11. Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless (arseniyshestakov.com)

Yesterday, June 15, 2026, a small and unimportant announcement appeared in Apple developer news: New domain for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email.
Long story short: now both Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email aliases are going to be issued on the @private.icloud.com subdomain. This makes it much easier to ban all aliases without affecting non-relay mailboxes on iCloud mail.
This is certainly a big hit for iCloud privacy, since some plausible deniability together with Apple's backing made banning iCloud aliases costly.

13. Stop Using JWTs (gist.github.com)

Stop using JWTs. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

15. Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? (tim.blog)

My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago. Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily. […]

16. Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2 (tck.mn)

Here are three true statements about the game of Slay the Spire 2 (in single player): If you pick Neow's Bones in the Underdocks, the random curse is ~54% likely to be Debt.* It is impossible to receive Rebound from the Trash Heap event. Your first fight is 76% likely to drop a potion in Underdocks, and 4% likely to drop a potion in Overgrowth.**

19. SpaceX Is Buying Cursor (www.bbc.com)

Elon Musk's rocket company has agreed to buy Cursor, which uses AI to automate the process of writing code.

20. GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands (www.tno.nl)

With GPT‑NL, TNO - together with SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is building an independent Dutch language model and ecosystem. This strengthens the digital autonomy of the Netherlands and Europe, and provides a solid foundation for responsible AI applications.

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