Techmeme River
Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2026
12:15
Waymo launches a $30 per month membership program called Waymo Premier, with perks including 10% cashback and five free ride cancellations per month
TechCrunch
12:00
Sources: BlackRock put in an order to buy at least $5B worth of SpaceX shares; SpaceX received an over $1B request from a single family-office investor
Wall Street Journal
11:40
Citigroup launches a blockchain-based platform for wealthy and institutional clients to trade tokenized shares of private firms, initially for foreign investors
Wall Street Journal
11:25
OpenAI acquires Ona, which offers cloud services to support AI agents, and plans to bring Ona's team into its Codex effort
Bloomberg
11:05
The US House fails to extend FISA's Section 702, ensuring the warrantless surveillance program will expire for the first time since its 2008 enactment
Politico
10:55
Crusoe said it had “paused” a plan to build a Wyoming data center; sources: it failed to win customers including Google amid concerns about costs and timetable
Bloomberg
10:50
Amazon says its data centers used ~2.5B gallons of water in 2025, or 0.12 liters of water per kWh, and water use at sites it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024
Wall Street Journal
10:35
Apollo Global has implemented a new risk assessment that categorizes software investments into 12 to 14 sectors to rank their susceptibility to AI disruption
Bloomberg
10:12
Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A
Axios
10:05
Nvidia and Abridge, maker of an AI note-taking app for doctors, are training an AI model for clinical conversations using de-identified data and Nemotron models
Wall Street Journal
09:50
Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raised $355M, including $100M from a16z crypto
Bloomberg Law
09:40
Anthropic donates $150M to launch Claude Corps, a fellowship program that will teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude and place them with nonprofits in the US
Associated Press
09:30
DoorDash launches an in-app AI chatbot to let users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts
CNBC
09:25
Sources: Google is in talks with Samsung to manufacture a memory input-output die for its 10th-gen Icefish TPU, while making the computing engine at TSMC
The Information
09:01
Sources: SpaceX's IPO has attracted $70B+ in orders from retail investors, who are expected to be allocated at least 20% of the available shares
Bloomberg
08:50
KKR launches Helix Digital, a new company to finance AI infrastructure, with $10B+ in committed capital from Nvidia, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and others
NERDS.xyz
08:40
Coram AI, which helps organizations use AI with their existing security equipment to find incidents, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to $66M
Business Insider
08:30
London's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a “global picture” of stolen devices
BBC
07:35
A teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is a gold-painted HTC U24 Pro but features some changes, including memory from Micron instead of SK Hynix
iFixit News
07:26
Elon Musk is busy stoking far-right culture wars across the West on the eve of SpaceX's IPO, with an impunity unmatched in modern corporate history
Axios
07:11
The Workers' Daily, the official mouthpiece of China's umbrella trade union, urges regulators to protect worker rights and strengthen oversight amid the AI boom
Bloomberg
06:56
Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech
The Verge
06:41
Hungary says it will decriminalize crypto trading, in a reversal of PM Viktor Orban's restrictions, which prompted Revolut and others to suspend their services
Bloomberg
06:35
Senator Maggie Hassan's report: Spotify removed 3,500 podcast accounts and 57,000 episodes promoting illegal online pharmacies between May and November 2025
CNN
06:15
Alibaba's and JD.com's stocks fell ~6.5% and ~6% after China reprimanded e-commerce companies over false advertising during the annual “618” shopping festival
Bloomberg
06:11
Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, commits $50M to help train 300K+ skilled trade workers across the US, amid a shortage of workers for AI projects
Axios
05:40
Sources: Meta has completed an operational split with Manus and stopped data sharing; Manus is exploring options, including raising ~$1B to fund a buyback
Bloomberg
02:30
FSB-orchestrated internet outages in Russia, intermittent but indiscriminate, have made one of the world's most online nations resort to cash and paper maps
Financial Times
02:20
Sources: Alibaba replaced DingTalk CEO Chen Hang with Chen Yusen after an internal debate over the enterprise communication app's role in Alibaba's AI strategy
Bloomberg
01:45
Applied Materials opens a $500M chip equipment manufacturing campus in Singapore, where ~50% of its production capacity will live; the other half is in the US
Nikkei Asia
01:35
Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs
Financial Times
01:15
US OPM awards a nearly $400M, 10-year IT contract to Oracle to build a secure, cloud-based, government-wide system for agencies to manage their HR capabilities
Federal News Network
00:55
Opendoor shuts down its India operations and lays off nearly 250 employees, the final phase of a restructuring that includes increasing AI workflows in the US
Moneycontrol
Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2026
23:55
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents
Reuters
23:45
Google Quantum AI's COO says Google declined the US government's quantum computing grant funding because the attached “conditions” would have slowed its work
Semafor
23:35
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash
Wired
23:10
South Korea fines US-listed Coupang ~$409M for its inadequate safety system and “negligent management” that led to a data breach affecting nearly 34M accounts
Fortune
22:20
Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott makes regulatory recommendations for state lawmakers designed to ensure that data centers shoulder the costs of their growth
The Texas Tribune
21:50
Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make
Wall Street Journal
21:10
Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky in 2026 plans to add “communities”, smaller spaces to “go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff”
The Verge
20:35
Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” over the next 100 days, citing annual revenue down nearly $500M over the past five years
The Verge
19:45
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots
Reuters
19:30
Instagram expands Your Algorithm to its main feed, letting users choose topics they want to see, and is working to support requests for people, moods, and more
The Verge
19:05
YouTube rolls out a new in-app messaging system for sharing videos and having 1:1 conversations; it discontinued its previous Messages feature in September 2019
9to5Google
18:45
Amazon secures a $17.5B loan from Citigroup and other banks, after selling CA$14B in bonds on June 8, the largest corporate debt offering in Canadian dollars
Bloomberg
18:00
CISA shortens the deadline for US agencies to fix, disable, or remove vulnerable software or equipment in their networks to three days, citing hackers' AI use
Reuters
17:45
Chinese companies are implementing “quiet” AI-driven layoffs to circumvent labor laws that require government approval for job cuts exceeding 10% of a workforce
Reuters
17:30
Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas
Bloomberg
17:05
Sources: Sea's Shopee is cutting hundreds of developer jobs globally; sources say the reductions started this week and amount to ~8% of its developer workforce
Bloomberg
16:55
OpenAI says it has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting US debates over tariffs and data centers
Axios
16:30
Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $19.18B, vs. $19.1B est., and expects to raise nearly $40B in debt and equity financing in FY 2027; ORCL drops 10%+
Reuters
15:55
Anthropic releases two policy proposals on how governments should address catastrophic risks from powerful AI models and how to prepare workers for AI's impact
Anthropic
15:30
Dario Amodei says frontier models should face mandatory third-party testing for cyber, bio, and autonomy risks, in addition to overall transparency requirements
@darioamodei
15:20
Dario Amodei outlines policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, geopolitics, more
Dario Amodei
14:30
OpenAI and Visa partner to let AI agents make purchases online after users give their permission and to explore enterprise applications for AI-driven payments
Bloomberg
13:55
Cybersecurity researchers complain that Claude Fable 5's guardrails are too restrictive, rejecting “innocuous tasks” like reading blog posts or reviewing code
TechCrunch
13:05
Sources: Microsoft is limiting Claude Fable 5 use internally due to Anthropic's 30-day data retention rules, due to customer data and confidential info concerns
The Verge
12:56
As AI commoditizes benchmarkable work, an organization's lasting moats lie in tasks that are verifiable through its private data and judgment
Sarah Guo
12:41
Survey: 53% of Americans fear AI could put someone in their household out of work; Democrats are more likely than Republicans to worry about AI's impact on jobs
Reuters
12:30
Interfax: Russia restored access to Roblox after concluding the company had complied with local legal requirements; Russia had banned Roblox in December
Bloomberg
12:15
Google introduces DiffusionGemma, an experimental 26B-parameter open model that uses text diffusion for faster text generation compared to autoregressive models
The Keyword
12:05
Sources: Sam Altman told staff that he expects OpenAI to go public “within the next year” and OpenAI plans a tender offer “very soon” at a $687.69 share price
The Information
11:55
Anthropic's decision to sabotage Claude Fable 5 for LLM development strengthens the argument that labs are hyping up AI safety to justify monopolistic behavior
@deanwball
11:45
Dario Amodei says he doesn't know what role Claude played in a missile strike on an Iranian school, and its use in this instance didn't violate Anthropic's ToS
Bloomberg
11:30
Alex Karp says Palantir's enterprise customers are “unhappy” with how the frontier labs are operating, believing the labs only care about tokenmaxxing
CNBC
11:25
CameraMatics, which uses AI to help fleet operators improve safety, reduce operational risk, and lower carbon emissions, raised €49M
The Irish Times
11:00
Sources: Germany's Neura Robotics, which builds AI-powered humanoid robots, raised $1.4B from Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon, Nvidia, and others at a ~$7B valuation
Financial Times
10:55
WMG acquires AI attribution startup Sureel, as it seeks to track when its songs and recordings are used in the training of AI models or in AI-generated works
Billboard
10:45
Tesla has just 59 vehicles in its robotaxi fleet and is limited to three Texas cities after almost a year, nowhere close to Elon Musk's big promises
Bloomberg
10:25
New York-based Jedify, whose platform connects to enterprises' knowledge sources via APIs to build a “context graph” for AI agents, raised a $24M Series A
TechCrunch
10:10
Dario Amodei has just one direct report, his COS Avital Balwit; Anthropic's executive team reports to Daniela Amodei, who handles much of day-to-day operations
Bloomberg
10:05
Pi, whose “security brain” AI agent helps companies assess vulnerabilities to prioritize and patch, raised $35M at a $100M valuation; sources: xAI is a customer
Forbes
09:35
Aryon Security, whose platform lets companies set security strategy, which it translates into enforceable policies that can't be ignored, raised a $29M Series A
Axios
09:25
LinkedIn debuts its first creator marketplace, in North America, allowing some marketers to search for creators by topic and view “creators cards” with metrics
Digiday
09:15
Maneva, whose AI agents connect to existing camera infrastructure in factories to flag safety risks and measure worker productivity, raised a $27M Series A
Axios
09:05
A German court rules that Google is directly liable for what AI Overviews say after AI Overviews falsely tied two publishers to shady business practices
The Decoder
09:01
Sources: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the Kuwait Investment Authority have each placed share orders worth $1B to $5B for SpaceX's IPO
Bloomberg
08:55
The CFTC proposes prediction market rules, seeking the ability to ban bets it finds aren't in the public interest or may be highly susceptible to manipulation
Wall Street Journal
08:50
Cyera, an Israeli startup focused on protecting companies' data from AI-based threats, raised $600M at a $12B valuation, bringing its total funding to $2.3B
New York Times
08:45
Poetic, which aims to use AI to automate tasks like financial compliance, emerges from stealth with $50M in funding from OpenAI and others at a $500M valuation
Bloomberg
08:35
Hands-on with Siri AI: successfully executed multistep prompts, understood context well, has strong guardrails, and seems a bit more dispassionate than Gemini
The Verge
08:15
CrowdStrike: Chinese entities accounted for 58%+ of state-sponsored cyberattacks aimed at tech companies, especially AI assets, over the 12 months to March 31
CNBC
07:20
Sources: Chinese companies like Moonshot are reconsidering “red-chip structures”, which make it easier to list overseas, after China blocked the Meta-Manus deal
Financial Times
06:55
Morgan Stanley forecasts global AI-tied debt issuance will more than double to nearly $570B in 2026, as hyperscalers seek alternative funding for AI capex needs
Reuters
06:30
A look at Unitree's growth strategy, which mimics those used by BYD and DJI, and leverages its quadruped robot dominance to create and lead the humanoid market
SemiAnalysis
06:20
Las Vegas-based TensorWave, which offers AMD-powered cloud infrastructure, raised a $350M Series B led by AMD and Magnetar at a $1.55B post-money valuation
Wall Street Journal
06:15
Sources: SpaceX has drawn $250B+ of investor demand for what is poised to be the largest IPO to date, far beyond the $75B that SpaceX is aiming to raise
Reuters
05:55
Sources: SK Hynix plans to list its shares in the US as soon as August, seeking to capitalize on strong AI-linked stock demand and broaden its investor base
Reuters
05:50
Sources: Ant International is considering raising ~$1B at a $10B+ valuation, which could help pave the way for a potential Hong Kong IPO as soon as 2026
Bloomberg
05:40
Tata's chairman predicts AI agents will replace half of Tata Consultancy Services' jobs and says TCS plans to reduce hiring in the coming years as it adopts AI
Bloomberg
05:35
Swedish autonomous truck company Einride debuts on the Nasdaq after merging with a SPAC at a $1.35B pre-money valuation; Einride raised $113M in 2026
Wall Street Journal
04:45
Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball says Xbox Game Pass lost “millions” of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025
GameSpot
02:45
Sixteen economists on what AI will mean for the US economy, workers, and workplaces: AI will boost productivity in the near term, but only two expect more jobs
Wall Street Journal
02:40
An expert panel with Daron Acemoglu, Dean Ball, Ethan Mollick, and Clara Shih discusses AI's impact on jobs and how people should prepare for the future of work
New York Times
02:35
Walmart outlined a future where AI will change how people work, not necessarily how many work, at its annual Associates Week, as it accelerates AI adoption
Financial Times
02:25
Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record nearly 200 security flaws, 33 rated Critical, as it and security researchers increasingly use AI to find bugs
Krebs on Security
02:15
The crackdown on online scam centers in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to Sri Lanka, where authorities say they have arrested 1,000+ people in 2026
Bloomberg
01:40
Chinese investors are buying tokenized stocks with stablecoins like USDT to circumvent Beijing's capital controls and simulate bets on hot US IPOs like SpaceX
Financial Times
01:30
ASML's stock is up 64% YTD, trailing the US chip sector as the industry spends more on processes outside of lithography, like etching and advanced packaging
Bloomberg
01:20
Sources: the ECB temporarily barred Revolut from releasing new products in the European Economic Area last summer until the company had rectified “deficiencies”
Financial Times
01:05
Sources: OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease a proposed 10GW, $500B+ data center campus in Ohio as part of a deal that could include Nvidia's financial backing
The Information
01:00
Nintendo's shares fell as much as 8.2% on Wednesday morning in Tokyo after its 2026 Game Showcase came up short on new titles from major franchises, like Mario
Bloomberg
00:55
Meta partners with Reliance to lease its first AI data center in India, with 168 MW capacity, and says it contracted nearly 1 GW of renewable energy in India
Meta Newsroom
00:50
Sources: Trump administration officials have told CAISI to halt publication of its model assessments while an EO President Trump signed last week is implemented
Wall Street Journal
Dienstag, 9. Juni 2026
23:35
The EU warns that AI-boosted chemical synthesis is helping European drug gangs develop new “designer” drug precursors that can evade existing product blacklists
Financial Times
23:05
Edge Markets, which provides banking tools for gambling and prediction markets, including real-time payments on Kalshi, raised a $29.2M Series A led by CoinFund
CNBC
22:30
Sources: SoftBank's talks with creditors to raise $6B+ through a margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake have stalled, weeks after it cut its target from $10B
Bloomberg
21:55
Stepful, an AI-powered online training platform for healthcare workers, raised a $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total funding to $105M
Fierce Healthcare
21:20
Seattle City Council votes 9-0 to enact a one-year moratorium on new large data centers and study their impact; Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign the bill
The Seattle Times
19:25
CoreWeave's founders have sold $2.3B in stock since its lockup period expired in August after its March 2025 IPO, reducing their combined holdings by nearly 25%
Bloomberg
19:00
ServiceNow says attackers exploited a flaw, patched on June 5, that let unauthenticated users query data from customer instances, but gives few other details
BleepingComputer
18:55
Sources: SpaceX aims to launch orbital AI computing tests by late 2027 and has requested permission from regulators to launch up to 1M data-center satellites
Reuters
18:05
Super Micro aims to raise $7B through equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund component purchases tied to AI orders; SMCI drops 6%+ after hours
Reuters
16:55
Analysis: Trump and his sons profited $2.3B+ from four crypto ventures including $TRUMP since January 2025, while other investors in those projects lost ~$2.3B
Reuters
16:50
Docs: ~34K Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account, were affected in the breach tied to Meta's AI chatbot; attackers changed 3,500+ usernames
New York Times
16:30
Anthropic says Fable 5 has invisible safeguards that use prompt modification, steering vectors, or PEFT to limit its effectiveness for building frontier LLMs
The Decoder
16:10
Claude Fable 5 hands-on: impressive results working on complex projects, like building an interactive isochrone map or a data analysis tool in just 9.5 hours
One Useful Thing
16:05
Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work
Wall Street Journal
15:45
Apple says 79% of all iPhones and 86% of iPhones released in the past four years were running iOS 26 as of June 7, vs. 82% and 88% for iOS 18 before WWDC 2025
MacRumors
14:45
Sources: Canadian payments company Nuvei is in advanced talks to acquire NYC-based cross-border payments company Payoneer for ~$2.7B and could sign within days
Reuters
14:05
A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations
404 Media
13:50
Anthropic says red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks, and it will keep first- and third-party user traffic on Mythos-class models for 30 days
CyberScoop
13:35
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in <5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity
Anthropic
13:30
Anthropic says Fable 5 is available on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans through June 22, after which using Fable 5 will require usage credits
TechCrunch
13:15
Anthropic prices both Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens, less than half the price of Claude Mythos Preview
ZDNET
13:12
Anthropic debuts Claude Fable 5, a “safe” Mythos-class model it says can't be used for cyberattacks, to the public, and Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations
Wired
13:00
Apple updates its App Store review guidelines to say it may remove apps in saturated categories “if they are not updated, improved, or do not attract customers”
TechCrunch
12:20
San Francisco voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on large businesses where the CEO earns 100x+ the median employee
Bloomberg
11:50
If Apple's Siri AI works as well as it did in its WWDC demos, Apple is set to take the lead in consumer AI, with the iPhone becoming the first true AI device
Spyglass
11:35
EU regulators order Meta to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp while they continue to probe if Meta abused its market power by blocking competitors
Reuters
11:30
Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, its latest audio model that it says can deliver “near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages”
The Keyword
11:25
Meta plans to expand using off-platform data, such as online purchases, to personalize content feeds and AI responses; it was previously used just to serve ads
The Verge
11:00
Sources: India froze approvals for Starlink to begin commercial operations due to concerns that its terminals were used in Iran despite not being licensed there
Bloomberg
10:30
China starts operating the world's first wind-powered underwater data center, off Shanghai's coast, and says it uses 22.8% less power than land-based facilities
The Guardian
09:35
Vinyl Equity, an SEC-registered transfer agent that has launched a payments platform earlier this year, raised a $20M Series A led by Jump Capital
Axios
09:10
Decentralized lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z Crypto in a token sale that valued Morpho at up to $2B
Fortune
08:30
Apple unveils new Apple Foundation Models: two on-device models, including a 20B-parameter multimodal model called AFM 3 Core Advanced, and three cloud models
Apple Machine Learning Research
07:55
The French government warns that hackers used a hijacked user account to breach Tchap, its encrypted messaging app for civil servants with 300K+ monthly users
BleepingComputer
07:35
New York-based Standard Bots, which wants to make AI-powered robotic arms in the US, raised $200M led by General Catalyst and Robostrategy at a $1B valuation
Bloomberg
07:25
The EU says Apple decided not to roll out Siri AI in the EU after it had unsuccessfully requested to be exempted from interoperability obligations for the tool
Reuters
06:35
Sources: Taiwan is considering restricting AI chip sales to all customers in China, not just companies on an export blacklist like Huawei, to align with the US
Bloomberg
06:25
Sources: Microsoft laid off 200 to 400 Azure unit employees in Beijing and Shanghai last week, marking at least its third downsizing round in China in two years
South China Morning Post
06:20
The UK is conducting a full review of its NHS contract with Palantir, amid growing pressure to end the deal in early 2027 over its reliance on a US tech company
Reuters
06:10
Beacon Software, which acquires niche software businesses and transforms them with AI, raised a $225M Series C, bringing its total funding to $550M
Wall Street Journal
06:05
France-based Alta Ares, which is building AI-powered air defense systems to counter drones and missiles, raised a €50M Series A led by Air Street Capital
Sifted
06:00
In a UK online safety consultation, the US urges the UK against an under-16 social media ban, saying it would place a “disproportionate” burden on US companies
The Guardian
05:55
Sources: China is drafting plans to spend ~$295B over the next five years on building AI data centers, sourcing 80%+ of tech from local suppliers like Huawei
Bloomberg
05:50
A group of Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba and CXMT, launches a ~$577M PE fund to boost China's “hard tech” sectors amid tightening US export curbs
South China Morning Post
05:40
IT management platform NinjaOne raised $400M in a secondary share sale at a $12.3B valuation, up from $5B in February 2025, and says its ARR has hit $600M
Bloomberg
05:35
Finland-based Iceye, whose small satellites help countries with real-time location monitoring, raised a €1B Series F led by General Atlantic at a €10B valuation
Resilience Media
04:05
Report: US colleges now offer 74+ AI majors and 89+ minors, and at least a dozen schools are set to add AI majors in 2026; only five offered AI majors in 2021
New York Times
02:00
In an interview, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says that the startup is planning to go public in 2028, regardless of how well Anthropic's and OpenAI's IPOs go
CNBC
00:00
The US FCC waives its July 30 deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellites; Amazon is still required to launch all 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2029
PCMag
Montag, 8. Juni 2026
23:30
Apple overhauls the App Store with subscription options for groups, businesses, and schools, Retention Messaging to reduce churn, bundled IAP reviews, and more
AppleInsider
23:10
The first developer beta of iOS 27 offers the clearest signs yet of Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone, with references to folding hardware and flexible displays
Bloomberg
22:20
Xiaomi claims MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed tops 1,000 tokens/second, a first for a 1T-parameter model, using an 8-GPU commodity node; an API trial runs June 9 to 23
Decrypt
21:55
Sam Altman and Jakub Pachocki claim OpenAI is entering its “third phase”, aiming to automate AI research, boost the economy, and give everyone a personal AGI
OpenAI
20:20
Microsoft disabled 70+ of its repos on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them
TechCrunch
20:10
Google and Nvidia are helping Apple with Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro, which Apple says is comparable to Gemini frontier models and runs on Nvidia GPUs
CNBC
19:15
Infinity Constellation, which builds AI tools and software businesses for the professional services market, raised a $24M Series A; it previously raised $17M
Axios
19:05
Apple unveils an Apple Intelligence feature to automatically change weak or compromised passwords, using agentic AI, and save the new ones in the Passwords app
Gizmodo
19:00
The Trump administration relaunches efforts to block state AI laws; Senator Blackburn is leading the negotiations and pushing KOSA in an AI preemption package
Axios
18:35
Meta puts $115M toward a “workforce academy”, a free five-week program to train Americans to build data centers and guarantees jobs at Meta construction sites
Wall Street Journal
17:58
Source: Cursor, which is prepping for an acquisition by SpaceX, passed $4B in annualized revenue in the past week, up from $3B in late April and $2B in February
Forbes
17:20
OpenAI confidentially files for an IPO, says it has “not decided on timing yet”, as “there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company”
CNBC
16:45
Google lowers the price of its Google AI Plus subscription from $7.99 per month to $4.99 per month, and doubles the included storage to 400GB
9to5Google
16:35
Google upgrades NotebookLM, which now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity, to deliver new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning, starting for AI Ultra
TechCrunch
16:05
Apple's Craig Federighi says some companies “appear to be racing forward” to develop “AI for the sake of AI” without regard for the humans using the technology
Variety
15:50
Apple announces new features for the Home app, including AI-generated descriptions of HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of notifications
MacRumors
15:45
watchOS 27 Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 1, SE 2, and Older
MacRumors
15:25
Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode enhancements aimed at agentic coding workflows
MacRumors
15:10
Apple says iOS 27 will support iPhone 11, in contrast with 2019 Android flagships like Pixel 4 and Galaxy S10, which got only three years of platform updates
Android Authority
15:05
Amazon expands its print-on-demand features to AI-generated designs created using Alexa for Shopping for products like T-shirts, water bottles, and hoodies
The Verge
15:00
Apple announces tvOS 27, with performance enhancements, smart downloads, an updated Podcasts app, and more
9to5Mac
14:55
Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allowing users to build automations via natural language prompts
TechCrunch
14:50
Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 or later, or a Mac with M3 or later, all with 12GB+ of RAM
9to5Mac
14:45
Apple unveils new editing tools for the Photos app as part of Apple Intelligence, including an upgraded Cleanup tool, and new Extend and Spatial Reframing tools
MacRumors
14:40
Indian quick grocery delivery startup Zepto files for an India IPO, planning to raise ~$836M by selling new shares; Zepto was valued at $7B in its October round
Bloomberg
14:35
Apple says Siri AI will not be available in the EU with the launch of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch
MacRumors
14:25
Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, one day after a report on the code's existence
Wired
14:20
Apple announces new Apple Intelligence features for its apps, including a Notify Me feature in Safari and a Call Context feature in the Phone app
iPhone in Canada
14:15
Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app for analyzing real-world objects and support for visionOS
MacRumors
14:05
Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models co-developed with Google and adapted to run on devices and servers
MacRumors
13:55
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a dedicated Siri app
9to5Mac
13:50
Apple announces parental controls that let kids ask to browse specific websites or contact specific people, adds automatic harmful image filtering, and more
Engadget
13:42
A US federal judge blocks Trump's $100K fee for employers' H-1B visa applications, saying it violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution
CNBC
13:40
Anthropic researchers say Mythos Preview can now turn publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities, or N-days, into working exploits in hours instead of weeks
Axios
13:35
Apple announces that AirPods will gain a custom EQ feature as part of iOS 27
TechRadar
13:30
Apple unveils iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27, highlighting performance and design improvements, including smoother system animations
The Verge
13:25
Apple announces major performance improvements across its platforms, including up to 30% faster app launches and up to 80% faster AirDrop transfers
9to5Mac
13:22
Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate, featuring Liquid Glass and search improvements, a fixed corner radius across apps and system windows, and more
9to5Mac
13:20
Apple announces improvements to Liquid Glass, including a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear
MacRumors
13:00
The US DOD designates some of China's biggest companies, like Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, as entities that support the Chinese military; Tencent was listed in 2025
Bloomberg
12:58
A recording of Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote
Apple on YouTube
12:55
A live blog of WWDC 2026, where Apple announced an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on performance, and more
Engadget
12:45
Italy's competition authority says it has dropped its 2025 probe into Meta over allegations Meta abused its dominant position by installing Meta AI on WhatsApp
Reuters
12:35
Sources: former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has $20B+ AUM, after launching less than two years ago
Wall Street Journal
12:30
Analysis: China's low-cost e-commerce exports fell 10.9% YoY in April to $9.8B, the fifth straight monthly decline, amid surging fuel costs and weakening demand
Reuters
12:20
Microsoft Hacked to Deliver Malware to Claude and Gemini Users
404 Media
12:00
Sources: Russia paused parts of a surveillance system protecting Putin after Israel used AI on footage from Iran's traffic cameras to locate Ayatollah Khamenei
Financial Times
11:45
PointFive, which helps companies reduce unnecessary cloud and AI spending, raised a $60M Series B led by Accel, bringing its total funding to $100M
Wall Street Journal
11:30
NY-based A Security, which uses AI to automate offensive cybersecurity, emerges from stealth with $37M in funding from Lightspeed, Wiz's Assaf Rapaport, others
Fortune
11:10
Amazon announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to produce optical fiber for its US data centers; Corning shares jump 8%+
CNBC
10:40
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse
Bloomberg
10:25
A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24
New York Times
10:10
Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users
Reuters
09:40
Sources: Google placed an order with Intel to manufacture 3M+ TPUs in 2028; Nvidia is testing Intel tech for a processor and running 18A trials; INTC jumps 11%
The Information
08:20
Sources: the US urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components from Huawei in their networks and critical infrastructure
Bloomberg
08:10
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier
Reuters
07:30
A look at Ireland's Bring Your Own Power policy, which requires new data centers to have their own power plants on site or contracts for energy produced nearby
Wall Street Journal
05:50
UK PM Keir Starmer says tech companies must introduce “device controls” that stop kids from sending and receiving nude images or face laws forcing them to do so
Reuters
05:45
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says 20,225+ Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting on April 17
~this week in security~
05:35
Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some “safer” social media
Reuters
04:40
Meta Says 20,000 Instagram Accounts Hacked Via AI Tool Abuse
SecurityWeek
01:55
London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts like jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300M Series C led by Temasek at a $2.4B valuation
Bloomberg
01:25
Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI factory and co-designing future data center architectures
The Chosun Daily
00:40
Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform
GameSpot
Sonntag, 7. Juni 2026
23:45
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more video to become a one-stop shop for music fans
Bloomberg
23:10
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise up to $2B at a $30B valuation, up from a $20B+ valuation in a May round
Bloomberg
22:51
Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS
The Guardian
21:51
UK-based Creator Fund closes a $56M fund to back European PhD founders, reaching them in universities before they're pulled into academia, Big Tech, or US labs
Pathfounders
20:55
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling its $5.245B Series F valuation in January 2025
TechCrunch
20:25
Nvidia and SK Hynix sign a multiyear chip deal to develop next-gen memory; SK Hynix will diversify into infrastructure, physical AI, and memory for Vera Rubin
Bloomberg
20:15
Nvidia says South Korea-based Naver will use Nvidia's DSX tech to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet global demand for AI services and physical AI
Reuters
14:20
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing
Wall Street Journal
10:50
Inside the early 2025 executive meeting that got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around then
Bloomberg
07:00
Memory chip vendors say CXMT's DDR5 prices match Samsung's, SK Hynix's, and Micron's, and it has more supply in client markets as it is not prioritizing HBM
Wccftech
00:50
French carriers Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Free-iliad sign an MOU with Altice France to acquire SFR for €20.35B, including debt, expected to close in H2 2027
Reuters
00:40
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products
Financial Times
Samstag, 6. Juni 2026
18:55
Report: in May, supply of unsecured bonds from hyperscalers hit $155B YTD, 45%+ more than 2025's total issuance; some AI-infra bond sales are 4x oversubscribed
Bloomberg
12:50
White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan says he will leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution
The Information