3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers

Earlier this month, five current Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle City Council to regulate data centers. It was an unprecedented act of advocacy by tech…

The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

Age verification is consuming the internet. From social media bans in Australia to porn restrictions in half of US states, for many having to prove…

Tigera Lynx Provides a Unified Control Plane for Kubernetes-Native AI Agents

Jun 18, 2026 By Stephanie Simone Tigera, the inventor and maintainer of Calico Open Source, is releasing Tigera Lynx, a unified control plane for Kubernetes-native…

CloudCasa Boosts HPE Partnership with Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes

Jun 18, 2026 By Stephanie Simone CloudCasa by Catalogic, a leader in cloud-native data protection, is launching CloudCasa Disaster Recovery (CloudCasa DR) for Kubernetes powered…

Airbyte Enhances its Data Movement Platform with Variety of Updates

Jun 18, 2026 By Stephanie Simone Airbyte, creator of an open data movement platform, is releasing Airbyte 2.1, improving scalability, deployment flexibility, governance, observability, and…

The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy

The Trump administration’s move to impose export controls on Anthropic’s most powerful AI technology followed a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant…

Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital

At IO-AI Tech, a startup about 45 minutes north of downtown Shenzhen, China, I glimpsed a wacky new frontier of blue-collar work. Workers wearing the…

The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible

The Trump administration’s disagreement with Anthropic over its most advanced AI models appears to be fast coming to a head. Trump officials tell Inner Loop…

The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here

The last time Google released a smart speaker, the world was in the throes of a pandemic. Yes, it’s been six years since the company…

Is That Job Opening You Just Applied to Even Real?

A pattern keeps surfacing, and it’s hard to ignore. In conversations with IT professionals—many currently employed, but quietly exploring new opportunities—a troubling trend has emerged.…