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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the glowing “26” in Apple's WWDC invite is teasing a revamped Siri, memory shortages may push Mac Studio and touch MacBook Pro launches by a few months — Also: Memory shortages could push back new Macs. — Apple's WWDC 2026 teaser provides a glimpse of the revamped Siri interface coming in iOS 27.
More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, iClarified, PhoneArena, and Cult of Mac
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools — Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
More: Digital Trends and Tech in Asia
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models — Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models more efficiently, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.| Abram Brown / The Information: |
A look at Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis, an AI newsletter and research firm that expects $100M+ in 2026 revenue from subscriptions and AI supply chain research — For Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, an influential AI industry newsletter and research firm, Nvidia deserves the kind …
More: Wall Street Journal and The Information
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts — Quick Take — An attacker seemingly drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge on Saturday …
More: CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, Blockonomi, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, Blockchain.News, Tech in Asia, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape
X: @kelpdao, @delitzer, @banteg, and @monetsupply
| Amanda Mull / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at $10B+, which has found success by using data analysis and close manufacturer ties to keep prices low — The online apparel retailer has become a $10 billion-plus e-commerce giant by mastering the art of the supply chain.
X: @business and @amandamull
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems — A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned “ICE Sightings - Chicagoland” Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A — Last year, the Trump administration demanded platforms remove a slew of apps that monitored ICE activity.
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Law & Crime, Washington Times, Benzinga, Reason, The Indianapolis Star, and Reclaim The Net
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| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Binance and Bitget to probe a rally in RaveDAO's RAVE token, which surged 4,500% in a week, after ZachXBT alleged RAVE insiders engineered a large short squeeze — Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.
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X: @zachxbt, @ravedao, @_richardteng, @gracybitget, @zachxbt, @crypto_jargon, and @crypt0_pk
| Reuters: |
At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo — Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Amazing, r/robotics, r/China, and r/singularity
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026 — Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company.
More: Benzinga, Engadget, Business Insider, Electrek, Motley Fool, Reuters, Tech in Asia, and EV
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Palantir posts a 22-point summary of Alex Karp's book, advocating for hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism, and “regressive” cultures — Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a “brief” 22-point summary of CEO Alexander Karp's book “The Technological Republic.”
More: Ben Werdmuller and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Bluesky: @eliothiggins, @ayoub, @eliothiggins, @masnick.com, and @eliothiggins
| Chris Stokel-Walker / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic's Mythos adds to concerns about rising workloads for open-source maintainers, as many have already been dealing with a “crazy” number of bug reports — Anthropic's Mythos and similar AI tools can identify threats and vulnerabilities faster than small teams can fix them, putting the internet at risk.| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Expo, which develops an eponymous React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform apps, raised a $45M Series B led by Georgian — Expo, the developer of a popular open-source tool for building cross-platform applications, today announced that it has raised $45 million in funding.
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