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Russian hackers carried out the JLR cyberattack that halted production for six weeks and cost the UK $2.5B, the NYT reports.
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Russian hackers were behind the JLR cyberattack that cost the UK economy $2.5 billion
Russian hackers were behind last year’s devastating cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, according to a New York Times investigation published Thursday. The breach, which began on 31 August 2025, shut down production across JLR’s factories for nearly six weeks and cost the British economy an estimated two and a half billion dollars, making it the most financially damaging cyberattack in UK history. Investigators have not determined whether the hackers were working directly for Vladimir Putin’s government, were independent criminals, or were operating with the government’s tacit approval.
Microsoft was tracking the Russian hacking group and alerted JLR to their identities, according to the Times. The FBI, Britain’s National Crime Agency, the National Cyber Security Centre, Google’s Mandiant unit, and Palo Alto Networks all contributed to the investigation, an unusually broad coalition that reflects the severity of the breach.
The attack originated with a vishing campaign weeks before the breach went public, in which attackers posing as internal staff tricked JLR employees into handing over login credentials. Armed with valid usernames and passwords, in some cases with administrator privileges, the hackers entered through normal authentication flows and moved laterally across JLR’s IT networks. Production lines ceased on 1 September, and staff were told to stay home.
The damage extended far beyond the factory floor. The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre estimated the total economic cost at one point nine billion pounds, with more than 5,000 organizations across JLR’s supply chain affected. The Bank of England later attributed a shortfall in GDP growth partly to the attack, noting that headline output had grown by just two tenths of a percent, less than it had projected.
The UK government responded with an emergency loan of one and a half billion pounds, roughly two billion dollars, to help restore JLR’s supply chain, an unprecedented intervention for a cyberattack. A group calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters initially claimed responsibility on Telegram shortly after the breach, but the NYT investigation now points to a separate Russian operation.
In a rare twist, investigators found that the Russian group was not the only one inside JLR’s networks. A Jordanian hacker who went by the name Rey had also breached parts of the company’s infrastructure independently, according to the Times. The discovery of two unrelated intrusions in the same victim underscores a problem that multiple breach investigations have surfaced in recent years, as state-linked and criminal hackers increasingly converge on the same high-value targets.
The attribution arrives amid an intensifying pattern of Russian-linked cyber operations targeting Western and Ukrainian infrastructure, from credential-stealing campaigns against Ukrainian military targets to DDoS attacks across Europe. Dutch police seized 800 servers last month tied to a Kremlin-linked group that had been attacking European government websites from data centres in the Netherlands. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned last week that frontier AI will make these attacks faster and harder to stop, a prospect that makes JLR’s six-week shutdown look like a preview of what is coming.
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Micron quadrupled its revenue to more than $41bn this quarter, around $6bn more than analyst expectations.
A surge in business from AI companies and high projected earnings have sent chipmakers Micron and Qualcomm’s shares soaring.
Leading chipmakers have become some of the main benefactors of the AI race as competing tech giants spend billions to build and tap into AI data centres.
Micron witnessed a stellar quarter, quadrupling its revenue to more than $41bn – up from $9.3bn a year earlier, and around $6bn more than analysts’ set expectation of roughly $35bn.
The company expects revenue of around $50bn for the current quarter, up from $11.3bn the year before. Analysts expected this to range around $43bn.
Micron’s shares jumped by a double digit percentage following the news yesterday (24 June), before easing marginally. They had already more than tripled this year and outpaced all other major chip stocks in the US.
Alongside the glowing quarterly report, the chipmaker announced yesterday that it signed 16 long-term agreements with data centre operators and automakers. It expects financial commitments of $22bn from the deals.
Nvidia has also tapped Micron for its HBM4 memory chips for use in its next-generation Vera Rubin platform.
The surging demand drove Micron’s market value to more than $1trn just last month alongside South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix.
Similarly, Qualcomm said it expects to create $15bn in sales from its data centre business by 2029. The company also expects $40bn in non-handset revenue by then – around double a previous fiscal target.
Company chief financial officer Akash Palkhiwala told investors that the data centre business will bring in $5bn for the fiscal year 2027 – with $1bn alone from the custom chips it will sell customers. Shares went up 15pc following the news.
Microsoft and Meta have tapped Qualcomm for its new AI chips that rely on cheap memory chips used in smartphones and laptops, while two unnamed hyperscalers will purchase custom chips, the company said.
Qualcomm’s move to AI chips comes as the smartphone market is negatively affected in a chip shortage driven by the continuously growing demand for AI infrastructure.
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a tough one, especially the purple category. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Good stuff!
Green group hint: Now’s the time.
Blue group hint: Fender or Gibson.
Purple group hint: Think planks.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: High-quality.
Green group: Signals to commence.
Blue group: Accessories for a guitarist.
Purple group: They have boards.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 28, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is high-quality. The four answers are choice, fine, prime and select.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is signals to commence. The four answers are begin, go, now and start.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is accessories for a guitarist. The four answers are capo, pick, slide and strap.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is they have boards. The four answers are chess, corporation, darts and surfer.
Data from Inrix.com found that American drivers in 2025 on average spent nearly 50 hours a year sitting bumper to bumper with other motorists, up from 44 hours in 2024. Something those residing in places like Chicago, and other U.S. cities that have the worst traffic know only too well. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, other than severe weather, merging is the biggest enemy to the flow of traffic.
In an effort to reduce bottlenecks, several state level agencies have been promoting something called “zipper merging.” Essentially, vehicles in the merging lane should wait to get over until nearing the lanes end, with motorists in both the merging and open lane alternating turns. But there is a lot of confusion surrounding the practice. It requires motorists in the open lane to allow mergers in and is typically reserved for specific circumstances such as lane closures. Also, a consistent speed from the merging lane is crucial. Rushing forward then hitting the brakes at the merge point go against the zipper method.
To be clear, there is no national law mandating the practice. Some states ask drivers to implement it in certain conditions and included it in campaigns to educate the public. However, others such as Utah, do have a law (41.6a-903.1) that specifically names the “Zipper method.” It’s also mentioned in Illinois Rules of the Road publication and carries a potential fine if disregarded. You should verify your areas stance on zipper merging with your local DMV.
Why use zipper merging?
When two lanes merge into one, the zipper method asks motorists to use the entirety of the lane that’s coming to an end (rather than getting over immediately). This allows speeds to match across both lanes of traffic, improving efficiency. The slowdown affects everyone equally, which may reduce anger among drivers. Some figures, like a Minnesota study from 2013, reported by AAA.com, claim the practice can lessen traffic jams by as much as 40%. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, congestion can see a reduction of up to 50%. Zipper merging isn’t the only way speed is used to manage traffic flow, as other methods such as a minimum speed limit sign helps reduce congestion by narrowing the disparity in speeds between motorists.
The concept isn’t new and has been in place for years in some European countries. Belgium made it a law back in 2014, and Germany included it among its motorist regulations in 2001. Some Canadian provinces have also been campaigning for its use, with examples like British Columbia, putting up signs encouraging the practice.
Why zipper merging has struggled to gain traction among U.S. drivers
The zipper merge tends to go against certain unwritten rules many drivers have followed for years. Kevin Gutknecht of the Minnesota DOT summed up the problem in an interview with NewsChannel5.com, “From kindergarten on we’re told we need to stand in line and stay in place in line.” A motorist who successfully merges at the first opportunity, can feel slighted when another driver continues past them in the closing lane, because it can be interpreted as cutting ahead in line.
The zipper method can create frustration from both early mergers and those who follow it correctly. A motorist following the zipper method can become increasingly upset that others aren’t willing to allow them to merge, trapping them in place. Situations like these can cause tempers to boil over, especially when motorists become more aggressive trying to force a merge. Surprisingly, Louisiana has the most road rage in America, according to Consumer Affairs.
Some states have taken a step back on the zipper merge idea, like Tennessee. According to a Tennessee Department of Transportation statement published on Fox17.com, “It requires a significant amount of not only public education, but also public compliance. According to our traffic division, some states have had issues with getting the public to comply with the “take turns” direction.” Some law enforcement officials in Arizona have expressed their opinion that the zipper method would work well in an idyllic society, but reality is different.
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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for June 28, 2026.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Sound of relaxation
Answer: AHH
4A clue: Summer vacation destination
Answer: BEACH
7A clue: “In some bad news …”
Answer: SADLY
8A clue: Extend, as a contract
Answer: REUP
9A clue: Flying squirrel’s landing point
Answer: TREE
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Muscles exercised by crunches
Answer: ABS
2D clue: What the Tin Man wants from the Wizard of Oz
Answer: HEART
3D clue: Bill of HBO’s “Barry”
Answer: HADER
5D clue: You’re reading one
Answer: CLUE
6D clue: Super-excited, in slang
Answer: HYPE
Birdhouses can be a great way to help out nesting birds in your area, but they can be a bit intensive to make. As part of a 500 birdhouse marathon, [Of Human and Nature] decided to test whether a metal roof would be safe or turn the birdhouse into an oven.
Most DIY birdhouses are made of wood to encourage cavity nesting species that would naturally find a hole in a tree to use the house. Unfortunately, an unprotected chunk of wood will deteriorate much faster than a whole tree full of holes might. A metal roof reduces the exposure to the elements, but does it make the box too hot?
[Of Human and Nature] heeded concerns from commenters and actually tested his hypothesis with a simple set of thermocouples, a heat lamp, and an assembled birdhouse. While the metal roof was held at 70˚C for four hours, the inside of the house stayed in the mid 20˚C range thanks to the separation between the roof and the actual box which allows air to flow between the two.
Maybe a metal roof could help you house your homing pigeons as well? If you want to spread the mesh with your birdhouse instead, how about a solar panel roof with a LoRa node?
IBM spent a decade “building, testing and improving” quantum computing, reports the Wall Street Journal.
“This year, the company is laying the groundwork to turn that technology into a fully-fledged, scalable business from an expensive science project.”
IBM said last month it plans to form a new independent subsidiary called Anderon, a foundry to produce the silicon wafers needed to make quantum-computing processors. The venture is seeded by a $1 billion investment from the Trump administration and another $1 billion of IBM’s own cash.
Anderon will give the company a new line of business in selling wafers to other quantum-computing companies. It will also provide a steady stream of wafers to continue developing its own quantum technology, positioning IBM to capture part of what the Boston Consulting Group projects will be a $90 billion to $170 billion market for quantum-computing providers by 2040…
The company also plans to spend an additional $9 billion over five years to advance the final stages of its quest to build a quantum-mechanics-powered computer capable and reliable enough for widespread use, a goal known as fault tolerance. That computer, named Starling, is being targeted for 2029. With Anderon, IBM is thinking beyond Starling, or even a more powerful quantum computer planned for 2033.
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The World Cup is swinging into the knockout round, and today’s Connections: Sports Edition includes a World Cup category. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Very cool!
Green group hint: Hoops data.
Blue group hint: Allez les Bleus!
Purple group hint: Where the dunking happens.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Style.
Green group: Basketball stats, abbreviated.
Blue group: Members of France’s World Cup squad.
Purple group: NBA arenas.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 28, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is style. The four answers are flair, panache, pizzazz and swagger.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is basketball stats, abbreviated. The four answers are FG, FT, PF and TO.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is members of France’s World Cup squad. The four answers are Barcola, Gusto, Mbappé and Olise.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is NBA arenas. The four answers are Barclays, Kia, Moda and TD.
If you want a capable tablet, but an iPad isn’t for you (or your wallet) take a look at this,
The Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro is available for £324, down from £381.65 with £57.65 off for Prime Day.
The Xiaomi Pad 11.2‑inch has a genuinely strong saving right now, but with Prime Day ending today, it’s your last chance to snap it up
The Xiaomi Pad 11.2‑inch is sitting at a great price, though with Prime Day ending today, you’ll need to move quickly.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite chip underneath is the same silicon powering flagship smartphones in 2025, and on a tablet, it translates into multitasking, gaming, and document work that never asks you to wait for the hardware to catch up.
That performance lands on a 3.2K display running at up to 144Hz with Dolby Vision support, 12-bit colour depth, and 345 PPI, so whether you’re editing a presentation or watching something on a long journey, the screen is doing full justice to whatever’s on it.
The 11.2-inch size sits in a body just 5.75mm thick and weighing 485 grams, which means the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro fits into a bag without thinking about it and stays comfortable through sessions that would make a heavier tablet feel like work.
Battery life is rated at up to 18 hours of continuous video streaming from the 9200mAh cell, and 67W HyperCharge brings it back quickly when you do run it down, so the charging cable rarely needs to be a fixture on your desk.
The quad speaker setup with Dolby Atmos support means audio holds up without headphones, which matters more on an 11-inch screen than it ever does on a phone, and HyperOS 3 ties the software experience together with system-wide AI features across apps.
Not sure whether a tablet or a phone upgrade makes more sense right now? Our best smartphones 2026 guide and best Android phones 2026 roundup lay out the strongest options across both, so you can make the call with the full picture in front of you.
The Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro is a top 11-inch contender for those who would like a Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 or iPad Pro, but can’t stomach their price tags. It costs less, while providing similar real-world results. Its screen isn’t class-leading, with lesser contrast than the best, but it only stands out because the bar is so very high in 2026.
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Powerful processor
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(Optional) Neat hinged keyboard case
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Long battery life
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Stylus and keyboard are pricey
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Non-OLED screen with just OK colour depth
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Heat regulation can cause app closures
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YouTube streaming typically involves a camera with an HDMI output, a USB3 HDMI digitiser, and a suitably beefy PC to run it all. It’s quite a process, and for [Coreymillia], more complex than it needs to be. He’s come up with something simpler, a dedicated self-contained streaming rig using a Raspberry Pi 4.
As you might expect it uses the Raspberry Pi HQ camera at the optical end, but it’s the software surrounding it that transforms it from a mere camera into a streaming rig. There’s a web based user interface, but perhaps more interesting are the companion dashboard peripherals. A Raspberry Pi or an ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display can both serve as a small in-view dashboard and controller.
We know from experience that a stream can be a difficult thing to get right even with high-end hardware, and we’re interested to see this standalone device allowing , we hope, an easier way to do it. If you’re a streamer we’re guessing you’ll be taking a closer look. Even so, this is surprisingly, not the simplest Raspberry Pi based streaming device we’ve seen.
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