The day in AI and tech
Monday 22 June 2026
64 events from 19 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence29 events
- Google Loses Two Top AI Researchers To OpenAI & Anthropic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Google And Shopify Back Cloudflare’s AI Bot Gatekeeping Initiative via @sejournal, @martinibuster — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- AI Chatbot Use Hits 49%, But Skepticism Stays High via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- California drivers sue gas stations for allegedly using AI to inflate prices — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Google DeepMind CEO says these are the skills that will set humans apart from AI — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Gartner: Half of Gen AI Projects Could Exceed Budget by 2028 — Campus Technology (opens Campus Technology's report in a new tab)Read on Campus Technology (opens in a new tab)
- The AI world is getting ‘loopy’ — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Google Warns AI Consciousness Debate Could Become a Political Battleground — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Shopping online? AI can chat—but it still needs context — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- New York City House primary emerges as key battleground in ‘AI civil war’ — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Why alignment can’t stay on the sidelines of AI adoption — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Homeowners Can’t Find Contractors or Electricians. The AI Boom Is To Blame. — Realtor.com (opens Realtor.com's report in a new tab)Read on Realtor.com (opens in a new tab)
- Separate fact from fiction: AI and the future of work — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Three things to watch amid Anthropic’s latest feud with the government — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
- The Studio Behind 'Ex Machina' Is Now Researching AI With Google — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Google invests in A24 to build AI movie tools — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Reddit unveils new AI-powered ad tools built on community conversations — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Google’s LLM patent suggests a new goal for SEO: Teaching AI who you are — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Fully AI-Generated Series ‘Journey to the West’ in Development by Utopai Studios and Huace — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- A German Court Made Google Liable For What Its AI Says About You via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Stop Your Legacy Infrastructure from Hijacking Your AI Agents — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Preferred Sources & AI Mode Are Creating Filter Bubbles – A New Discovery Problem via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- A human-centric AI strategy is the CEO’s path to inspiring customers and team members — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Patch the Planet: a Daybreak initiative to support open source maintainers — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Shanghai Film Festival Takeaways: Debut Directors Rule the Golden Goblet While AI Remakes the Industry Around Them — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips6 events
- Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- The Download: record-breaking subsea tunnels and flexible data centers — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy3 events
- GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- This robotic arm charges your EV so you don’t have to — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Tesla FSD Finally Reached Europe. Now Speed Limits May Slow Its Expansion — InsideEVs (opens InsideEVs's report in a new tab)
Biotech3 events
- STAT+: Another big deal, another sign biotech M&A is back — STAT News (opens STAT News's report in a new tab)
- STAT+: FDA reverses course on Regenxbio’s childhood gene therapy after rejection — STAT News (opens STAT News's report in a new tab)
- STAT+: Pharma goes on a spending spree, snapping up biotechs in a hurry — STAT News (opens STAT News's report in a new tab)
Energy Tech2 events
Cybersecurity21 events
- AI Shifts Cybersecurity Focus from Finding Flaws to Fixing Them — Campus Technology (opens Campus Technology's report in a new tab)Read on Campus Technology (opens in a new tab)
- Trump Orders Acceleration of Quantum Readiness as Bitcoin Faces Coming Risk — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- ShapedPlugin WordPress Pro Plugins Backdoored in Supply Chain Attack — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Researchers Detail DifyTap Flaws in Dify That Could Expose AI Chats Across Tenants — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Ethereum Layer-2 Taiko Warns Users to Withdraw Bridge Funds After Security Breach — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- 29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- New OXLOADER Loader Uses Malicious Google Ads to Deliver CastleStealer — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Browser Bugs, EDR Killers, TV Botnet, OpenBSD Flaw, Android Trojan, and More — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Q2 2026 emerges as most-hacked quarter on record with 83 incidents — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Daybreak: Tools for securing every organization in the world — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab), The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Taiko halts its Ethereum layer-2 network after a bridge exploit, token dives — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- AryStinger Malware Infects 4,300 Legacy Routers to Build Reconnaissance Proxy Network — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- INTERPOL Warns Phishing, Ransomware, and AI Scams Are Rising Across Asia-Pacific — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Taiko urges users to withdraw as bridge exploit drains $1.7M — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Secret Network bridge exploited for $4.7M with ‘infinite mint’ bug — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.