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| Ben Hylak / Latent.Space: |
OpenAI's o3-pro is much smarter than o3 and amazing at using tools, but the model requires a lot of context to run well and without enough it tends to overthink — OpenAI dropped o3 pricing 80% today and launched o3-pro. Ben Hylak of Raindrop.ai returns with the world's first early review.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts o3-pro for ChatGPT Pro and Team users and in its API, costing $20/1M input and $80/1M output tokens; Enterprise and Edu will get access next week — OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an AI model that the company claims is its most capable yet. — O3-pro is a version of OpenAI's o3 …
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| Sam Altman: |
Sam Altman says “intelligence and energy”, the “limiters on human progress”, will be abundant in the 2030s, and superintelligence should be widely distributed — We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it sold 3.5M+ Switch 2s globally in the console's first four days, a record for any of its hardware; Nintendo aims to sell 15M units by March 2026 — Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge Shows the Limits of Impressively Thin Phones … Explainers
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| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixels with live lock screen notifications, and a broader update to add more AI to Google Photos, custom group chats, and more — The big Android update features new ways to organize your notifications and quickly enhance your phone's security.
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch says European companies and governments increasingly want non-US AI tools, and Mistral is on track to pass $100M in annual revenue — The AI developer says European customers are seeking independence from Silicon Valley, leading it to build a new Nvidia-powered facility near Paris| New York Times: |
Elon Musk says “I regret some of my posts about President Trump last week. They went too far”; last week, Trump said he had no desire to repair the relationship — President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said that he has no interest …
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| Bloomberg: |
President Trump says a trade framework with China “is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me”, and the US' tariff rate would be 55% “total” — President Donald Trump said a trade framework with China has been completed, with Beijing supplying rare earths and magnets … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site — Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
HP unveils the HP Dimension, the first hardware built with Google's 3D video conferencing tech, featuring a 65" light field display, launching in 2025 for $25K — The HP Dimension is the first device using Google's 3D video conferencing technology.
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Elon Musk says Tesla's robotaxi service will tentatively begin on June 22 in Austin, with the first autonomous delivery of a car to a customer's home on June 28 — - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X on Tuesday that Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, are ‘tentatively’ set to begin June 22
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| Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar: |
An interview with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak on Apple's struggles to ship AI features demoed in 2024 using Siri's “V1 architecture” and its work on a V2 — Is it a delay, a strategy... or something else? — There's no denying that Apple's Siri digital chatbot …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish confidentially files for a US IPO, as demand for digital assets surges under the Trump administration — Group seeking to tap a wave of enthusiasm for digital assets as Trump vows to cut regulations — Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish … | Bloomberg: |
Whole Foods supplier United Natural Foods says it is working to restore its systems by June 15 after a cyberattack left some shelves empty and stalled forklifts — The Providence, Rhode Island-based chain shut down IT systems and limited shipping orders after determining on June 5 that intruders …
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| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp plans to support Apple's legal case against the UK Home Office over an encryption backdoor, which “could set a dangerous precedent” — WhatsApp is planning to support Apple in its legal action against the UK Home Office over user data privacy, BBC News has learnt.
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| The Information: |
Google offers voluntary buyouts to US employees in several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization — Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees across several businesses and units, including the knowledge and information organization …
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Bluesky: @carnage4life. X: @alexeheath and @forgebitz. LinkedIn: Jennifer Elias. Forums: r/technology
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash acquires adtech company Symbiosys for $175M, announced as part of a major update on its ad business, which crossed a $1B+ annualized run rate in 2024 — DoorDash Inc. is adding to its recent buying spree by acquiring advertising tech firm Symbiosys for $175 million … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Coco Robotics, which operates a fleet of cooler-sized delivery robots on wheels, raised $80M from Sam Altman and others, taking its total funding to $110M+ — Coco Robotics, a startup that operates a fleet of cooler-sized delivery robots on wheels, has raised $80 million in funding … | Alan Wong / Bloomberg: |
Hong Kong invokes its national security laws to ban Taiwanese-made mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire, marking the first known use of the laws to block a game — Hong Kong invoked national security laws to ban a video game for the first time, broadening the use of the set of legislation …
More: Engadget, The Guardian, New York Times, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, and Tech in Asia
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
macOS Tahoe 26 hands-on: Liquid Glass ranges from slick to slightly overwrought, and Spotlight's new search features are nifty and useful, but Raycast is better — Tahoe is all about power users and theme options borrowed from the iPhone. … At WWDC, Apple announced its new Liquid Glass design language …
More: The Hans India, ZDNET, Wired, Digital Trends, PCMag, and Engadget
| Molly Taft / Wired: |
President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could restrict state-level legislation over data centers, including water use, raising bipartisan objections across the US — An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
Bluesky: @justinhendrix and @mollytaft.com. Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green. Forums: r/politics
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The Browser Company launches Dia, a macOS browser in beta for Arc users based around an AI chat sidebar that can access tabs, history, and logged-in sites — Dia, the new browser from The Browser Company, is almost nothing like the company's last product. That app, Arc, was a total rethink …
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