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Supreme Court limits protections for independent agencies, allows removal of FTC commissioners while pausing Fed dispute
High court trims a 1935 precedent, letting the president remove FTC commissioners; the court leaves the Federal Reserve governor’s fate unresolved for now. ...Read more
Supreme Court Says App-Generated Location History Can Be a Fourth Amendment Search; Geofence Warrant Sent Back to Lower Court
High court rules phone location history can be protected under the Fourth Amendment but leaves geofence-warrant legality to lower courts. ...Read more
Supreme Court upholds Mississippi rule allowing late-arriving absentee ballots
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court allowed Mississippi to count absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within a five-business-day grace period. ...Read more
Manchester City names Enzo Maresca as Pep Guardiola’s successor after confidential settlements with Chelsea
Enzo Maresca signs a three-year deal to replace Pep Guardiola at Manchester City; Chelsea says two confidential settlements, including one Maresca will pay. ...Read more
Russian Missile Strike on Dnipro Kills Civilians as Nationwide Attacks Reported
A Russian missile strike on Dnipro killed civilians and wounded others on June 29, part of a wider wave of attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions. ...Read more
Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for About $8 Billion, Adding Global Satellite Network
Rocket Lab will buy Iridium for about $8 billion in cash and stock, gaining a global LEO communications network, licensed spectrum and 2.55M subscribers. ...Read more
Honeywell completes aerospace spin-off; Honeywell Aerospace begins trading as HONA
Honeywell completed its breakup, spinning off Honeywell Aerospace (ticker HONA) while the remaining company, Honeywell Technologies, continues trading as HON. ...Read more
BT Group and Verizon to form 50:50 joint venture for international enterprise services
BT Group and Verizon will combine international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture serving 3,000+ customers in 180+ countries; deal expected in 2027. ...Read more
Stanford AI Index 2026: Capabilities, Funding and Adoption Outpace Governance and Transparency
Stanford HAI’s AI Index 2026 finds AI capabilities, adoption and investment surged in 2025 while transparency, governance and evaluation lag behind. ...Read more
Autonomous Code Agents Reconstruct Hidden System Prompts in 41 Commercial LLMs, Preprint Finds
A June 2026 preprint finds an autonomous code-agent called JUSTASK can semantically recover hidden system prompts from 41 commercial LLMs via normal user interaction. ...Read more
Swiss Study Finds AI Agents Can Re-identify People from Location Traces for About $2 and 17 Minutes
A Swiss feasibility study shows AI agents can re-identify people from simulated GPS traces using public web sources — at about $2.24 and 17 minutes per target. ...Read more
Reports: Robert Lewandowski in final stages of deal to join Chicago Fire
Multiple outlets report Lewandowski has agreed or is close to a move to Chicago Fire, but club and player have not confirmed. ...Read more
Iran’s IRGC Says It Struck U.S. Positions in Kuwait and Bahrain After U.S. Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s IRGC said it struck U.S. positions in Kuwait and Bahrain with missiles and drones after U.S. strikes near the Strait of Hormuz; Kuwait reported air defenses. ...Read more