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Now you can emojify your friends' Spotify playlists
Spotify has introduced a new feature called “Track reactions,” whereby you can add one of six emojis in response to your friends’ choice of tracks.
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Google CEO hits a booing trifecta at Stanford while addressing graduates
Booing prominent speakers during commencement addresses at US universities is now a regular thing, and the Google CEO checked all the sensitive boxes for booing: defense contracts, Israel policy, and AI, even if the latter was only mentioned indirectly.
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Delta avoids penalties as US drops CrowdStrike outage probe
The Trump administration has closed its investigation into Delta Air Lines over the 2024 meltdown sparked by a global CrowdStrike outage, without imposing any penalties. The disruption affected around 1.3 million passengers and cost the airline an estimated $500 million.
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Sysco hit by second extortion claim over 61M records, weeks after Qilin ransomware threat
Weeks after being named by the Qilin ransomware gang, Sysco, the world’s largest food distributor, is facing yet another extortion threat. This time, it's from the notorious ShinyHunters, which claims to have stolen more than 61 million Salesforce records.
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Eric Trump claims rigged UFC event texts were actually AI deepfakes
The president's son, Eric Trump, has claimed that X messages containing conversations seeking insider information from UFC event commentator Daniel Cormier are actually AI deepfakes
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Cyberattack hits four major Iranian banks, officials say
A cyberattack disrupted operations at four major Iranian banks, but protective measures were immediately implemented to protect customer data, Iran's Bank Coordination Council announced on Sunday.
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China slams US move to blacklist major Chinese tech firms
China said on Saturday that it’s “strongly dissatisfied” with the Pentagon's decision to label some of its leading tech firms as aiding the country’s military, with the commerce ministry calling on the Trump administration to reverse the move immediately.
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Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX goes public
Elon Musk has officially become the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX raised $75 billion in its long-awaited IPO.
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Facebook, Instagram down in latest major worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta services are down for users worldwide.
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Trump Media drops plan to spin off Truth Social and keeps it within company structure
Trump Media and TAE Technologies said on Wednesday they will not separate Truth Social and other media assets into a new publicly listed company. This means Truth Social will stay under Trump Media’s control instead of becoming its own separate company that people could buy shares in on the stock market.
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Congress pushes UFO disclosure as Grusch escalates alien claims
Bipartisan lawmakers joined UFO whistleblowers and researchers on Capitol Hill on June 8th, with David Grusch in particular pushing for more transparent and robust disclosure.
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Cash App introduces sparkly payment wand for phone-free purchases
Cash App is turning payments into a fashion accessory with the release of the Cash App Wand, an NFC-enabled tag that lets users pay without using their phone or card.
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Google launches Search profiles for publishers and creators
Google has introduced “Search profiles” for publishers and content creators – dedicated profile pages that help users discover their content across platforms.
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Oxford University careers platform hit by third-party data breach
The University of Oxford said its CareerConnect careers platform, managed by third-party provider Group GTI, was compromised in a security breach.
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Marks & Spencer CEO loses annual bonus after $175M cyberattack
Stuart Machin, the CEO of Marks & Spencer, received no bonus last year because of the cybersecurity incident that hit the retailer in April 2025.
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UFO journalist claims CIA tracked him after bombshell report
UFO journalist Matt Ford claims the CIA tracked his movements after he helped publish a bombshell Daily Mail report alleging a secret CIA office coordinated the recovery of crashed UFOs and UAP.
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Missing nuclear lab worker found dead as UFO theories swirl
A nuclear lab worker who had been missing for over a year has been found dead with a shotgun beside her, with authorities currently unable to specify the cause of her death.
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Amazon moves Prime Day to June and extends shopping event to four days
Amazon.com will host its annual Prime Day sales event from June 23 to June 26 after launching the event in July for the past five years, citing major holidays and sporting events as factors in its decision.
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Meta-Manus deal triggers China crackdown on US tech acquisitions and gives power to reverse foreign deals
China issued sweeping new rules on Monday tightening control of overseas deals that involve Chinese investors, technology, data and national security, a month after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus.
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Hackers breach Obama White House Instagram years after it went silent
An Instagram account assigned to former President Barack Obama, which has been inactive for almost a decade, has been hacked. Several AI-generated images were posted, believed to be of Iranian origin
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