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Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we'd happily outsource if we could - and

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DZone

Slopsquatting: Building a Scanner That Catches AI-Hallucinated Packages Before They Reach Production

In this article, I will examine an emerging security problem in AI-assisted development: slopsquatting, a supply-chain attack that exploits hallucinated software package names generated by large language models. As developers increasingly rely on AI coding assistants to accelerate development, hallucinated dependencies can slip into real projects. Attackers can register those phantom package names in public registries and distribute malicious code through them.

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The Verge Tech

The Verge’s 2026 high school graduation gift guide

High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immediately embark on a career path, many continue their education and delve deeper into their studies at college. Either way, they'll be taking on more responsibility, meaning it's up to friends and relatives to figure out how to support them. Support comes in many forms, but a gift or two certainly won't hurt. Luckily, we've compiled a host of Verge-app

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The Verge Tech

Microsoft delays Fable (again) to avoid GTA VI

Microsoft has delayed its upcoming Fable reboot once again. The game was set to launch in autumn 2026, but Microsoft now says that Fable will come out in February 2027. However, it will show a "new look" at the game at its Xbox Games Showcase on June 7th. "​​This is year is packed with incredible games for XBOX players to enjoy, from Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 to Control Resonant, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Grand Theft Auto VI," Microsoft say

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