Techmeme River
Freitag, 26. Juni 2026
16:46
Oracle's stock fell 19% this week, the steepest weekly drop since a 20% plunge in August 2001, amid concerns about its debt load and AI investments
CNBC
16:35
The FTC fast-tracks approval for SpaceX to acquire Mesh, which raised a $50M Series A in February to make high-efficiency optical transceivers for data centers
Bloomberg
16:16
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol and Terra were capable of identifying vulnerabilities but were unable to execute autonomous, end-to-end attacks against hardened targets
OpenAI
15:30
Sources: Paul Meade, Apple's top executive in charge of Vision Pro and smart glasses efforts, is leaving for OpenAI to work on the company's AI-powered devices
Bloomberg
15:04
Uber expands the list of criminal convictions that disqualify US drivers and expands the background-check timeline, possibly removing ~0.5% of active US drivers
Bloomberg
14:50
Sources: Russian hackers were behind a 2025 ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover that used “mind-blowing” encryption and cost UK's economy an estimated $2.5B
New York Times
14:35
OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US
TechCrunch
14:01
GPT-5.6 Sol matches Mythos Preview on ExploitBench, adds Ultra mode with subagents for complex workflows, and max reasoning for deep problem-solving
OpenAI
13:35
OpenAI hopes to make GPT-5.6 generally available in the coming weeks and says “this kind of government access process” should not become the long-term default
Wall Street Journal
13:13
OpenAI releases three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to ~20 companies, with participants disclosed to the US government
Axios
12:50
President Trump threatens to impose a 100% tariff on any country that imposes a digital services tax on US companies
CNBC
12:35
Sources: Revolut told new hires they'll have to work in office at least three days a week from next year, retreating from its long-held remote-first approach
Financial Times
11:32
Sources: Apple's 14" and 16" OLED touch screen MacBook Pros will be powered by the existing M5 Pro and M5 Max chips and have an updated industrial design
Bloomberg
11:00
How US federal AI policy has gone from implausibly libertarian to increasingly draconian and opaque, and how to fix it, including using independent auditors
Hyperdimensional
10:15
Sources: DeepSeek's $7.4B raise was prompted by the release of Mythos as CEO Liang Wenfeng realized DeepSeek couldn't compete without a massive war chest
The Information
09:25
Sources: Donald Trump Jr. got ~$300K in Kalshi equity after becoming a strategic adviser in 2025, when the company was valued at ~$2B; Kalshi is now worth $22B+
Financial Times
08:40
Q&A with Tim Sweeney on his vision for a cross-platform gaming social system, Unreal Engine 6, AI's PR challenges, the state of AAA game development, and more
PC Gamer
06:20
Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft did not adequately inform users that it was integrating AI tools like Copilot into the suite
Reuters
06:00
A study of 408 teens in Australia finds 80%+ were still using social media three months after the ban came into force, citing inadequate age verification checks
The Guardian
05:40
Binance tells EU customers that it will stop providing services for them from July 1, after Greece rejected its application for a bloc-wide license last week
Financial Times
02:30
Despite the “DeepMind mafia” pulling billions into London AI startups, none of Demis Hassabis' former lieutenants is building a homegrown UK frontier AI model
Financial Times
02:00
Shares of Japanese NAND flash maker Kioxia slid 12% on Friday after a report that OpenAI was considering delaying its IPO sparked a selloff in AI-related shares
Reuters
00:55
Sources: during SpaceX's IPO roadshow, COO Gwynne Shotwell told investors that it may launch a Starlink mobile service and build its own terrestrial US network
Financial Times
00:50
Swiss watchmaker Swatch seeks $170M from Samsung in a London trial over 26 digital watch face apps that allegedly cloned luxury brand designs, including Omega
Financial Times
00:05
OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees are now using Codex, up from ~40% in August 2025; non-developer Codex usage is up 137x for individuals and 12x within OpenAI
The Register
Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2026
23:20
Warp, a startup using AI to automate payroll compliance and employee management, raised a $60M Series B led by Battery, bringing its total funding to $85M
Axios
23:05
Utah-based ecommerce tech company Redo raised an $81M Series B at a $1.25B valuation led by Smash Capital, with participation from Pelion and Cervin
Utah Money Watch
22:40
SoftBank's stock fell 12.53% after a report that OpenAI may delay its IPO until 2027; expectations of a windfall from OpenAI's debut had buoyed Softbank's stock
Bloomberg
21:45
California launches a tool designed to be an “early warning system” for widespread AI-driven job loss, linking AI exposure with unemployment insurance claims
Bloomberg
21:30
Upside, which provides social workers with AI-powered housing insights, raised a $20M Series A led by Aquiline with Flare Capital, 645, and others participating
Fierce Healthcare
21:05
How the US AI build-out is pushing up prices for electricity, software, and more; in a survey, 81% of economists say it will add to inflation over the next year
Wall Street Journal
20:00
Elastic announces a ~7% reduction in its workforce, and says “advances in AI and automation are letting us operate with leaner teams”; ESTC closed down 8.70%
The Register
19:55
YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, like adding a setting to double the playback speed, removing the “dislike” button, adding a Clear Screen mode, and more
TechCrunch
19:40
Doc: the DOD quietly revised US military's targeting doctrine, giving AI a bigger role by envisioning “systems where AI initiates actions with human monitoring”
Bloomberg
19:10
NHTSA proposes eliminating the mandate for manual brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems”
TechCrunch
18:25
Apple says it removed VK's apps from the App Store to comply with sanctions; VK says they were removed without warning and it has never been under US sanctions
Reuters
18:00
Patronus AI, which builds simulated digital environments for evaluating AI agents, raised a $50M Series B led by Greenfield, bringing its total funding to $70M
TechCrunch
17:50
Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, the founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59
On my Om
17:35
Source: Google is asking publishers that test new AI features in Google News to grant it broad rights to their content, including to potentially train AI models
The Information
17:25
Arizona-based chipmaker Onsemi agrees to acquire Synaptics in a nearly $7B all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2027; ON drops 15%+ and SYNA stays flat
CNBC
17:00
Source: Muon Space, which operates satellite networks for climate and national security monitoring, is raising $250M; it has raised ~$181M since its 2021 launch
Axios
16:50
Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions
New York Times
16:31
Sources: Sam Altman told staff the US government asked OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6's release over security concerns and that the US would approve each customer
The Information
16:25
Apple's stock closed down 6.15% on Thursday after the company raised prices on several products and hinted at more increases, its worst fall since April 2025
CNBC
16:15
Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that raised $140M, rebrands as Data Foundation to build an on-chain registry for AI training data
CoinDesk
16:05
The US awards $250M in CHIPS funds to a startup co-founded by billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech
Bloomberg
15:00
Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 consumers by a year, letting eligible users get updates through October 12, 2027
Windows Central
14:20
Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z
TechCrunch
13:45
Sources: Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in DeFi protocol Aave at a $385M valuation, investing 35,000 ETH in return for 250,000 AAVE tokens
CoinDesk
13:35
Notion plans to shut down its Gmail client Notion Mail on September 22 and go “all in” on AI agents to run inboxes, saying 50%+ of users do not open the inbox
9to5Mac
13:30
Microsoft says it will increase the prices of Xbox consoles on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price hike since May 2025
Kotaku
13:25
Google launches a Google Finance app for Android, with market data, financial news, and an AI-powered “Key Moments” feature, and plans an iOS version this year
TechCrunch
13:05
Nebulock, which helps security teams proactively find and remediate threats across a company's security stack, raised a $25M Series A led by FirstMark
Axios
13:00
Sources: Bumble explores a sale amid slowing growth in the online dating sector; its shares fell 48% over the past 12 months, giving it a market cap of $388M
Reuters
12:53
Sources: Apple plans to skip higher-end M6 versions and launch its next Pro and Max chips in 2027 as part of the M7 lineup, to boost on-device AI capabilities
Bloomberg
12:35
Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs is hiring three founders and other team members behind AI security startup Virtue AI; two founders report to Nat Friedman
Axios
12:30
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding
TechCrunch
12:15
Anthropic hires French telecom group Orange's Chief AI Officer Steve Jarrett to help Anthropic “better understand and adapt” its products to Europe and Africa
Reuters
12:00
Sources and a draft document: the US proposes that the EU sign on to an AI partnership to help secure chip supply chains; the one-page statement had few details
Bloomberg
11:40
Sony's Bungie cuts a “significant number” of staff, “including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members”; Bungie's headcount is estimated at 800
Kotaku
09:20
Sources: Google expands the scope of its months-old AI coding strike team to “midtraining” to try to catch up with Anthropic, after major executive departures
The Information
09:10
Sail, whose software optimizes how AI models run on existing chips, emerges from stealth with $80M in seed and Series A led by Kleiner at a $450M valuation
Fortune
08:54
Apple says “the rapid expansion of AI data centers has created an extraordinary surge in demand for memory and storage”; the MacBook Neo rises from $599 to $699
Bloomberg
08:46
Apple raises Mac, iPad, and other product prices by 15%-25%, saying it has “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly”; iPhone is unchanged
Wall Street Journal
08:30
Australian payments startup Airwallex raised $320M led by Lee Fixel's Addition at an $11B valuation, and is incubating blockchain payments startup Metal
Forbes
08:20
Scaled Cognition, a reliability-focused lab that develops the Agentic Pretrained Transformer model, raised a $100M Series A led by Khosla at a $750M valuation
Wall Street Journal
08:05
Exponential View: global AI sales, excluding China, hit $25B in Q1, exceeding an estimated $21B in data center and chip depreciation costs; margins remain thin
Bloomberg
07:05
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others launch Raise Us, a new non-profit led by ex-Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to help US workers adapt to AI
New York Times
06:40
Preliminary findings: the EU says Azure and AWS are “the largest and second largest” cloud services in the EU, as the bloc weighs up tougher DMA oversight
Bloomberg
06:30
How risk modelers like Fathom and Verisk are using AI and diffusion models to bypass the limits of physics-based “cat” models to predict natural disasters
Financial Times
06:15
IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that utilizes a “nanostack” 3D transistor architecture, which it says could continue chip innovation for 10 years
New York Times
06:00
A profile of incoming WhatsApp CEO Kunal Shah, who studied philosophy, advised Sequoia India, and joins a growing pool of Indian-born executives at US companies
Financial Times
05:40
Alibaba's stock closed down 4.43% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Anthropic accused the company of “illicitly” accessing its AI models; Xiaomi and Baidu fell ~3%
Bloomberg
05:30
Arm EVP Mohamed Awad says its chip architecture now accounts for 50%+ of the hyperscale cloud computing market, as AI demand transforms the data center industry
Nikkei Asia
05:11
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is designing data center chips specifically for Chinese customers that are in compliance with US export controls
Nikkei Asia
04:56
Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers and seeking to build self-improving AI for open-source developers, raised a $200M seed at a $1B valuation
Wall Street Journal
04:35
Coval, which develops simulation and evaluation tech for testing, launching, and monitoring AI voice and chat agents, raised a $28M Series A led by Norwest
SiliconANGLE
02:35
As China's working-age population shrinks, consensus is growing that China must embed embodied AI robots into as many tasks as possible, as soon as possible
Financial Times
02:15
How Larry Ellison's $45M donation to a group supporting President Trump brought Ellison deeper into Trump's circle, helping Oracle and his son's WBD acquisition
Wall Street Journal
02:05
Assort Health, which develops AI voice agents for health care to handle scheduling and more, raised a $120M Series C led by Menlo Ventures at a $1.2B valuation
Fierce Healthcare
01:50
Paris-based Tsuga, whose observability software runs in customers' own clouds to help them skip per-byte ingestion costs, raised a $35M Series A led by Singular
The Next Web
01:40
TRM Labs: since 2019, Iran-linked crypto wallets, including those tied to Iran's central bank, have moved $3.84B+ in transactions through crypto exchange CoinEx
Wall Street Journal
01:35
NAND flash maker Kioxia, Japan's most valuable company since June 12, plans to offer US depositary shares in spring 2027 amid AI-driven demand for memory chips
Bloomberg
01:25
Sources: Meta has accelerated its plans to use LLMs to review content and ads, replacing ~50% of human review requests in 2026 and aiming for 90%+ by year-end
Financial Times
01:00
New Zealand-based Partly, which develops an AI model for the auto parts industry, raised a $50M Series B led by DST at a $500M valuation, as it enters the US
SiliconANGLE
00:35
The Netherlands is lobbying the US to not expand chip equipment export controls that would constrain ASML's ability to sell immersion DUV machines to China
Bloomberg
00:20
Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with a built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance
TechCrunch
Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026
22:55
Digital advocacy firms like CiviClick and Influent appear to use AI to generate mass public comments on local energy projects, mostly favoring fossil fuel use
Bloomberg
21:50
An Amazon seller reveals how middlemen on chat apps offer access to Amazon employees who allegedly grant favors, like reinstating suspended accounts, for a fee
Bloomberg
20:35
Hang Ten Systems, led by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, launches with a $32M seed led by Mayfield to help enterprises use AI to run software at a lower cost
TechCrunch
19:50
Trase, which is building an operating system and infrastructure layer for AI agents in industries like health care and defense, raised a $107M seed led by Arch
Axios
19:15
Paris-based digital health insurance startup Alan raised €480M led by Prosus at a €5.5B valuation, and is set for €1B+ in annual recurring revenue by year's end
Financial Times
19:00
Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams, who championed a huge data center beside the Great Salt Lake, lost his Republican primary on Tuesday after voter backlash
New York Times
18:15
Intel CEO and SambaNova Chairman Lip-Bu Tan says the AI chip startup is set to raise $800M to $1B, sources say at a ~$10B valuation, up from ~$2B in February
The Information
18:00
Qualcomm expects to generate $15B in data center chip sales by 2029 and raises its non-handset chip revenue forecast from $22B to $40B by 2029; QCOM jumps 9%+
Reuters
17:25
Cloudflare partners with Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla on PACT, a protocol to distinguish legitimate human or bot web traffic from undesirable network requests
The Register
16:45
Micron reports Q3 revenue up 346% YoY to $41.46B, above $35.84B est., gross margin up, to 84.9%, above est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.; MU jumps 15%+
CNBC
16:15
Sources: in a letter to US officials, Anthropic accused Alibaba of adversarial distillation, using Claude 28.8M times from April to June via almost 25K accounts
Bloomberg
15:30
Qualcomm unveils Dragonfly C1000, a more power-efficient data center CPU built for agentic AI, and says Meta will use it when Qualcomm starts production in 2028
CNBC
15:25
Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise funding at a ~$40B valuation in a round that may close as soon as Q3; Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation in May 2026
Financial Times
15:05
Documents: Meta's planned prediction markets app will use Meta AI models to generate questions from trending topics, make recommendations, and resolve markets
NPR
14:30
Sources: Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Gemini, are planning to leave for Anthropic
Bloomberg
14:20
Google makes computer use available in Gemini 3.5 Flash via the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, succeeding the Gemini 2.5 computer use model
The Keyword
13:50
Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the EU after Greece rejected its MiCA license application before the June 30 deadline
Reuters
13:10
Runlayer, which provides an infrastructure and control layer for enterprise AI agents, raised a $30M Series A led by Felicis, bringing its total funding to $42M
Fortune
12:45
Seltz, which is building a web search engine that can be used by AI agents, raised a $12.5M seed led by Speedinvest and B Capital
Fortune
11:55
Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on “basic Python errors” and data cherry-picking
The Register
11:40
Sources: the Trump administration has been happier talking to Anthropic lately after Dario Amodei was replaced by co-founder Tom Brown in meetings about Fable 5
Wired
11:35
Ornn, which plans to launch a marketplace for GPU capacity designed to function like an exchange to trade oil contracts, raised a $33M seed led by a16z
Bloomberg
11:10
XCures, which uses AI to streamline patient data and medical records, raised a $46M Series B at a $127M post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $76M
Crunchbase News
10:20
RunPod, which rents access to non-Nvidia servers, raised $100M led by Summit Partners at a $1B valuation, a source says up from $100M after its seed in 2024
The Information
09:50
NYC-based Taktile, which helps fintechs build automated decision-making workflows, raised a $110M Series C led by Goldman Sachs, and plans a São Paulo office
Fortune
09:40
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit says AI helped it link two separate hacking tools, Amadey and StealC, and file a single civil lawsuit to help take them down
Bloomberg
09:25
Chinese cybersecurity company 360 unveils new AI tools: Tulongfeng, which it claims is “China's version of Mythos”, and Yitianzhen, to automate cyber defense
Reuters
09:15
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño, an LLM-optimized inference chip developed from design to manufacturing tape-out in nine months, aided by OpenAI's models
OpenAI
09:10
Google Home Speaker review: the $100 speaker, the company's first such device in six years, works for Gemini power users but has underwhelming music playback
Bloomberg
08:55
Amazon plans to expand Amazon Now to 300+ Indian cities and towns, up from 100 at present, as CEO Andy Jassy visits India; a source says he is set to meet Modi
Bloomberg
08:45
Qualcomm says it will acquire Modular, which builds a chip software platform and has a proprietary coding language, in a nearly $4B deal set to close in H2 2026
Wired
07:50
Rockstar says physical copies of GTA VI will contain a download code, not a disc, and be available starting November 12, when players can begin pre-loading
IGN
07:45
The US FDA drops an enforcement complaint against Whoop over its blood pressure tracking tool, reversing a July 2025 warning letter; Whoop is modifying the tool
Bloomberg
07:30
An analysis of GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.3, Gab's Arya, and other AI models: most chatbots frequently provide left-leaning responses to political prompts
Washington Post
07:05
How Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park, home to TSMC, became especially wealthy; one neighborhood reported 2023 average household incomes of $146K+, ~5x the average
New York Times
06:50
Rockstar says GTA VI will cost $79.99, or $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition; preorders start at midnight local time on June 25, ahead of the November 19 launch
The Verge
06:35
How Chicago is betting on quantum computing, including turning the site of its former US Steel mill into a campus, after largely missing the digital revolution
Wall Street Journal
06:15
Q&A with AWS CEO Matt Garman on the parallels between early AWS and AI, Quick, AI coding, Amazon's $200B capex in 2026, entry-level jobs changing, and more
Platformer
06:00
Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein's SPAC, in a deal valuing Agility at ~$2.5B, listing under ticker symbol AGLT
Wall Street Journal
05:45
Filing: SK Hynix is seeking to raise ~$29.4B in a US listing, expects trading to start on July 10, and intends to use the funds to build additional capacity
Bloomberg
05:10
An interview with Bob Iger on stepping down as Disney's CEO, his legacy, new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Chapek, Apple, Disney+, acquiring Pixar, AI tools, and more
Financial Times
03:55
Sources: Qualcomm is in talks to design custom chips for ByteDance, based partly on connectivity tech from Alphawave Semi, which Qualcomm acquired in June 2025
Reuters
02:50
SK Hynix overtaking Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company is the culmination of 14 years of bets on HBM, which paid off as the AI boom took off
Reuters
02:35
Sources: India drives 50%+ of WhatsApp's global revenue, or $1B+ annually, largely via business messaging, which likely helped Kunal Shah get WhatsApp's top job
Moneycontrol
02:25
London-based Isometric, which develops AI agents that work with human verifiers to automate industrial certification, raised a €34M Series A led by AVP
EU-Startups
02:00
New York-based Probook, which is building an AI operating system for home service businesses, raised a $34M Series A led by a16z and a $6M seed led by Sequoia
Fortune
01:00
AI creative tools startup Krea, which has raised $83M and claims it has 30M+ users, releases the open weights for its Krea 2 image models under a custom license
VentureBeat
00:50
Sources: Zhipu is considering a multibillion-dollar Hong Kong share sale after its stock surged ~2,000% since its January IPO, pushing its market cap to $128B+
Bloomberg
00:45
Customer engagement service MoEngage acquires Aampe, whose AI agents help brands personalize messaging, for “tens of millions”, per a source; Aampe raised ~$28M
TechCrunch
Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026
23:55
Sources: prices for Nvidia's AI chips on China's black market have more than doubled amid a US export crackdown; its DGX B300 server went from ~$550K to ~$1.1M
Financial Times
23:50
Flipkart says it plans to expand its network of micro-fulfillment centers in India to 1,500 by the end of 2026, and orders on the platform have grown ~400% YoY
TechCrunch
23:20
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M+ registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M+
Business Insider
22:45
Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate who argued for AI safeguards, lost to Micah Lasher in the Democratic primary that had millions in AI PAC spending
NBC News
22:15
Sources: the NSA was red-teaming with Mythos 5 before losing access amid the Anthropic dispute; the tests showed Mythos can identify flaws in classified systems
New York Times
21:40
Orderful, which offers AI-powered tools to automate supply chain data management, raised a $35M Series C led by KDT, bringing its total funding to $85M
SiliconANGLE
21:10
xLight, a startup developing advanced lasers for EUV machines, told investors that it is in talks to raise $350M led by Boardman Bay Capital and Bain Capital
The Information
19:55
Micron and Sandisk led a tech selloff on June 23, falling 13%+ each; Western Digital fell 8%, Marvell 9%, Seagate 5%, Qualcomm 8%, and Applied Materials 8%
MarketWatch
19:45
YouTube settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harming minors, set to begin on July 27; Meta, TikTok, and Snap remain defendants
Courthouse News Service
18:05
Sources: the Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its AI models for voluntary review; Meta is the only major US AI developer without an agreement
New York Times
17:50
Cerebras reports Q1 revenue up 94% YoY to $193.4M, net loss down 41% YoY to $14M, and forecasts its core gross margin will shrink in Q2; CBRS drops 10%+
CNBC
17:10
Mistral debuts OCR 4, a model offering structured document extraction with bounding boxes, block classification, and inline confidence scores, for 170 languages
Mistral AI Blog
16:20
Sources: Hadrian, which is building AI-powered factories to produce aerospace and defense parts, is in talks to raise up to $1B at a ~$7.5B post-money valuation
Bloomberg
16:01
Sources: Miami-based cybersecurity company Varonis is exploring its options, including a potential sale after receiving takeover interest; VRNS closes up 7.09%
Bloomberg
15:10
The FCC says an auction of wireless mid-band spectrum raised $3.5B+, which will largely be used to fund the replacement of Chinese telecom equipment in the US
Reuters
14:15
Walmart acquires Vibe.co, which lets businesses create and buy connected TV ads, sources say for $1.4B cash; top executives get ~$180M to stay for four years
Wall Street Journal
13:30
Alibaba sues the US DOD, seeking to be removed from a blacklist of companies backing China's military, saying the agency is violating constitutional due process
Bloomberg
13:20
On the first day of their trial, two Scattered Spider members plead guilty in the UK to charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London
Krebs on Security
13:15
Anthropic launches Claude Tag, an agentic AI coworker for Slack that can learn context, give suggestions, and more, in beta for Claude Team and Enterprise tiers
ZDNET
12:51
Sources: Meta is building a standalone prediction markets app internally called Arena, which would probably use video game-like points instead of money wagers
New York Times
12:50
SpaceX raised $25B in its debut US bond sale; sources say the offering drew nearly $90B of orders at its peak, but fell to $73B by the time the deal priced
Bloomberg
12:20
Stark, which has a deal to supply “kamikaze” drones to the German military, raised €500M from Founders Fund, Sequoia, others; it faced criticism over Thiel ties
Financial Times
12:05
LastPass notifies customers that their personal information and customer support case records were stolen during a hack at Canadian market research company Klue
TechCrunch
11:45
Beehiiv adds Cloudflare AI Crawl Control to writers' dashboards, allowing them to decide whether AI crawlers can scrape their work
SiliconANGLE
11:35
Market intelligence company Klue confirms it has suffered a breach, for which cybercrime group Icarus takes credit; Jamf, HackerOne, and others are affected
TechCrunch
11:25
Walmart acquires Paris-based Vibe.co, which lets businesses create and run targeted ads on streaming services; Vibe.co's co-founders will join Walmart Connect
Variety
11:00
SCOTUS ends a suit alleging Cisco aided China's Falun Gong persecution, further limiting a law used to hold corporations liable for overseas human rights abuses
Reuters
10:35
The Ethereum Foundation cuts ~20% of its workforce, or 54 staff, as part of a broad restructuring amid leadership turnover and growing Ethereum fragmentation
CoinDesk
10:20
Sources: Abu Dhabi's MGX has raised close to $50B from regional sovereign wealth funds, global pension funds, and others to accelerate spending on AI deals
Bloomberg
09:30
Menlo raised $3B for funds dedicated to backing AI startups, its largest fundraising to date; sources say Menlo's Anthropic stake is currently worth nearly $14B
Bloomberg
09:25
Meta's Starfire glasses with Kylie Jenner include a tiny gemstone on the lens, a metal nose pad to prevent absorbing makeup, and an AI version of Kylie's voice
Wired
09:20
Meta says Meta Glasses are its first AI glasses to launch with Meta AI powered by Muse Spark, and come in a range of color and lens combinations for 26 styles
Meta Newsroom
09:13
Meta Fury, Meta Adventurer, and Meta Glasses by Kylie have EssilorLuxottica stamped on the inside; Meta executives say dropping “Ray-Ban” helps lower the price
The Verge
09:09
Meta unveils Meta Adventurer and Fury glasses, each priced at $299, its first under its own brand, and a $399 Starfire model in collaboration with Kylie Jenner
Bloomberg
08:20
New York-based crypto analytics startup Allium raised a $40M Series B led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and others
Fortune
08:10
The Netherlands joins the US-led Pax Silica initiative alongside South Korea and Japan to coordinate AI supply chains; Taiwan endorses it as a non-signatory
Reuters
07:40
ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5, saying the AI video model can generate up to 30-second clips from up to 50 reference materials, up from 12 for Seedance 2.0
The Information
06:40
Google plans a 12-week incubator, picking 10 to 20 AI startups from its “Xoogler” alumni and providing up to $350K in cloud credits and $100K in direct funding
Bloomberg
06:25
How Sam Altman's 80+ personal investments, many from his time running YC, benefit from ties to OpenAI; 10+ companies have discussed business deals with OpenAI
Wall Street Journal
06:05
Top500: China's Arm-based LineShine passes the US' El Capitan by 20%+ as the world's fastest supercomputer, the first time China has taken the crown since 2017
New York Times
05:55
The EU will apply a €3 duty on items under €150 from July 1, as the bloc seeks to slow the flood of low-priced merchandise from retailers like Shein and Temu
Bloomberg
05:40
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index fell 10% on Tuesday, with SK Hynix and Samsung dropping over 12%; STMicro fell 8.5% in Paris, and ASML fell 6% in Amsterdam
CNBC
04:15
Q&A with Nvidia VP of Healthcare Kimberly Powell on how AI can ease doctors' workloads, address trained medical staff shortages, improve patient care, and more
Financial Times
04:00
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from minority investments in game studios in Japan, such as Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
Bloomberg
02:05
How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids, and a look at what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future
Works in Progress Magazine
01:15
Syntun: online sales during China's 618 shopping festival grew 4% YoY, a sharp drop from 15.2% growth in 2025, as China's consumer spending slowdown persists
CNBC
00:55
Eli Lilly plans to use some of its $7.3B cash pile to fund an “App Store” for biotech scientists, after opening a data center with 1,016 Blackwell chips in 2025
Financial Times
00:40
OpenAI debuts at Cannes Lions, pitching its new ChatGPT ad business and Codex to marketers, as it tries to build a multibillion-dollar business ahead of its IPO
Financial Times
Montag, 22. Juni 2026
22:45
A US NLRB judge rules that Amazon violated federal law by not recognizing Teamsters at a San Francisco warehouse and must collectively bargain with the workers
Bloomberg
21:30
Real estate professionals are increasingly using AI-powered virtual staging tools like Stuccco and BoxBrownie to create misleading house and apartment listings
The Verge
19:40
Sources: Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Modular in a transaction valuing the AI chip startup at ~$4B, up from its $1.6B valuation in September 2025
Bloomberg
18:50
Filing: Oracle reduced its global workforce by 21,000 employees in the past 12 months to 141,000 as of May 31; Oracle says AI adoption “resulted” in reductions
Bloomberg
17:30
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present
Wall Street Journal
17:05
Meta says it is pausing its employee-tracking program meant for training AI models after internal security issues exposed sensitive data from employees' laptops
Wired
16:15
Air Space Intelligence won an $875M, 12-year FAA contract to develop AI tools that map out flight trajectories and identify areas of congestion to reduce delays
Bloomberg
15:45
Sakana AI launches Fugu, a multiagent orchestration system accessible via an OpenAI-compatible API, claiming Fugu Ultra matches Fable and Mythos on benchmarks
VentureBeat
14:00
Sources: Vimeo owner Bending Spoons seeks to raise up to $1.62B in a US IPO, selling 58M shares at $26 to $28 each, for a $19B valuation at the top of the range
Reuters
13:25
Valve Steam Machine review: small and quiet, runs PC games well on a TV, but nearly twice the price of a PS5 for PS5 performance and needs manual configuration
The Verge
13:20
Valve says the Steam Machine, its living room Linux PC, costs $1,049 for 512GB without a controller to $1,428 for 2TB with a controller, available from June 29
The Verge
13:16
OpenAI unveils an improved GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches the “Patch the Planet” initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open-source bugs, and more
Wired
12:30
Alphabet's stock closed down 5.08% on June 22 after Google DeepMind VP John Jumper departed to Anthropic, Google's second top AI executive to leave in a week
Bloomberg
11:45
Sources: marketing tech startup AppsFlyer raised a $1B Series E at a $2.7B post-money valuation; Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity acquire minority stakes
Axios
11:30
SpaceX announces a senior unsecured notes offering and says it has ~$100.8B in cash; SPCX closed down 16.43% on June 22 in its third consecutive losing session
CNBC
11:08
SpaceX signs a computing deal with Reflection AI worth up to $6.3B for access to Nvidia GB300s at Colossus 2; Reflection will pay $150M per month through 2029
CNBC
10:40
Groq raised $650M led by Disruptive and Infinitum after its Nvidia deal, aiming to hit 200 MW in capacity by the end of 2027, following a $750M raise in 2025
Bloomberg
10:25
Meta is testing horizontal video on Instagram for TV, plans to experiment with longer-form storytelling, and launches Instagram for TV on Samsung TV devices
The Hollywood Reporter
10:15
Crypto trading app Fomo raised a $75M Series B led by Index at a $550M valuation, taking its total funding to ~$94M, and claims to add 3,500 new users per day
Fortune
10:10
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing ~$75M, roughly equal to Thrive's 2024 investment
Wall Street Journal
09:55
Upscale, which is building AI networking infrastructure to rival Cisco, raised a $190M Series A-1 at a $2B valuation, up from $1B after raising $200M in January
Fortune
09:40
Nvidia unveils Halos, a safety-focused OS developed from autonomous vehicle tech and designed to run on IGX Thor hardware for humanoid robots, and opens a lab
Bloomberg
09:25
In a joint statement, Five Eyes agencies warn AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, urging leaders to “act now”
The Guardian
09:11
Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech Cred for a ~20% stake, and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the leader of WhatsApp, replacing Will Cathcart
Bloomberg
08:15
UK-based AI law firm Garfield, which received regulatory approval in 2025, wins a case in the English courts for the first time; the case focused on unpaid fees
Financial Times
08:00
NYC-based Prosper AI, whose healthcare AI tool is designed to answer patient phone calls, raised a $30M Series A led by a16z, taking its total funding to $35M
Axios
07:45
Electric bike rental company Lime is seeking to raise up to $180.9M in its US IPO, offering 6.7M shares at $24 to $26 each, giving it an up to $1.7B valuation
Bloomberg
07:30
Chevron signs a 20-year deal with Microsoft to provide natural-gas power for a proposed West Texas data center, which could be one of the biggest in the US
Bloomberg
07:05
Netherlands-based Nearfield Instruments, which makes atomic force microscopes to measure chip features, raised $380M led by Fidelity at a $1.6B valuation
Reuters
06:40
JD.com founder Richard Liu says robots will replace the company's 700K delivery workers “sooner or later”, and it will help retrain them in robot maintenance
Financial Times
06:30
Analysis: Taiwanese car display chip maker Himax, which makes driver integrated circuits for Ferrari, VW, and others, nets its founders a $1B combined net worth
Bloomberg
06:10
SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD
Wall Street Journal
06:00
Getty Images signs a licensing deal with OpenAI, letting its image library appear in ChatGPT's search and discovery tools; GETY jumps 90%+ and is down 10%+ YTD
Bloomberg
05:45
Bain says it uses AI coding tools to recreate pieces of target companies' software, making hundreds of rough prototypes in recent years as part of due diligence
Financial Times
05:10
S&P and IBM: 22.4% of global cyberattacks in 2024 hit Japan, the most targeted country, as it tries to improve its legacy IT systems against AI-powered threats
Bloomberg
04:36
Satya Nadella says the public wouldn't tolerate a few AI labs “doing all of the learning for the world”, as Microsoft moves to provide low-cost models and tools
Wall Street Journal
04:15
A look at JD Vance's “AI doctrine”, which combines pro-innovation VC principles, worker protections, and concerns about power concentration in dominant AI labs
The Atlantic
03:45
A profile of Sarah Polcz, the UC Davis law professor that Bernie Sanders' team consulted weekly while developing his AI company sovereign wealth fund proposal
The Information
02:51
Analysis: Anthropic may have talked its way into an export ban, as its 2026 statements and social media posts used 8x more AI risk-related terms than OpenAI
Financial Times
01:35
PitchBook: defense tech companies making drones, battlefield AI, and more raised $12.3B across 175 deals in 2026 so far, up from a $9.95B from 158 deals in 2025
Financial Times
01:10
Tencent starts testing Xiaowei, its new AI assistant powered by WeLM and DeepSeek models, in its WeChat app in China, as part of its efforts to catch up in AI
Bloomberg
00:45
Source: Morgan Stanley is pitching data center developers to use leveraged loans rather than bonds, and estimates that ~$15B in such loans will be sold in 2026
The Information
00:30
WiseTech's shares fell 18%+ after Australian police probed co-founder Richard White over sex exploitation claims; WiseTech shares are down 70%+ in the past year
Sydney Morning Herald
Sonntag, 21. Juni 2026
23:55
Sources: ByteDance shares are trading at a $600B+ valuation in gray markets; an IPO is unlikely as its growth continues to benefit its Chinese and US investors
Nikkei Asia
23:40
China adds 10 US companies, including MP Materials and Teal Drones, to its export controls and bans government purchases from 46 US companies, including Anduril
Nikkei Asia
23:20
Shenzhen-listed Apple supplier Lingyi iTech seeks to raise ~$1.1B in a June 26 Hong Kong IPO, as the electronic parts maker expands into AI hardware and robots
South China Morning Post
23:10
Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all South Korean staff and global DX division staff; OpenAI calls it one of its largest enterprise deployments
CHOSUNBIZ
22:15
Japan's top five chip equipment makers posted their first-ever fall in combined China sales, down 10% for the year ended March 31, as China boosts local players
Nikkei Asia
21:15
Sources: Shanghai-based Coowa, which builds embodied AI robots, plans to file a Hong Kong IPO; Coowa was valued at $3B+ after raising $600M+ in its latest round
Wall Street Journal
20:10
Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, plans to invest ~$495M over five years to expand its semiconductor materials unit, targeting R&D for 1nm chipmaking tech
Nikkei Asia
17:05
As Europe falls behind the US and China in consumer AI, its engineering companies and AI startups are turning to industrial AI applications to boost efficiency
Bloomberg