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AI Summary

  • SpaceX continues to secure significant government contracts, notably a $6.45B deal with Space Force for missile-tracking satellites, fueling speculation about its upcoming IPO.
  • The growing reliance of coders on AI tools presents a double-edged sword, with potential long-term career implications and debates emerging about whether AI agents should augment or replace human developers.
  • AI chip development remains a hotbed of investment, with companies like Groq reportedly raising substantial funds, while others, like the one betting on memory over compute, signal evolving priorities in the AI hardware landscape.
  • Major tech companies like Microsoft are facing increased scrutiny, from investigations into their actions against security researchers to debates about the ethical implications of becoming 'too AI-pilled'.
  • The autonomous vehicle sector sees Waymo leading in registrations, while SpaceX experiences a setback with a Blue Origin rocket explosion during testing, highlighting the volatile nature of cutting-edge aerospace development.

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TechCrunch

  • SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO 2 hours ago by Sean O'Kane
    Space, SpaceX

    SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

  • Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them 2 hours ago by Julie Bort
    AI, TC

    While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

  • So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that 5 hours ago by Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet, Kyle Wiggers, Lucas Ropek
    AI, artificial intelligence, evergreens, Glossary

    The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

  • What happens when companies become too AI-pilled? 6 hours ago by Theresa Loconsolo
    AI, Aaron Levie, AI agents, AI layoffs, ai psychosis, Amazon competition, AWS, Equity, openrouter, Snowflake, Stord, Waymo robotaxi

    The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, […]

  • After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M 7 hours ago by Dominic-Madori Davis
    AI, Startups, Venture, AI chips, groq, In Brief, nvidia

    Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

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The Verge

  • Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are all teasing Nvidia’s new N1X laptop processors an hour ago by Tom Warren
    Computex, Gadgets, Laptops, Microsoft, News, Nvidia, Tech, Windows

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with an RTX laptop at CES 2025. | Image: Getty Images It's the world's worst kept secret that Nvidia is about to announce its own Arm-powered laptop chips at Computex this weekend, and now Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm are all openly teasing the announcement. The Windows and Nvidia GeForce accounts on X both posted "A new era of PC" earlier today , and now Arm has followed up with an identical post . All three posts include coordinates pointing to where Computex is hosted in Taipei. Nvidia is holding a Computex keynote in Taipei at 8PM

  • SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites 2 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Policy, Politics, Science, Space, SpaceX

    The Pentagon awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build missile-tracking satellites linked with President Donald Trump's planned "Golden Dome" defense system, as reported earlier by Bloomberg . In an announcement on Friday , the US Space Force says the sensor-equipped satellites will allow it to detect and track targets from space. The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX - which recently filed for what could be the biggest initial public offering ever - already has contracts with the Space Force to develop other parts of the Golden Dome. Similar to Israel's Iron Dome, Trump's pricey defense system would identify and take down

  • Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games 5 hours ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Gaming, News, PC Gaming, Tech

    The Acer Nitro Blaze Link might run on Linux, but it's no Steam Deck. Acer says it's a "streaming-first handheld and companion device," like a PlayStation Portal for your PC. Announced ahead of Computex on Friday, it's launching in Q4 2026 with a 7-inch (1920 x 1200) display, Wi-Fi 6, just 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 8GB of eMMC storage. That's technically not even enough RAM to run Stardew Valley , but the Blaze Link isn't meant for playing games locally. Logitech launched a similar handheld a few years ago, the Logitech G Cloud , that cost $350, included 4GB

  • Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores 7 hours ago by Robert Hart
    AI, Report, Robot, Tech

    This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free . It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we'd happily outsource if we could - and that robotics companies are racing to teach machines to do so they can sell

  • The Verge’s 2026 high school graduation gift guide 7 hours ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Gadgets, Gift Guides, Verge Shopping

    High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immediately embark on a career path, many continue their education and delve deeper into their studies at college. Either way, they'll be taking on more responsibility, meaning it's up to friends and relatives to figure out how to support them. Support comes in many forms, but a gift or two certainly won't hurt. Luckily, we've compiled a host of Verge -approved gift ideas spanning a wide array of interests and price points. They'll think

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