On June 8, 2026, Google updated NotebookLM: start a project chat and it suggests sources using its research skills and Google Search, removing the need to supply sources first. It adds exports like .png/.svg and PDFs, and shows “Deep Research” steps explaining answers.
Italian app studio Bending Spoons has filed to go public in the United States, joining a wave of companies including SpaceX and Anthropic that are preparing to IPO in the summer of 2026.
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Notion temporarily disabled all Anthropic AI models in its productivity tool over the weekend after the integration experienced degraded performance, the company confirmed. Access has since been…
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…
Sriram Krishnan said on X in June 2026 he’ll leave his White House AI policy role at month’s end, crediting President Trump for the U.S. position in the “AI race.” He cited an AI Action Plan prioritizing data-center construction over regulation and safety, plus AI executive orders that challenged state rules and later narrowed delayed oversight after industry pushback.
Meta built and briefly tested an AI-generated news feed inside its standalone Meta AI app, producing clickbait-style stories with AI-written text and AI-generated images — with no labels identifying…
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…
Reid Hoffman will step down from Microsoft’s board in June 2026 after nearly a decade, focusing on Manus, where he’s co-founder and chairman. Manus raised $50M+ in two seed rounds last year, pursuing “Move 37” AI for chemistry; Hoffman also served during Microsoft’s 2019 $1B OpenAI investment and $650M Inflection AI deal.
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.
Supabase has raised $500 million in a Series F round at a $10 billion pre-money valuation, the open source database company announced on June 6, 2026, bringing its post-investment valuation to…
Linux Foundation plans to launch the Tokenomics Foundation in June 2026 to bring FinOps-style cost guardrails to AI token spending. Meanwhile, Uber ran out of its 2026 AI coding budget by April, and per-developer token use rose 18.6× in nine months.
