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Meta has said it is ⁠filing a federal US ⁠court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from ever ⁠targeting WhatsApp and its users.

The company said on Monday that its WhatsApp messaging service disrupted new spear phishing attempts linked to NSO, an ⁠entity blacklisted by the United States government for engaging in activities that are contrary to national security or foreign policy interests.

Ok, so I get Mac gaming isn't the best, but I was looking at benchmark scores and they do really well. So like a 5070 ti (mobile) gets about 1800 in steel nomad, a M4 Max 32 core gets about 3000. But in actual games it's nowhere near a 5070 ti, even in Mac arm native games.

So is it just a really crappy software design or bad supporting development or something? It seems like the hardware is more than capable.

On June 3, 2026, the European Commission released the EU Tech Sovereignty Package. Taken together, its constituent measures represent an effort to reduce reliance on US and other non-EU technology and digital services and to ensure the development of a domestic, low-carbon lifecycle for cutting-edge digital technology. Currently, the EU is heavily reliant on non-EU digital products, services, infrastructure and intellectual property. Among other things, the package aims to further onshore semiconductor manufacturing in the EU, incentivize the development of a domestic European AI industry, provide incentives, including on the demand side, for chips and other technology, and reduce reliance on foreign countries for critical infrastructure and technologies. The package is composed of two legislative proposals (the Chips Act 2.0 and the Cloud and AI Development Act) and two initiatives (the EU Open Source Strategy and Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy).

Facepalm: It appears that the US government isn't completely against American agencies using technology from Anthropic, a company it designated a "supply chain risk" earlier this year. According to a new report, the NSA is using the AI firm's Mythos model "for offensive cyber operations."

The Financial Times reports that Anthropic has installed half a dozen engineers inside the NSA as forward-deployed staff. Their job is said to involve guiding the agency's use of Claude Mythos and customizing the model for specific applications.

It remains unclear whether the Anthropic employees are helping with live hacking operations, or if Mythos is being used in active campaigns. But one person close to the arrangement told the FT that the model would be useful for infiltrating networks in countries such as China and Iran. The logic is that US adversaries are likely to be using cyber-focused AI systems of their own, making an early advantage important.

Ride-hailing giant Uber, Nvidia, and Israeli autonomous driving company Autobrains are partnering to launch a new autonomous taxi service. Munich will serve as the program’s first deployment city and as the foundation for a robotaxi model designed to operate independently of any specific vehicle manufacturer.

Autobrains was founded in 2019 as a spin-off from the Cortica Group and has operated independently ever since. The company employs approximately 100 experts in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and software development, with operations in Tel Aviv and Munich.

Nevermind that colosus 2 of xAI was supposed to serve Grok, or expected (paying $60b for) Cursor composer models, and they are renting out capacity instead of using it...

Google has massive out clauses for following through on this BS deal. They are slightly overpaying, but in off chance that GB200 rental market is strong in 2027, they have the option of following through if they can resell capacity, though have full cancellation rights.

Google can dump 100% of their SpaceX shares prior to cancellation date. They also have 63% gradual dump rights ahead of most other locked up SpaceX investors.

SpaceX merger with xAI was based on lie of economic viability of space datacenters and terrafab, and IPO expands on the fraud, with so much of financial industry invested in the fraud.

• Brave sells Origin to strip added features—a $60 one-time fee (free on Linux).
• Origin removes email aliases, Leo AI, VPN, Wallet, Speedreader, and more via a toggleable panel or standalone client.
• You can buy Origin on Brave Premium or enable the panel at brave://settings/system.

Putting AI servers inside tents, officially called “rapid deployment structures,” is one of the more unique approaches to the AI build-out, Thomas said. They’re certainly not as sturdy as physical buildings made from steel and concrete, with one commenter comparing it to the “classic $10k racing bike with a $9 lock” situation.

Can't see this situation going wonky anytime in the future...