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Amazon’s Echo speakers can now help kids wind down and fall asleep

With Sleep Studio the Echo Glow can light up to let kids know when they should be sleeping or can get out of bed. | Image: Amazon Amazon has launched a new feature for its Echo and Echo Kids smart speakers called Sleep Studio that's designed to make the daily transition to bedtime more enticing for kids and less stressful for parents and caregivers. The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessibl

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Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns

Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5 for employees because of Anthropic's new data retention requirements. While Microsoft quickly rolled out Claude Fable 5 to its GitHub Copilot and Foundry customers, I'm told the model isn't available in the model picker that Microsoft employees use for internal versions of GitHub Copilot. All other Cla

Dark Reading34d06/10

Nightmare-Eclipse Drops Yet Another Microsoft Exploit, RoguePlanet

The disgruntled researcher released yet another PoC for a Windows Defender bug that allows for system takeover, showing no signs of abandoning their ongoing feud with Microsoft.

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Prime Minister of Thuringia: FAZ deletes AI-generated article by Mario Voigt

The Prime Minister of Thuringia apparently had a guest article for the FAZ written 100 percent by an AI. He didn't make it known. (Chatbots, AI)

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Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training

Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Search Services History" setting. That includes the images you search for with Google Lens, recordings from its real-time Search Live tool, voice searches, and phrases spoken into Translate, according to an update on the company's website. You can switch off the Search Services History setting and disab

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Ask Me Anything June 17: Digital sovereignty: Getting out of the cloud in everyday IT?

At the live video AMA on June 17th at 5 p.m., Microsoft 365 and security expert Aaron Siller will answer your questions about confident IT decisions. (Microsoft 365, security holes)

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Right to full expansion: Cabinet approves TKG amendment for faster network expansion

The reform of the Telecommunications Act is intended to accelerate network expansion and reduce bureaucracy. The plans are not enough for the economy. (fiber optic, DSL)

TechCrunch Security34d06/10

Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable

Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.

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Valve: Steam gift cards will soon no longer be available in stores

Valve will stop producing the physical cards. They are often used by scammers. (Steam, Valve)

The Record by Recorded Future34d06/10

Cyberattack shuts down major Australian sugar mills, disrupting harvest

Australia's second-largest sugar producer said on Wednesday that it was responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting parts of its operations and had engaged cybersecurity experts and local authorities to investigate the attack and restore its systems safely.

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Halo Campaign Evolved: Master Chief returns strong

Golem played Halo - Campaign Evolved. First impressions: Halo remains Halo, but looks better than ever. A hands-on from Peter Steinlechner (Halo, Microsoft)

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Fable: A talking pig, broken hearts and 1,000 NPCs

Save the world? Can wait. Fable is a deep life simulation with relationships and economic life. By Peter Steinlechner (Fable, role-playing game)

BleepingComputer34d06/10

China-linked JDY botnet expands targeting of U.S. military networks

The JDY botnet, a malware network previously associated with Chinese threat actors like Volt Typhoon, has significantly expanded its targeting scope and reconnaissance efforts. [...]

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Boox’s quirky page-turning remote won me over

Tappy is a tiny wireless remote that doesn’t look like one. Following the launch of the surprisingly popular Kobo Remote, Boox has released its own device to ease the burden of reaching for an e-reader’s touchscreen that’s an arm’s length away. The Tappy isn’t Boox’s first page-turning remote, but its design takes a much different approach to the company’s slim but boring B.T. Remoter. The Tappy feels like a mashup of wireless remotes, fidget toys, and macro pads, with a healthy dash of retro ch

Heise Security (DE)34d06/10

Ghost sender: Exchange Online lets fake emails through without any problems

Not all corporate customers of Microsoft's mail service are affected. A testing service creates clarity and shows the possible effects.

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The Apple Watch Series 11 is back to its best price

The Apple Watch Series 11 is $100 off in all colors. Apple’s upcoming watchOS 27 update will bring Siri AI and other exciting features to the Apple Watch Series 9 and newer Apple Watch models. If you’re contemplating an upgrade, all colorways of the GPS-enabled 42mm Apple Watch Series 11 — the latest model — are on sale for $299 ($100 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Target, matching its best price so far. You can customize your look by picking up a discounted Apple Watch band at Woot, starting at $

Netzpolitik (DE)34d06/10

Inventory data information 2025: Authorities ask who owns a phone number more often than every second

Who owns this telephone line? (Symbolic image) - CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0: pat urikuLast year, government agencies asked who owned a phone number over 35 million times. These queries have doubled in five years. Owners of IP addresses are also queried, according to Telekom primarily because of copyright infringements.

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Judgment against Google: liability for interference does not apply to AI overview of search results

Google can be held directly liable for the content of the AI overviews. The previous protection of search engines will then no longer apply. (Troubleshooting, Google)

EU Commission Press Corner34d06/10

Statement by President von der Leyen with President Costa and President Lee Jae Myung following the EU-Republic of Korea Summit

European Commission Statement Brussels, 10 Jun 2026 Dear President Lee, It is my honour, together with my friend António, to welcome you to Brussels for the 11th EU-Korean summit. Europe and the Republic of Korea...

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Advertisement: Bluetooth adapter for aux devices at a bargain price on Amazon

Amazon has a Bluetooth adapter from Ugreen that allows you to enjoy music wirelessly via older aux devices. (Technology/Hardware)

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Porsche CEO: Porsche 911 will not be available as an electric version

The Porsche 911 is an icon - and will probably not appear as an electric car, at least according to Porsche boss Michael Leiters. (Porsche, electric car)

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TechCrunch Security35d06/10

ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet

ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.

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Advertisement: Wera tool set at the new Amazon best price around 87 euros

Modular tool system, 21-piece bit set and angle wrench set from Wera - now at the new best price on Amazon. (Technology/Hardware)

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Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers

After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run out, citing scammers who "continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals." In its post, Valve links to a Federal Trade Commission article outlining how gift card scammers attempt to convince victims to buy a gift card at a store and give them the code. Valve says it h

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Five questions for the duo behind The Pelley Minutes

Scott Pelley, correspondent, 60 Minutes. | Photo by Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images Websites are so back! Today's website worth visiting is The Pelley Minutes, a clever project that puts the career of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley into perspective. The show may only be 60 minutes long, but Pelley racked up nearly 37,000 minutes in his 37-year long career, reporting on almost everything humanity has put on display - from chess battlefields to real-world warzones. Pelley w

BleepingComputer35d06/10

The 5 Best Practices for Secure Identity Verification

Attackers are increasingly bypassing weak authentication through phishing, MFA fatigue, and service desk social engineering. Specops Software breaks down five best practices for stronger identity verification and access security. [...]

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KrebsOnSecurity35d06/10

Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’

A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 percent of any ransom paid by victims. This post examines clues pointing to a real life identity for the administrator of The Gentlemen ransomware group.

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The Social Reckoning trailer gives us our first look at Jeremy Strong as Zuck

Over 15 years after David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network premiered in theaters, Sony has released the first trailer for The Social Reckoning ahead of its theatrical release on October 9th. The follow-up takes place 17 years after the events portrayed in the original film and follows a young Facebook engineer who enlists the help of a Wall Street Journal reporter to expose the platform's secrets. The film stars Jeremy Strong as a much older Mark Zuckerberg (doing a memorable impres