At WWDC 2026 on Monday, June 8, Apple previewed “Siri AI,” a conversational Siri that uses world knowledge, device-stored info, and text cards pulled from the web or a user’s messages. “Write with Siri” lands in Mail and Messages, and Siri shifts to the Dynamic Island with swipe-down typing.
Apple announced systemwide dictation for iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 (June 2026), built into the iOS 27 keyboard and powered by an Apple Intelligence model running on Google’s Gemini—no setup needed. It auto-corrects spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, contrasting with iOS 26.4’s added friction for third-party dictation apps.
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.
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.
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…
