Hennigan's Huddle

Federal oversight is crashing the AI party. We unpack what it means when Washington starts vetting who gets the next GPT model.

• Trump Mobile will take your $499 right now
Trump Mobile's T1 Phone is now available for direct purchase at $499 with no deposit required, but shipping remains a mystery — even The Verge still hasn't received the two units it already paid for.

• Android 17’s new foldable gaming mode could make flippy phones more fun
Android 17 is adding a dedicated foldable gaming mode that turns half your screen into a virtual gamepad, making it easier to play controller-compatible games without carrying extra hardware.

• The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
The Trump administration is pressuring OpenAI to limit the release of its new GPT-5.6 model to select partners only, with government agencies approving access customer by customer before any broader public rollout.

• YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed
YouTube is updating Shorts with a 2x playback speed option, a removed dislike button, a heart emoji replacing the like button, and a new 'Clear Screen' mode for distraction-free viewing.

• Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Patronus AI has raised a $50 million Series B to build simulated 'digital worlds' that stress-test AI agents before they're deployed in real-world tasks like financial analysis or software engineering.

• Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
Microsoft quietly extended its free Windows 10 security update program by an extra year, pushing the new end date to October 12, 2027, as hundreds of millions of users still haven't upgraded to Windows 11.

• FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, voted 2-1 to propose scaling back or completely eliminating E-Rate, a $2 billion annual program that subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries, citing student screen time concerns.

• Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is shutting down Notion Mail on September 22, 2025, citing that over half of its users already let AI agents handle their email without ever opening the inbox.

• Texas judge vacates 3 Biden-era Davis-Bacon provisions
A federal judge in Texas has struck down three Biden administration updates to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rules, delivering a significant blow to labor standards on federally funded construction projects.

• DOE offers $17.5B in loans to help build 10 large nuclear reactors
The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $17.5 billion in loan guarantees on the table to finance the construction of 10 large-scale nuclear reactors, signaling a major federal push to expand domestic nuclear capacity.

• Streaming Ratings: ‘The Boroughs’ Hits No. 1, ‘Spider-Noir’ Star

OpenAI and Broadcom just unveiled a custom AI inference chip — and it could reshape who controls the future of compute.

• Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app
Meta is reviving Facebook's Creator Studio as a standalone AI companion app, centered on an AI Creator Assistant that offers performance insights, engagement tips, and AI-drafted comment replies.

• The top tech Prime Day deals to shop on day two
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is in its second of four days, with many top deals from day one still active and new discounts added across tech, smart home, and audio categories.

• This year’s Prime Day deals on Apple products are the best I’ve seen
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is delivering the deepest Apple discounts in recent memory, with price cuts across AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad, and Beats products — all while Apple's Tim Cook has warned that price hikes are on the horizon.

• Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
The Netherlands is taking the rare step of lobbying Washington directly against the MATCH Act, a proposed U.S. bill that would cut off Chinese access to ASML's older chip-making equipment and potentially cost Europe's most valuable company a significant chunk of its revenue.

• Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has launched Hang Ten Systems, a startup betting AI can replace traditional IT services work, and has already secured $32 million in seed funding and early enterprise customers just one month in.

• Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status
Elon Musk briefly became the world's first trillionaire when SpaceX went public earlier this month, but stock price fluctuations have since dropped him back below the trillion-dollar mark.

• Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
Grand Theft Auto VI will launch at $80 for the standard edition and $99 for the Ultimate Edition, making it the priciest mainstream AAA game release to date when preorders open this week.

• OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled a custom AI chip called Jalapeño, built specifically for large language model inference in data centers, with deployment targeted for the end of 2025.

• 13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.
A NASA Inspector General report reveals that four canceled Artemis Program components had ballooned from $2.8 billion to nearly $6 billion in combined contract value, vindicating NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's decision to scrap them during the agency's 'Ignition' restructuring in March.

• 'Complete success': Why 2029 WR Austin Miller made early pledge to Ohio State
2029 wide receiver prospect Austin Miller has committed early to Ohio State football, with his recruitment described as a 'complete success' for the Buckeyes' program.

• Your guide to 2026 movie rele

The White House slashed the quantum encryption deadline by years. Plus: AI agents invade marketing, Prime Day's best deals, and India's commerce wars heat up.

• The best robot vacuum deals available during Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is live with significant discounts on top-rated robot vacuums from Roborock, Dreame, Narwal, and Eufy, with savings ranging from 15% to over 44% off.

• This year’s Prime Day deals on Apple products are the best I’ve seen
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is live with the best Apple discounts in recent memory, including record or near-record lows on AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and multiple Beats products.

• The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day
The Nex Playground motion-sensing family game console is on sale for $239 during Amazon Prime Day 2026, matching its best post-'RAMageddon' price but still above its original $199-$250 launch pricing.

• How to invest when everything is moving too fast
At TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in LA, investors Carter Reum of M13 and Chang Xu of Basis Set Ventures broke down how they're navigating AI investment in a market moving faster than any previous tech cycle — and why even getting it right is harder than ever.

• Walmart-backed Flipkart expands quick-commerce push as Amazon ramps up in India
Walmart-backed Flipkart has hit 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers for its Minutes quick-commerce service and is racing to 1,500 by end of 2026, as Amazon aggressively expands its own Amazon Now fast-delivery network across India.

• India’s MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
Indian marketing tech firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based AI startup Aampe in an all-cash deal worth tens of millions of dollars, betting that deploying individual AI agents for each customer is the next evolution of personalized marketing.

• White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
The White House has signed an executive order slashing the deadline for federal agencies to adopt quantum-resistant encryption by 4-5 years, now requiring high-value systems to transition by 2030-2031 instead of 2035.

• US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit
After the Trump administration took down climate.gov, former site administrators and volunteers relaunched the content as climate.us, a new nonprofit that fully restored the site's 15 years of climate resources.

• Odd police video shows drone removing knife from motionless suspect
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office made headlines with what it calls a nationwide first: a magnet-equipped drone that plucked a knife from an armed suspect's hand inside a garage — though critics noted the suspect appeared to be unconscious, possibly from an overdose.

• Five college football programs under the most pressure in 2026
Five college football programs are entering 2026 under significant pressure, facing make-or-break seasons tha

AI isn't a future threat — it's already in regulatory filings. Oracle, GM, and a pattern you can't unsee.

• Amflow’s TL e-bike is ready for baby’s first mountain adventure
Amflow, the e-bike brand spun out of DJI, has unveiled the TL Carbon — a full-suspension 'eSUV' e-bike designed to handle both mountain trails and family utility duty, launching globally later this year.

• Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water
Nvidia claims its Rubin-generation liquid-cooled data center reference design can cut water consumption to near zero by running AI servers at higher temperatures up to 113°F, eliminating the need for traditional water-intensive cooling towers.

• Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026
Valve's newly revealed Steam Machine carries a steep $1,049–$1,349 price tag, and the company is blaming a brutal RAM market where suppliers like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix dictate take-it-or-leave-it monthly pricing with zero negotiation.

• The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
Oracle revealed it quietly cut 21,000 jobs in the past year — a 13% workforce reduction — joining a growing list of profitable tech giants slashing headcount in 2026 while explicitly blaming AI-driven efficiency gains.

• OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs
OpenAI has launched 'Patch the Planet,' a new initiative partnering with security firm Trail of Bits to help open source maintainers find and fix vulnerabilities using AI-powered tools.

• Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash
A Tesla Model 3 crashed into a Texas home killing a 76-year-old woman, with the driver claiming Autopilot was active — but Tesla fired back with vehicle data showing the driver had floored the accelerator to 100% and reached 73 mph before impact.

• With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit
SpaceX is launching its secretive saucer-shaped reentry pod 'Starfall' on a Falcon 9 Tuesday morning, marking the first demonstration of a vehicle designed to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth from low-Earth orbit.

• GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
GM installed 50 FANUC robot arms at its Factory Zero EV plant in Detroit while 1,300 laid-off UAW workers remain without recall, igniting a fierce labor-versus-automation battle at the heart of American manufacturing.

• Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets
A NASA Inspector General report warns that Kennedy Space Center's aging infrastructure is dangerously unprepared for the coming surge of super heavy-lift rocket launches from SpaceX and Blue Origin, even as NASA's maintenance budget shrinks.

• Five college football programs under the most pressure in 2026
Five college football programs are facing heightened scrutiny and pressure heading into the 2026 season, with expectations, recruiting

WhatsApp gets a new boss with a fintech agenda, Instagram eyes Netflix — and Anthropic may have accidentally banned itself. Big moves, bigger consequences.

• WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years, with Meta tapping Kunal Shah — founder of Indian fintech app Cred — to lead the world's biggest messaging platform.

• Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era
Patreon CEO Jack Conte joined Decoder to argue that AI-generated slop and platform algorithmic shifts are destroying the creator economy, and that Patreon is repositioning itself as a direct competitor to Instagram and TikTok to fill the gap.

• Apple’s AirPods Max 2 are $150 off for the first time
Apple's AirPods Max 2 are hitting their lowest-ever price of $399.99 — $150 off the normal $549 — at both Walmart and Amazon ahead of Prime Day 2026.

• Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app
Instagram is expanding its TV app with longer-form videos, episodic series, and live content, making a direct play against Netflix and Amazon Prime Video for living room screen time.

• The founder conference built for growth: TechCrunch Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is offering Early Bird pass discounts of up to $190 through June 26, ahead of its November 4 event in Boston bringing together 1,000+ founders and investors.

• Lucid Motors’ new CEO cuts 18% of staff to ‘simplify the company’
Lucid Motors is cutting 18% of its workforce — roughly 1,500 employees — as new CEO Silvio Napoli moves to streamline operations and slash costs amid a cooling U.S. EV market.

• This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it
Dan Roelker, a former hacker-turned-DARPA-cyberwarfare-chief-turned-SpaceX-software-head, has cofounded Observable Space in 2025 to build advanced telescopes and optical systems for what he calls the real new space race — happening on the ground.

• How Anthropic may have talked itself into an AI export ban
The US has banned foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's latest AI models Mythos and Fable, with critics arguing Anthropic's own aggressive risk-warning language helped trigger the export restrictions.

• Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations
The Trump administration is funneling millions in federal grants to keep aging coal plants running — including at least three with repeated Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act violations — reversing planned closures and drawing sharp criticism from health and environmental experts.

• Chicago to buy, renovate Greyhound bus terminal
Chicago is moving to acquire and renovate its iconic Greyhound bus terminal, signaling a major public investment in intercity transit infrastructure.

• ‘Toy Story 5’ blasts off with $160 million — the biggest box-office debut of the year
Toy S

Nothing just canceled a phone over RAM costs. Apple's raising prices. One supply chain squeeze is quietly reshaping everything you buy.

• SwitchBot’s Standing Circulator Fan is worth fighting for
SwitchBot's $130 Standing Circulator Fan (currently ~$95) earns an 8/10 from The Verge for being quiet, battery-powered, smart-home compatible, and versatile enough to spark household fights over who gets to use it.

• Nothing cancels this year’s CMF phone due to RAM prices
Nothing is canceling its planned CMF budget phone for 2026, blaming surging RAM prices that make it impossible to build a competitive device at an affordable price point.

• NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028 mission to Mars
NASA has selected Relativity Space, led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, to launch its Aeolus atmospheric science payload to Mars in 2028 under a new public-private partnership.

• He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player's 6 billion downloads, has raised $5 million led by Lightspeed for Kyber, a real-time infrastructure platform built to control robots, drones, and remote devices at massive scale.

• From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone
The White House ordered Anthropic to restrict exports of its powerful AI models Fable and Mythos over national security concerns, marking the first major test of using export controls to contain frontier AI — a strategy with a notoriously poor track record.

• Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters
Japanese taxi-hailing giant Go completed Japan's biggest IPO of 2026, raising $553 million to fund robotaxi development and acquisitions as the country faces a 20% decline in taxi drivers.

• Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
This week's Rocket Report covers a flurry of launch industry updates, from Isar Aerospace's repeated Spectrum launch scrubs in Norway to a scrappy NASA-backed mission racing to save a half-billion-dollar space telescope.

• As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat
Scientists are racing to identify 'Super Reefs' — coral communities that can withstand record marine heat waves — as over 80% of the world's reefs suffer from the worst global bleaching event ever recorded.

• 2026 Way-Too-Early College Football Bowl Projections: Full list of matchups, playoff predictions
Way-too-early bowl projections for the 2026 college football season are already circulating, mapping out potential playoff matchups and bowl game pairings more than a year in advance.

• SEC basketball news roundup: Dick Vitale rips Kentucky's schedule, 4-star ex-UGA and Texas target reclassifies
SEC basketball is making headlines as legendary analyst Dick Vitale publicly criticizes Kentucky's schedule, while a 4-star

Barrett Zoph is out at OpenAI for the second time, and the timing couldn't be worse. Plus chips, backdoors, and a daring satellite rescue.

• Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
Barret Zoph has left OpenAI for the second time, departing just five months after rejoining in January 2026 as the company's head of enterprise AI sales.

• Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
Valve's new Steam Controller is so in-demand that new reservations made today won't ship until 2027, nearly two years after the product's May 2026 launch.

• You can now use the Game Boy Camera with your phone
Epilogue has launched a new mobile app called Flashback that lets you use the iconic Game Boy Camera with your iPhone or Android phone via the $50 GB Operator accessory — no actual Game Boy required.

• The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t
The US government claims one of ASML's restricted EUV chip-making machines may have illegally reached China, but ASML flatly denies it and says the government has yet to show any evidence — to the press or to ASML itself.

• Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps
India's week-long Telegram ban over NEET exam fraud triggered a massive surge in VPN downloads and rival messaging app installs, with daily VPN downloads jumping 49% to 208,000 on the day the restriction was announced.

• Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M
Enterprise search giant Elastic is acquiring AI bug-detection startup DeductiveAI for up to $85 million, just two years after the startup was founded and roughly 18 months after its $7.5M seed round.

• A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
NASA awarded startup Katalyst Space Technologies a $30 million contract to build and launch a rescue satellite in under a year to save the 20-year-old Swift astronomy observatory from falling out of orbit — and they actually pulled it off in time.

• Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency
Microsoft has identified a new self-propagating worm called Crypto Clipper that spreads via USB drives, silently stealing cryptocurrency wallet credentials and hijacking clipboard addresses to redirect payments to attackers.

• FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
FDA advisors voted 9-0 to recommend approval of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine mFlusiva, which showed 27% better efficacy than standard flu shots — despite a Trump official's earlier attempt to block it from even being reviewed.

• 2026 Post-Spring College Football Bowl Projections: Full list of matchups, playoff predictions
Early bowl projections for the 2026 college football season are out following spring practices, offering a first look at potential playoff matchups and bowl game pairings before a single regular-season snap is taken.

• Taylor Swift Wrote ‘Toy Story’ Son

A RAM shortage fueled by AI is pushing iPhone prices toward $1,299. Plus: Midjourney builds ultrasounds, and NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket for Mars.

• Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
Midjourney, best known for its AI image generator, has unveiled a full-body ultrasound scanner it claims could rival MRI quality — and plans to debut it inside a San Francisco spa by end of 2027.

• Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices
Apple CEO Tim Cook says memory price increases are 'unsustainable' and that Apple will raise prices across its product lineup, driven by a global RAM and storage shortage fueled by AI data center demand.

• VSCO launches Studio Pro mobile photo editing app and plans $500 per year subscription
VSCO has launched Studio Pro, a new professional mobile photo editing app for iOS, and plans to roll out a $500-per-year all-in-one subscription bundle called VSCO One later this month to compete directly with Adobe Creative Cloud.

• NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
NASA has selected Relativity Space, the rocket startup now run by former Google chair Eric Schmidt, to build and launch a Mars orbiter called Aeolus by 2028 — potentially making it the first private company to reach the Red Planet.

• How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
Google Docs is now auto-displaying Gemini AI pop-ups that interrupt your workflow, but there are two ways to disable them — one quick fix and one nuclear option.

• AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases
Apple CEO Tim Cook is warning that AI-driven memory chip shortages — dubbed 'RAMageddon' — will force price increases across iPhone, Mac, and iPad product lines, with the next iPhone Pro potentially costing up to $270 more.

• Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
Sony has dropped a new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the first Spider-Man film in five years, set for a July 31, 2026 release and featuring a mutating Peter Parker facing an invisible threat alongside Hulk and the Punisher.

• Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
The FDA has cleared a second fly species for maggot wound therapy, giving Singapore-based Cuprina Holdings exclusive FDA clearance for both species used in the treatment and a potential edge in the global biosurgery market.

• Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
Amazon and quantum startup QuEra are promising a useful, error-corrected quantum computer called Libra by 2028 — potentially years ahead of most industry estimates — while Quantinuum publishes new technical details on its trapped ion Helios system in Nature.

• Southeast Michigan facing another day of potentially severe weather on Wednesday
Southeast Michigan is bracing for a second consecutive day of potentially

Anthropic just topped OpenAI in enterprise AI — then the Trump admin forced it to pull its best models. Plus Android 17 drops and SpaceX passes Amazon.

• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a great last-minute Father’s Day gift
With Father's Day approaching, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes three-volume hardcover set is on sale for $89.48 on Amazon — 60% off its original $225 price and the lowest it's ever been listed.

• All the latest news on Android 17, Wear OS 7, and Android XR
Google has officially rolled out Android 17 to Pixel phones, bringing floating app windows, foldable gaming controls, and a Handoff-like feature, while Wear OS 7 launches with Live Updates and 10% better battery life ahead of new Android XR smart glasses this fall.

• Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today
Google has begun rolling out Android 17 to Pixel phones today as part of its June Pixel Drop, with other manufacturers expected to follow throughout 2026. The update's headline feature is Bubbles — floating app windows accessible via long press.

• Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Anthropic just had its best-ever month for business adoption, surpassing OpenAI in market share for the first time — then immediately got pulled into a fresh White House fight that forced it to yank its most powerful AI models from the market.

• Apple plans to change its Hide My Email privacy feature that could make it less effective
Apple is moving its Hide My Email feature to a new '@private.icloud.com' domain, making anonymous email addresses easily identifiable and blockable by apps and websites.

• SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon
SpaceX briefly surpassed Amazon to become the fifth most valuable company in the world this week, with its valuation spiking to $2.9 trillion just days after its historic IPO, before settling back down.

• Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines
The Trump administration's DOJ is trying to dismiss an NAACP Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that 57 unpermitted gas turbines powering the Grok AI system are exempt because they support national security and military operations.

• Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
HPE is offering its VM Essentials virtualization software free for up to one year, positioning it as a direct alternative to Broadcom's increasingly expensive VMware platform.

• Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
A new study found that cockroach genomes are riddled with hundreds to thousands of fragments of bacterial DNA, challenging the long-held assumption that horizontal gene transfer is rare in multicellular animals.

• Backlog hit highest level since 2023, but confidence fell
Construction backlog hit a nearly three-year high of 9.1 months in May, but contractor confidence still fell — and the data center building boom i

The U.S. just forced Anthropic's models offline with no court order and no real explanation. This is a power grab, and you need to understand it.

• After resurrecting an iconic PC brand, Commodore is getting into flip phones
Commodore — the iconic PC brand resurrected by retro gaming YouTuber Christian Simpson in 2025 — is launching a nostalgia-driven flip phone called the Callback 8020, priced starting at $499 and designed to pull users away from smartphone overload.

• Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to shut down its powerful new Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models for all foreign nationals after a reported jailbreak, sending CEO Dario Amodei and a team of executives rushing to Washington over the weekend to fight the directive.

• Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
Meta has launched 'AI Mode' in Facebook search, powered by its Muse Spark AI model, which generates answers drawn from publicly posted content across Meta's platforms rather than returning traditional links.

• Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Malaysian AI messaging startup Respond.io has raised a $62.5 million Series B to expand its customer conversation management platform, which processes 2 billion messages per quarter and is already profitable.

• Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was booed and faced a walkout of roughly 200 students during his commencement speech at Stanford University over Google's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli military and its ties to ICE.

• The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
The U.S. Commerce Department forced Anthropic to pull its top two AI models offline via an export control directive, and cybersecurity experts say the move was retaliatory rather than a legitimate national security response to an AI jailbreak.

• Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again
European rocket startup Isar Aerospace scrubbed yet another launch attempt of its Spectrum rocket Monday due to anomalies in the vehicle's fluid systems, marking the fourth failed launch attempt in five months.

• Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds
A study of over 1 million VA patients found the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine reduces major cardiovascular events by 38%, with the strongest benefits for adults over 75 and those with underlying conditions.

• UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews
The UK government announced a full social media ban for children under 16, covering platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, with rules expected to take effect in spring 2027 and financial penalties for non-compliant platforms.

• Tutor Perini lands $652M Guam military base project
Construction giant Tutor Perini has secured a