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Over 70,000 French government workers had their personal information compromised. What happened, and who was behind it? On June 8, 2026, France’s interministerial digital directorate (DINUM) disclosed that the government’s official messaging platform, Tchap, had been hacked the previous day, June 7. A threat actor going by the alias ‘**misere**’ quickly stepped forward to take credit for the attack. DINUM serves as the French government’s cross-departmental digital authority and oversees the Tchap platform.  Tchap is a government-owned, purportedly ‘secure’ instant messaging application built to offer both data sovereignty and stronger protections compared to foreign third-party alternatives. The platform features end-to-end…

# Introduction Data cleaning and preparation are estimated to take up as much as 80% of a data scientist’s daily work. Since Pandas is the go-to library for data manipulation in Python, how efficiently you use it directly affects how fast you can turn messy, raw datasets into features ready for modeling. And there is a strong incentive to speed up your cleaning and preparation process: it frees up more time for modeling, analysis, and sharing insights. However, many developers write Pandas code that follows standard Python looping patterns or relies on imperative, state-changing updates. These methods come with several…

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Dave Neary, Director of Developer Relations at Ampere Computing In recent years, Arm64 has rapidly gained traction among cloud service providers. By the end of 2025, more than half of all new instances on AWS and over a third on Azure were running on Arm64 processors. Today, supporting Arm64 as a foundational element of modern cloud-native computing isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential. In late 2023, Oracle Cloud committed to donating $3 million worth of Arm64 compute resources—powered by Ampere Computing CPUs—to CNCF projects. This initiative was designed to help CNCF projects adapt to the growing…

Private 5G mobile networks surpassed 2,000 enterprise installations in the first quarter, largely fueled by the growing complexity of industrial automation needs.According to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), 2,003 organizations were operating private cellular infrastructure with contracts valued above €100,000. These corporate and government operations now span 88 countries, reflecting a consistent compound annual growth rate of 37 percent since 2019. Between January and March, 48 new major deployments were added, pushing the total past the 1,953 recorded at the end of the previous year.Sector secrecy and security concernsIndustries with high-security requirements often conceal details about their physical communications…

This week, Tokyo-based Sakana AI released its first commercial offering, ‘Sakana Marlin.’ The team behind it describes the tool as a Virtual CSO (Chief Strategy Officer)—an autonomous B2B research agent designed specifically for enterprise use. Unlike a typical chatbot that responds in seconds, Marlin works differently. You provide a single research topic, and it operates independently for as long as eight hours. Once complete, it delivers a comprehensive report along with a set of presentation slides. According to Sakana, each session can involve hundreds or even thousands of queries to large language models. What is Sakana Marlin Marlin is not…

At a Glance A mystery bettor wagered $1 million on Spain to defeat Cape Verde in their Group H opener on June 15, 2026. Spain and Cape Verde played to a 0-0 draw, wiping out the entire million-dollar stake. Polymarket user “Fishalive” took the opposing side at nearly 9¢ per share, pocketing a $4.3 million profit. Offer a moment of silence.Picture this: an anonymous bettor drops a million bucks on Spain to win a World Cup match against a country making its tournament debut on the world stage. The Polymarket odds for a draw sat at just 6.6 cents. On…

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it had taken control of two websites—CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com—allegedly responsible for hosting explicit, AI-generated nude images and videos of women without their consent. This marks what is believed to be the first publicized domain seizure under the TAKE IT DOWN Act. The Department of Justice stated that these platforms distributed sexually explicit digital content, commonly referred to as deepfakes, featuring prominent figures such as politicians, celebrities, athletes, musicians, and even members of royalty from various nations. “Based on the sworn affidavit provided to justify the seizure warrants, these fabricated images were…

This week, the AWS Summit comes to New York City, gathering developers, customers, and AWS teams for a full day of announcements, demonstrations, and technical sessions at the Javits Center. I’ve written blog posts covering several of the launches happening at the Summit, so I’m thrilled to see them go live this week. The only catch is — I won’t actually be at the Javits Center to watch them. Instead, I’ll be at a four-day music festival, keeping up with the launches on my phone while wrestling with tent poles. If you’re in the same boat and can’t attend in…

By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.Telit Cinterion has launched the SE869eK2L, a single-frequency L1 GNSS module designed for IoT and industrial device manufacturers seeking improved positioning performance without undertaking a complete hardware overhaul.When it comes to upgrading positioning in IoT hardware, the bottleneck is rarely the satellite technology itself. More often, it’s the existing circuit board layouts, power supply configurations, and lengthy qualification processes that hold things back. Even if a GNSS module delivers superior constellation coverage or faster data refresh rates, the economics fall apart if an OEM is forced to redesign an already proven product.This…

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