Apple Wallet pushed a promotional notification for “F1 the Movie,” offering a $10 Fandango discount on multiple tickets.
Affected iPhone owners complained they can only disable notifications or card benefits, with no opt-out for offers in current iOS.
iOS 26 beta introduces a toggle to disable “Offers & Promotions” in Wallet, indicating more marketing is planned.
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A 21-year-old Norwegian tourist was denied entry to the US after a JD Vance bald meme was found on his phone.
He was detained at Newark Airport, strip-searched, fingerprinted, had blood samples taken, and faced threats of fines or prison if he refused to unlock his phone.
US border authorities have increased phone searches under new regulations and can reject entry over political or humorous content.
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XBOW is a fully autonomous AI-driven penetration tester that reached the top spot on HackerOne’s US leaderboard by operating without human input in real black-box bug bounty programs.
Initial benchmarking used public CTF challenges and a custom simulator to measure progress, followed by real-world open source zero-day discovery in white-box scenarios.
To tackle diverse production environments, XBOW was dogfooded on HackerOne like an external researcher, leading to rapid rank advancement.
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Amgen initially adopted Microsoft’s Copilot for 20,000 employees but later switched to ChatGPT
OpenAI’s enterprise AI strength is challenging Microsoft despite their partnership
Microsoft faces competitive pressure from OpenAI in the corporate market
Toy programs teach deep understanding by building from scratch
They should be simple, following the 80:20 rule to avoid over-engineering
Projects often yield arcane insights valuable for professional work
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Eleven automotive companies backed by the German VDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for pre-competitive open source software cooperation.
They will develop non-differentiating vehicle software modules together in an open, vendor-neutral Eclipse Foundation S-CORE ecosystem using a code-first approach.
A groundbreaking process was created to meet automotive functional safety standards and speed up development through executable modules instead of detailed specs.
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uv is a fast Python package and project manager written in Rust that handles environments and dependencies automatically
uvx command lets you run Python tools without precreating virtual environments
PEP 723 defines inline metadata for single-file Python scripts to specify Python version and dependencies
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US airstrikes severely damaged Iran’s underground Fordo and Natanz enrichment sites but did not completely destroy them
The exact whereabouts of Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium stockpile are unknown, with evidence that about 400 kg of 60% enriched fuel was moved before the strikes
Iran has refused to negotiate with the US and is using its remaining uranium stockpile as a bargaining chip
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GitHub CEO says developers must retain manual coding skills even as AI tools become common.
AI-generated code needs human review and modification to avoid productivity losses and errors.
Relying only on AI (“vibe coding”) can lead to inefficiencies, security risks, and technical debt.
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The 2026 budget proposal would eliminate the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) by October 2026 to save costs and reduce overlap with other agencies.
The CSB is an independent agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents, issues safety recommendations, and influences EPA and OSHA policies without regulatory power.
CSB investigations involve on-site analysis, witness interviews, lab testing, and root cause studies to prevent future incidents.
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