On the podcast this week, I cover my highlights from the various announcements made during Microsoft BUILD, I provide a follow up on the recently published exploit by a disgruntled security researcher, discuss a European search engine move and much more!
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Reference Links:
News:
Microsoft BUILD 2026:
https://news.microsoft.com/build-2026/
NVIDIA Enters the PC Market:
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/nvidia-dgx-station-1-trillion-parameter-ai-workflows-windows
Security Researcher’s GitHub Account Suspended:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsofts-github-bans-security-researcher-who-posted-zero-day-windows-exploits-because-company-ruined-their-life-expert-claims-action-is-vindictive-and-promises-further-retaliation
Paint.net Finally Gets Own Domain:
https://www.xda-developers.com/after-22-years-paintnet-downloadable-from-url-paintnet/
AI Support Bots Had Over IG Accounts:
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
European Commission to Get Mythos Access:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/anthropic-eu-ai-mythos-access-advanced-model.html
DuckDuckGo Popularity Surge for Non-AI Option:
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/traffic-to-duckduckgos-proudly-no-ai-search-page-has-tripled-since-latest-google-ai-search-update
Microsoft Continues to Modernise Windows Dialogs:
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/05/31/microsoft-is-killing-every-ancient-windows-11-dialog-box-with-a-modern-rewrite-and-file-copy-is-already-done
European Parliament Switches to Non-US Search Engine:
https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-to-ditch-google-for-european-alternative/
Japan Hits 6G Milestone:
https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/japan-hits-6g-key-milestone-with-high-frequency-speeds-topping-100-gbps
Techie Builds High Tech Moquito Swatter:
https://www.techspot.com/news/112601-engineer-builds-ai-laser-defense-system-wiped-out.html
