Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks plan to create a public glossary of state-sponsored hacking groups to ease unofficial alias confusion
Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto (PANW.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday said they would create a public glossary …
A software developer explains how AI agents help automate tedious coding tasks, and addresses concerns like hallucinations, job losses, mediocre code, and more
Tech execs are mandating LLM adoption. That's bad strategy. But I get where they're coming from.
Sources: Elon Musk is selling $5B in xAI debt at a double-digit interest rate via Morgan Stanley, with demand already over $3.5B and commitments due by June 17
Elon Musk is selling $5 billion in debt for his artificial intelligence startup, xAI Corp., the latest in a series …
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says TSMC expects a record profit in 2025 despite geopolitical, tariff, and FX risks, and confirms it is not building a fab in the Middle East
HSINCHU, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Tuesday said it expects to log a record profit …
Microsoft announces Windows changes in response to the EU's DMA for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default browser unless opened
Apparently only the Digital Markets Act can stop Bing from begging you to switch . … Microsoft's changes in response …
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero, a nonprofit focused on safer AI; LawZero has raised nearly $30M from donors including Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn
Turing Award winner launches LawZero not-profit for safer AI, while warning recent models display dangerous characteristics
Google says it is ending PayPal account integration in Google Wallet for US users, effective June 13, after stopping new PayPal account linking in April 2025
Later this month, Google Wallet will no longer let users in the U.S. use their PayPal account for payments
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei blames worsening traffic for delays in adding a second plant in Japan, and reaffirms plans to spend $100B in Arizona over the next five years
Wei reaffirmed a commitment to spend another $100 billion ramping up manufacturing in Arizona over the next half-decade.
Elon Musk's Neuralink raised a $650M Series E from ARK, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Sequoia, Thrive, and others, reportedly at a ~$9B pre-money valuation
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Sources: Xiaomi is among the Chinese companies most affected by new US chip design tool export rules, including its new 3nm mobile chip made by TSMC in Taiwan
Companies may struggle to manufacture silicon in Taiwan with export controls preventing updates to design tools
Adobe launches Photoshop for Android in beta for devices running Android 11 or later with 6GB+ of RAM, offering tools like layers, masks, and Generative Fill
Android users can now download Photoshop for mobile. Adobe announced on Tuesday that it's releasing the beta version …
A look at Walmart's use of automation to grow sales without job creation, as analysts say its staff count raise questions about the future of US retail labor
Growth in ecommerce and automation sparks questions about future of retail sector's labour force
Analysis: since his inauguration, President Trump posted 2,262 times on Truth Social in 132 days, 3x+ the volume of tweets in the same period of his first term
In his current term, the influencer-in-chief has left his own record for social media missives in the dust. He posts day and night.
Cynthia Kaiser, the FBI's former deputy assistant director leading cyber policy, intel, and engagement, left to join cybersecurity company Halcyon as an SVP
The 20-year bureau pro wants to see what it's like to fight ransomware from the private sector. — Learn more.
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Airbnb Experiences, launching new services, OpenAI, AI agents, making decisions at Airbnb, cutting PMs, Jony Ive, and more
Today, I'm talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. This is Brian's fourth time on the show, and he's one of my favorite guests … Bluesky: @roqueig and @mhwilliams Bluesky: John / @roqueig : Halfway thr...
Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a ~$200M valuation in January 2025
As global trade evolves, there's an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options.
Pornhub's parent company plans to stop serving adult content in France as soon as June 4, in protest of government measures forcing it to verify visitors' ages
Porn industry giant protests Paris' measures to verify the age of users. — This article is also available in: French
Indeed says CEO Chris Hyams has stepped down, replaced by parent company Recruit Holdings CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, who returns to the role after six years
Hisayuki ‘Deko’ Idekoba resumed the top job from Chris Hyams, who has stepped down.
Alphabet offers to spend $500M+ over 10 years to rebuild its global compliance structure, in a settlement proposal for an antitrust lawsuit from shareholders
Latest move comes as tech giant is attacked on multiple legal fronts that threaten its break-up
Meta agrees to buy power from Constellation Energy's Illinois nuclear plant, signing a 20-year deal that starts in mid-2027 when a 10-year state subsidy expires
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David Cope, a composer and algorithmic composition pioneer who developed a program in the 1980s to write music in the style of Bach and others, died at age 83
His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.
After Google lost two US antitrust cases in the past year, a look at critics' claims that a breakup might be better for investors, customers, and innovation
Feels like a no-brainer to me.
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers
Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the anti...
Snowflake agrees to acquire Crunchy Data, a cloud-based database service that helps businesses and government agencies use PostgreSQL, a source says for ~$250M
an AI-ready, enterprise-grade PostgreSQL database—to our AI Data Cloud. Developers will be able to leverage the full power of open source Postgres [image] Forums: Hacker News : Snowflake to buy Crunch...
Ciroos.AI, whose AI-powered site reliability engineering tool built on MCP and A2A helps businesses automate operations, emerges from stealth and raised $21M
Founded by a deep bench of tech talent, including former Cisco, AWS and Gigamon execs, Ciroos.AI is launching with $21 million raised …
The US FDA debuts an agencywide generative AI tool to help scientific reviewers and others streamline work and, soon, to find high-priority inspection targets
from scientific reviewers to investigators—work more efficiently. This innovative tool modernizes agency functions and leverages AI capabilities to better serve the American people. Elsa in Action ➤ [...
Broadcom begins shipping its Tomahawk 6 data center switch chips, which it says can perform the work of six previous-gen chips, to improve GPU utilization rates
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Sources: Meta is prioritizing an ultralight Horizon OS headset with a compute puck for 2026 and likely won't ship a new traditional form factor Quest until 2027
headsets that are feature limited, yet purpose-built for gaming and lightweight applications. Forums: r/virtualreality : Meta Prioritizing Ultralight Headset With Puck For 2026 Over Traditional Quest ...
Tel Aviv-based Speedata, which is designing analytics processing units for big data workloads, raised a $44M Series B and aims to showcase its first APU in June
Speedata, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing an analytics processing unit (APU) designed to accelerate big data analytic and AI workloads …
Sensor Tower: daily US users of PDD Holdings' Temu fell 58% in May; the US closed the “de minimis” loophole on May 2, and Temu then slashed its US ad spending
Germany's data protection commissioner fines Vodafone a record €45M for data privacy violations linked to “malicious behavior” by third-party sales agents
It's Vodafone unilaterally changing contract terms to defraud customers or add unwanted services... which is a pretty common practice these days among many telcos, everywhere [embedded post]
Uber names longtime executive Andrew Macdonald as president and its first COO since 2019; SVP of Delivery Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty is leaving after ~13 years
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Amy Thielen / Seeking Alpha : Uber appoints first COO since 2019 to help steer autonomous driving strategy Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Uber delivery...
ISP Frontier Communications settles a lawsuit from record labels that demanded dropping broadband users accused of piracy; SCOTUS may hear a similar Cox case
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Netic, which sells an AI platform that helps home services firms automate client outreach and handle calls, raised $20M from Greylock, Founders Fund, and others
both spell bad news for service companies. Netic turns volatility into stability. We combine your data with real-world signals (weather, equipment age, local events) to handle inbound 24/7 & spot high...
Israeli startup Zero Networks, which aims to prevent ransomware and other cyberattacks, raised $55M led by Highland Europe, taking its total funding to $100M+
Steven Scheer / Reuters :
Thoma Bravo raised $34.4B across three funds, including $24.3B for its main software company buyout fund and $8.1B for its midsize software company-focused fund
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal :
Riga-based Aerones, which makes robots that can service wind turbines in about half the time of humans, raised $62M led by Activate Capital and S2G Investments
Virginia Furness / Reuters :
Huawei Pura X review: Huawei's ~$1,050, China-only clamshell and first flagship to debut with HarmonyOS offers novel ergonomics but an incomplete app ecosystem
Bloomberg :
Character.AI rolls out features like AvatarFX for video generation, plus Streams and Scenes for creating and sharing videos with characters on a new social feed
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.