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Jul 6, 2026

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State of coding agents 🧑 💻, running LLMs locally 💻, just learn SQL 🎓

As of mid-2026, the terminal has become a favored platform for coding agents, with 35 actively maintained CLI agents available TLDR TLDR DEV 2026-07-06 🧑 💻 ARTICLES & TUTORIALS HUNTING A 16-YEAR-OLD SQLITE BUG WITH TLA+: IS DQLITE AFFECTED? (14 MINUTE READ) SQLite recently addressed a long-standing bug related to the Write Ahead Log (WAL) that could cause database corruption, present in the system for 16 years. The dqlite team investigated whether this bug affects their implementation by modeling SQLite's behavior in TLA+ and comparing it with how dqlite interacts with SQLite and concluded that dqlite is not affected due to its stricter locking mechanisms that prevent simultaneous writes and checkpoints. AGENTIC TEST PROCESSES, LLM BENCHMARKS, AND OTHER NOTES ON AGENTIC CODING FROM GALAPAGOS ISLAND (92 MINUTE READ) The exploration of coding agents and their testing capabilities shows a disconnect between the efficiency of AI in automating processes and the reliability of its…

Jul 6, 2026

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Amazon's Starlink rival 🛰️, Nvidia revenue share 💰, agentic autonomy levels 🤖

Amazon Leo now has enough satellites in orbit to begin serving customers. The constellation now has more than 390 satellites TLDR TLDR 2026-07-06 📱 BIG TECH & STARTUPS NVIDIA TAPS AI CLOUD PROVIDERS TO EXPAND COMPUTE ACCESS FOR STARTUPS (2 MINUTE READ) Nvidia has started a partnership program that offers firms access to critical computing infrastructure through the company's network of AI cloud service providers. Members of the program will share both product and cloud revenue with Nvidia. AI firms are increasingly entering into revenue and equity-sharing agreements with chip makers to circumvent liquidity issues. Nvidia plans to raise at least $20 billion in debt for general corporate purposes. AMAZON HAS DEPLOYED ENOUGH SATELLITES TO LAUNCH LEO SERVICE LATER THIS YEAR (3 MINUTE READ) Amazon Leo now has enough satellites in orbit to begin serving customers. The constellation now has more than 390 satellites. Amazon began offering an enterprise preview for select businesses last…

Jul 6, 2026

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DefenseScoop

Air Force, Space Force combine multiple AI tools in latest battle management experiment

Air Force, Space Force combine multiple AI tools in latest battle management experiment The Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming wargame demonstrated that AI tools can significantly improve the Air Force's command-and-control operations. Mikayla Easley has the story.

Jul 6, 2026

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Pentagon awards $500M contract for counter-drone tech to AeroVironment

Pentagon awards $500M contract for counter-drone tech to AeroVironment The deal aims to boost the U.S. military's defenses against small unmanned aerial systems. Drew F. Lawrence reports.

Jul 6, 2026

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Center for Cyber Diplomacy and International Security

From Vault to Ecosystem: The QuantumEAGLe Initiative and the NSA’s Industrial Turn

Post: From Vault to Ecosystem: The QuantumEAGLe Initiative and the NSA’s Industrial Turn URL: Posted: July 5, 2026 at 21:15 Author: VLADIMIR TSAKANYAN Tags: ai, artificial-intelligence, cyberdiplomacy, cybersecurity, news, policy, politics, quantum, security, technology, vladimirtsakanyan Categories: CYBER, Vladimir Tsakanyan On June 30, 2026 — nine days after the Trump administration signed two quantum executive orders — the National Security Agency's Laboratory for Physical Sciences and the US Army's DEVCOM Army Research Office jointly launched QuantumEAGLe: Quantum Ecosystem Advancement, Growth and Leadership. The name is deliberate. For the first time in its history, the NSA has launched a programme whose explicit objectives include commercial roadmap development, supply chain strengthening, and direct industry engagement through flexible contracting. The agency that broke codes is now trying to build an industry. By Vladimir Tsakanyan, PhD · Center for Cyber Diplomacy and…

Jul 4, 2026

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The Hacker News

AI Agent Ransomware, Phone Spyware, macOS PamStealer, Proxy Network Seized

Jul 3, 2026

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SharePoint RCE Active Exploitation 🛠️, Cursor Zero-Click RCE 💥, NetNut Proxy Disrupted 🌐

CISA added CVE-2026-45659 (CVSS 8.8), a RCE in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition 🔓 ATTACKS & VULNERABILITIES SHAREPOINT RCE CVE-2026-45659 ADDED TO CISA KEV AFTER ACTIVE EXPLOITATION (3 MINUTE READ) CISA added CVE-2026-45659 (CVSS 8.8), a RCE in SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, to its KEV catalog after confirming active exploitation, though Microsoft rates exploitation as "less likely" and the threat actor remains unidentified. Any authenticated attacker with only Site Member permissions could trigger the flaw for remote code execution, no elevated privileges required. Microsoft patched the issue in May. FCEB agencies were ordered to remediate by July 4. Defenders elsewhere should prioritize patching and audit for anomalous authenticated activity on internet-facing SharePoint servers. PACEMAKER MANUFACTURER MEDTRONIC WARNS PATIENTS CYBERCROOKS MAY HAVE SWIPED HEALTH DATA (3 MINUTE READ) Medtronic found…

Jul 3, 2026

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PitchBook News

KNDS

Amsterdam-based tank maker KNDS postponed its €12 billion-plus IPO due to tough market conditions. TDR Capital-backed gas station operator Cumberland Farms filed for a US IPO and is looking to raise about $1 billion at a potential $9 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. Lockheed Martin is in talks to acquire Ultra Maritime, a naval technology company owned by Advent International that could be valued at around $3.5 billion in a deal, Financial Times reported. Lightspeed-backed Mohalla Tech, which operates social media platform ShareChat, is looking to raise as much as $400 million in an IPO next year. Zoom agreed to acquire Blue Cloud Ventures-backed GTM platform developer Common Room. Nasdaq-listed United Therapeutics acquired Pillar VC-backed Thymmune Therapeutics, which develops therapies for immunodeficiencies and post-transplant rejection. KKR agreed to sell Norwegian ship leasing company Ocean Yield to A.P. Moller.

Jul 3, 2026

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Jim Christian

Signal Over Noise Vol 2, Issue 26 | Jul 03 2026 Tales from the Workbench

Signal Over Noise Vol 2, Issue 26 | Jul 03 2026 Tales from the Workbench Don’t have time to read this week’s issue? Why not copy/paste it into your AI agent and ask it for insights? Some weeks the newsletter is one idea worked all the way through when time affords it. This week it’s the other kind: a run of small tools, each one built to kill a single specific annoyance while I’ve been juggling my workload around being Dad Taxi. It’s been a week of non-stop interruptions and sweltering heat, but here’s what’s come from the workbench: New models on the block Two new models out from Anthropic: Sonnet 5 and Fable 5 (technically re-released — or can we say ‘out on good behaviour’?). I’m leaving both where they are for now. I gave Sonnet 5 a job running my morning-brief skill this week, which normally takes 5–10 minutes tops on Opus 4.8 — and it took a good deal longer. In fairness, my whole setup is tuned around Opus, so that’s the reminder that past a point the model isn’t the…

Jul 2, 2026

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Cloud Security

I like the product screenshots, it seems like they gather app-relevant context thoughtfully. Cloud Security Some notes on Lambda MicroVMs Aidan Steele shares hands-on notes on AWS Lambda MicroVMs, a generalisation of Lambda functions that run code in a fresh VM for up to 8 hours. The shell side is a first-class capability since MicroVMs support PTYs natively with shell access through a dedicated AWS API, and inside the VM you can run Docker containers with full OS capabilities. Networking gets its own abstraction called a Lambda Network Connector, a configuration packaging subnets, security groups, and an IAM role for ENI management under its own ARN. The connectors create ENIs in your VPC but hide them by default unless a specific flag is set on the describe call, and AWS has placed resource-based policies on the ENIs so only the Lambda service can mutate them, closing off the old trick of attaching an elastic IP to a Lambda ENI for VPC-attached internet access. Holding blobs for…

Jul 2, 2026

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Canadian Cyber in Context

Short Background on DND/CAF Digital Transformation

On June 30, Canada quietly released a Defence Digital Strategy titled "Mission Ready, Digital Driven." This is the highest-level document to date addressing the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) lack of digital modernization and the need to chart a path forward. In Canadian fashion, there was no official government launch or announcement of the strategy. At the moment, it is unclear whether this was a soft launch that will be followed by a larger announcement with additional details, or whether it is emblematic of the government’s regard for cyber and digital technologies. This new strategy makes strong statements about digital sovereignty and supports Canadian industry, so it is surprising that this has had such a muted launch. For today, you can read a review of why this Strategy is so important, especially for Canadian industry, and download the document at the bottom of this page. Thanks for reading Canadian Cyber in Context! This post is…

Jul 2, 2026

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Canadian Defence Review

CDR Defence Update

Email from Canadian Defence Review Canadian Defence Defence News & Updates 🔔 Welcome to CDR's round-up of important defence items, events and new technology from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Sponsored by: THIS WEEK IN DEFENCE 📢 Dominion Dynamics Raises $139M for Arctic Surveillance Network INKAS® Announces North American Manufacturing Expansion Across Canada and US HMCS St. John’s Concludes Participation in US FLEETEX 250 From Berlin to Ottawa: The Loyal Wingman Revolution Is Reshaping Airpower—and Canada Must Join It Register Now 👈 FEATURED ARTICLES 📜 COVER STORY BOMBARDIER Bombardier Defense has transformed from business jet maker to global special mission leader. Challenger and Global aircraft now fly ISR, AEW&C, maritime patrol, and medevac for allies worldwide—all built in Canada. HELICOPTERS REPORT 2026 CDR's Richard Nghiem makes the case: from Arctic operations to NATO deployments, Canada needs a modern rotary force. The options include the Bell MV-75 tilt-rotor,…

Jul 2, 2026

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TLDR AI

Gemini Flash upgrade ⚡️, Meta AI cloud 🌐, ZCode 👨 💻

Google is testing a new Gemini Flash upgrade on LM Arena, reportedly offering incremental improvements over the current Flash version 🚀 HEADLINES & LAUNCHES GOOGLE MIGHT BE TESTING GEMINI FLASH UPGRADE ON LM ARENA (2 MINUTE READ) Google is testing a new Gemini Flash upgrade on LM Arena, reportedly offering incremental improvements over the current Flash version. Despite no official confirmation, past Arena tests have often preceded public launches, drawing attention to potential new labels like "Gemini 3.6 Flash" or "Gemini 4 Flash." The Flash tier attracts interest due to its importance for everyday users and cost-conscious developers, handling most free and pay-as-you-go traffic faster than pricier Pro models. META IS PLANNING A CLOUD BUSINESS TO SELL AI COMPUTING POWER (3 MINUTE READ) Meta Platforms is developing an internal cloud infrastructure initiative to sell access to its surplus AI computing power and hosted models to external developers. This strategic pivot aims to…

Jul 2, 2026

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AI Ransomware, Fake PoCs, SharePoint RCE, Argo CD Flaw, and Scattered Spider Arrest

Jul 2, 2026

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Lime's muted Hail Mary IPO is a bellwether

• Lime's muted Hail Mary IPO is a bellwether for how public investors value micromobility. The debt-laden company's stock closed yesterday at $26.02, 4% above its IPO price. Learn more • Our latest Global Markets Snapshot breaks down a month of trends in the equity, debt and commodities markets, and also features private market activity. Read it now

Jul 2, 2026

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Google’s Tabular Foundation Model 🧾, Meta’s Data Eng Agent 🛠️, LLM Spark Debugger 🚦

TabFM is a foundation model for tabular classification and regression that reframes prediction as in-context learning, removing per-dataset training TLDR TLDR DATA 2026-07-02 📱 DEEP DIVES HOW WE BUILT DEMATE: TAMING LLMS FOR DATA ENGINEERING AT META (7 MINUTE READ) Meta's DeMate is an internal LLM-powered assistant for data engineers that helps with writing SQL, generating pipelines, reviewing code, and understanding complex data flows at massive scale. The architecture combines RAG over internal data catalogs, schema documentation, and code repositories with carefully engineered prompts, multi-step reasoning chains, and human-in-the-loop feedback loops for evaluation and continuous improvement. USING LLMS TO ANALYZE SPARK SQL PLANS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO DEBUGGING LONG-RUNNING JOBS (8 MINUTE READ) Instead of manually parsing complex physical plans and DAGs for debugging long-running Spark SQL jobs, Expedia feeds the plans (along with relevant context) by using LLMs to analyze and…

Jul 1, 2026

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Midyear Assessment 2026: The State of the Cyber Order at the Halfway Mark

Post: Midyear Assessment 2026: The State of the Cyber Order at the Halfway Mark URL: Posted: July 1, 2026 at 11:32 Author: VLADIMIR TSAKANYAN Tags: ai, cyberdiplomacy, cybersecurity, policy, politics, vladimirtsakanyan Categories: CYBER, Vladimir Tsakanyan On January 1, 2026, the World Economic Forum published its Global Cybersecurity Outlook identifying three forces that would define the year: AI acceleration, geopolitical fragmentation, and widening cyber inequity. Six months later, each of these forces has manifested in specific, documented, consequential events that have altered the cyber order in ways the January report could describe but not yet name. This is a midyear accounting. By Vladimir Tsakanyan, PhD · Center for Cyber Diplomacy and International Security · cybercenter.space The first half of 2026 has been the most consequential six-month period in the history of AI and cybersecurity governance — not because any single event was unprecedented in isolation, but because…

Jul 1, 2026

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iPhone 18 Pro Leaks 📱, Windows Screen Tint 👀, Trump Passport Design 🇺🇸

Alleged leaked files from Indian supplier Tata Electronics, including grainy drop-test photos, appear to show the Apple iPhone 18 Pro TLDR TLDR DESIGN 2026-07-01 📱 NEWS & TRENDS THE IPHONE 18 PRO JUST LEAKED, AND IT MIGHT BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST APPLE LEAK SINCE THE IPHONE 4 (2 MINUTE READ) Alleged leaked files from Indian supplier Tata Electronics, including grainy drop-test photos, appear to show the Apple iPhone 18 Pro with a design that is almost identical to the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, featuring the same large camera module and rear glass cutout. The most noticeable changes are improved color matching around the rear glass, eliminating the two-tone appearance, and hints that a new deep red color option may be introduced, with many online commenters joking that it looks like an "iPhone 17.01." The comparison to the famous Apple iPhone 4 leak highlights how dramatically iPhone design evolution has slowed, making the familiar-looking design one of the reasons many people find the leak…

Jul 1, 2026

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Your weekly Defense Business Report

Business news and analysis from Breaking Defense. Breaking Defense - The Defense Business Report Breaking Defense - The Defense Business Report SNC: Leading defense innovation through strategic investment Presented by SNC SNC is at the forefront of defense innovation, leveraging strategic investment to enhance capabilities & readiness. With a focus on open architecture solutions, SNC is empowering a more capable and scalable defense industrial base. Learn more. On the ground at Turkey’s EFES 2026 multinational military exercise Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou reports from the sidelines of a recent large multinational exercise hosted by Turkey. Rocket Lab to buy satellite communications firm Iridium “Vertical integration is at the heart of this combination ― the ability to build, launch, and operate our own spacecraft quickly and cost-effectively,” a Rocket Lab spokesperson told Breaking Defense. Honeywell Aerospace begins trading as standalone company Honeywell previously…

Jul 1, 2026

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Overland AI lands Pentagon contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Corps

Overland AI lands Pentagon contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Corps The company's AGVs will provide resupply for the Marine Air Defense Integrated System. Read the full story.

Jul 1, 2026

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SOCOM interested in developing long-range kamikaze drones

SOCOM interested in developing long-range kamikaze drones Special Operations Command wants an air-launched attack drone that has an extended range of at least 75 nautical miles. Mikayla Easley has the details.

Jun 30, 2026

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Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CISSP, CRISC via LinkedIn

How User and Entity Behavior Analytics Spots Trouble Early

How User and Entity Behavior Analytics Spots Trouble Early Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CISSP, CRISC Read this article on LinkedIn to join the conversation Read on LinkedIn If you have ever stared at a wall of alerts wondering which “medium” is about to become tomorrow’s incident, you have already felt the gap that User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) is meant to fill. In plain terms, UEBA is an analytics approach and supporting technology that learns what “normal” looks like for your users, service accounts, hosts, and other entities, then flags behavior that strays far outside those patterns. Instead of treating every login or network connection the same, it considers context like typical hours, locations, peer groups, and past behavior to surface the genuinely weird stuff. UEBA is not a single standalone tool category so much as an analytical layer that rides on top of the data you already collect. It usually sits close to your security information and event management platform,…

Jun 30, 2026

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WhatsApp Usernames, BioShocking Attack, AirDrop Flaws and Kemp LoadMaster RCE

Jun 30, 2026

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Jim Christian

Field Note: Where You Keep the Final Say

Field Note: Where You Keep the Final Say I keep a tool wired into my AI setup that can read the actual text of Spanish law — the BOE, the official state gazette. In layperson terms it’s a connector (an “MCP server”) that lets the AI check a real and validated source, instead of answering from memory or confabulating / hallucinating. I built it and put it on GitHub, for exactly the kind of moment I hit this week: a question about a Spanish regulation where the answer matters and getting it wrong has a cost. So, while I was working through my regulation question, the AI could have asked the BOE tool straight away and settled it in one go, but it didn’t. Instead, it reached for what it already “knew” and gave me a confident answer from memory. The official source was sitting right there, one query away, and it strolled past it down Las Ramblas. I’d built the thing for this exact moment and then watched it get ignored. So when I double-checked the real source, the confident answer it…