Techmeme

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, there is still no clear replacement for "Sports Twitter", which was a perfect second-screen experience during live events (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: out of ~398K US jobs cuts in 2026 through May, employers cited AI as the reason for ~88K of them, up from ~54K in all of 2025 (Hyunsoo Rim/Sherwood News)
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says memory is now the costliest phone component, accounting for 50%+ of BOM in some models, and predicts phone prices will rise into 2027 (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
US export controls on Anthropic reignite debate in India over the country's AI ambitions, which are increasingly tied to tech developed and governed in the US (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
US officials: the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on Anthropic followed multiple tense calls between Dario Amodei and admin officials (Politico)
Companies are grappling with whether and how to curb employee wagers on prediction markets that may use confidential info, as platforms tighten their own rules (Financial Times)
Q&A with labor researcher Molly Kinder on her recent, widely discussed "Messy Middle" essay on AI-driven disruption of knowledge jobs and how to address it (Casey Newton/Platformer)
Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
How the AI boom is revolutionizing US stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and boost capex, including Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI (Robert Armstrong/Financial Times)
Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions to other AI companies (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a "wake-up call" about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech (Nathan Rennolds/Associated Press)
Report: opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 US data center projects in Q1 2026 worth ~$130B; data center opposition groups doubled to 833 across 49 states (Allan Smith/NBC News)
David Sacks says Dario Amodei refused to "fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model" after "a highly credible trusted partner" reported a Fable jailbreak (David Sacks/@davidsacks)
Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions (The Information)
US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic staffers in the US, from using Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new phase in the US trying to control Anthropic (New York Times)

Wired

Meet the New Dyson Vacuums: V16 Piston Animal, V10 Konical, V8 Cyclone (2026)
How Can Soccer Players Bend Their Shots in Midair?
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
EcoFlow PowerOcean Battery Review: Cutting My Bill in Half
Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
Here’s How AI Agents Can Protect EV Chargers
Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
Donald Trump’s White House UFC Event Would Be Embarrassing Anywhere
Chinese Drivers Are Using Tiny Plastic Heads to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Safeguards
Elon Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
Crypto Guys Bought the Answer to the CIA’s Mysterious Kryptos Sculpture
A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots
6 Best Digital Notebooks (2026): ReMarkable, Kobo, Kindle
4 Best Floodlight Security Cameras (2026) After Thorough Testing
Pedal Electric H/T Review: A Fast, Powerful, Stylish Ebike
Real-Life Disclosure Day Will Look Nothing Like Steven Spielberg’s New Movie
Sheeran Loopers Looper X Review: Create Your One-Person Tour
Matchmakers Are Being Paid $25K to Find Trad Wives for Rich Men
The US Is Requiring Foreign Influencers to Get Work Visas for the 2026 World Cup
You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
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B&H Photo Promo Codes and Deals This June
Hoka Coupon Codes: 30% Off in June 2026
20% Off Sephora Promo Code | June 2026
LG Promo Codes and Coupons for June 2026
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Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation Yet
Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Is It a Super El Niño Year? It Could Turn the World’s Weather Upside Down
Drug Sites Hijacked Spotify’s Search Ranking Through Fake Podcasts
Best Smart Chess Boards (2026): Chessnut, Millennium
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The Best E-Readers of 2026: Kobo, Kindle
Best Portable Monitors (2026): Add a Second Screen I've Tested
YouTube Appears to Be Making Money Off of Sanctioned Iranians’ Accounts
Americans Are Trading Billions of Dollars on Polymarket’s Banned Offshore Platform

Engadget

The Creepshow video game is coming out this summer
Why your cardiologist might tell you to skip AirPods
How to use AirPods to control your iPhone camera
Parker Solar Probe makes another flyby of the sun, solar energy bags a win, and more science stories
Why some USB ports are purple (and why they're rarely sold in the US)
A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations
Engadget review recap: Razr Ultra, AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE and more
NBA streetball, crafting with renewable energy and other new indie games worth checking out
OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general
Anthropic blocks all customers' access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
DoJ approves Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. deal, cementing Ellison family control of American media
The SpaceX IPO broke Robinhood for some people
DJI and Insta360 are in a patent battle over vlogging cameras
Congress lets decades-old spying law lapse amid Trump's controversial DNI nomination
Predictably, Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction appeal has been denied
Facebook and Instagram appear to be down
How to see if Netflix is downgrading your picture quality
Engadget Podcast: Making sense of SpaceX's messy IPO (and its messier CEO)
Gemini can now adjust your picture settings on Google TV
The Morning After: Apple's quest to make AI useful to its users

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