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Every source archived. en https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f1-google-loses-appeal-against-record-4-1bn-eu-fine-over.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f1-google-loses-appeal-against-record-4-1bn-eu-fine-over.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Memos A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open." https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f2-moody-s-germany-fined-eur-2-145-000-for-misreporting-to-esma.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f2-moody-s-germany-fined-eur-2-145-000-for-misreporting-to-esma.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Memos Moody’s Germany fined EUR 2,145,000 for misreporting to ESMA 02 July 2026 Press Releases Securities Financing Transactions Supervision Trade Repositories The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has fined Moody’s Deutschland GmbH (Moody’s Germany) a total of EUR 2,145,000, for committing four breaches of the Credit Rating Agencies R https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-02-f1-openai-proposes-handing-trump-administration-5-stake.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-02-f1-openai-proposes-handing-trump-administration-5-stake.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Models Trump said in June that the U.S. taking an ownership stake in AI giants would be "a beautiful thing" and make American public "partners in this revolution." https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f3-louisiana-attorney-general-indicted-over-alleged-threats.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-02-f3-louisiana-attorney-general-indicted-over-alleged-threats.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Memos Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) was indicted by a grand jury in connection with an investigation over alleged threats she made against New Orleans officials, former Judge Laurie White confirmed Thursday. “The grand jury has returned an indictment, it is now a criminal matter,” White, who was appointed as a special prosecutor in the... https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f1-treasury-says-trump-account-investment-options-will-include.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f1-treasury-says-trump-account-investment-options-will-include.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Markets The Treasury Department said the investment lineup for Trump ‌Accounts includes ETFs from State Street, BlackRock and Vanguard. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f2-judge-rules-jpmorgan-still-has-to-pay-for-charlie-javice-s.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f2-judge-rules-jpmorgan-still-has-to-pay-for-charlie-javice-s.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Markets Charlie Javice, founder of Frank, was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase. Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty Images JPMorgan must continue covering convicted fraudster Charlie Javice's legal fees, a judge ruled. Javice, convicted of defrauding JPMorgan, faces seven years in prison. Another judge this week denied a request to remove her ankle monitor while her case is on appeal. JPMorgan Chase must keep https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f3-trump-bought-apple-nvidia-and-other-tech-giants-before.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f3-trump-bought-apple-nvidia-and-other-tech-giants-before.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Markets The day before President Donald Trump walked back his tariff policy turned out to be one of his busiest days of 2025 for stock buying. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f4-blackstone-s-qts-ends-virginia-data-centre-project-after.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-02-f4-blackstone-s-qts-ends-virginia-data-centre-project-after.html 2026-07-02T06:00:00Z Markets Proposed campus becomes the latest casualty of growing backlash to the facilities in the US https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f1-alleged-member-of-criminal-cyber-hacking-group-scattered.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f1-alleged-member-of-criminal-cyber-hacking-group-scattered.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Cyber Alleged Scattered Spider member Peter Stokes, 19, was extradited from Finland to the U.S. over hacking, fraud, and extortion charges. Peter Stokes, 19, an alleged Scattered Spider member known online as “Bouquet,” has been extradited from Finland to the U.S. to face hacking, fraud, and extortion charges. Prosecutors say he took part in multiple cyberattacks, […] https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f2-anthropic-s-fable-model-is-back-but-u-s-ai-policy-is-still.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f2-anthropic-s-fable-model-is-back-but-u-s-ai-policy-is-still.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Models The U.S. government has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos. But there's still no clarity about the rules that will govern future AI model releases. https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f1-justice-department-sues-california-over-glock-ban-handgun.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f1-justice-department-sues-california-over-glock-ban-handgun.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Memos Justice Department Sues California Over Glock Ban, Handgun Roster Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times , The Justice Department (DOJ) on July 1 sued California over its ban on "machinegun convertible pistols" and its "handgun roster." A Glock handgun and two magazines in a file photograph. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo The law bans the purchase of Glock pistols and guns with similar firing https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f1-palantir-s-karp-bashes-openai-anthropic-token-model.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f1-palantir-s-karp-bashes-openai-anthropic-token-model.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Models 'Something Has Gone Completely Wrong': Palantir's Alex Karp Goes Ballistic On OpenAI, Anthropic On Wednesday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp delivered a blistering critique of frontier AI labs, accusing them of having an "effing insane" business model that leaves enterprises paying escalating token costs for limited value while risking their proprietary data and intellectual property. He said that top AI https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f2-fortibleed-actors-collaborating-with-inc-lynx-ransomware.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f2-fortibleed-actors-collaborating-with-inc-lynx-ransomware.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Cyber After gaining a foothold in thousands of Fortinet firewalls, the attackers are starting to monetize that access, and are also piling on a Nextcloud zero-day bug. https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f2-ex-cia-chief-john-brennan-sues-trump-admin-officials-over.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f2-ex-cia-chief-john-brennan-sues-trump-admin-officials-over.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Memos Ex-CIA Chief John Brennan Sues Trump, Admin Officials Over Allegedly Vindictive Investigations Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times , Former CIA Director John Brennan is seeking a court order requiring the Trump administration to retain records related to allegedly vindictive investigations into him and his involvement in probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elect https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f3-cve-2026-32208-microsoft-entra-id-spoofing-vulnerability.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f3-cve-2026-32208-microsoft-entra-id-spoofing-vulnerability.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Cyber Microsoft's Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2026-32208, a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID, was revised on July 1. Per MSRC, the update corrected the CVE description and title and is an informational change only. https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f3-alibaba-and-aus-merchant-services-agree-to-pay-600-million.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f3-alibaba-and-aus-merchant-services-agree-to-pay-600-million.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Memos Alibaba Group Holding Limited and its U.S.-based payment processor AUS Merchant Services Inc., formerly known as Alipay US, entered a non-prosecution agreement to pay $600 million to resolve the Justice Department's allegations that they violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, per the DOJ's July 1 press release. Per the release, the department alleges the companies failed to prevent mer https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f3-anthropic-says-us-lifts-export-ban-on-its-advanced-ai-models.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f3-anthropic-says-us-lifts-export-ban-on-its-advanced-ai-models.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Models BBC News reported on July 1 that Anthropic says the US has lifted the export ban on its advanced AI tools, after Fable and Mythos were abruptly suspended in June over concerns they could be used by hackers. CNBC's coverage states the Trump administration lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, and the Wall Street Journal reported on July 1 that Anthropic had neared a deal with the a https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f4-justice-department-sues-california-to-halt-glock-ban-and.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-07-01-f4-justice-department-sues-california-to-halt-glock-ban-and.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Memos The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California to halt the state's newly enacted Glock ban, per the DOJ's July 1 press release. Per the release, the suit also seeks to prevent enforcement of the state's "Handgun Roster," a list limiting the legal firearms individuals may purchase, and the United States challenges both measures as unlawful under the Second Amendment. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f4-openai-and-anthropic-backer-mgx-closes-49-billion-ai-fund.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-07-01-f4-openai-and-anthropic-backer-mgx-closes-49-billion-ai-fund.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Models CNBC reported on July 1 that MGX closed one of the biggest AI funds ever at $49 billion. Per CNBC, MGX is a backer of major AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, and also backed Elon Musk's xAI prior to its merger with SpaceX. The close adds a substantial new pool of capital behind the frontier labs MGX already holds. https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f4-cisco-publishes-july-1-2026-security-advisories-catalyst.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-07-01-f4-cisco-publishes-july-1-2026-security-advisories-catalyst.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Cyber Cisco PSIRT published its July 1 advisory bundle covering CVE-2026-20191, a Catalyst Center arbitrary file read vulnerability rated High with a CVSS base score of 7.5, and a set of ClamAV vulnerabilities affecting Cisco products (CVE-2026-20216, CVE-2026-20213, CVE-2026-20214, CVE-2026-20215, CVE-2026-20217, CVE-2026-20243 and CVE-2026-20244), also rated High at 7.5. Cisco strongly recommends cust https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-01-f1-reopening-federal-bond-issue-auction-result.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-01-f1-reopening-federal-bond-issue-auction-result.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Markets The Deutsche Bundesbank published the auction result for a reopened Federal bond issue on July 1 via its federal-securities press release page. The result figures were issued as an accompanying PDF notice; the feed carried no yield or allotment detail. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-01-f2-sources-of-changes-in-current-account-balances-and-market.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-07-01-f2-sources-of-changes-in-current-account-balances-and-market.html 2026-07-01T06:00:00Z Markets The Bank of Japan published its 'Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances and Market Operations' data for June on July 1, posted as a spreadsheet on the Bank's statistics pages. The feed carried no summary figures. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-30-f1-start-building-with-nano-banana-2-lite-and-gemini-omni-flash.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-30-f1-start-building-with-nano-banana-2-lite-and-gemini-omni-flash.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Models Nano Banana 2 Lite Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image ( gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image in their API ), this is the "fastest and cheapest Gemini image model, engineered for velocity and scale". I used AI studio to run this prompt: Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio I like that one better than the results I got from the other Nano Banana models when https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f2-cve-2025-36372-ibm-db2-information-disclosure-vulnerability.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f2-cve-2025-36372-ibm-db2-information-disclosure-vulnerability.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Cyber Per the NVD entry published June 30, CVE-2025-36372 affects IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, including Db2 Connect Server. The flaw could disclose sensitive information to an authenticated user from the monitoring and event tables and is rated CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-30-f2-nvidia-bionemo-agent-toolkit-comes-to-anthropic-s-claude.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-30-f2-nvidia-bionemo-agent-toolkit-comes-to-anthropic-s-claude.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Models NVIDIA said on June 30 that its BioNeMo Agent Toolkit is bringing accelerated AI to life-sciences researchers inside Claude Science, an AI workbench for science that, per the NVIDIA post, Anthropic announced this week. The pairing connects NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated life-sciences stack — hardware, frameworks, models and microservices — to Anthropic's new science product. Notable as a cross-vendor in https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f3-cve-2026-49451-openapi-net-sdk-circular-schema-reference.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f3-cve-2026-49451-openapi-net-sdk-circular-schema-reference.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Cyber Per the NVD entry published June 30, CVE-2026-49451 affects Microsoft's OpenAPI.NET SDK from 2.0.0-preview11 until 2.7.5 and 3.5.4. A small OpenAPI document containing a circular schema reference can cause process termination through stack overflow in Microsoft.OpenApi, affecting document parsing through the public reader APIs across both JSON and YAML paths. The flaw is rated CVSS 7.5 HIGH and is https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-06-30-f1-eaglebank-agrees-to-pay-more-than-9-7-million-to-resolve.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mem-2026-06-30-f1-eaglebank-agrees-to-pay-more-than-9-7-million-to-resolve.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Memos EagleBank, a community bank operating in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and its parent Eagle Bancorp Inc. entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay over $9.7 million to resolve the Justice Department's investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, per the DOJ's June 30 press release. As a non-prosecution agreement, the resolution does not involve a crimi https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-30-f1-announcement-federal-treasury-discount-paper-bubills.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-30-f1-announcement-federal-treasury-discount-paper-bubills.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Markets The Deutsche Bundesbank published an auction announcement for Federal Treasury discount paper (Bubills) on June 30 via its federal-securities press release page. Terms were issued as an accompanying PDF notice; the feed carried no volume or maturity detail. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-30-f2-agencies-release-list-of-distressed-or-underserved.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-30-f2-agencies-release-list-of-distressed-or-underserved.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Markets The Federal Reserve announced on June 30 that US banking agencies released the list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. The OCC issued a matching release the same day, per its news-release page. https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f1-progress-kemp-loadmaster-flaw-could-let-attackers-run-root.html https://thedwire.com/wire/cyb-2026-06-30-f1-progress-kemp-loadmaster-flaw-could-let-attackers-run-root.html 2026-06-30T06:00:00Z Cyber The Hacker News reported on June 30 that a critical vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster, tracked as CVE-2026-8037, lets an unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary commands as root on the appliance by sending a crafted request to its API. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 according to ZDI, and Progress published its advisory in June. A patch is available; per the report, LoadMaster depl https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f1-claude-meets-blackwell-ultra-anthropic-s-models-now-run-on.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f1-claude-meets-blackwell-ultra-anthropic-s-models-now-run-on.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Models Anthropic’s Claude models in Microsoft Foundry — hosted on Microsoft Azure and running on NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs — are now generally available, giving Azure-native enterprises a powerful new way to build autonomous and domain-specific AI agents. As agentic AI continues to drive enterprise innovation and becomes more autonomous, organizations need access to computing […] https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f1-sandwich-chain-jersey-mike-s-files-for-ipo-reports-50-same.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f1-sandwich-chain-jersey-mike-s-files-for-ipo-reports-50-same.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Markets Jersey Mike's plans to list Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticket symbol “JMKE,” though it is unclear when it plans to do so. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f2-palantir-brings-nvidia-nemotron-open-models-to-us.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f2-palantir-brings-nvidia-nemotron-open-models-to-us.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Models NVIDIA said on June 29 that Palantir introduced a new intelligent engine built on NVIDIA Nemotron open models to serve US government agencies, positioning open models for deployment in closed, secure environments. The post frames the launch as a case for open-source innovation in American AI; contract details, agency names and technical specifics were not included in the material reviewed. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f2-average-contract-interest-rates-on-loans-and-discounts-may.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f2-average-contract-interest-rates-on-loans-and-discounts-may.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Markets The Bank of Japan published its Average Contract Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts for May on June 29, posted as a statistical PDF. The feed carried no headline figures. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f3-openai-report-maps-europe-s-ai-workforce-opportunity.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-29-f3-openai-report-maps-europe-s-ai-workforce-opportunity.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Models OpenAI released a report on June 29, per its blog, mapping how AI could reshape jobs across the EU and highlighting which occupations may face automation, growth or workflow changes. Occupation-level findings and methodology were not included in the material reviewed. The report is company-authored and lands amid ongoing EU AI policy debates, so its framing should be read as OpenAI's own positioni https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f3-christine-lagarde-back-to-basics-in-an-uncertain-environment.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-29-f3-christine-lagarde-back-to-basics-in-an-uncertain-environment.html 2026-06-29T06:00:00Z Markets The ECB published Christine Lagarde's June 29 speech 'Back to basics in an uncertain environment,' delivered at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra. Per the text, Lagarde argued monetary policy has returned to interest rates as its primary tool now that structural changes, including rising defence spending, have moved rates away from the effective lower bound, and said decisions are data-de https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-28-f1-hp-inc-launches-frontier-strategic-partnership-with-openai.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-28-f1-hp-inc-launches-frontier-strategic-partnership-with-openai.html 2026-06-28T06:00:00Z Models OpenAI said in a June 28 post that HP Inc. is scaling a Frontier strategic partnership with the company to deploy AI across customer experiences, software development and enterprise operations. Deal value, deployment scale and timeline were not included in the material reviewed; the claims rest on OpenAI's own announcement. https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-27-f1-isabel-schnabel-is-inflation-back.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mkt-2026-06-27-f1-isabel-schnabel-is-inflation-back.html 2026-06-27T06:00:00Z Markets The ECB published a speech by Isabel Schnabel titled 'Is inflation back?' on June 27, posted as a PDF on the ECB's press pages. The feed carried no text of the remarks. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-27-f1-the-three-chatbot-behaviors-that-can-drive-humans-to.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-27-f1-the-three-chatbot-behaviors-that-can-drive-humans-to.html 2026-06-27T06:00:00Z Models The Wall Street Journal reported on June 27 on three chatbot behaviors — sycophantic responses, language mirroring and hyperpersonalized content — that it says can work together to send some users into a delusional spiral. The piece is an analysis of AI safety failure modes in consumer chatbots rather than a report on a specific incident or model. https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-27-f2-tech-firms-blame-ai-for-device-and-console-price-rises.html https://thedwire.com/wire/mdl-2026-06-27-f2-tech-firms-blame-ai-for-device-and-console-price-rises.html 2026-06-27T06:00:00Z Models BBC News reported on June 27 that technology firms are attributing recent price rises on major devices and consoles — including Xbox consoles, Nintendo's new Switch 2 and Valve's Steam Deck — to AI. The report frames AI demand as the industry's stated cause of the hikes; specific increase amounts and component-level detail were not included in the material reviewed. Relevant to the desk as a downs