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June 1, 2026, 7:30 AM

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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Ultra, with an Nvidia RTX Spark SoC, a 15" mini-LED touchscreen, and up to 128GB of unified memory, coming this fall  —  Microsoft has a new flagship Surface, and it's got Nvidia inside. … But today, it's trying again.
Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
Jensen Huang says Microsoft and Nvidia will “reinvent the PC”, starting with 30+ laptops and 10 desktops coming in the fall from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others  —  Nvidia has emerged as the world's most valuable company by dominating the market for AI chips in the data center.
Jeffrey Kampman / Tom's Hardware:
Jeffrey Kampman / Tom's Hardware:
Intel details its Crescent Island data center GPUs based on its Xe3P architecture and using LPDDR5X memory instead of HBM, calling them “built for agentic AI”  —  Unusual memory choice brings lots of AI data closer to the chip for efficiency  —  At Computex 2026 …
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T, an open humanoid reference design powered by its Jetson Thor chip, combining a Unitree H2 Plus robot and Sharpa five-fingered hands  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) plans to work with humanoid robot makers in the U.S., Europe and South Korea in addition to China's Unitree …
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:
Coinbase launches direct Indian rupee deposit and withdrawal rails via the Immediate Payment Service, aiming to remove its reliance on P2P and intermediaries  —  Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders. … What to know:
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israeli networking company DriveNets raised a $410M Series D led by Bessemer and Atreides at an $8.5B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$1B  —  The Israeli networking company says it is cash-flow positive with over $1B in backlog as AI demand accelerates.
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Juro Osawa / The Information:
Chinese AI developer MiniMax launches M3, a new coding model that it says rivals Opus 4.7, costing $0.12 per 1M input tokens, compared with $5 for Opus 4.7  —  Chinese AI developer MiniMax on Monday launched a new large language model called M3, saying the new model's coding capability approaches …
@theallinpod:
Q&A with Bill Gurley on Anthropic staffers believing “they can create God, and that by creating God, they are like this Prometheus kind of species”, and more  —  Bill Gurley: Anthropic Thinks It's Building God @Jason: It is the ultimate level of narcissism and delusion of grandeur to think you can create God. @bgurley: “Anthropic is a mystery to me. I've never, ever seen a company that is both leading their field and the most [video]
Jordyn Holman / New York Times:
Q&A with Brian Chesky on running Airbnb in “founder mode”, differences between “founder mode and hustle culture”, AI customer service, listing hotels, and more  —  The home-sharing app recently added car rentals, groceries and — perhaps most surprisingly — hotels.
Kentaro Takeda / Nikkei Asia:
Grab says it commits to “Taiwan's data security and public trust”, after reports of Grab's collaborations with China's Huawei and Alibaba sparked concerns  —  SINGAPORE — Grab, Southeast Asia's ride-hailing and delivery giant, is facing public concerns in Taiwan over its use …

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