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AI

LastPass Customer Data Stolen in Third-Party Breach as Security Incidents Mount Globally

A Klue breach exposed access tokens for customers including LastPass, letting attackers pull data from Salesforce and other integrations, including customer names, phone numbers, emails, physical addresses, support case data, and sales-related data. LastPass says its infrastructure and password vaults weren’t affected; separately, John Bolton (77) pleaded guilty with a plea deal recommending no more than 5 years and a $2.25M fine, and sentencing is set for Oct. 28, 2026.

WIRED
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AI

Trump Administration Clears Anthropic’s Mythos 5 for Use by Over 100 U.S. Companies and Agencies

Trump administration authorized Anthropic to redeploy Claude Mythos 5 for 100+ U.S. agencies and companies, including Anthropic’s non‑American employees, partially reversing a ban that started June 12, 2026. Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick wrote to chief compute officer Tom Brown that safeguards are in place after researchers allegedly bypassed Mythos 5’s guardrails; the directive doesn’t address Fable 5.

TechCrunch
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AI

OpenAI Hires Former Uber India Chief as Its First India Managing Director

OpenAI named Prabhjeet Singh, formerly Uber India & South Asia president, as its first India managing director. Announced in June 2026, he joins in September reporting to Kiran Mani and will run consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships, and operations as OpenAI expands beyond its Aug 2025 New Delhi office.

TechCrunch
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AI

OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at U.S. Government Request, Pushes Back on Process

On June 26, 2026, OpenAI will roll out GPT‑5.6 only to a small group of “trusted partners” at the U.S. government’s request, calling the arrangement temporary. Sol/Terra/Luna are priced at $5/$30, $2.5/$15, and $1/$6 per 1M input/output tokens, amid a U.S. exec order pushing firms to submit advanced models for review up to 30 days early, which Dean Ball says creates de facto involuntary licensing.

TechCrunch
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AI

Tesla Settles Fatal 2023 FSD Crash Lawsuit While Federal Investigations Remain Open

Tesla settled a fatal 2023 lawsuit tied to its FSD (Supervised): a Model Y hit 71-year-old Johna Story as she stepped out to direct traffic after an earlier sun-glare crash, with settlement terms undisclosed (Bloomberg). The family case is resolved, but NHTSA’s 2024 probe—upgraded in March 2026—still says Tesla’s degradation detection fails to detect and/or warn the driver in reduced visibility such as glare and airborne obscurants.

TechCrunch
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Enterprise

Russian Hackers Identified Behind $2.5 Billion Jaguar Land Rover Breach

A NYT report blames a Russian hacking group for Jaguar Land Rover’s last-year breach that halted production for months, costing the UK about $2.5B and prompting a £1.5B bailout. Microsoft had tracked the group and alerted JLR, but investigators can’t confirm whether the Kremlin ordered it; a Jordanian hacker using the name “Rey” also hit some networks.

TechCrunch
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Gaming

Android 17 to Add Foldable Gaming Mode With Built-In Virtual Gamepad

Android 17 adds a foldable gaming mode with a half-screen virtual gamepad that emulates physical button presses for controller-supported games. Announced in 2026 by Mishaal Rahman on Reddit, it disables automatically when a physical controller connects and supports joystick layout, button-size, and haptic tweaks.

The Verge
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AI

General Intuition Raises $320 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation to Train AI Agents Using Video Game Data

General Intuition’s June 2026 $320M raise values it at $2.3B, led by Khosla Ventures, with General Catalyst, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Nico Rosberg, and DeepMind/MIT researchers participating. Its agents are trained on millions of Medal game-clip hours using embedded button-and-timing action labels, powering a Fortnite-like office agent and a quadrupedal robot fine-tuned with just 8 minutes of street data.

TechCrunch