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Eurobarometer shows continued public support for biodiversity protection across Europe

European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 Published at the start of the EU Green Week, the Special Eurobarometer survey on biodiversity shows continued support among Europeans for biodiversity and nature protection, despite economic and geopolitical challenges.

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2026 Spring Semester Package presents a roadmap for advancing economic resilience and social cohesion across the EU

European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 Today, the Commission adopted the 2026 European Semester Spring Package.

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Questions and answers on the 2026 European Semester Spring Package

European Commission Questions and answers Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 What is included in this year's European Semester Spring Package? The 2026 European Semester Spring Package includes: A Chapeau communication on the main eleme...

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Questions and answers on the Technological Sovereignty Package

European Commission Questions and answers Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 What is technological sovereignty? Technological sovereignty refers to Europe's ability to develop, control and scale its critical technologies, infrastructure...

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Factsheet: Tech Sovereignty

European Commission Factsheet Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 Factsheet: Tech Sovereignty Factsheet: Tech Sovereignty

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Commission proposes tech sovereignty package to strengthen Europe's digital autonomy and resilience

European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Jun 2026 The European Commission today presented the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a set of measures to strengthen Europe's capacity in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and open source.

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Remedy’s Control sequel launches in September

Control Resonant, the upcoming sequel to Remedy Entertainment's Control, will be released on September 24th, 2026, according to a trailer that premiered during Tuesday's PlayStation State of Play show. The trailer also gave a preview of the game's story, which stars Dylan Faden, who was imprisoned for much of the first game. He will be the "sole playable character," Remedy's Mikael Kasurinen says in a blog post, but his sister Jesse, who was the protagonist of Control, also "shapes the path" in

BleepingComputer43d06/02

Over 116,000 Minecraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January. [...]

cybersecurity · government-security · data-protection

BleepingComputer43d06/02

Over 116,000 Mincraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January. [...]

cybersecurity · government-security · data-protection

Zoom CISO: AI as Security Enabler, Not Role-Replacer

As Zoom's CISO, Sandra McLeod, discusses the challenges of securing a global communication platform, the promise of AI-driven security workflows, and advice for aspiring cybersecurity leaders.

FBI-Flagged Phishing Kit Kali365 Expands Its Reach

Once targeting just Microsoft 365, the phishing-as-a-service platform now aims at AWS, Okta, and Russian platforms, while relying on device code phishing.

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Here’s seven bloody minutes of Wolverine on the PS5

At its big State of Play show on Tuesday, Sony shared new look Marvel's Wolverine, the next big title from Insomniac Games that's launching exclusively on PS5 on September 15th. Dressed in the iconic yellow Wolverine outfit, Logan slunk around and stabbed his way through a bunch of enemies, using his blades to take them out. Combat looked weighty and satisfying - though the game is extremely bloody, with red flying everywhere as Logan fought his opponents. Wolverine has been a long time coming,

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PlayStation State of Play June 2026: All the news and trailers

While the majority of Summer Game Fest takes place over the weekend, Sony is getting a jump on things with its next State of Play showcase, which airs on June 2nd at 5PM ET. It’s coming at a pivotal time for the PlayStation brand: The PS5 keeps getting more expensive and Sony’s big bet on live-service games has largely fallen flat. A good showing at SGF won’t fix everything, but it could help show that PlayStation is on the right path moving forward. For its part, Sony says its latest State of P

DriveSurge Hijacks Thousands of Sites for ClickFix, FakeUpdate Attacks

A sneaky, wide-scale IAB operation uses a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) to redirect visitors of trusted websites to ones that deliver malware.

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SecurityWeek43d06/02

Trump Signs Executive Order That Invites Vetting of Top AI Models for National Security Risks

The order establishes a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems for up to a month before their public release. The post Trump Signs Executive Order That Invites Vetting of Top AI Models for National Security Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

BleepingComputer43d06/02

AI-built ransomware toolkit automates EDR evasion, AD discovery

A threat actor is using an AI-built ransomware attack toolkit that automates Active Directory discovery and helps evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. [...]

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I held the next-gen handheld

The new MSI Claw with Intel Arc G3 Extreme. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Intel couldn't catch a break. Layoffs. Shakedowns. Crashing CPUs torpedoing its reputation, sending desktop gamers fleeing to AMD. Apple and Qualcomm pushing Intel out of multiple flagship laptops. A gaming graphics card going MIA. But its Panther Lake laptop chip, the first on its all-important 18A process, turned out excellent - and a handheld version might make Intel the leader in portable gaming chips. On Monda

China Uses Dual-Method Cyberattack on Czech Orgs

China is stealing data from high-value targets via a sneaky, double-layer spear-phishing campaign that includes the Azureveil malware.

Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft's in-house AI models. If you didn't watch the event live, you can catch up on all the latest news in the roundup below. A mini Surface PC designed for AI development The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is geared toward developers who want to run local AI mode

Golem Security (DE)43d06/02

Microsoft Scout: Always-on AI agent is intended to support Windows users

The Openclaw-based AI agent Scout is said to be just the first in a series of new always-on AI agents in Windows. (Microsoft Build 2026, Microsoft)

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Securing AI Agents Before They Go Rogue Is Next to Impossible

High-autonomy agents with broad permissions and unfettered access are a recipe for disaster, and enterprises need to act now before they become the next horror story.

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Project Solara: AI agents should adapt to different types of devices

Microsoft wants to decouple the interaction of people with AI agents from apps and develop them into specialized voice-controlled devices. (Microsoft Build 2026, Microsoft)

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White House unveils pared-back AI executive order

The order notes that federal access to the models should be subject to “appropriate confidentiality, cybersecurity, insider-risk, and intellectual-property protection, use, and nondisclosure requirements.”

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Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a "voluntary framework" for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they're released "to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure." The order says the US AI industry has succeeded in part "because we refuse to stifle this innovation with overly burdensome regulation," but that it also recognizes new AI capabilities come with security risks. Accordi

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Lower cloud costs: Microsoft promotes local AI development

With a whole range of new functions, Microsoft wants to make Windows 11 the optimal developer platform for local AI models. (Microsoft Build 2026, Microsoft)

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Microsoft’s next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing

Microsoft’s new Majorana 2 quantum chip. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft claimed last year that it had made a key breakthrough in quantum computing with Majorana 1, the company's first quantum processor. While physicists were immediately skeptical of Microsoft's claims, the software giant is announcing Majorana 2 today, the next generation of its topological quantum chip. Majorana 2 contains qubits, a unit of information in quantum computing much like the binary bits that computers use today, that

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new "flagship" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year - before then, it had relied on OpenAI's models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According to Microsoft, MAI-Thinking-1 is a "medium-sized model" that "matches leading models" on "key" software engineering benchmarks. Microsoft sa

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The durable, floatable UE Wonderboom 4 speaker is cheaper than ever

I like the UE Wonderboom 4 Bluetooth speaker so much that I bought two of them, though I wish I could have paid less for them. Fortunately, you can stock up on the cheap, so long as you like the color blue. The Wonderboom 4 is available in blue at Amazon for $51.49, and at Walmart and Best Buy for $51.99 ($28 off its regular price). That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet for the waterproof speaker, with most of the other color options selling at a slightly higher (but still discounted) $69.99. U