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OpenAI on Friday released three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small number of companies as part of an ongoing engagement with the U.S. government. While Sol is the latest flagship model and the most powerful, Terra strikes a balance between efficiency and power, and Luna is fine-tuned for speed and affordability. “GPT‑5.6 Sol launches with our most robust safety stack to date. We strengthened protections for higher-risk activity, sensitive cyber requests, and repeated misuse, and spent multiple weeks finding weaknesses, pressure-testing our system, and hardening it against real-world attacks,” OpenAI said.…
Now that Amazon Prime Day is over, it’s time to start gearing up for Fourth of July sales. Most large retailers pivoted their summer-sale timing to compete head-on with Amazon’s accelerated schedule, but you can still snag great deals this July 4th, particularly in active and outdoorsy categories.REI has the hottest sale of the weekend as far as the WIRED Reviews team is concerned, but there are notable midsummer sales on other sites we shop, like Backcountry, Home Depot, and Lululemon. Also, make sure you don’t sleep on Duer.The outdoorsy Canadian clothing brand makes highly functional classics that subtly incorporate…
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is one of the best phones you can buy in 2026, and if you already own one, I have some positive news for you: Your phone can take better photos than it does right now.Samsung added a larger aperture (on two sensors) and upgraded its camera processing to fare better against Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro this year. However, if you haven’t played around with the settings, you aren’t making the most of Samsung’s new upgrades.The Galaxy S26 Ultra has a versatile camera system, but the default settings might not work for everyone. They didn’t for…
Imagine working at a warehouse or office sometime in the near future, and you’re asked to help a new trainee learn the basics of their job. The catch: It’s a robot. To teach them, you might want to play a game of “show and tell” — that is, physically showing how to do something a few different ways, while also explaining what you’re doing.Let’s say you asked the robot to place some coffee on your desk without disturbing you during a Zoom call. You’ll prefer that the robot doesn’t get too close to you and the laptop so that it…
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. is joining an initiative that IBM Corp. and its Red Hat unit launched in May to fix open-source software vulnerabilities. The companies announced the move today. U.K.-based Deloitte launched in the middle of the 18th century as an accounting firm. Today, it’s the world’s largest provider of professional services with $70.5 billion in revenue as of fiscal 2025. The company has a sizable cybersecurity business that helps enterprises scan their infrastructure for vulnerabilities, detect breaches and perform related tasks. The open-source security initiative at the center of today’s partnership is called Lightwell. IBM and Red Hat…
Worker engagement in Singapore has stagnated since 2019 Ever taken public transport during the weekday morning rush? Packed buses and trains. Corporate uniforms. Eyes glued to phones or staring blankly ahead. Lanyards around necks, coffee in hand, everyone hurrying somewhere that seems incredibly important. However, according to a new report released last week, most of them would rather be anywhere else. The inaugural Singapore Workplace Report 2026, produced by workplace consulting firm Gallup and the Singapore Institute of Directors, found that only 14% of Singapore’s workforce is actually engaged at work. In other words, 86 out of every 100 workers…
OpenAI delays its IPO to 2027 to protect a $1 trillion valuation. With mounting losses and government-mandated rollouts, the AI giant’s path to Wall Street stalls. OpenAI just signaled a major shift in its path to Wall Street. The company now leans toward delaying its initial public offering until 2027. This decision follows advice from bankers who fear that market volatility could sour retail investor appetite for another massive AI listing. Sam Altman holds the line on valuation. Advisers offered a choice: go public sooner with a lower valuation or wait until 2027 to hit the company’s target. Altman labeled…
Swati KhandelwalJun 26, 2026Secure Messaging / Social Engineering The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key. Hand it over once, and the attacker can restore the account’s backup, read the private and group message history, and take over the account. Worse, the key keeps working. Make a new account on the same phone number, and the old key can still be used against it, the advisory warns. The fix is blunt: generate a new key in…
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon Mark 2 lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA has selected proposals from 37 companies, including several with Seattle-area connections, to further its plans to establish a long-term presence on the moon and enable human exploration of Mars. The companies applied to partner with NASA under the terms of an Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity, or ACO. The selected proposals aim to develop technologies for space transportation, planetary surface operations and lunar surface infrastructure. “We are empowering American industry to become active partners in NASA’s missions to the moon, Mars and beyond,”…
Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown isn’t over just yet. The streaming giant is now rolling out another change that could make shared household accounts a little more cumbersome, this time by asking every profile on an account to have its own email address. While the move isn’t designed to stop families from sharing a subscription, it does add another layer of identity verification that many users probably weren’t asking for. Netflix wants every profile to have its own identity As spotted first by CordCuttersNews, Netflix has begun introducing profile-specific email addresses, allowing each user on a shared household account to link their…