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NASA’s X-59 Reaches Supersonic Speed in First Mach 1 Flight; Sonic‑thump Tests Next

NASA’s X-59 flew supersonic on June 5 from Edwards AFB, topping about Mach 1.1; an F-15 chase plane masked its sound. Quieter-boom tests are next.

#nasa, #x-59, #supersonic, #aviation

Tifa Lockhart Confirmed for Street Fighter 6 in Capcom’s Year 4 DLC Lineup

Capcom confirmed Tifa Lockhart will join Street Fighter 6 as a Year 4 DLC fighter; four characters are scheduled from Aug. 2026 through spring 2027.

#streetfighter6, #tifa, #capcom, #finalfantasy, #videogames

Zcash patches critical Orchard privacy flaw after private disclosure; Foundation says no evidence of stolen funds

Zcash patched a soundness flaw in its Orchard shielded pool after a May 29 disclosure. Orchard was briefly disabled; Foundation says no unauthorized ZEC was created.

#zcash, #cryptocurrency, #security, #blockchain

Analysts Find Dormant Facial-Recognition Code in Meta’s Smart-Glasses App

Independent analyses found dormant facial-recognition code in Meta's smart-glasses companion app, but no evidence it’s been activated for users.

$META, #meta, #facialrecognition, #privacy, #smartglasses

Google launches Gemma 4 12B, an open-licensed multimodal AI that runs on 16GB laptops

Google released Gemma 4 12B, an Apache-2 open-licensed multimodal model that processes text, images and audio natively and can run on laptops with 16GB.

$GOOG, $GOOGL, #ai, #google, #gemma4, #multimodal

EU General Court annuls gatekeeper designation for Facebook Marketplace but upholds Messenger

EU General Court overturns Meta's Marketplace gatekeeper label for procedural reasons but keeps Messenger designated under the DMA.

#meta, #digitalmarketsact, #eu, #gatekeeper

Emails in Valve Antitrust Case Show Threat to Pull Rainbow Six Siege From Steam, Bloomberg Reports

Emails disclosed in the Valve antitrust case allegedly show threats to remove Rainbow Six Siege from Steam over competing pricing, Bloomberg reports.

#valve, #antitrust, #steam, #video-games, #ubisoft

Trump signs order giving NSA central role in voluntary pre-release reviews of advanced AI

Trump signed an order creating a voluntary pre-release review of powerful AI models, naming the NSA to decide designations and boosting federal cyber defenses.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #executiveorder, #nsa

Preprint Claims Language Models Undergo 'Alignment Transition' Around 3.5 Billion Parameters

An unreviewed arXiv preprint argues language models shift from trading truth for reasoning to improving both past ~3.5B parameters; code and dashboard released.

#ai, #alignment, #language-models, #arxiv

Nvidia, Arm and Microsoft Tease ‘New Era of PC’ With Taipei Coordinates Ahead of GTC and Computex

Nvidia, Arm and a Microsoft Windows exec posted matching Taipei coordinates ahead of Nvidia’s June 1 GTC keynote, fueling Windows-on‑Arm PC speculation.

$NVDA, $MSFT, $ARM, #nvidia, #arm, #microsoft, #computex

Gravity Bridge Halted After $5.4M Drain; Signing-Layer Compromise Suspected

Gravity Bridge suspended operations after an apparent $5.4M drain that appears tied to a signing/authorization compromise; investigations are ongoing.

#crypto, #ethereum, #cosmos, #security

Researchers Detail 'TrapDoor' Supply‑Chain Attack That Hid Malicious Instructions in AI Assistant Files

Security researchers say 'TrapDoor' used malicious npm, PyPI and Crates.io packages to target crypto wallets and developer credentials, hiding commands in AI assistant files.

#cybersecurity, #supplychain, #cryptocurrency, #ai, #devtools

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Destroyed in Explosion During Cape Canaveral Hot-Fire Test

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was destroyed in an explosion during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral; no injuries reported and investigations are underway.

#blueorigin, #space, #newglenn, #capecanaveral

Sui Mainnet Restores Service After 6‑Hour Stall Caused by Validator Crash Bug

Sui recovered Thursday after a software bug in release 1.72 caused a roughly six-hour mainnet stall; validators upgraded to a patched client to resume finalization.

#sui, #blockchain, #crypto, #outage

Meta says AI system RADAR has auto-reviewed 535,000+ code changes and landed 331,000

Meta details RADAR, an automated, risk-based code-review pipeline that reviewed 535,000+ diffs and landed 331,000+, per an arXiv preprint.

$META, #meta, #ai, #software, #code-review