Five stories from the week of Jun 15–21, each one I read end to end.
1. CISA contractor exposed AWS GovCloud admin keys on public GitHub. A repo called "Private-CISA" had plaintext passwords, tokens, and admin credentials for multiple AWS GovCloud accounts — and the contractor had disabled GitHub's secret-scanning feature. Krebs on Security broke the story. The contractor pulled the repo after being contacted; CISA has not made a public statement.
2. Google AI Overviews fail on action words. Search "disregard" and you get a list of news stories about the bug instead of an AI Overview. The issue: action-oriented queries trigger misinterpretations. Google says a fix is coming.
3. Grok is failing in Washington. A Reuters analysis of 400+ federal AI use cases found Grok in only three — all alongside OpenAI or Microsoft. OpenAI appeared in 230+, Google and Anthropic dozens each. The gap matters because Musk is positioning xAI for what could be the biggest IPO in history.
4. Vivaldi 8.0 is David Pierce's new default browser. The Verge's Installer editor ended a five-year Arc relationship, citing speed, customization, and clever organizational tools. He admits Vivaldi is "irredeemably ugly," but the new version is good enough to live with.
5. Coffee Talk Tokyo. The third entry in the cozy barista visual-novel series. Same vibe, new setting (Tokyo instead of Seattle), same drinks, same mythical patrons — vampires, elves, werewolves. Across Switch, Xbox, PS5, and Steam.
The thread that connects them: technology is settling into itself. AI Overviews hit their first public embarrassment. Grok stumbles toward an IPO. Vivaldi and Coffee Talk find their audiences by being unapologetically themselves. None of these stories will change the world. Together, they tell you where the world is this week.
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