Siri’s Seamless Stack Has Borders
Apple is binding models, eligible iPhones, developer tools and cloud capacity inside an ecosystem with more than 800 million weekly App Store visitors. Siri AI will still launch without the EU or China.
Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models co-developed with Google and adapted to run on devices and servers
Apple today announced a major overhaul of its Apple Intelligence platform, revealing a new architecture built on foundation models developed …
Apple announces parental controls that let kids ask to browse specific websites or contact specific people, adds automatic harmful image filtering, and more
Kids can now ask to browse specific websites and contact specific people. — At WWDC 26, Apple announced changes to give parents more control over what their kids see and do.
Anthropic debuts Claude Fable 5, a “safe” Mythos-class model it says can't be used for cyberattacks, to the public, and Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can't be used for cyberattacks.
A US federal judge blocks Trump's $100K fee for employers' H-1B visa applications, saying it violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution
A federal judge on Monday vacated President Donald Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers' H-1B visa applications. — The visa payment policy violated …
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”
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Microsoft disabled 70+ of its repos on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them
Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached …
The first developer beta of iOS 27 offers the clearest signs yet of Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone, with references to folding hardware and flexible displays
Apple Inc.'s iOS 27 and related software updates offer the clearest public signs yet of the company's upcoming foldable iPhone …
Google upgrades NotebookLM, which now runs on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity, to deliver new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning, starting for AI Ultra
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.
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 …
Sam Altman and Jakub Pachocki claim OpenAI is entering its “third phase”, aiming to automate AI research, boost the economy, and give everyone a personal AGI
Every few generations, a new technology changes everything. — Imagine electricity reaching a rural American town in the 1920s.
In an interview, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says that the startup is planning to go public in 2028, regardless of how well Anthropic's and OpenAI's IPOs go
Perplexity is planning to go public in 2028 regardless of how the market receives the listings of Anthropic and OpenAI, CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC.
Analysis: Trump and his sons profited $2.3B+ from four crypto ventures including $TRUMP since January 2025, while other investors in those projects lost ~$2.3B
Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune …
The US FCC waives its July 30 deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellites; Amazon is still required to launch all 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2029
The Federal Communications Commission is waiving a July 30 deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellite internet constellation …
Google lowers the price of its Google AI Plus subscription from $7.99 per month to $4.99 per month, and doubles the included storage to 400GB
Google announced today that its AI Plus subscription is getting a price drop to $4.99 per month and now includes 400 GB of storage.
Apple unveils iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27, highlighting performance and design improvements, including smoother system animations
here's what you need to knowMark Gurman /Bloomberg:Apple's WWDC to Unveil New AI, Siri and iOS 27 FeaturesPururaj Dutta /Appleosophy:iOS 27 supports the iPhone 11 series, defying recent rumorsDaniel S...
Apple announces Siri AI, with on-screen awareness, personal context understanding, a Dynamic Island-based interface, and more, along with a dedicated Siri app
At WWDC 2026, Apple is detailing its Apple Intelligence improvements, starting with its Google Gemini collaboration.
Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, its latest audio model that it says can deliver “near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages”
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is our latest audio model, delivering near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages.
A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses. — The lawyers on both sides of a federal court case …
Sources: Taiwan is considering restricting AI chip sales to all customers in China, not just companies on an export blacklist like Huawei, to align with the US
Taiwan authorities are considering much stricter export controls on AI chip sales to China to further align with US measures …
Apple overhauls the App Store with subscription options for groups, businesses, and schools, Retention Messaging to reduce churn, bundled IAP reviews, and more
Apple is overhauling the App Store with new subscription tools, personalized recommendations, and marketing features …
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...
Finland-based Iceye, whose small satellites help countries with real-time location monitoring, raised a €1B Series F led by General Atlantic at a €10B valuation
Deal follows major deployment with Poland and crossing €250M in sales — We're less than a week …
Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate, featuring Liquid Glass and search improvements, a fixed corner radius across apps and system windows, and more
Siri's getting a big AI makeover, Golden Gate is the next macOS, Liquid Glass is changing, and moreKyle Kucharski /ZDNET:3 new MacOS 27 features make it worth upgrading right away for me - Siri includ...
In a UK online safety consultation, the US urges the UK against an under-16 social media ban, saying it would place a “disproportionate” burden on US companies
Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies
Apple announces improvements to Liquid Glass, including a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear
1.8 billion users. Nine months of degraded user experience. …Forums:r/ios:Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Transparency Sliderr/iphone:Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Trans...
Xiaomi claims MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed tops 1,000 tokens/second, a first for a 1T-parameter model, using an 8-GPU commodity node; an API trial runs June 9 to 23
Most people know Xiaomi as the Chinese phone brand. The one that makes cheap electric scooters and air purifiers.
Google and Nvidia are helping Apple with Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro, which Apple says is comparable to Gemini frontier models and runs on Nvidia GPUs
- Apple showed off Siri AI demos at its annual WWDC keynote in Cupertino, Calif. … Apple on Monday revealed what it's been working …
Meta puts $115M toward a “workforce academy”, a free five-week program to train Americans to build data centers and guarantees jobs at Meta construction sites
Sources: former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has $20B+ AUM, after launching less than two years ago
Leopold Aschenbrenner has attracted a cult following online, with fans dissecting his every moveLinkedIn:Peter RudegeairLinkedIn:Peter Rudegeair:Two years ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner was a 22-year-old ...
Sources: India froze approvals for Starlink to begin commercial operations due to concerns that its terminals were used in Iran despite not being licensed there
India has effectively frozen approvals for Elon Musk's space-based internet service Starlink to begin commercial operations …
Infinity Constellation, which builds AI tools and software businesses for the professional services market, raised a $24M Series A; it previously raised $17M
Infinity Constellation, a startup aiming to build AI tools and software businesses for the professional services market …
Apple says 79% of all iPhones and 86% of iPhones released in the past four years were running iOS 26 as of June 7, vs. 82% and 88% for iOS 18 before WWDC 2025
Apple has shared updated iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 adoption figures, revealing how many iPhones and iPads were running those software versions …
Apple says Siri AI will not be available in the EU with the launch of 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.
Decentralized lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z Crypto in a token sale that valued Morpho at up to $2B
Paul Frambot has a message for the “suits” at traditional financial institutions. “I think TradFi is going to have to wear shorts,” …
China starts operating the world's first wind-powered underwater data center, off Shanghai's coast, and says it uses 22.8% less power than land-based facilities
Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent — The world's first wind-powered underwater datacentre …Forums:r/TheRestIsPoliticsandr/technologyForums:r/TheRestIs...
San Francisco voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on large businesses where the CEO earns 100x+ the median employee
San Francisco voters rejected a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on large corporations doing business in the city …
EU regulators order Meta to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp while they continue to probe if Meta abused its market power by blocking competitors
EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday ordered Meta Platforms (META.O) to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp while they continue …
Super Micro Computer aims to raise $7B through equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund purchasing components needed to fulfill AI server orders
Super Micro Computer (SMCI.O) on Tuesday said it plans to raise $7 billion in a series of equity and equity-linked financing transactions …
Apple announces tvOS 27, with performance enhancements, smart downloads, an updated Podcasts app, and more
With a focus on features instead of OS …John Finn /Streaming Better:TvOS 27 Officially Announced, Arriving On Apple TV Players Later This YearAkshay Kumar /The Mac Observer:Apple Releases tvOS 27 Bet...
Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 or later, or a Mac with M3 or later, all with 12GB+ of RAM
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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
Anthropic says Fable 5 has invisible safeguards that use prompt modification, steering vectors, or PEFT to limit its effectiveness for building frontier LLMs
Key Points … Ask about this article... Both models share the same base model. Fable 5 ships with conservative safety guardrails for general use.
Docs: ~34K Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account, were affected in the breach tied to Meta's AI chatbot; attackers changed 3,500+ usernames
The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over Instagram accounts using a bug in the company's new artificial intelligence software.
The French government warns that hackers used a hijacked user account to breach Tchap, its encrypted messaging app for civil servants with 300K+ monthly users
DINUM, the digital affairs directorate of the French government, warned that hackers used a hijacked user account to breach Tchap …
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
Sources: SpaceX aims to launch orbital AI computing tests by late 2027 and has requested permission from regulators to launch up to 1M data-center satellites
SpaceX executives say the company is aiming to launch initial demonstrations of space-based artificial intelligence computing infrastructure …
Apple announces new features for the Home app, including AI-generated descriptions of HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of notifications
Hartley Charlton /MacRumors:
New York-based Standard Bots, which wants to make AI-powered robotic arms in the US, raised $200M led by General Catalyst and Robostrategy at a $1B valuation
Standard Bots has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to ramp up manufacturing of robotic arms in the US as the country vies …
Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app for analyzing real-world objects and support for visionOS
Hartley Charlton /MacRumors:
The UK is conducting a full review of its NHS contract with Palantir, amid growing pressure to end the deal in early 2027 over its reliance on a US tech company
Britain is conducting a full review of its National Health Service contract with U.S. data analytics firm Palantir (PLTR.O) …
Meta plans to expand using off-platform data, such as online purchases, to personalize content feeds and AI responses; it was previously used just to serve ads
Beginning in July, you may start seeing content related to the games you've played, your online purchases, and more across your feeds.
Sources: Canadian payments company Nuvei is in advanced talks to acquire NYC-based cross-border payments company Payoneer for ~$2.7B and could sign within days
Canadian payments firm Nuvei is in advanced talks to acquire cross-border payments company Payoneer Global (PAYO.O) for about $2.7 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Beacon Software, which acquires niche software businesses and transforms them with AI, raised a $225M Series C, bringing its total funding to $550M
In private equity, a roll-up has historically meant buying companies, consolidating them to achieve an economy of scale and then flipping the larger entity for profit.
Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, one day after a report on the code's existence
IT management platform NinjaOne raised $400M in a secondary share sale at a $12.3B valuation, up from $5B in February 2025, and says its ARR has hit $600M
NinjaOne, an IT management platform, has more than doubled its valuation to $12.3 billion in a new financing deal …
Apple announces that AirPods will gain a custom EQ feature as part of iOS 27
Google spent 2 hours on “tokenmaxing” for 3 Androids [embedded post]@lukeparkinson:AirPods getting EQ, more excited about this than I should be at this stage!@papapishu:looks like they fixed the airpo...
Anthropic prices both Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens, less than half the price of Claude Mythos Preview
ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5 for general users. — Fable 5 uses Mythos-class power with safety controls.
Vinyl Equity, an SEC-registered transfer agent that has launched a payments platform earlier this year, raised a $20M Series A led by Jump Capital
Vinyl Equity, which is building a modern transfer agent for public companies, raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Jump Capital, CEO Rob Schoder tells Axios exclusively.
The US DOD designates some of China's biggest companies, including Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, as entities that support the Chinese military
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in <5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity
Today we're launching Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class1 model that we've made safe for general use. — Fable 5's capabilities exceed …
Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla
Anthropic says red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks, and it will keep first- and third-party user traffic on Mythos-class models for 30 days
With Some Key SafeguardsCade Metz /New York Times:Anthropic Releases ‘Safe’ Version of Its Mythos A.I. TechnologyAshley Capoot /CNBC:Anthropic releases Mythos-like AI model to the public two months af...
Amazon announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to produce optical fiber for its US data centers; Corning shares jump 8%+
Sources: Microsoft laid off 200 to 400 Azure unit employees in Beijing and Shanghai last week, marking at least its third downsizing round in China in two years
Microsoft is laying off hundreds of employees at its Azure cloud unit in China as the US technology giant navigates tightening data regulations …
Anthropic researchers say Mythos Preview can now turn publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities, or N-days, into working exploits in hours instead of weeks
France-based Alta Ares, which is building AI-powered air defense systems to counter drones and missiles, raised a €50M Series A led by Air Street Capital
Apple unveils new Apple Foundation Models: two on-device models, including a 20B-parameter multimodal model called AFM 3 Core Advanced, and three cloud models
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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 unveils an Apple Intelligence feature to automatically change weak or compromised passwords, using agentic AI, and save the new ones in the Passwords app
James Pero /Gizmodo:
Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work
Sources: China is drafting plans to spend ~$295B over the next five years on building AI data centers, sourcing 80%+ of tech from local suppliers like Huawei
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
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Source: Cursor, which is prepping for an acquisition by SpaceX, passed $4B in annualized revenue in the past week, up from $3B in late April and $2B in February
The EU says Apple decided not to roll out Siri AI in the EU after it had unsuccessfully requested to be exempted from interoperability obligations for the tool
Inti Landauro /Reuters:
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
Report: US colleges now offer 74+ AI majors and 89+ minors, and at least a dozen schools are set to add AI majors in 2026; only five offered AI majors in 2021
Claude Fable 5 hands-on: impressive results working on complex projects, like building an interactive isochrone map or a data analysis tool in just 9.5 hours
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The Trump administration relaunches efforts to block state AI laws; Senator Blackburn is leading the negotiations and pushing KOSA in an AI preemption package
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
If Apple's Siri AI works as well as it did in its WWDC demos, Apple is set to take the lead in consumer AI, with the iPhone becoming the first true AI device
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Apple updates its App Store review guidelines to say it may remove apps in saturated categories “if they are not updated, improved, or do not attract customers”
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Sources: Google placed an order with Intel to manufacture 3M+ TPUs in 2028; Nvidia is testing Intel tech for a processor and running 18A trials; INTC jumps 11%
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
Anthropic says Fable 5 is available on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans through June 22, after which using Fable 5 will require usage credits
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