In context: Anthropic's latest release is really a story about control, not just capability. The company is offering two versions of the same underlying model: Claude Mythos 5 for a small circle of trusted partners, and Claude Fable 5 for everyone else. The split reflects a core challenge Anthropic is still trying to solve – how to deploy an extremely capable system into the wild without simultaneously handing attackers a new class of

In a nutshell: On the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft addresses the overall security of its many software products. The Patch Tuesday tradition has continued for more than 20 years, but the number of vulnerabilities addressed in monthly updates is now truly skyrocketing.

Microsoft recently released its latest batch of monthly security fixes for vulnerabilities found in Windows, Office, and other products sold by the company. This month's Patch

What just happened? Solar power crossed an important threshold in May, as a rapidly expanding fleet of photovoltaic projects supplied more US electricity than coal for the first time on record. New data from global energy think tank Ember shows that US solar generation climbed to 45.5 terawatt-hours in May 2026, the highest monthly total ever recorded and a 17% increase from May of last year.

Rumor mill: Intel's next Nova Lake desktop platform is coming together, and it's not just the CPUs that are changing. Leaked specifications for the Z970 and Z990 chipsets suggest a smaller PCH that consumes more power and runs hotter than the current Z890 hardware.

The latest leaks focus on the platform controller hub, which handles most of a motherboard's connectivity.

WTF?! In a story that could have come straight from The Simpsons, a gaming PC owner says their rig saved them from being shot after their neighbor's dog – yes, dog – accidentally discharged a firearm. The bullet traveled through a wall heading toward the person, but it changed trajectory after hitting a RAM stick, which these days is likely more expensive than bulletproof shielding.

Redditor angelbabyzz writes on r/

Ad-Verse: Google announced the transition from Manifest V2 browser add-ons a few years ago, but kept a few well-known "secrets" available to support legacy extensions. Now, Chromium developers have explained that MV2-based extensions are completely going away in just a few weeks.

Starting with the next major release, Chromium will stop supporting Manifest V2 extensions. The change will affect users who

WTF?! OpenAI has published a report claiming that China-based ChatGPT users asked the chatbot for ways to influence Americans' opinions of data centers in the US. But the campaigns had little to no effect, and it's not as if people's opinions needed much swaying, anyway.

OpenAI writes that the now-banned accounts were "supporting covert influence operations that promoted narratives in an attempt to manipulate a

What we know so far: As Microsoft faces rising component costs and declining hardware sales, Xbox's new CEO recently suggested that major changes are in store for the gaming division. While specific details are scant, reports indicate that yet more Microsoft employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks, adding to the tens of thousands laid off over the past few years.

Although Xbox chief Asha Sharma didn't say "