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June 12, 2026, 6:35 PM
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Alex Harring / CNBC:
SpaceX debuts on the Nasdaq at $150, after pricing at $135, making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire; SPCX closes up 19%, for a ~$2.1T market cap  —  SpaceX shares soared on Friday, propelling the rocket company's valuation above $2 trillion, as trading commenced on the Nasdaq after a record-setting initial public offering.
Reuters:
SpaceX's trading debut is a test of the “Musk premium”, the force behind Tesla's $1T+ valuation, and a gauge of investor appetite ahead of upcoming AI-tied IPOs
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Sources: Microsoft considered spinning out or restructuring its Xbox unit as a wholly-owned subsidiary, or creating a joint venture with other partners  —  As Microsoft gets ready to overhaul its struggling Xbox gaming unit, it hasn't ruled out spinning out or restructuring the unit …
Christopher Dring / The Game Business:
Q&A with Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball about returning to console-exclusive releases, how using in-game ads could offset development costs, and more
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using Gemini to create fake websites and scam hundreds of thousands of Americans  —  Google warned that artificial intelligence had supercharged the problem of online scams.Andria Lo for The New York Times
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Staff memo: Meta plans to limit employee token usage and encourage employees to use MetaCode, after internal AI spending forecasts reached billions for 2026  —  Meta Platforms plans to clamp down on skyrocketing AI costs inside the company by imposing limits on employees' token usage …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Sam Bankman-Fried loses his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of FTX  —  Sam Bankman-Fried lost on Friday his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
Wired:
Sources detail frustration inside Meta's Applied AI team, formed in March to support Superintelligence Labs, over menial projects, “soul-crushing” work, more  —  Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta's chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.
Yasmin Khorram / Politico:
The US DOJ approves Paramount's $111B purchase of WBD without forcing divestitures or behavioral remedies; state AGs could still try to block the move  —  In a statement, the Antitrust Division said its eight-month review “determined based on the evidence received in its investigation …
Seth Fiegerman / Bloomberg:
OpenAI acquires Ona, which offers cloud services to support AI agents, and plans to bring Ona's team into its Codex effort; terms of the deal were not disclosed
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Meta's services, including Facebook and Instagram, are recovering after a brief outage that affected thousands of users  —  Facebook-parent Meta (META.O) said on Friday that users were having trouble accessing the social media company's services.  —  “We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9B; ROKU jumps 20%+ after hours  —  Roku Inc., the streaming video platform, is in talks to sell itself, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Oracle warns customers of a critical PeopleSoft flaw after ShinyHunters claimed it breached 100+ organizations that use PeopleSoft; Oracle hasn't issued a patch  —  Oracle warned its corporate customers that there is a critical-rated vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software …

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
A source and internal figures: Condé Nast forecasts $130M in Q4 US advertising, $35M+ below its goal; Condé Nast says the figures are “materially inaccurate”

Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico amend their lawsuit against the White House, alleging it kept all three off press pool duty since September 18 despite an injunction

A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
Memo: MS NOW hires former CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid as its chief White House reporter

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Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku:
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol says it has dismantled the AudiA6 crypto mixing service, which allegedly laundered $380M+ for ransomware actors and others between 2022 and 2025
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
Waymo launches Waymo Premier, a $30-per-month membership program offering perks like skipping the line, 10% cashback, and five free ride cancellations per month
Dan Primack / Axios:
Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A
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