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NIST Enrichment Reductions Impact CVE Coverage, Accuracy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scaled back on the number of CVEs it selects for in-depth analysis, but the move has produced mixed results, according to researchers.

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Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage

At least 1,719 people are reported to have died after two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela last week. The final casualty count is expected to rise significantly. Some media outlets report resident’s growing frustration with the Venezuelan government and its recovery efforts. Sky News on June 29 reported that the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian […] The post Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage appeared first on bellingcat.

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Commission clarifies rules on plastic bottles recycling

European Commission Press release Brussels, 30 Jun 2026 The European Commission today adopted new rules on recycling of single-use plastic beverage bottles made primarily of polyethylene terephthalate (PET bottles).

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Questions and answers on implementing the EU's Steel Regulation: the tariff quota distribution for steel imports

European Commission Questions and answers Brussels, 30 Jun 2026 What quotas have been put in place on steel imports into the EU and whom do they concern? The EU's steel measure, which enters into application on 1 July 2026, ...

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Commission opens antitrust investigation into Align Technology's conduct regarding Invisalign clear aligners and intra-oral scanners

European Commission Press release Brussels, 30 Jun 2026 The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Align Technology has breached EU competition rules by tying its intra-oral scanners to its dental clear aligners branded as Invisalign in the European Economic Area ('EEA'). This investigation, which follows a complaint by a competitor, is the first formal antitrust investigation in the medical devices sector.

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Solidarity with Ukraine

European Commission Factsheet Brussels, 30 Jun 2026 Solidarity with Ukraine Solidarity with Ukraine

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New rules to protect EU steel industry from damaging impacts of global overcapacity enter into application

European Commission Press release Brussels, 30 Jun 2026 A new regulation that protects the EU steel sector from the damaging impacts of global overcapacity enters into application on 1 July 2026. This represents a vital step towards ensuring the long-term viability of a strategically crucial European industry.

Wired Security13d06/29

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found.

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'Djinn' Stealer Targets Cloud, AI Credentials

The infostealer was delivered via CVE-2026-48558, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in SimpleHelp, targeting credentials linking development and admin environments to wider enterprise systems.

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T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

Time to say goodbye to that legacy Sprint plan. | Image: Alex Castro / The Verge Earlier today, T-Mobile started notifying customers that it will be retiring many legacy plans and moving subscribers onto one of its current rate plans. This move includes plans that date back to the 3G era, and it's going about as well as you'd expect. Affected customers began sharing screenshots of the text on reddit and Threads this morning, and T-Mobile's chief marketing officer Allan Samson confirmed the news

Vulnerabilities Expose Private Data in Indian Government Systems

One critical vulnerability, among many discovered by a researcher, could have allowed anyone to walk in and take over a national government portal.

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After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down

While Kara Zor-El's appearance at the end of James Gunn's Superman was a very pleasant surprise, Warner Bros. Discovery's plan to fast-track a standalone Supergirl feature always felt a little dubious. It seemed odd that, after Superman, the studio wanted to flesh out its new cinematic universe with films about another Kryptonian and one of Batman's less notable villains. But Gunn implored fans to have faith in his vision and trust that the DCU would become a world of interconnected stories that

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Nissan discloses employee data breach linked to Oracle zero-day attacks

Nissan is warning that it suffered a data breach affecting current and former employees after threat actors exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability in data theft attacks previously linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group. [...]

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NAIC says public data stolen in ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft breach

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says the ShinyHunters extortion group stole only publicly available data, outdated logs, and configuration files after breaching its systems by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in an Oracle PeopleSoft server. [...]

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Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos reportedly wound up on the dark web

The iPhone 17 Pro. | Image: The Verge Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos and parts lists appeared on the dark web following a data breach affecting one of Apple's key suppliers, according to a report from Reuters. The leaked images show a drop test of what a source tells Reuters is the iPhone 18 Pro, equipped with a three-camera layout and Apple logo. This comes just a week after Tata Electronics, an India-based company that manufactures iPhone components and assembles the devices, confirmed that it su

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Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music but isn’t banning it outright

Tidal shared its new policies regarding AI-generated music today and how the platform plans to "protect artists" and "inform listeners." Instead of banning it outright, starting on July 15th Tidal will label tracks it has identified as being 100 percent AI-generated with an icon. But starting today those tracks will no longer be monetizable. "Tidal's priority is ensuring royalties go to original works directly produced, written, and performed by people. We will therefore not knowingly attribute

Can Clothes Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition?

Does life feel Orwellian sometimes? One researcher has a solution for you: graphic tees that confuse the neural networks in surveillance cameras.

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Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’

There are already a few ways to play PlayStation games on the go, but Sony is also rumored to be working on a new handheld. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony hinted in a recent Q&A with investors that the next generation PlayStation will offer some kind of experience that lets you play games outside of your living room. Here's the relevant portion from the transcript, emphasis mine: Q: How can you bring back to the PlayStation platform users who migrated to gaming PCs during th

Iran, Russia, China Target Water Systems for Sabotage

Nation-state attackers breach water systems through weak passwords, exposed PLCs, and poor segmentation — not sophisticated malware.

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OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex

OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device with several buttons, alongside the caption, "Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade." This isn't the mysterious AI-powered device OpenAI is working on with former Apple designer Jony Ive, however. As shown in the teaser, OpenAI is launching the device in partnership with Work Louder, a company that sells an array

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Justices rule that cellphone location histories are protected by the Fourth Amendment

Police must get a warrant to request geofence data involving individual cellphones, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in what represents a victory for privacy advocates.

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EFF to Gov. Pritzker: Veto Illinois’ HB 5511

The Illinois legislature recently passed House Bill 5511, which imposes a sweeping, device-level age-gating framework across nearly all internet-enabled hardware, operating systems, and online services. This well-intentioned but deeply flawed piece of legislation will harm young people who rely on the internet to access essential information and find community. That’s why we’re urging the Illinois governor to veto the measure. Under this new regime, digital platforms are forced to collect and sh

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At $499, Apple’s M3-powered iPad Air is a good deal

The iPad Air supports Apple Pencil Pro, plus hover support. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge Most of Apple’s price increases have gone into effect, resulting in iPads and other products costing hundreds more than they did a few days ago. If last week’s Prime Day sale wasn’t a good time to consider buying an iPad, we found a deal worth considering that’s just under $500 right now. The 128GB iPad Air that has the M3 processor, plus both Wi-Fi and 5G cellular support, costs $499 at Best

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WhatsApp rolls out usernames to help users hide their phone number

WhatsApp is finally allowing users to reserve usernames, a privacy feature that lets them hide their phone numbers from people not in their contact list. [...]

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Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data

You have an expectation of privacy in location data that reveals your movements in the physical world, and even short-term surveillance of these movements is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Chatrie v. United States. The case involved geofence warrants, a form of dragnet surveillance police have used to vacuum up location data from electronic devices of people who happen to be in the vicinity of a crime. EFF had joined the American Civil Liberties U

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