July 1, 2026
Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 Translates Brain Activity Into Text, No Surgery Required
Meta's non-invasive Brain2Qwerty v2 uses a MEG scanner and an end-to-end AI model to turn brain activity into typed text, reaching 61% word accuracy, roughly eight times better than earlier non-invasive methods.
July 1, 2026
Meituan’s LongCat-2.0 Was Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips, the Company Says
Meituan says its new open-source LongCat-2.0, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model, was pre-trained and served entirely on domestically developed Chinese chips, a direct challenge to US export controls on advanced silicon.
July 1, 2026
Commerce Department Partially Restores Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Under a Limited Export License
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has eased export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5, letting approved organizations use it again under a limited license, while restrictions on the Fable 5 model remain in place.
June 30, 2026
Eastern Interconnection to Exhaust Emergency Reserves by 2027
The Eastern Interconnection is projected to hit zero emergency peak reserves by June 2027, raising the risk of rolling blackouts. Here's what businesses need to know.
June 30, 2026
Qihoo 360’s Tulongfeng: 3,432 Vulns Found, AI Sovereignty Debate Heats Up
Qihoo 360 unveils Tulongfeng AI vulnerability hunter claiming 3,432 flaws; Zhou frames it as cyber nuclear deterrence, fueling AI sovereignty debate.
June 30, 2026
Z.ai GLM-5.2 Matches Mythos in Cybersecurity Bug-Finding
China's Z.ai open-weight GLM-5.2 model now matches Anthropic's Mythos in cybersecurity bug-finding, narrowing the US-China AI gap and raising new oversight concerns.
June 29, 2026
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Ultra Subagent Mode and Cyber Safeguards
OpenAI begins a limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol with new ultra reasoning, cyber safety, and government coordination. Here's what it means for AI capabilities.
June 29, 2026
Vantage Data Center Generators Spark Noise Revolt in Virginia Town
Vantage Data Center's 24/7 backup generators in Sterling, Virginia spark noise complaints, sleep disruption, and calls to rethink off-grid data center siting near homes.
June 28, 2026
Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Countries with Digital Services Tax
President Trump threatens 100% tariffs on any country that enacts a digital services tax. Existing levies in France, UK, Spain, and others face immediate retaliation.
June 28, 2026
OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at Trump Administration’s Request
OpenAI has restricted initial access to its GPT-5.6 series, marking the first staggered ChatGPT rollout at the U.S. government's request. Here's what changed.
June 25, 2026
Intercept’s $500M Plan to End Common Respiratory Infections Using AI
Intercept launches a $500M initiative to develop broad-spectrum preventatives and air-cleaning tech that could end colds, flu, and COVID-like illnesses.
June 24, 2026
Mini Shai-Hulud Supply-Chain Attack Hits Mistral AI, TanStack Packages
The Mini Shai-Hulud supply-chain campaign compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages on npm and PyPI, stealing GitHub tokens and cloud credentials from developer machines.
June 18, 2026
FTC Drafts Complaint Against Amazon Over Hidden Ad Pricing, Could Cost Billions
The FTC has drafted a potential complaint against Amazon over hidden ad reserve pricing, a case that could cost billions. Here's what advertisers need to know.
June 18, 2026
Survey: 60% of U.S. Consumers Find AI in Brand Messaging a Turnoff
New WordPress VIP survey: 60% of US consumers find AI in brand messaging a turnoff. 86% don’t fully trust AI answers. Here’s what that means for trust and AI search.
June 18, 2026
Qwen3.6-27B Dense Model Beats Qwen3.5-397B-A17B on Coding Benchmarks
Alibaba's Qwen team releases Qwen3.6-27B, an open-source 27B dense model that beats its 397B MoE predecessor on SWE-bench Verified and other coding benchmarks.