Tech
AI Summary
- SpaceX's monumental IPO has reshaped the financial landscape, creating the world's first trillionaire and causing significant disruptions, including a surge in traffic for platforms like Robinhood.
- AI continues to be a major industry focus, with developments ranging from potential government crackdowns on powerful models like Anthropic's due to safety concerns, to malicious actors leveraging AI for sophisticated cybercrime operations.
- The tech sector is grappling with internal challenges, including reports of poor working conditions within Meta's AI unit and ongoing debates about the ethical implications and responsible development of artificial intelligence.
- Significant investments are being made in ambitious AI projects, such as Jeff Bezos's Prometheus raising $12 billion for an 'artificial general engineer' and Mistral reportedly seeking substantial funding at a high valuation.
- Regulatory scrutiny and legislative changes are impacting the tech industry, evidenced by the expiration of a US surveillance law and ongoing investigations into companies like OpenAI by state attorneys general.
Sources
TechCrunch
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The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks
2 hours ago
by Zack Whittaker
Security, cyberattacks, cybersecurity, FBIHidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberattacks.
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Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living
9 hours ago
by Rebecca Bellan
AI, Government & Policy, Startups, Andrew Yang, noble mobile, ubiAndrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
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Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
10 hours ago
by Connie Loizos
AIAnthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
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SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
14 hours ago
by Kirsten Korosec, Russell Brandom
AI, Space, Transportation, Elon Musk, IPO, SpaceX, spacex ipoTechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.
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Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
14 hours ago
by Connie Loizos
AI, Social, MetaA new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.
Hacker News
- Leaving Mozilla 7 hours ago
- A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones 3 hours ago
- Electric motors with no rare earths 15 hours ago
- Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 12 hours ago
- Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration 3 hours ago
Engadget
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NBA streetball, crafting with renewable energy and other new indie games worth checking out
2 hours ago
by Kris Holt
GamingPlus, the next game from the Mouthwashing devs and trying to survive as a sentient guitar.
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OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general
6 hours ago
by Mariella Moon
AIA coalition of state attorneys general is asking OpenAI for documents about its activities.
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Anthropic blocks all customers' access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
8 hours ago
by Mariella Moon
AIAnthropic has suspended all access to its new AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with a government order citing national security concerns.
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DoJ approves Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. deal, cementing Ellison family control of American media
13 hours ago
by Max Miller
EntertainmentThe deal has sparked fear over the future of the film, television and news industries.
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The SpaceX IPO broke Robinhood for some people
17 hours ago
by Karissa Bell
NewsSome Robinhood users looking to cash in on the SpaceX IPO were met with technical issues.
The Verge
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The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
2 hours ago
by Charles Pulliam-Moore
AI, Entertainment, Film, Google, OpenAI, TechConcept art from Dear Upstairs Neighbors that used to train custom builds of Google’s Veo and Imagen models. | Image: Google DeepMind For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms' video models are still only capable of churning out short bursts of visually inconsistent footage . And some of Hollywood's biggest AI partnerships have suddenly evaporated in ways that make it seem like studios might
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Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day
11 hours ago
by Sean Hollister
Gaming, News, PC GamingOn June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai. As Valve watcher Brad Lynch notes , it was almost certainly carrying the first mass production shipments of the Steam Frame , Valve's new gaming headset. Import records show that Valve's distribution partner Ceva offloaded nearly 32 metric tons of "Virtual Reality Devices" on Valve's behalf - or roughly 13 tons of actual product, after you subtract the roughly 3,700 kilogram weight of five 40-foot shipping containers. That's the same math we used to estimate that Valve imported 50 tons of game
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Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up
17 hours ago
by Stevie Bonifield
Gadgets, News, Phones, TechNothing Phone 4A Pro | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge If you're thinking about upgrading your phone, "the best time was yesterday," according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC . As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X that the RAM shortage has already impacted Nothing's less expensive mid-range phone : "For Phone 4A , memory costs doubled between when we decided to build the device and when it launched. They've doubled again since." He warned that "Phone prices are going up, and they'll keep going up into
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The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
18 hours ago
by TC. Sottek
Elon Musk, TechHm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet . And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk's actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse - gleefully. This is not a serious person , but his abuse of the world is deadly serious. In the first months of President Donald Trump's second term, the Musk-led Department of Government
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Siri is good now??
20 hours ago
by David Pierce
AI, Apple, Apple Event, Podcasts, Tech, VergecastYou'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri , and it actually seems to be pretty good . On this episode of The Vergecast , David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone's
Wired
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Meet the New Dyson Vacuums: V16 Piston Animal, V10 Konical, V8 Cyclone (2026)
an hour ago
by Nena Farrell
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Home, Dust, DynastyThe rest of Dyson’s promised 2026 vacuum lineup is here, from the new Dyson V16 Piston Animal to an updated version of the favored Dyson V8 Cyclone.
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How Can Soccer Players Bend Their Shots in Midair?
2 hours ago
by Rhett Allain
Science, Science / Physics and Math, Dot, PhysicsAs World Cup action kicks off, we look at the physics of the beautiful game.
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The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
2 hours ago
by Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, RoundupPlus: AI bug hunting fuels Microsoft’s biggest-ever Patch Tuesday, ShinyHunters ransomware gang exploits an Oracle zero-day, and more.
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EcoFlow PowerOcean Battery Review: Cutting My Bill in Half
2 hours ago
by Simon Hill
Gear, Gear / Reviews, Gear / Products / Home, Gear / Products / Smart Home, Product, ReviewWhether you want to buy cheaper electricity, store solar energy, or guard against outages, EcoFlow’s home battery might be just what you need.
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Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails
3 hours ago
by Jeremy White
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Q&ARJ Scaringe, the CEO of Rivian Automotive, joined us for a wide-ranging interview about how his company’s new electric SUV fits into the current EV industry, and what comes next.