President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 on Friday, directing the US military and intelligence agencies to accelerate their adoption of advanced AI while protecting frontier models from theft by foreign adversaries. The directive replaces the Biden administration’s NSM-25, which had governed AI in national security since 2024, and adds a provision that no commercial vendor can disable, degrade, or modify an AI system that American warfighters depend on without prior government approval.

The memo lands in a week already crowded with AI policy moves: a voluntary executive order on frontier model reviews, the announcement that Anthropic is preparing to release Mythos-class models to the general public, and growing pressure from Senator Elizabeth Warren to probe whether the administration’s approach is moving too fast without adequate safeguards.

What NSPM-11 requires

The memo gives agencies 120 days to review and update procurement processes so they can onboard advanced AI models from multiple vendors rapidly. It requires the Secretary of Defense to update the directive governing autonomy in weapon systems within 90 days. It calls on agencies including the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Office of the National Cyber Director to maintain “deep, proactive” partnerships with the AI industry.

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The language is blunt: US military and intelligence agencies have been too slow to adopt AI, and the technology is developing faster than their procurement systems can accommodate. The memo also discloses the existence of a classified annex, to be issued within 90 days, whose contents are not public.

On the defensive side, the memo directs officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NSA chief General Joshua Rudd to work with “willing private-sector companies” to develop protocols protecting frontier models from adversary efforts to steal or replicate them. The distillation attacks the White House described in April, where Chinese labs submitted millions of queries to American models to replicate their capabilities, are the explicit concern.

The Mythos factor

NSPM-11 arrives as Anthropic prepares to release Mythos-class models to the general public in the coming weeks. Mythos found more than 10,000 high-severity software vulnerabilities in its first month of testing and was initially shared only with a limited group of trusted partners through Project Glasswing. Making it widely available means the same offensive cybersecurity capabilities that the US government wants to deploy will also be accessible to anyone with an API key.

CISA, the top US cyber defence agency, is expected to issue its own directive in the coming days ordering federal agencies to secure their networks against AI-boosted hackers. The layering of NSPM-11, the voluntary executive order, and the coming CISA directive represents the most concentrated burst of AI security policy the administration has produced.

Warren pushes back

Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott on Monday, calling for hearings with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the administration’s AI policy. Warren argued that the voluntary model-review provision in the executive order gives AI companies a “free pass at the expense of Americans’ safety and security.”

She also pressed on chip exports. Warren cited Commerce Department guidance issued last month to block Chinese companies from acquiring advanced AI chips through overseas affiliates, calling the existing export control regime riddled with loopholes. “The Commerce Department’s mismanagement of US export controls has resulted in loopholes that may have allowed the most advanced AI chips to flow to companies with ties to China’s military,” she wrote.

The two-speed problem

The administration is simultaneously telling agencies to move faster on AI adoption and trying to protect the models those agencies will use from the adversaries who want to copy them. It is building a framework that is voluntary for the companies, mandatory for the agencies, and contested by Congress.

Meanwhile, Iranian drone strikes earlier this year knocked out power to Amazon Web Services data centres in Bahrain and the UAE, demonstrating that the physical infrastructure AI runs on is itself a target. The memo calls on agencies to work with the private sector to boost both physical and cybersecurity of data centres.

Sriram Krishnan, one of the administration’s top AI advisers, announced on Friday that he will leave the White House at the end of the month. His departure removes one of the few figures who bridged the gap between Silicon Valley and the national security establishment at a moment when that bridge has never been more load-bearing.

The all-new Siri AI looks like it’s finally coming to iPhone in 2026, after much drama, analyst hand-wringing, and two years later than expected.

WWDC is Apple’s annual developer conference. It’s held every June and gives developers and fans alike a glimpse of what to expect when Apple rolls out its major operating system updates in the fall.

This year is somewhat of a banner year, now, all thanks to one announcement. It finally seems like we’re going to get a brand new, contextualized Siri AI

You know, the one that we were initially promised in 2024.

As well as the new name, Siri AI’s upgrade looks a bit different from what we were initially given. Instead of the iPhone being bordered by a rainbow of colors, Siri now springs to life from the Dynamic Island with a Liquid Glass appearance.

In addition to familiar verbal commands, Siri AI is now able to work with data from multiple apps to provide answers to prompts. There’s now also a dedicated Siri AI app that works across platforms.

Example of a conversation with the new Siri AI – image credit: Apple

It can also maintain a conversation with users, allowing for follow-up questions and prompts. At any point, Siri AI can be activated by “Hey, Siri,” or pressing on the iPhone’s side button.

On the Mac, it’s part of Spotlight. Instead of the old “Type to Siri” that was reached by pressing the Command key twice, Spotlight recognizes a Siri request and passes it to the new Siri AI.

Siri AI then enters a chatbot-style interface, as previously rumored. Apple says that as well as data from a user’s apps, it has World Knowledge, which means it can retrieve information from the web.

Now Siri AI is also part of the Camera app. Instead of launching Visual Intelligence, Siri can analyze photos directly from the camera.

Apple says the most powerful on-device AI models will not be on all devices – image credit: Apple

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But the biggest takeaway is that we’re finally getting the contextual Siri we’ve been hoping for, natural language prompts and all.

The long, winding road to the new Siri AI

Apple first introduced its idea for a new, more personal Siri in 2024. At that time, Apple believed that while the revamped personal assistant may not make it to the iOS 18 launch, it most certainly would be out before the year was over.

Siri AI on the Mac is now part of Spotlight – image credit: Apple

And then Apple believed that Siri would make its debut in March, as part of the iOS 18.4 update that introduced other Apple Intelligence features. But, it didn’t.

Apple soon realized that it had bitten off more than it could chew. In March 2025, the company announced that Siri would be delayed for an indeterminate amount of time.

And then came the shakeups. That same month, John Giannandrea was ousted as the Siri chief, replaced by Mike Rockwell.

The following month, it was learned that Apple would be sending nearly 200 engineers to a multi-week AI vibecoding bootcamp to help shore up coding deficiencies.

Since then, Apple’s been working on Siri behind the scenes. Months would go by without much news, either from Apple or purported insider knowledge.

Then, in October 2025, CEO Tim Cook announced that Siri would finally appear in its newest form “on time” in 2026. Of course, saying “in 2026” is still hedging, as it gave the developers a 365-day deadline.

All these delays haven’t reflected well on Apple, either. Apple got hit with a class action lawsuit, which was eventually settled in December 2025 for $250 million.

The UK government has laid out a $1.47 billion plan to shake its dependence on foreign-made artificial intelligence hardware.

Under the measures, announced Monday, the UK will spend more than $1 billion on a national AI supercomputer. It will be stocked with $530 million worth of hardware, including $200 million that will go toward specialist inference chips for processing AI tasks. Priority will be given to up-and-coming British firms in the procurement process; the government pointed to Olix and Fractile, two UK startups developing new styles of inference chip, as potential beneficiaries. British researchers and startups are expected to be able to use the supercomputer starting in 2030.

The new measures are part of a broader effort by the UK government to minimize dependence on foreign powers for access to AI products and services—a move made more urgent by the apparent souring of the relationship between the US and its European counterparts. The European Union outlined a similar “tech sovereignty” proposal last week. This year, European leaders have found themselves in confrontation with the Trump administration over issues ranging from the sovereignty of Greenland to tariff policy to immigration, leading to speculation about a deterioration in the NATO alliance. Against that backdrop, a dependence on American technology could be a liability, wielded by the US against European countries as leverage.

“The geopolitical settlement of the last 40 years has ruptured—and many would argue is gone for good,” UK technology secretary Liz Kendall said during an April speech at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank. “For Britain, AI sovereignty is about reducing overdependencies and increasing resilience.”

“There are those who say this race is already lost—that it is too late to challenge the dominance of the US or China in AI chips—but I do not accept such defeatism,” she added.

Last November, the UK began to establish “AI growth zones,” regions across the country with fewer administrative and regulatory barriers to building data centers. In April, it launched a $675 million venture fund, SovAI, for investing in homegrown AI startups in fields ranging from model development to agentic AI to drug discovery. The supercomputer hardware plan is the latest piece of that expanding mosaic.

Though the UK is home to prominent firms like ARM, whose chip architectures are ubiquitous across the globe, semiconductor design and manufacturing is otherwise dominated by American and Asian companies. By acting as a large customer to domestic chip startups, the UK government is aiming to both support their growth and incentivize them to remain in the country long-term.

“Historically, the UK government has just been impenetrable … the willingness to back UK businesses with innovative technologies with hard contracts is a really important milestone,” says Ed Bussey, CEO at Oxford Science Enterprises, a venture capital firm that participated in Fractile’s 2024 seed round. “If we can build out a procurement pipeline of revenues for these companies, it helps to anchor them here.”

The changes unfolding in AI datacenter design—moving away from homogenous fleets of chips toward a mix of specialist hardware for different purposes—represent an opportunity for the UK to carve out a strategically important niche.

“You can’t do everything on your own, so you really have to be militant about what areas you want to specialize in,” says Keegan McBride, director of science and technology at the Tony Blair Institute, a think tank founded by the former UK prime minister. “The UK is playing a very smart game … If they get it right, there’s a massive opportunity. If other companies begin to depend on British chips, that gives you leverage.”

Apple has announced a refreshed version of the iPhone’s Screen Time features for iOS 27, giving parents a new way to ensure children only access the content that’s right for them.

Alongside iOS 27, parental controls will also extend to the iPad with iPadOS 27 and the Mac, with macOS 27.

Screen Time has long allowed parents to limit which apps their kids use, and how long they can use them. With iOS 27, announced at WWDC 2026, Apple has refreshed the way this system works.

New for iOS 27 and beyond

With iOS 27, Apple makes it easier for parents to create a new Apple Account for their children. They’ll be shown how to modify their child’s access to the apps installed on that device. More apps can be enabled over time, too.

Apple also announced that iOS 27 will build on an existing feature that allows children to request access to an app. With iOS 27 installed, this will be expanded to include websites, giving parents the ability to preview the site before approving it for viewing.

With Apple’s 2026 software updates, kids will also be warned if they receive an iMessage that includes blood or gore. Currently, this feature is limited to images with possible nudity.

Time Allowances will give parents more control over how long and when their children can use their devices. Building on the existing Screen Time features, Time Allowances is a clearer, more easily managed system at a time when screen time is a hot topic for parents.

To help back up this refreshed and expanded Screen Time experience, developers will be given a slew of APIs to use. Apple’s new software updates will then hook into these APIs when managing a child’s access to apps and features.

Apple’s new software updates are set to be made available for all of its platforms later in 2026.

Engineers as well as designers from Axiom Space and Prada pulled back the curtain last weekend in New York on the inner layer that will sit closest to astronauts during future lunar surface work. The garment forms a key piece of the AxEMU spacesuit developed for NASA’s Artemis program. Astronauts step into this form-fitting piece first. Light gray fabric stretches across the body in a streamlined silhouette while clear tubing traces deliberate paths over the torso, arms, and legs. A single red stripe runs down one sleeve as a quiet nod to Prada’s activewear roots.

Water flows through the primary network of tubes, absorbing heat from the astronaut’s muscles. That warmed liquid then travels to the portable life support system strapped to the astronaut’s back, where it releases its heat into space. Meanwhile, an entirely distinct system supplies new oxygen to the helmet and collects exhaled carbon dioxide, which is then cleaned and reused. In fact, added redundancy adds another layer of protection: a second, fully operational cooling loop runs parallel to the first. If the main system fails, the backup system takes over seamlessly, ensuring that temperature control is never disrupted during one of these excursions.

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Prada contributed decades of expertise in high-end textiles, unique knitting processes, and precision garment manufacturing to this project. Axiom offered aerospace expertise, life support integration, and 3D modeling tools that designed each tube route to improve cooling efficiency while allowing the wearer to move freely. The two teams worked back and forth through several different models, determining which materials performed best in certain scenarios and on different body types. A set of connectors at the waist connects the garment’s tubes directly to the rest of the suit’s systems. The entire design is suitable for eight-hour spacewalks and is built to be reused over long-duration missions, thanks to specific fibers selected with Prada’s involvement.

This suit’s inner layer outperforms the spacesuits currently deployed on the International Space Station. The earlier designs just did not have that level of built-in backup cooling, and the degree of customisation available with these newer suits is a huge advantage. Materials were also chosen to solve specific issues connected with the lunar environment, such as plasma interactions, which prior suits were never designed to handle. Axiom Space was awarded a contract from NASA to develop these suits several years ago. The qualification gear is presently being tested on the ground, with an in-space demonstration scheduled for next year, and the company is on track to support crewed trips to the lunar surface during the Artemis IV mission later this decade.
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After being requested for years, Capcom is finally bringing one of its Resident Evil titles back to life. Resident Evil Veronica has been announced for a 2027 release, bringing back Resident Evil Code: Veronica–all with modernized gameplay, a reimagined storyline, and of course, next-gen visuals. The game is headed to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam.

Claire Redfield takes the lead again

Just like before, Resident Evil Veronica kicks off after the events of Resident Evil 2. A couple of months after the Raccoon City disaster, Claire travels to France in search of her brother, Chris Redfield. However, the reunion goes awry with Umbrella’s special forces capturing her and sending her to Rockfort Island, which soon becomes another biological disaster zone.

This was the exact setup for Code: Veronica, which is also what set it apart from the other mainline entries in the popular franchise. It was never numbered, which made it easier for casual players to skip, but it is far from a throwaway side entry. It continues Claire and Chris Redfield’s story, leans heavily into Umbrella’s lingering mess, and helps bridge the older survival-horror era with the more dramatic tone the franchise would later embrace.

Why fans have been waiting for this remake

Resident Evil Code: Veronica has long sat in an odd place within the series, overlooked by some because it was not a numbered entry, but kept alive by a dedicated fanbase that never stopped asking for its return. With more older titles getting fresh remakes, it made sense for Veronica to be next–and Capcom did not disappoint. Resident Evil Veronica preserves the essence of the 2000 game while adding modern gameplay and a reworked story. 

The original Code: Veronica is beloved, but it is also one of the less forgiving classic Resident Evil games. Its old-school structure, harsh resource management, and dated controls made it memorable for the right and wrong reasons. So a modern remake could make it far more approachable without losing the nasty, isolated atmosphere that made Rockfort Island stand out. 

At the moment, Capcom has only given Resident Evil Veronica a broad 2027 release window. The Steam page does not list a price or exact launch date yet, and system requirements are still marked as TBD. Even with those missing details, this is a big one for Resident Evil fans. After remakes of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4, Code: Veronica was the obvious unfinished business. Now, it is finally getting its turn. 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday asked tech companies operating in the UK to prevent children from taking, sending and receiving nude images. If they fail to do so, the UK will change the law, he said.

“I am calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images,” Starmer said in a speech at London Tech Week. “This is not an impossible challenge. These are some of the most innovative companies in the world and I believe they can solve it, but if they choose not to, then we will act.”

The British government is asking tech companies, including Apple and Google, to put in place device-level controls to prevent nude images of children within the next three months. It wants the technology to be available across both new and existing phones.

“Google is deeply committed to protecting children online. We are working constructively with UK partners to find effective, privacy-preserving solutions that deter the spread of harmful content while ensuring a safe digital environment for young people,” said a Google spokesperson in an emailed statement.

A representative for Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Starmer is also mulling new rules that would ban social media for children under the age of 16, similar to the ban already in place in Australia, according to the Times.

Many children, especially teenagers, take, share and receive naked photos without their parents being aware. This behavior is illegal and also puts children at risk of blackmail, bullying, sexual harassment or child exploitation. The UK is the first country to demand that tech companies help keep children safe by preventing them from taking nude photos and circulating them online.

In a statement supporting Starmer’s announcement on device controls, the UK’s National Crime Agency said the restrictions have the potential to stop some of the most serious forms of online child sexual abuse before they begin. 

“Many of the most serious cases begin with offenders coercing children into creating and sharing sexual images of themselves,” said Graeme Biggar, NCA director general. “Once those images exist, they can be used for blackmail, humiliation and repeated exploitation. Preventing children from taking, sharing or receiving nude images can stop abuse before it starts and so would be an important step forward.”

But not everyone welcomed Starmer’s comments. “Protecting children online is vital, but these are outrageous plans that will fail to address the underlying causes of online harm,” Silkie Carlo, director of rights group Big Brother Watch, said in a statement. “This will only result in population-wide ID checks for all of us to use our phones, tablets and laptops.”

Starmer’s request isn’t designed to prevent adults from taking and sending nudes, but attempts to make the internet safer for young people can also affect adults online. The UK’s Online Safety Act requires that many corners of the internet, including Reddit, verify the ages of people accessing their services. In the same way, it’s entirely possible that this request could result in people having to prove their identity in order to use a device without a child lock.