04 Jun 2026
Miasma npm Supply Chain Attack: Self-Spreading Worm via Phantom Gyp
self-replicating worm is spreading across the npm registry using binding.gyp, a file that triggers code execution during npm install without touching package.json scripts. The attack bypasses conventional security tools and has already compromised dozens of packages across multiple maintainer accounts.
04 Jun 2026
Australia news LIVE: Pocock calls for Senate to split tax bill; Israel, Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire, US says, boosting hopes for Iran deal
Greens back medical defence road reforms in NSW By Emily Kaine Greens senator David Shoebridge said this morning it was “about time” road laws were reformed to account for drivers with medicinal cannabis prescriptions, following a major change that will see NSW introduce a medical defence model.
03 Jun 2026
‘Indefensible’: Meta declares war on Australia’s plan to make it pay for news
Meta has launched a scorching attack on the Albanese government’s plan to force the world’s largest technology companies to fund Australian journalism, branding the proposed regime a “discriminatory tax built on a false premise” that will leave the media industry hooked on government handouts.
03 Jun 2026
Google DeepMind Releases Gemma 4 12B: An Encoder-Free Multimodal Model with Native audio that runs on a 16 GB laptop
Google DeepMind just released Gemma 4 12B , a dense multimodal model that strips out traditional encoders entirely. Vision and audio flow straight into the LLM backbone. The result is a model that runs agentic workflows on a consumer laptop with 16 GB of RAM. It ships under the Apache 2.0 license.
03 Jun 2026
Deals: Amazon early Prime Day discounts, Pixel 10 series up to $615 off, Best Buy World Cup sale, more
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Amazon’s early Amazon Prime Day deals and the ongoing Google Pixel 10 series at up to $300 off right now – just keep in mind these open-box units are up to $615...
03 Jun 2026
Preinstall to persistence: Inside the Red Hat npm Miasma credential-stealing campaign
A large-scale npm supply chain attack compromised over 90 versions of @redhat-cloud-services packages, silently infecting CI/CD environments and developer systems. The malicious code steals credentials from GitHub, cloud platforms, and local machines, then spreads like a worm by republishing trusted packages. Discover how the attack works, what data is at risk, and the steps you can take to…
02 Jun 2026
Broadcom Stock Just Hit a Record High. You Can Thank Nvidia, Alphabet, and Marvell.
It isn't like that company needed any help. Broadcom ( AVGO +4.85% ) has been experiencing strong demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for much of the past three years. Since the advent of AI in early 2023, the stock had surged 723% through market close on Monday. Yet Tuesday saw the stock climb 5% to a record high, as a confluence of events in the AI space conspired to send the…
02 Jun 2026
Microsoft unveils Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw
Microsoft has developed a new AI agent that can run autonomously around the clock to complete tasks across Microsoft 365 applications. Microsoft Scout, unveiled at the company’s Build event Tuesday, is a new type of always-on agent based on the OpenClaw agent framework that Microsoft calls “autopilots.”
02 Jun 2026
Van der Waals strain hardening and large uniform tensile elongation in GaSe
Data availability The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors upon request. Source data are provided with this paper.
