Canadian ICC judge Kimberly Prost has experienced significant disruptions due to U.S. sanctions, including the cancellation of her credit cards and limited access to online services and banking. The sanctions, linked to her involvement in cases related to Israel, Gaza, and Afghanistan, have led to personal inconveniences and financial challenges over the past year. Despite not being legally mandated, many foreign companies have chosen to comply with U.S. restrictions, affecting her daily life.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that entrepreneurs spend too much time modeling growth and too little preparing for external shocks like tariffs, regulation, taxes and technology shifts. The piece contends that businesses optimized for maximum efficiency often lose the flexibility needed to withstand sudden cost or policy changes.
A court has dismissed lawsuits brought by Chegg and Penske that accused Google of monopolistic practices in AI search technology. The judge's ruling clears Google of these allegations, which aimed to challenge its market dominance. The cases had sought to address concerns over competitive fairness in AI-driven search services.
Circuit Breaker Labs, founded by siblings Shirali and Arul Nigam, has built AI agents designed to simulate users of different ages, backgrounds, languages and cultures to stress-test chatbots for psychologically harmful responses. The startup is one of TechCrunch's 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 finalists and will pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this October. Arul Nigam said the company was motivated partly by the case of Sewell Setzer, a teenager whose family sued Character.AI after he died by suicide following interactions with its chatbot.
On July 12, 1985, the launch of the Space Shuttle STS-51-F was halted at T−3 seconds due to a coolant valve malfunction in engine number two, leading to an automatic abort. The shuttle successfully launched on its second attempt on July 29, 1985, after a delay caused by uplink issues, but experienced an in-flight engine sensor failure that resulted in a lower-than-planned orbit. This was the only RS-25 engine failure during the shuttle program's operational history.
Citrix patched eight NetScaler vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days, after researchers reported RCE attacks scanning for vulnerable installations and urged customers to take systems offline immediately. Citrix instead advised customers to upgrade promptly rather than disconnect servers, and the two zero-days continued to be exploited despite the patch. Separately, Kiteworks told customers to proactively take systems offline based on intelligence of an imminent attack before confirming the next day that only about 1% of customers were actually affected.
A new study by Consumer Reports, Aspen Digital and the Global Cyber Alliance found that roughly 90% of US adults have experienced at least one digital scam or cyberattack. Confidence in the safety of personal data has dropped sharply, with those saying they have no confidence at all in protections for data like Social Security numbers nearly doubling from 16% in 2025 to 29% now, while those expressing confidence fell from 48% to 32%.
Marcin Wichary visited three Dutch computer museums: the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond with over 500 working vintage computers, the Bonami SpelComputer Museum in Zwolle housing thousands of machines including mainframes and arcade games, and a barn-based collection of DEC computers in a remote location. Each museum offered a unique experience, from interactive displays to extensive collections of historic technology.
Apple expanded its third-party accessories lineup this week with eight new products, led by the Aqara Thermostat Hub W200, which first launched in April after debuting at CES 2026. The device sells for $169.95 through Apple, about $10 more than on Amazon, and supports Apple Home features including Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Guidance. Apple also began selling the Aqara Climate Sensor W100 alongside six other new accessories.
The NHL has begun releasing short audio stories, 60 to 90 seconds long, styled after romance novel conventions and featuring real players like Trevor Zegras, Sebastian Aho and Jack Eichel. Written and narrated by hockey romance author C.R. Jane as part of the league's 'Hot for Hockey' campaign, the pieces read more like book-jacket blurbs than actual stories, and the league plans to promote them through BookTok creators.
Netflix confirmed its six-year production partnership with David Fincher has concluded, ending an arrangement first signed in 2020 that gave the streamer exclusive rights to his films, including Mank and The Killer. The move follows similar endings to deals with other high-profile directors like Shawn Levy.
A vulnerability has been identified in middleware used by SWIFT banking systems and government networks that could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution. The flaw reportedly affects environments relying on hardware-based multi-factor authentication, and administrators are being urged to apply patches immediately.
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