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June 4, 2026, 5:50 AM
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value it at almost $1.77T, eclipsing Aramco's $29.4B IPO in 2019  —  SpaceX is seeking to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering that would be the biggest of all time, as Elon Musk's rocket …
Bloomberg:
Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth $9.9M+, ahead of SpaceX's IPO
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory  —  While many AI open source model providers are pursuing larger and more powerful models, Google is still giving attention to the smaller, more local side of the market.
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA  —  OpenAI's new proposal comes as its CEO Sam Altman descends on Washington for a series of Wednesday meetings with White House officials …
Bloomberg:
In a SITC report, UK lawmakers call on the government to end a £330M NHS deal with Palantir and disclose more details of a military contract with the company  —  British members of parliament are calling on the government to end a major deal with Palantir Technologies Inc. and disclose …
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.39B, above $1.36B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue of ~$1.44B, above $1.43B est.; CRWD drops 9%+ pre-market  —  CrowdStrike narrowly beat Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter estimates after the bell on Wednesday, but shares slid 10% following the report.
Reuters:
Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $22.19B, below $22.27B est., and forecasts Q3 semiconductor revenue from AI below est.; AVGO drops 12%+ pre-market  —  Broadcom (AVGO.O) missed Wall Street expectations for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as increased competition …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots  —  Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling  —  Apple today said App Store rules in Texas are changing due to the enforcement of SB 2420, a law that adds age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers.
The Hacker News:
Security company Calif says it used Codex to discover HTTP/2 Bomb, a remote DoS exploit affecting web servers like Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Microsoft IIS  —  Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote denial-of-service exploit that affects major web servers, including NGINX …
Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet upsized its equity raise to $84.75B, including $35B in underwritten public offerings, up from a planned $30B; a source says it contacted ~75 investors
Bloomberg:
CoinGecko: Hyperliquid-linked HYPE token is up ~180% YTD, lifting its market value above $16B and pushing it into the top 10 digital assets by market cap  —  As billions of dollars leave Bitcoin and Ether funds, money is flowing into a corner of crypto that promises something investors …
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Applied Materials plans to expand its Southeast Asia workforce by 25% in 2026, hiring ~1,000 workers mainly in Singapore, a key chip packaging equipment hub  —  KUALA LUMPUR — U.S. semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials is aiming to expand its total workforce in Southeast Asia …
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards  —  Can the AI company hold on to its ethical founding principles as it strides to market with its most powerful and unnerving tool yet?
Natalia Kniazhevich / Bloomberg:
Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling 19M shares for $23 each, above its marketed range of $20 to $22, valuing the company at $3.83B  —  Liftoff Mobile Inc. raised $437 million in a US initial public offering that priced above its marketed range, in the company's second attempt at going public this year.

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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Bari Weiss has repeatedly asked CBS journalists to find links between Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood

Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour plans to leave next June, after 43 years with the network

CNN:
Skydance extends Jon Stewart's contract to host Comedy Central's The Daily Show through December 2028, keeping him on through the next presidential election

More News

Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Meta says Australia's proposed tax on domestic revenue for tech giants that don't sign news licensing deals violates the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
The US and other Five Eyes nations warn that China is flooding online job platforms with fake profiles and offers targeting government and military personnel

Earlier Picks

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot; some hackers claim to still be able to exploit Meta AI chatbot
@themidasproj:
Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC backed by Greg Brockman, appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, including a purported anti-AI activist
Melia Russell / Business Insider:
Wordsmith, whose AI tools help in-house lawyers draft contracts, handle legal questions, and more, raised a $70M Series B, bringing its total funding to $100M
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta introduces Meta Business Agent, an AI agent that lets businesses on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger answer customer questions, close sales, and more
David Phelan / Forbes:
Apple plans to open an Apple Developer Center in Berlin in 2026, its first center in Europe and fifth globally, offering in-person developer access and sessions
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Boston-based software monitoring startup Coralogix raised a $200M Series F at a $1.6B post-money valuation, up from $1B+ after a $115M Series E in June 2025
Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
The EU Commission unveils its tech sovereignty package, including the EU's Cloud and AI Development Act, in a bid to reduce its reliance on US tech companies
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