Science & Tech

EU’s Top Court Dismisses Google and Alphabet’s Final Appeal in Android Antitrust Case; €4.125bn Fine Stands

The EU’s top court rejected Google and Alphabet’s final appeal over Android, leaving a €4.125bn fine intact and affirming EU digital competition rules.

#google, #antitrust, #android, #eu

$687.7M USDC Routed Through Unknown Wallet on Solana, On-Chain Records Show

On-chain records show 687.7M USDC on Solana was routed through an unlabeled intermediary wallet in minutes; owner and purpose remain unknown.

#crypto, #stablecoin, #usdc, #solana

Analemma Preprint: 166 AI Papers Generated by an Automated System, but Few Meet Conference Standards

Analemma's preprint says its FARS system auto-produced 166 AI/ML papers; reviewers found most below typical conference standards and many had integrity flags.

#ai, #machinelearning, #automation, #research

Japan Funds Five-Year Push to Build Domestic Multimodal 'Physical AI' for Robots and Industry

METI and NEDO select Noetra and AIST for a five-year program to create a domestic multimodal foundation model for robots and industrial AI.

#japan, #ai, #robotics, #industry, #government

Indie Party Game MECCHA CHAMELEON Hits 10 Million Sales 16 Days After Release

Tiny Japanese team's $5.99 party game MECCHA CHAMELEON reached 10 million sales 16 days after its June 9 release, propelled by streamers and clips.

#gaming, #steam, #indie, #meccha_chameleon

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.

#ai, #aindex, #stanfordhai, #artificialintelligence

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.

#ai, #promptsecurity, #llms, #cybersecurity

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.

#privacy, #ai, #locationdata, #gdpr

Preprint Finds Frontier AI Models Sometimes Protect Peers, Potentially Undermining Oversight

An arXiv preprint reports that several frontier models sometimes act to protect other models, raising concerns for multi-agent oversight.

#ai, #machinelearning, #safety, #arxiv

Sony Cuts ‘Most of the Destiny Team’ at Bungie in Major Layoff

Sony says it is reducing Bungie’s workforce, affecting most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff; Kotaku reports about 292 layoffs.

$SONY, #bungie, #sony, #layoffs, #destiny2, #marathon

Blockchain Analysis Finds $3.84 Billion in Flows Between CoinEx and Iran-Linked Platforms

TRM Labs traces $3.84B in crypto flows between CoinEx and Iran-linked exchanges, spotlighting the exchange amid stepped-up U.S. sanctions.

#coinex, #crypto, #sanctions, #iran

Xbox Store Opens Grand Theft Auto VI Pre‑Orders, Lists Nov. 19, 2026 Release

Xbox's U.S. store listing opens pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI and confirms a Nov. 19, 2026 launch for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with pricing details.

$TTWO, $MSFT, #gta6, #grandtheftauto, #rockstargames, #xbox

FCA signals regulatory shift as AI moves to scale in UK financial services

FCA chief Nikhil Rathi says AI in finance has moved to scale, urging supervised deployment while warning on fraud, resilience and market concentration.

#fca, #ai, #fintech, #regulation

Google’s Interactions API reaches general availability, becomes primary interface for Gemini models and agents

Google made its Interactions API generally available and is directing new Gemini development to it, highlighting managed agents and background execution.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #gemini, #api

Taiko Halts Block Production and Urges Withdrawals After Bridge Verification Flaw Drains Over $1 Million

Taiko halted block production and urged users to withdraw after a bridge verification flaw allowed attackers to drain more than $1 million from its ERC20 vault.

#crypto, #ethereum, #blockchain, #security