TWiT.tv
• Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Security Now 1081: AI Captured the Flag
Six Colors
• Jason Snell
Microsoft will allow Office 2019 to self-destruct ↦
In an absolutely horrible development for users and historical tech, Microsoft will let perfectly functioning old software suddenly break due to an expiring certificate. Tim Hardwick at MacRumors reports:
…Microsoft has actually renewed the suite’s certificate, but the fix can only be delivered through a software update.
Looking forward to seeing @debhaalandnm.bsky.social become New Mexico's next Governor. Congratulations on tonight's primary victory, and onward to November!
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Something remarkable is happening in Iowa with @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social's campaign.
Congratulations on earning the nomination, Josh. Looking forward to hitting the trail with you soon.
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Build the Open Social Web From the Ground Up
Build the Open Social Web From the Ground Up
Build the Open Social Web From the Ground Up
Build the Open Social Web From the Ground Up
I haven't thought twice about where "lorem ipsum" was from. It's fascinating how much history there is behind something so inconsequential. And I'm glad that some people still dig for answers when most just parrot falsehoods.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI
Google is trying to buy code from some Android developers as part of a "confidential" program.
Strong winds at the front of this storm. Lost a branch of the pecan tree. Looks like minimal damage to the roof, mostly just the gutter. Whew. 🌳
TWiT.tv
• Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Shelly Brisbin
MacBreak Weekly 1027: The Paris of the South Bay
Automattic's CMS empire shows cracks as WordPress share falls
theregister.com/saas/2026/06/03/automattics-cms-empire-shows-cracks-as-wordpress-share-falls/5250420
After months of lawsuits, injunctions, plugin disputes, and public sparring between Automattic and WP Engine, WordPress is showing its first sustained market share decline in years.
Europe's New Tech Strategy Puts Open Source Front and Centre
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Joost.blog
• Joost de Valk
Lovable should sponsor TanStack
Lovable announced this week that every new project on its platform now builds on TanStack Start. That's 100,000 new apps a day riding on open-source infrastructure Lovable doesn't fund.
WIRED
• Joel Khalili
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn
A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.