Articles by Chase Fiorini
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Post-Quantum TLS Certificates: Let's Encrypt Plans Merkle Tree Rollout That Shrinks Handshakes
Post-quantum TLS certificates threaten to push HTTPS handshakes past 10 KB, breaking roughly 5 percent of connections on real networks. Let's Encrypt's June 3 roadmap selects Merkle Tree Certificates — batched signatures that keep quantum-safe HTTPS smaller than today's handshakes — with staging planned for late 2026 and production in 2027.
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EA Sports College Football 27 Reaches PC in Series First: Full Reveal Tonight, Beta Now Live
EA Sports College Football 27 makes its PC debut — a series first — as the EA Sports Opening Drive showcase airs tonight at 8 PM ET, with Caleb Williams confirmed as the first Chicago Bears player on the Madden NFL 27 cover, a June 4-7 College Football beta now live, and release dates set for July 9 and August 13.
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Summer Game Fest 2026: Latin American and Women-Led Games Showcases Stream Today
Summer Game Fest 2026 schedule highlights two live indie showcases today: the Latin American Games Showcase (80 games, 12 countries, 5 PM ET) and the Women-Led Games Showcase hosted by Briana White (7 PM ET), both streaming free on YouTube and Twitch with co-streams on IGN, GameSpot, and The Game Awards.
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The 7th Guest Remake Out Now: Volumetric Video Replaces 1993 Flat FMV Sprites
The 7th Guest Remake launches today on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at $19.99, using volumetric video capture to replace the 1993 original's flat FMV sprites with 3D actors who cast shadows and appear in reflections. VR owners on Steam or PlayStation get the Remake free; Remake buyers get the VR version free. A 15% launch discount runs through June 18.
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Agentic AI Security Alarm at Infosecurity Europe: Free LLM Now Powers Adaptive Worm
Agentic AI security dominated Infosecurity Europe 2026 as Toronto researchers proved a free open-weight AI worm can compromise 73.8% of a simulated enterprise network. The same week brought a White House AI executive order, CISA fuel infrastructure warnings, and a critical Cisco Unified CM flaw — giving the 13,000-attendee event its sharpest threat backdrop in years.
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Cisco Unified CM SSRF Flaw CVE-2026-20230: Public Exploit Code Opens Path to Root
Cisco Unified Communications Manager vulnerability CVE-2026-20230 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain root access via SSRF and arbitrary file writes. Working proof-of-concept exploit code is already public. Version 14 organizations should patch to 14SU6 now; version 15 users must apply a temporary COP fix and await the full 15SU5 patch, due in September 2026.
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OECD Industrial Policy Summit: $108B Subsidy Gap Exposes China Risk, AI Toolkit Debuts
OECD industrial policy AI summit closes in Paris as new data reveals Chinese firms collected up to 8 times more state aid than Western rivals in 2024, totaling USD 108 billion across 15 sectors. Finland-chaired talks also launched the first OECD/GPAI AI Policy Toolkit, giving governments a practical guide to align domestic AI strategy with multilateral trade rules.
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Marathon Season 2 Is Free Until June 9: Bungie Redesigned Progression First
Marathon Season 2: Nightfall is free to play through June 9 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. Bungie's extraction shooter overhauls character progression with the Cradle — a system that converts dismantled gear into stat points — while adding Night Marsh, the Sentinel shell, and a new asymmetric mode as the studio's only live game after Destiny 2 ends.
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IEM Cologne Major 2026: Vitality Chases Astralis Record as Valve Scraps Capsules
IEM Cologne Major 2026 is live in Germany, with 32 CS2 teams competing for a $1.25 million prize pool through June 21. Team Vitality enter as heavy favorites chasing a historic three-peat, while Valve has replaced sticker capsules with a demand-priced token shop driven by gambling lawsuits and loot box regulations.
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Azure HorizonDB Enters Public Preview: Web IQ Already Powers Copilot and ChatGPT
Azure HorizonDB enters public preview at Microsoft Build 2026 alongside Web IQ, a Bing-rebuilt AI grounding API already powering Copilot and ChatGPT. The PostgreSQL-native database uses a Rust-based storage engine and DiskANN vector search to serve agentic workloads. HorizonDB is live in five Azure regions; Web IQ is available to select customers with no pricing announced.
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Bluetooth Device Named Bomb Diverts United Flight: 202 Stranded 9 Hours
Bluetooth bomb flight: A teen's Fitbit named Bomb triggered a squawk 7700 emergency and forced United Flight 236 to reverse course over the Atlantic on May 30, 2026, stranding 202 passengers for 9.5 hours. The FBI is now investigating. Renaming your Bluetooth devices before boarding can prevent federal aviation security charges.
