Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight
https://acoup.blog/2026/06/05/collections-pre-modern-armies-for-worldbuilders-part-i-why-they-fight/
https://acoup.blog/2026/06/05/collections-pre-modern-armies-for-worldbuilders-part-i-why-they-fight/
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight
This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems te…
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/
Ars Technica
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/36134-grapheneos-user-reported-to-authorities-for-using-grapheneos
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/36134-grapheneos-user-reported-to-authorities-for-using-grapheneos
GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
Do Women's Mate Preferences Change Across the Ovulatory Cycle? A Meta-Analysis [pdf]
https://www.martiehaselton.com/_files/ugd/3ae410_aeb76edab75f457aae0c14c4c68d93c0.pdf
https://www.martiehaselton.com/_files/ugd/3ae410_aeb76edab75f457aae0c14c4c68d93c0.pdf
Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring Founding Machine Learning Engineer (Robotics)
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs/WYAcNkX-founding-machine-learning-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs/WYAcNkX-founding-machine-learning-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Machine Learning Engineer at Mbodi AI | Y Combinator
About Mbodi
Mbodi is building embodied AI platform that makes robots learn and operate like humans, with natural language. Our
software lets anyone teach robots new skills by talking to them and execute the learned skills reliably in production,
in minutes.…
Mbodi is building embodied AI platform that makes robots learn and operate like humans, with natural language. Our
software lets anyone teach robots new skills by talking to them and execute the learned skills reliably in production,
in minutes.…
Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-keeps-delaying-the-release-of-its-new-ai-model-to-developers-f8569c8c
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-keeps-delaying-the-release-of-its-new-ai-model-to-developers-f8569c8c
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers
The shifting timeline is a setback for Meta’s ability to monetize its massive investments in building frontier AI models.
Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs
https://twitter.com/lemire/status/2062880075117113739
https://twitter.com/lemire/status/2062880075117113739
X (formerly Twitter)
Daniel Lemire (@lemire) on X
Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs.
It has 128 GB of shared memory and comes with up to 6,144 state-of-the-art CUDA cores.
CPU wise, the chip has 10 performance cores and 10 efficiency cores. The performance cores are based on the…
It has 128 GB of shared memory and comes with up to 6,144 state-of-the-art CUDA cores.
CPU wise, the chip has 10 performance cores and 10 efficiency cores. The performance cores are based on the…
Police in England and Wales told to halt AI use in court statements
https://www.ft.com/content/229e5949-3ebc-4151-8a86-a01b5e259241
https://www.ft.com/content/229e5949-3ebc-4151-8a86-a01b5e259241
Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-raised-threat-israeli-spying-us-highest-level-sources-say-rcna348565
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-raised-threat-israeli-spying-us-highest-level-sources-say-rcna348565
NBC News
Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
The counterintelligence threat level was raised by the Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks after growing concerns that Israeli espionage had become more aggressive than usual, sources say.
Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirms-thousands-of-instagram-accounts-were-hacked-by-abusing-its-ai-chatbot/
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirms-thousands-of-instagram-accounts-were-hacked-by-abusing-its-ai-chatbot/
~this week in security~
Meta confirms thousands of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.