OpenAI's o3-pro is much smarter than o3 and amazing at using tools, but the model requires a lot of context to run well and without enough it tends to overthink
OpenAI dropped o3 pricing 80% today and launched o3-pro. Ben Hylak of Raindrop.ai returns with the world's first early review.
Elon Musk says “I regret some of my posts about President Trump last week. They went too far”; last week, Trump said he had no desire to repair the relationship
President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said that he has no interest …
Nintendo says it sold 3.5M+ Switch 2s globally in the console's first four days, a record for any of its hardware; Nintendo aims to sell 15M units by March 2026
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Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixels with live lock screen notifications, and a broader update to add more AI to Google Photos, custom group chats, and more
The big Android update features new ways to organize your notifications and quickly enhance your phone's security.
Sam Altman says “intelligence and energy”, the “limiters on human progress”, will be abundant in the 2030s, and superintelligence should be widely distributed
We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence …
OpenAI debuts o3-pro for ChatGPT Pro and Team users and in its API, costing $20/1M input and $80/1M output tokens; Enterprise and Edu will get access next week
OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an AI model that the company claims is its most capable yet. — O3-pro is a version of OpenAI's o3 …
Sam Altman claims an “average” ChatGPT query uses ~0.34 watt-hours, or 1+ second of oven use, and ~0.000085 gallons of water, or “one fifteenth of a teaspoon”
Jay Peters / The Verge :
President Trump says a trade framework with China “is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me”, and the US' tariff rate would be 55% “total”
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Elon Musk says Tesla's robotaxi service will tentatively begin on June 22 in Austin, with the first autonomous delivery of a car to a customer's home on June 28
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OpenAI announces an 80% price drop for its o3 model and a “flex” mode for synchronous processing that charges $5 for input and $20 for output per million tokens
just cheaper. https://platform.openai.com/ ... [image] Kevin Weil / @kevinweil : Because you all asked: we're going to double the rate limits for o3 for Plus users. Rolling out as we speak. Now go do ...
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch says European companies and governments increasingly want non-US AI tools, and Mistral is on track to pass $100M in annual revenue
The AI developer says European customers are seeking independence from Silicon Valley, leading it to build a new Nvidia-powered facility near Paris
Nvidia unveils projects to bolster AI infrastructure across Europe, including expanding its Mistral partnership to use local AI computing, at VivaTech in Paris
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Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed
Disney and NBCUniversal have teamed up to sue Midjourney, a generative AI company, accusing it of copyright infringement …
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp plans to support Apple's legal case against the UK Home Office over an encryption backdoor, which “could set a dangerous precedent”
WhatsApp is planning to support Apple in its legal action against the UK Home Office over user data privacy, BBC News has learnt.
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site
Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
The Browser Company launches Dia, a macOS browser in beta for Arc users based around an AI chat sidebar that can access tabs, history, and logged-in sites
Dia, the new browser from The Browser Company, is almost nothing like the company's last product. That app, Arc, was a total rethink …
HP unveils the HP Dimension, the first hardware built with Google's 3D video conferencing tech, featuring a 65" light field display, launching in 2025 for $25K
The HP Dimension is the first device using Google's 3D video conferencing technology.
Google offers voluntary buyouts to US employees in several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization
Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees across several businesses and units, including the knowledge and information organization …
Whole Foods supplier United Natural Foods says it is working to restore its systems by June 15 after a cyberattack left some shelves empty and stalled forklifts
The Providence, Rhode Island-based chain shut down IT systems and limited shipping orders after determining on June 5 that intruders …
Sources: Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish confidentially files for a US IPO, as demand for digital assets surges under the Trump administration
Group seeking to tap a wave of enthusiasm for digital assets as Trump vows to cut regulations — Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish …
Hong Kong invokes its national security laws to ban Taiwanese-made mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire, marking the first known use of the laws to block a game
Hong Kong invoked national security laws to ban a video game for the first time, broadening the use of the set of legislation …
macOS Tahoe 26 hands-on: Liquid Glass ranges from slick to slightly overwrought, and Spotlight's new search features are nifty and useful, but Raycast is better
Tahoe is all about power users and theme options borrowed from the iPhone. … At WWDC, Apple announced its new Liquid Glass design language …
President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could restrict state-level legislation over data centers, including water use, raising bipartisan objections across the US
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
An interview with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak on Apple's struggles to ship AI features demoed in 2024 using Siri's “V1 architecture” and its work on a V2
and What's Coming Next Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : Siri snubbed at Apple's WWDC 2025 as AI takes center stage Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Apple's WWDC 2025 marked a strategic retreat from its overam...
Meta launches V-JEPA 2, an open-source AI “world model” to understand and predict 3D environments and object movements, to help robotics and self-driving cars
Meta on Wednesday announced it's rolling out a new AI “world model” that can better understand the 3D environment and movements of physical objects.
President Emmanuel Macron says France will ban social media access for children under 15 within “a few months” if it is not done at the European Union level
Gavin Blackburn / Euronews :
Twenty-seven US states and the District of Columbia sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
Rylee Kirk / New York Times :
DoorDash acquires adtech company Symbiosys for $175M, announced as part of a major update on its ad business, which crossed a $1B+ annualized run rate in 2024
DoorDash Inc. is adding to its recent buying spree by acquiring advertising tech firm Symbiosys for $175 million …
Snap aims to sell Specs, its AR glasses that are lighter than its developer Spectacles 5 but with many of the same AR and AI features, to consumers in 2026
After 11 years, extensive research, and $3 billion investment, we're excited to introduce Specs. 👓 …
Israeli data security startup Cyera raised $540M led by Georgian, Greenoaks, and Lightspeed at a $6B valuation, up from $3B in November 2024 after raising $300M
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business, and power. Meir Orbach / CTech : Cyera doubles valuation to $6 billion with $540M Series E James Rundle / Wall Street Journal : Cyber Star...
Coco Robotics, which operates a fleet of cooler-sized delivery robots on wheels, raised $80M from Sam Altman and others, taking its total funding to $110M+
Coco Robotics, a startup that operates a fleet of cooler-sized delivery robots on wheels, has raised $80 million in funding … X: @sarthakgh X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : “He expects to have at leas...
A profile of Twitch streamer and YouTuber Ross Minor, blind since age 8, who is an advocate and consultant for blind-accessible video games like Sea of Thieves
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Amsterdam-based Tebi, which offers a SaaS operations platform to hospitality companies, raised €30M led by CapitalG, after a €20M Series A in October 2024
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Ukraine's security service says AI allowed its drones to keep flying “along a pre-planned route” even after losing signal in Russia during “Operation Spiderweb”
Fabrice Deprez / Financial Times : Bluesky: @robertscotthorton and @faineg Bluesky: Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Kyiv's daring “Operation Spiderweb” carried out by Ukraine's security service (...
Salesforce is restricting third-party companies from long-term indexing and storing of Slack messages, which would hamper rival enterprise AI firms like Glean
The Information :
Laurel, which uses AI to map how workers spend time by integrating with tools like Slack and Outlook, raised a $100M Series C led by IVP at a $510M valuation
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune :
How ad agency WPP is embracing AI tools, despite the threat to its creative business; its stock is down 50% in seven years and its AI platform has 50K+ users
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times :
GitLab reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $214.5M, vs. $213.2M est., net loss of $36.3M, vs. $55.5M last year, raises earnings outlook; GTLB down 12%+
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Meta and TikTok challenge the EU's DSA supervisory fee, set at 0.05% of annual global net income, in the EU's General Court, arguing it is disproportionate
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :
London-based Maze, which uses AI agents to stop cloud security breaches, launches with $31M in total funding, including a $25M Series A led by Theory Ventures
We're launching Maze and announcing our $25M Series A led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Cherry Ventures and Tapestry VC. … Santiago Castiñeira : Today, we're launching Maze and announcin...
Amazon says over 1M people now have access to Alexa+, up from “hundreds of thousands” in May, and plans to “make it even more broadly available over the summer”
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge :
Analysis: Nvidia's $500B US spending plan has accelerated the US AI server ecosystem development, with at least eight suppliers unveiling new investment plans
Nikkei Asia :
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