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TechnologyPolymarket Says Hackers Stole $3 Million From Users After Vendor Breach
Polymarket confirmed hackers stole roughly $3 million from more than 11 users after a third-party vendor was compromised and injected malicious code into its website. The company says it has contained the breach and is refunding affected users in full.
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TechnologyAnthropic Accuses Alibaba of 28.8 Million Queries to Clone Claude
In a June 10 letter to senators, Anthropic accused operators tied to Alibaba of running 28.8 million queries across roughly 25,000 fake accounts to copy Claude's capabilities — the largest distillation campaign it says it has ever measured.
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TechnologyAnthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Over 10,000 Vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing
Anthropic says its unreleased Claude Mythos model found more than 10,000 high-severity vulnerabilities across partner codebases in Project Glasswing, including a 17-year-old FreeBSD flaw it exploited autonomously. The program is expanding to about 150 organizations in 15-plus countries.
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TechnologyNetflix Now Requires a Unique Email Address for Every Profile
Netflix is now requiring every profile on an account to be tied to a unique email address, surfacing an unskippable prompt and, reps say, no permanent way to opt out.
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TechnologyU.S. Clears Anthropic's Mythos 5 for Use by Trusted Partners
The U.S. cleared Anthropic's Mythos 5 model for use by certain trusted partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said — de-escalating a clash that had forced Anthropic to disable the model less than two weeks earlier.
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TechnologyAnthropic Launches $150M Claude Corps to Place 1,000 Fellows at Nonprofits
Anthropic is investing $150 million in Claude Corps, a paid yearlong fellowship that will place 1,000 early-career fellows at 400+ nonprofits to implement AI — at $85,000 a year, with applications closing July 17.
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TechnologyTrump Administration Asks OpenAI to Limit GPT-5.6 to 20 Approved Partners
At the Trump administration's request, OpenAI will limit GPT-5.6's initial release to about 20 government-approved U.S. partners, with Amazon Bedrock as one route — the first time Washington has preemptively gated an American AI model launch.
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TechnologyApple Raises MacBook and iPad Prices Worldwide on an AI-Driven Memory Shortage
Apple raised prices on the MacBook Neo, iPad, and other devices on June 25, blaming an AI-driven surge in memory and storage chip costs. The MacBook Neo now starts at $699, up from $599.
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TechnologyOpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, OpenAI's First Custom AI Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom silicon — an inference chip co-designed in nine months and aimed at reducing the company's dependence on Nvidia's GPUs.
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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Nike Kobe 4 'Draft Day' Lakers Drops at $200, World Cup Group Stage Closes, BET Awards Set for Sunday, and OpenAI's Broadcom-Built Jalapeño Chip — June 26, 2026
The Nike Kobe 4 'Draft Day' Lakers drops today at $200, the World Cup group stage closes with Uruguay-Spain and Norway-France, the BET Awards hit Sunday with Cardi B leading, and OpenAI unveils its Broadcom-built Jalapeño chip.
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TechnologyMeta Launches $299 Smart Glasses With Muse Spark AI
Meta launched a self-branded Meta Glasses line with EssilorLuxottica starting at $299, running Muse Spark — the first AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs — on a 12MP camera frame.
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TechnologyAlphabet Joins Dow Jones Industrial Average, Replacing Verizon
S&P Dow Jones Indices will add Alphabet to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, replacing Verizon and putting the five most valuable US tech companies all in the index.