Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents

Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic mid-tier model yet. It runs close to the flagship Opus 4.8 on many tasks, but costs less than half as much. Anthropic said on June 30, 2026 that Sonnet 5 is available today across every plan. The…

Meta paid contractors to pose as teens and probe rival AI chatbots
Meta paid contractors to pose as teens and probe rival AI chatbots

The project ran under the internal name Cannes, and a Meta contractor called Covalen managed it. WIRED reported that hundreds of contractors created dummy under-18 accounts. They sent prompts and images to competitors’ chatbots, then logged the replies…

Microsoft takes down over 100 malicious Edge extensions hiding malware in images and fonts
Microsoft takes down over 100 malicious Edge extensions hiding malware in images and fonts

Microsoft says the 119 malicious extensions were downloaded a total of 2.6 million times since 2021.

Nearly 400 illegal World Cup 2026 streaming sites taken offline by US DOJ
Nearly 400 illegal World Cup 2026 streaming sites taken offline by US DOJ

Operation Offsides was a coordinated takedown of sites illegal streaming World Cup games.

Microsoft Teams is getting wants to block bad bots for good
Microsoft Teams is getting wants to block bad bots for good

Better bot blocking is coming to Microsoft Teams to keep your meetings safe.

Straiker raises $64M to secure the AI agents running your company
Straiker raises $64M to secure the AI agents running your company

AI agents are pouring into companies, and most security tools were never built to watch them. Straiker wants to fix that. The startup has just raised $64mn to police a workforce that does not clock in. The Series A was revealed first by Axios. It takes…

Chrome is putting things on your computer you never agreed to
Chrome is putting things on your computer you never agreed to

Your browser has been busy on your behalf. This week brought two reminders that Chrome can put things on your machine you never agreed to. One came from Google. One came from an impostor. Both used the same quiet machinery. Chrome runs on billions of d…

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found.

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found.

I went inside FIFA’s super-secret Technology Command Center for the World Cup — but sadly I can’t really tell you too much about what I saw
I went inside FIFA’s super-secret Technology Command Center for the World Cup — but sadly I can’t really tell you too much about what I saw

The FIFA World Cup Technology Command Center was a tech nerd’s dream – but you’ll just have to believe me.