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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models developed with Google and adapted to run on device and on servers — Apple today announced a major overhaul of its Apple Intelligence platform, revealing a new architecture built on foundation models developed …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a new Siri app — At WWDC 2026, Apple is detailing its Apple Intelligence improvements, starting with its Google Gemini collaboration.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple says Siri AI will be delayed in the EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch — The new enhanced Siri AI features that Apple announced today at WWDC 2026 will not be available in the European Union or in China when they are released in beta later this year.
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Forums: r/europe, r/EDV, r/MacOS, r/macbookpro, r/Applelntelligence, r/technology, r/czech, and MacRumors Forums
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple's Craig Federighi says some companies “appear to be racing forward” to develop “AI for the sake of AI” without regard for the humans using the technology — Apple said it has rebuilt the Siri personal assistant from the ground up with artificial intelligence at its core … | Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI confidentially files for an IPO, says it has “not decided on timing yet”, as “there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company” — OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Apple announces new parental controls, letting kids ask to browse specific websites or contact specific people, adding automatic image filtering, and more — Kids can now ask to browse specific websites and contact specific people. — At WWDC 26, Apple announced changes to give parents more control over what their kids see and do.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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| Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: |
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| Matt Bolton / TechRadar: |
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| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
A federal judge blocks President Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employer H-1B visa applications — A federal judge on Monday vacated President Donald Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers' H-1B visa applications. — The visa payment policy violated …
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Forums: r/politics and r/inthenews
| Bloomberg: |
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse — FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applied for a presidential pardon, more than two years after he was convicted …
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users — Meta (META.O) said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google upgrades NotebookLM, which now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity, to deliver new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning for AI Ultra users — Google on Monday announced an update to its NotebookLM research tool, which includes new features and the shift to Gemini 3.5 as the default model.
More: Ars Technica, The Verge, The Keyword, Android Central, and Android Police
X: @vikaskansalhq, @notebooklm, @notebooklm, @trondw, and @stevenbjohnson
| Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times: |
A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24 — Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.
More: NBER, Straight Arrow, and The Daily Wire
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has $20B+ AUM, after launching less than two years ago — Leopold Aschenbrenner has attracted a cult following online, with fans dissecting his every move
LinkedIn: Peter Rudegeair
| Kate O'Keeffe / Bloomberg: |
The US DOD designates some of China's biggest companies, including Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, as entities that support the Chinese military — The Pentagon identified some of China's biggest companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., BYD Co. and Baidu Inc. as entities that support the Chinese military …
More: TechCrunch, Associated Press, Semafor, Washington Examiner, The Next Web, and Reuters
| Wired: |
Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, following a report on the code's existence — The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company's smart glasses.
More: Futurism, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, and Chain Store Age
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture 3M+ TPUs in 2028; Nvidia is testing Intel's tech for a new processor and running 18A trials — TSMC's capacity struggles are turning into a boon for Intel. — As the Taiwanese chip making giant struggles to meet overwhelming demand …
More: Tech Times, Mercury News, and Motley Fool
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google lowers the price of its Google AI Plus plan to $4.99 per month, down from $7.99, and doubles the included storage to 400GB — Google announced today that its AI Plus subscription is getting a price drop to $4.99 per month and now includes 400 GB of storage.
More: Engadget, Android Police, iPhone in Canada, and Android Authority
X: @vikaskansalhq and @newsfromgoogle
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla — Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story.| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Anthropic researchers say Mythos Preview can now turn publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities, or N-days, into working exploits in hours instead of weeks — Anthropic's Mythos Preview can now turn newly disclosed software vulnerabilities into working exploits in hours instead of weeks …
More: The Next Web and Anthropic
| Reuters: |
UK PM Keir Starmer says tech companies must introduce “device controls” that stop kids from sending and receiving nude images or face laws forcing them to do so — Big tech firms operating in Britain must introduce safety measures on children's phones to prevent …
More: GOV.UK, BBC, The Guardian, AppleInsider, The Record, Reuters, Mirror, Human Events, Breitbart, and Press Association
| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Amazon announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to produce optical fiber for its US data centers; Corning shares jump 8%+ — Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fiber to power and connect its rapidly expanding U.S. data centers …
More: Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, About Amazon, The Next Web, Barron's Online, Reuters, and Sherwood News. Forums: r/StockMarket
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Microsoft has shut down 70+ of its own repositories on GitHub after hackers pushed malware that would steal credentials from users of AI coding agents — Microsoft took the highly unusual step of shutting down more than 70 of its own GitHub repositories after hackers pushed malware …
More: OpenSourceMalware.com, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Step Security Blog, The Hacker News, and The New Stack
Forums: r/GeminiAI and r/AIDangers
| Alvise Armellini / Reuters: |
Italy's competition authority says it has dropped its 2025 probe into Meta over allegations Meta abused its dominant position by installing Meta AI on WhatsApp — Italy's competition authority said on Monday it had dropped an investigation into Meta Platforms (META.O) over allegations …
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| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
Source: Cursor, which is prepping for an expected acquisition by SpaceX, passed $4B in annualized revenue in the last week, up from $3B in April and $2B in Feb. — Elon Musk's rocket and AI company is expected to acquire the buzzy AI coding startup shortly after it goes public.Sponsor Posts
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