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June 24, 2026, 2:00 PM
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OpenAI:
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  —  Loading...  - Early testing shows that the first-generation accelerator will deliver performance per watt substantially better than current state-of-the-art
Lauren Goode / Wired:
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  —  Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
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 game is set to launch on November 19th. The game is set to launch on November 19th. … That gets you the standard edition of the game …
Tom Phillips / IGN:
Rockstar says physical GTA 6 copies will contain a download code, not a disc; physical copies will be available from November 12, before the November 19 launch  —  Keep it on the download.  —  Rockstar will sell physical copies of Grand Theft Auto 6 — though you'll only get a box containing a digital download code.
New York Times:
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  —  A recent episode underscored the Trump administration's increasing reliance on advanced A.I. systems for cybersecurity even as it battles a leading U.S. developer.
Bloomberg:
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  —  Memory Chip Frenzy Sends SK Hynix, Micron Into $1 Trillion Club  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 8.94% Playback Rate
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on “basic Python errors” and data cherry-picking  —  Nature paper argues researchers cherry-picked data.  Redmond insists its work is sound
More: Reuters, BBC, and Scientific American
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Lorelei Smillie / Bloomberg:
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  —  Investigators used new tools to defeat old malware technology.  —  Microsoft Corp. deployed artificial intelligence to link …
Reuters:
Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the EU after its MiCA license application in Greece failed ahead of the June 30 deadline  —  Crypto platform Binance intends to stay in the European Union and will make a fresh push for permission to operate there …
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
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  —  Ornn raised $33 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz as the marketplace startup seeks to build a venue where the power …
Geoff Weiss / Business Insider:
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M+ registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M+  —  As AI-generated content storms the internet, productivity company Superhuman is acquiring GPTZero, an AI detection startup cofounded by Edward Tian and Alex Cui in 2023.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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  —  For two decades, Hollywood's most indispensable executive has been synonymous with Disney.  Can he really tear himself away?
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Sources: the Trump administration has been happier talking to Anthropic lately after Dario Amodei was replaced by cofounder Tom Brown in meetings about Fable 5  —  At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a “weirdo,” per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.
Forums: r/Anthropic
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
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  —  While many enterprises have already begun integrating AI-generated images, visuals, graphics and videos into their production workflows …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
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 projects that Lasher, who was backed by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, emerged from a crowded field in the Manhattan-based 12th District.
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
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  —  Agility's humanoid robot, Digit, is used by companies including Amazon  —  Agility Robotics, a startup that makes humanlike robots used …
Moneycontrol:
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  —  A prolific angel investor known for conducting deals over WhatsApp, Shah has spent the past 15 years building products across digital payments …
Jeanne Whalen / Wall Street Journal:
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  —  Illinois is betting on a promising—but commercially unproven—technology  —  CHICAGO—The Lake Michigan docks that once received iron ore …
Forums: r/chicago

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch is stepping down after 7.5 years to become the CEO and chairman of Mattel; lead independent director Mike Perlis will be interim CEO

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: David Ellison has picked HBO content chief Casey Bloys to oversee streaming operations following Paramount's acquisition of WBD

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Fincher won't renew his Netflix deal when it expires in 2027; he isn't leaving for a rival studio and could still make his next movie at Netflix

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Britney Nguyen / MarketWatch:
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%
New York Times:
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
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