Breaking news and updates from the world of technology.
Varonis security researchers chained three vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search into an attack that exfiltrates emails, passwords, and files with a single click — patched in early June, disclosed publicly June 15.
Salesforce is buying Fin, the AI customer service platform formerly known as Intercom, in a $3.6 billion deal that brings autonomous agent technology to its fast-growing Agentforce platform.
Fox Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Roku for approximately $22 billion in cash and stock on June 15, 2026 — combining Fox's live sports and news rights with Roku's 100 million household platform to create the third-largest U.S. TV network by viewing share.
OpenAI announced the OpenAI Partner Network today, backed by $150 million and structured across three tiers — Select, Advanced, and Elite. The program targets 300,000 certified consultants by year-end and includes Accenture, BCG, Capgemini, and McKinsey at launch.
Google's Chrome 150, due June 30, strips the final flag keeping Manifest V2 extensions alive. uBlock Origin's 40 million Chrome users have weeks to find an alternative.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will formally announce a ban on social media platforms for children under 16 on Monday, June 16 — putting the UK on a path that Australia pioneered in late 2024.
SpaceX went public on June 12, 2026, on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each to raise $75 billion — the largest IPO in history, surpassing Saudi Aramco's 2019 record and valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at $1.77 trillion.
Chinese cyberespionage group Velvet Ant compromised an isolated critical infrastructure network in 2016 and remained undetected for a decade — by replacing Linux PAM and OpenSSH binaries with backdoored versions that embedded persistent access into the authentication process itself.
Meta is unwinding its $2 billion acquisition of Chinese-founded AI startup Manus following a divestiture order from Beijing citing national security concerns. The forced breakup highlights the mounting risks for Western companies pursuing Chinese AI assets.
Google filed suit in New York on June 12 against Outsider Enterprise, a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation that used Gemini to generate convincing fraud pages impersonating Google, USPS, E-ZPass, and banks. The FBI estimates the group stole 3.87 million credit card numbers and caused $1.9 billion in losses since July 2023. It is the first lawsuit Google has brought against threat actors for weaponizing its own AI.
EngineAI Robotics, the Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker that opened a 12,000-square-metre factory in May and immediately began mass deliveries of its T800, has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO. The three-year-old startup is valued at $1.5 billion after a $200 million Series B in April — and it is joining a stampede of Chinese robot makers racing to list while investor appetite for humanoid robots is at its highest point in history.
A Ukrainian drone developer has confirmed to New Scientist that ten AI-controlled quadcopters operating in fully autonomous 'terminator mode' killed Russian soldiers near Bakhmut in 2024 — with no human connection, no video feed, and no way to abort. Researchers say it is the most compelling evidence yet that an AI has independently made lethal decisions in combat.