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PamStealer is new macOS malware that disguises itself as clipboard app Maccy and uses Apple’s own PAM system to steal login passwords.

From soccer biomechanics to ancient Roman scrolls, June’s overlooked science stories reveal how modern hardware is reshaping research.

Two Max Planck papers vanished from a scientific journal with no real explanation. Historians at the University of Quebec are now asking why.

South Korea plans to train all 500,000 military members to operate drones as a standard weapon, announced June 26 by Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back.

GTA VI preorders opened this week at $80, above current AAA standards. The physical edition ships without a disc — only a download code inside the box.

SpaceX tests Starfall, a saucer-shaped reentry pod built to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth from low-Earth orbit via Falcon 9.

The UK plans to use AI facial age estimation on asylum seekers despite its own internal tests showing the tech misclassifies children and contains demographic bias.

NASA gave Katalyst Space Technologies $30M and ten months to build a satellite rescue vehicle for the $500M Swift telescope before it falls from orbit.

xAI operates 57 unpermitted gas turbines in Mississippi. The NAACP sued. The Trump administration responded by calling Grok a military necessity.

A scholar argues Eilmer of Malmesbury may have seen a 1018 comet, not Halley’s 989 pass, reshaping when the monk’s famous flight occurred.