Kuo: Apple plans a cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip and with a ~13" display, expected to enter mass production in late 2025 or early 2026
Apple's current entry-level laptop is the $999 MacBook Air, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple is aiming to launch an even more affordable model soon.
Kuo expects Apple to mass produce a Vision Pro with M5 in Q3 2025, a Vision Air in Q3 2027, a Vision Pro with a new design and XR glasses in H2 2028, and more
In a blog post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo detailed his updated roadmap forecast for Apple's headset and smart glasses markets.
Canada rescinds its Digital Services Tax “in anticipation of” a trade deal with the US, with trade talks resuming; the tax was set to go into effect on Monday
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. Source: Government of Canada .
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp”
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.
Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases
The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.
Microsoft says its new AI tool diagnoses diseases with 80% accuracy vs. doctors' 20%; Mustafa Suleyman calls it a “step toward medical superintelligence”
The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs.
Apple will delay rolling out some iOS 26 features in the EU later this year, including “visited places”, citing the difficulty of complying with the DMA
A service which tracks and records where users have been won't be rolled out in the EU — Apple said it will delay offering …
Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B+ tracks via the playlist
Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, which shares new listening recommendations every Monday, is getting an update.
Europol says it has dismantled a crypto investment fraud ring in Spain that laundered €460M using a global network of accomplices, and five people were arrested
A cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that investigators said laundered 460 million euros ($540 million) …
Bank of Korea temporarily halts preparations for the second phase of its pilot initiative testing program for a central bank digital currency, scheduled for Q4
South Korea's central bank has halted its digital currency pilot program, signaling diminishing enthusiasm for state-led digital currencies …
How performers on OnlyFans and other adult sites are using LLMs for creative inspiration, amid a rise of adult-specific LLMs like sex worker chatbot GPTease
'It lets me operate at 90 percent when I'm at 30 percent.' — When Ela Darling began performing in porn at the tail end of the 2000s …
SEC filing: Oracle signed multiple large cloud agreements, including one that is expected to contribute $30B+ in annual revenue starting in FY28; ORCL jumps 5%+
Oracle shares jumped more than 5% after a recent filing showed a cloud deal that would add over $30 billion annually.
A profile of OnlyFans' secretive founder Leo Radvinsky, as the platform's parent company is considering a sale for as much as $8B, according to sources
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Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation
Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting Monday, executives exclusively tell Axios.
Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates
both companies deny claims Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News : Amazon Not Selling Nintendo Switch 2 Video Game Consoles Alan Velasco / HotHardware : Nintendo Switch 2 Restock Update: Where Can You Fin...
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training
Yet Rachel Frazin / The Hill : Updated Senate bill slashes wind and solar incentives — and adds a new tax Nellius Irene / Cryptopolitan : Elon Musk called Trump's new tax and spending bill “insane” Bl...
The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet
Many complained about Apple spamming users about it in the iPhone Wallet but as I know from my day job, advertising works. 🙃 Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan : Watched the F1 movie earlier today. Stunning...
Cursor launches a web app and Slack integration for managing AI coding agents from mobile and desktop
The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. Source: Cursor Blog Source: Curs...
Tel Aviv-based Cato Networks, whose tools help protect remote workforces, raised a $359M Series G at a $4.8B+ valuation, taking its total funding to $1B+
backed by consistent growth, over 3,500 enterprise customers, and innovation in SASE and AI security. 🔗 https://www.catonetworks.com/ ... [image] LinkedIn: Greg Eden : Big news for Cato Networks today...
Robinhood announces an expanded offering of tokenized US stocks across Europe, crypto staking in US, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world asset settlement, more
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GOP Senators agree to change a provision in the tax bill from a 10-year ban on state AI regulation to a 5-year ban with carve outs for issues such as copyrights
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The White House announces an AI Education Pledge with commitments from 60+ companies to provide AI education materials to K-12 students over the next four years
Ashley Gold / Axios : Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews and @reverendentity Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews : We're literally reading stories about AI-induced psychosis in adult minds and they want to shove that slo...
Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, calls Michael Saylor's bitcoin strategy “financial gibberish”, as Saylor inspires several copycats like Trump Media
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Stockholm-based Tandem Health, which has developed an AI medical copilot for clinicians to record patient consultations, raised a $50M Series A led by Kinnevik
Maya Dharampal-Hornby / Sifted :
PitchBook: Australian startups raised $3.4B in 2024, down from 2021's $6.5B peak; 39% of early-stage capital in Australia came from overseas vs. 21% in the US
1. More effectively get the $1T+ of IP out of universities. — 2. Have Australian corporates and governments buy our own innovations …
Sensor Tower: Temu's US MAU fell 51% to 40.2M from March to June, while Shein's dropped 12% to 41.4M, amid the US' China tariffs and “de minimis” closure
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How India is carving out space for high-end manufacturing, including a $2.5B Foxconn iPhone factory in Devanahalli, near Bengaluru, aiming to create 40K jobs
New York Times :
China's tech giants are ramping up M&A and investment deals as the government shifts its stance to support the tech industry, particularly in areas like AI
Bloomberg :
Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright
Adi Robertson / The Verge : X: @kuittinenpetri , @kuittinenpetri , and @carolinerommer X: Petri Kuittinen / @kuittinenpetri : @CarolineRommer ... Well, you just described the Finnish mainstream media...
Spinwheel, which helps fintech companies and banks authenticate users, automate data retrieval, and facilitate payments, raised a $30M Series A led by F-Prime
Ryan Lawler / Axios :
Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, which uses AI to help financial advisors and other clients make decisions, raised an $80M Series B led by Goldman Sachs
Jon Fingas / BetaKit :
Sources: Menlo Ventures targets ~$1.5B for new funds to invest in AI ventures, including $650M for early-stage startups, and $850M for later-stage companies
Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal :
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