up, visible via browser dev tools. Forensics confirmed 113 past participants’ names and some August retreat near Dublin registrations were exposed, including NATO officials and a White House intelligence official.