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Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn: A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have "escalated" their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Read More

Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords: Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation. Read More

Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative: The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Chrome finally adds a better way to deal with too many open tabs: Google Chrome's latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing. Read More

Spotify's prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too: Spotify will now allow users to input natural language prompts to create a podcast playlist. Read More

Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps: Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install. Read More

Apple's foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says: The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the company’s foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phone’s engineering test phase. Read More

Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency's budget by $700 million: The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the President." Read More

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Last but Not Least

Adobe launches Acrobat-based Student Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students: Adobe Acrobat Student Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kinds of study material from documents. Read More