June 2026

The Nest Mini and Nest Audio smart speakers are not available in the Google Store Third-party retailers still list them, but options are limited It could be Google’s way of preparing for the arrival of the new Google Home Speaker The long-awaited Google Home Speaker is nearing a full launch – and another strong clue

Threat actor reused unrooted GitHub Actions secrets to compromise 73 Microsoft repos Miasma worm planted across Azure, Microsoft, Azure-Samples and MicrosoftDocs organizations Microsoft pulled affected repos, notified affected customers and is continuing the investigation GitHub has disabled 73 of Microsoft’s repositories after a threat actor allegedly used credentials stolen a month ago to break in

Scientists fear that AI addiction could slowly weaken independent astrophysical reasoning and mathematical intuition Trained researchers are increasingly relying on AI systems for difficult coding and analytical scientific work Astronomy journals are struggling with increasing volumes of machine-assisted scientific paper submissions AI systems are rapidly transforming astrophysical research, leaving many scientists wondering whether human researchers

European/UK students use AI for organization, productivity instead of cheating Lenovo reports that students are using tablets more as they seek cheaper, portable options Universities may gradually become more accepting of AI as students report more encouragement Almost all (98%) European students aged 18-25 now say AI helps them in some way, and new data