United States-based security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) that enables bypassing UEFI and BIOS password protections on certain Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. Tracked as CERT/CC VU#226679 and CVE-2026-45585, the flaw exposes a weakness in pre-boot security controls when devices rely on...
Russian investigators used an Israeli-made Cellebrite Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) to hack the iPhone of opposition politician Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021, according to a new investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and court records published on June 25, 2026. Cellebrite had announced in March 2021 that...
United States-based OpenAI and U.S. semiconductor company Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom-designed artificial intelligence chip, developed to accelerate inference workloads such as real-time ChatGPT responses. The application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) marks OpenAI’s most aggressive move yet to reduce its dependence on Nvidia’s dominant general-purpose GPUs and to move...
United States-based IBM has announced what it describes as the world’s first sub-one-nanometer semiconductor chip technology, unveiling a new three-dimensional transistor architecture called NanoStack for the 0.7-nanometer, or seven-angstrom, node. Revealed on June 25, 2026, the research breakthrough marks a significant step in the global race to produce smaller, faster...
Washington, United States – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has unveiled “Aires Tide,” an 11-foot-tall proof-of-concept nuclear test flight vehicle developed using artificial intelligence, high‑performance supercomputing and advanced 3D printing. Announced on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, the vehicle is designed to replicate the extreme physical conditions...
United States – On Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Meta suffered a large-scale outage that disrupted access to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads for millions of users worldwide. Monitoring service Downdetector reported that technical failures began shortly after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (21:00 UTC), and the volume of complaints surged within...
The U.S. Department of Justice on June 16, 2026, moved to intervene in and dismiss a Clean Air Act citizen lawsuit targeting Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech. Filed in the Northern District of Mississippi, the government’s motion argues that shutting down operations at xAI’s...
SpaceX shares stabilized on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, after a sharp three-day decline that wiped out about $600 billion in market value. Trading under the ticker SPCX, the stock closed at $156.11, up nearly 1%, following a 16% drop on Monday that took it below its post-IPO closing price of...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 22, 2026 – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has signed a computing infrastructure agreement worth up to $6.3 billion with open-source artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, according to materials and regulatory filings viewed on Monday. Under the deal, Reflection AI will pay SpaceX $150 million per month...
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Workday Inc. must face a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its artificial intelligence-driven recruiting and human resources software discriminates against certain job applicants. In the June 22, 2026 decision, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin largely denied Workday’s motion to dismiss, allowing claims...
