What to expect at WWDC 2026: an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, a slew of new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on reliability and responsiveness, and more  —  The iPhone maker will attempt its artificial intelligence turnaround on Monday.  —  Apple Inc. will unveil a new artificial intelligence strategy …

Sources: US officials discussed the US taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea in 2025; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday  —  The talks have been with artificial-intelligence leaders such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who pitched the idea

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says agentic traffic is “growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time”  —  Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm's latest data.

Anthropic calls for top AI labs to weigh slowing or temporarily pausing development, suggesting that self-improving AI systems may soon pose societal risks  —  The $1 trillion startup warns that AI models are nearing capability to improve without human intervention

S&P Dow Jones rejects proposals to expedite S&P 500 eligibility for mega-cap IPOs such as SpaceX's; companies remain ineligible until one year after their IPOs  —  S&P Dow Jones Indices will keep its existing eligibility requirements for the S&P 500, rejecting proposals …

Sources: SpaceX prepares the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO, seeking to reserve as much as 25% of its $75B float for retail investors  —  Up to a quarter of the rocket builder's $75bn float will be set aside for individual investors

In an internal message, Satya Nadella rebuked an internal memo that said Microsoft needs to “make people addicted” to its new AI agent product called Scout  —  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday rebuked an internal memo that another company executive had written advocating to …

Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased “NameTag” face-recognition system for its AI smart glasses over multiple Meta AI app updates in 2026  —  Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta's smart glasses platform.

Sources say a months-long dispute between the White House and Anthropic is showing signs of easing across the US government as the startup prepares for its IPO  —  A months-long dispute between Trump administration officials and AI firm Anthropic is showing signs of easing across parts …

University of Cambridge researchers say they have developed the first vaccine with a key component entirely designed by AI and subsequently trialed it in humans  —  Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes …

OpenAI updates ChatGPT's memory with a “more capable and compute-efficient” architecture and a summary page that lets users review and steer what it remembers  —  Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and relevance.  —  Loading...

Filing: Reid Hoffman, who has served on Microsoft's board since 2017, will not stand for re-election at the company's 2026 annual meeting  —  Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder who has served on Microsoft's board since 2017, will not stand for re-election at the company's 2026 annual meeting …

Over 20 EU news publishers file a claim seeking €640M+ from Google following an EU decision that lets anyone harmed by Google's ad market abuse seek damages  —  Small publishers enabled to take on Google for damages via group claim.  —  More than 20 European news publishers …

Apple-funded study: the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer AI features saw 4x more billings growth than other apps  —  Apple shares update on 2025 App Store success  —  “Developers are the heartbeat of the App Store, and this year's incredible milestone …

The NY State legislature passes a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law  —  It could become the first ban of its kind in a state. … The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium …

Allen Control Systems, which makes AI-powered gun turrets for shooting down drones, raised a $200M Series B led by Smash Capital at a $2.2B post-money valuation  —  Years before he helped launch Disney+, or helped the Mouse buy Marvel and Star Wars, Kevin Mayer studied mechanical engineering …

OpenAI confirms it will comply with President Trump's EO that asks AI companies to allow the US government to assess their models' capabilities before release  —  OpenAI has confirmed it will comply with Donald Trump's executive order that asks AI companies to allow the federal government …

The largest US banks plan to launch a tokenized deposit network in 2027 to connect traditional payment rails with the infrastructure that digital assets run on  —  The new network could help banks contend with a wave of new competition from stablecoins and crypto firms

Elon Musk petitioned the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter's data use, claiming Twitter no longer exists as X merged with xAI and then SpaceX  —  Critics hope to keep Elon Musk from escaping a strict data-privacy order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shortly before he took over Twitter.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the agency will review E-Rate, a $3B annual program subsidizing school and library internet access, amid kids' screen time concerns  —  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing a $3 billion annual program that subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries …

SpaceX says Starlink now has 12M+ “active customers with high-speed internet” across 160+ countries, territories, and other markets, up from 9M in December 2025  —  Starlink is connecting more than 12M active customers with high-speed internet across 160+ countries, territories and many other markets. Thank you to all our customers around the world! 🛰️🌎❤️ → https://starlink.com/12M [image]

A research team that includes Huawei says it successfully used Huawei's Ascend 910C chips for DeepSeek V4 Pro model's post-training, amid increased US sanctions  —  While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training