The Factory Becomes the Product
Across eight months, Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s $67.5 billion in India cloud commitments were joined by gigawatt-scale AI-factory plans, Nvidia’s roughly $5 billion Intel stake, next-generation memory, and construction training.
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 …
Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform
Today's Xbox Games Showcase was the first under the leadership of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who has pledged to consider making changes to Xbox's exclusivity strategy.
Inside the early 2025 executive meeting that got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around then
Also: What to expect at WWDC 2026. — A top secret meeting finally got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously.
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products
$850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
A live blog of WWDC 2026, where Apple announced an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on performance, and more
We're covering the news live from the company's “All systems glow” event. — It's WWDC day, and this year, it's falling on a Monday.
Nvidia says South Korea-based Naver will use Nvidia's DSX tech to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet global demand for AI services and physical AI
Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday that South Korean internet conglomerate Naver (035420.KS) would use its technology …
Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery support tool to reset passwords
The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling its $5.245B Series F valuation in January 2025
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion.
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says 20,225+ Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting on April 17
Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some “safer” social media
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 …
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 …
A look at Ireland's Bring Your Own Power policy, which requires new data centers to have their own power plants on site or contracts for energy produced nearby
The tiny nation is a test case for countries seeking AI investment without risking outages or higher bills for citizens
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing
Only 26% of companies say they have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, according to a new survey
Memory chip vendors say CXMT's DDR5 prices match Samsung's, SK Hynix's, and Micron's, and it has more supply in client markets as it is not prioritizing HBM
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.
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 …
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more video to become a one-stop shop for music fans
Spotify is looking to become a hub for live music — Good evening from New York. I just landed here so that I can help smuggle Charles Oakley …
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 …
PointFive, which helps companies reduce unnecessary cloud and AI spending, raised a $60M Series B led by Accel, bringing its total funding to $100M
A $60 million growth investment led by Accel values the software maker at $500 million — Early-stage investor Accel led …
Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS
Announcement seeks to close a difficult chapter for the company after the Guardian revealed its platform was used in mass surveillance of Palestinians
UK-based Creator Fund closes a $56M fund to back European PhD founders, reaching them in universities before they're pulled into academia, Big Tech, or US labs
Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company.
London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts like jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300M Series C led by Temasek at a $2.4B valuation
PhysicsX, a British startup that develops artificial intelligence models for manufacturing components like jet engines and semiconductors …
French carriers Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Free-iliad sign an MOU with Altice France to acquire SFR for €20.35B, including debt, expected to close in H2 2027
Meta puts $115M toward a “workforce academy”, a free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees at Meta construction sites
Sources: the US urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components from Huawei in their networks and critical infrastructure
President Donald Trump's administration urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components …
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise up to $2B at a $30B valuation, up from a $20B+ valuation in a May round
Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion …
NY-based A Security, which uses AI to automate offensive cybersecurity, emerges from stealth with $37M in funding from Lightspeed, Wiz's Assaf Rapaport, others
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a new Siri app
As wealth managers confront an AI reckoning, the tech is, for now, easing their workloads by picking up routine tasks, freeing up more time for advising clients
Sources: Russia paused parts of a surveillance system protecting Putin after Israel used AI on footage from Iran's traffic cameras to locate Ayatollah Khamenei
Russia paused surveillance system after killing of Iran's Supreme Leader exposed how AI can be used on CCTV data to target enemies
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier
Vimeo parent Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, as a busy summer IPO window takes shape.
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”
Q&A with Google DeepMind's Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI's Phil Trammell on what remains scarce after AGI, redistributing AI wealth, and more
Analysis: China's low-cost ecommerce exports fell 10.9% YoY in April to $9.81B, the fifth straight monthly decline, amid surging fuel costs and weakening demand
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet applauds the EU's tech sovereignty plans but says substantial EU involvement in steering “strategic projects” is a cause for concern
Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate, featuring Liquid Glass and search improvements, a fixed corner radius across apps and system windows, and more
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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.
Apple announces improvements to Liquid Glass, including a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear
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A federal judge blocks President Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employer H-1B visa applications
How LinkedIn is transforming into a “post-cringe” social network as it courts high-profile influencers, who are building audiences on corporate-friendly topics
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
Apple unveils new editing tools for the Photos app as part of Apple Intelligence, including an upgraded Cleanup tool, and new Extend and Spatial Reframing tools
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Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app for analyzing real-world objects and support for visionOS
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Apple says iOS 27 will support iPhone 11, in contrast with 2019 Android flagships like Pixel 4 and Galaxy S10, which got only three years of platform updates
Aamir Siddiqui /Android Authority:
Apple unveils iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27, highlighting performance and design improvements, including smoother system animations
Jay Peters /The Verge:
Industry data: India's six largest IT companies grew combined revenue from $95.9B in FY23 to $103.1B in FY26, while headcount remained broadly steady at ~1.9M
Amazon expands its print-on-demand features to AI-generated designs created using Alexa for Shopping for products like T-shirts, water bottles, and hoodies
Apple says watchOS 27 will not support the Apple Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 1, or Watch SE 2, its most aggressive Apple Watch support cutoff yet
here is the full listAustin Blake /iPhone in Canada:These Popular Apple Watches Won't Get the watchOS 27 UpdateJason Weisberger /Boing Boing:Apple's watchOS 27 cutoff is weirdly brutalRajat Saini /The...
Apple announces major performance improvements across its platforms, including up to 30% faster app launches and up to 80% faster AirDrop transfers
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Sources: former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has $20B+ AUM, after launching less than two years ago
Apple announces that AirPods will gain a custom EQ feature as part of iOS 27
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The US DOD designates some of China's biggest companies, including Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, as entities that support the Chinese military
A recording of Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote
plus what to expect from iPadOS 27Karan Mahadik /The Indian Express:Apple WWDC Event 2026 Live Updates: Siri to dominate Apple's WWDC 2026 keynoteChris Barylick /O'Grady's PowerPage:How to watch Apple...
Apple announces new parental controls, letting kids ask to browse specific websites or contact specific people, adding automatic image filtering, and more
here's what's newJohn Quintet /iPhone in Canada:WWDC: Apple Unveils Major Child Safety Upgrades Across iPhone, iPad and Mac
Nvidia and SK Hynix sign a multiyear chip deal to develop next-gen memory; SK Hynix will diversify into infrastructure, physical AI, and memory for Vera Rubin
Nvidia Corp. and SK Hynix Inc. have agreed to partner on designing future generations of memory chips for AI, a win for a South Korean leader vying …
Indian quick grocery delivery startup Zepto files for an India IPO, planning to raise ~$836M by selling new shares; Zepto was valued at $7B in its last round
Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 and later, or Mac with M3 and later, all with 12GB+ of RAM
Ryan Christoffel /9to5Mac:NEW
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
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
but still fails to excite investorsSam Cross /T3:Apple's Siri AI is finally here - and it will look familiar for Google fans, tooBrent D. Griffiths /Business Insider:Apple finally gives Siri an AI glo...
Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode enhancements aimed at agentic coding workflows
Way too early to tell if I'll use it (versus CLI or external app UIs). — [image]Gui Rambo /@_inside@mastodon.social:I wasn't sure from the presentation, but you can actually control a real iPhone (n...
Apple announces tvOS 27, with performance enhancements, smart downloads, an updated Podcasts app, and more
Benjamin Mayo /9to5Mac:
Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allowing users to build automations via natural language prompts
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Apple announces new Apple Intelligence features for its apps, including a Notify Me feature in Safari and a Call Context feature in the Phone app
John Quintet /iPhone in Canada:
Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI factory and co-designing future data center architectures
Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited the LG Group headquarters and shouted “Fighting LG,” emphasizing, “We are collaborating with LG …
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.
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 them from circulating nude images …
Apple announces new features for the Home app, including AI-generated descriptions of HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of notifications
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