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Sources: Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is reorganizing hardware development to integrate silicon teams with product creation and speed up their work (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Polymarket partners with Nasdaq to launch markets tied to private company milestones, including IPO timing, valuations, earnings, and secondary market activity (Kyle Baird/The Block)
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange partners with financial infrastructure company Ornn to launch USD-denominated futures contracts for computing power (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)
Relay, which builds banking and money management software for small businesses, raised $50M; it previously raised ~$51.5M, including a $32.2M Series B in 2024 (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
Yahoo Finance launches AlphaSpace, a customizable research dashboard with an AI assistant, for subscribers of its $479.40/year or $39.95/month Gold plan (Nick Lichtenberg/Fortune)
Andrej Karpathy says he has joined Anthropic as the "next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative" (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
Plex says the price for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 in July (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Radar, which helps retailers like American Eagle manage inventory and cut back on theft and lost merchandise, raised a $170M Series B at a $1B+ valuation (Gabrielle Fonrouge/CNBC)
Viktor, which is developing an AI agent that operates like a virtual coworker embedded inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raised a $75M Series A led by Accel (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
Microsoft says it plans to bring Snapdragon X2 chips to the new Surface Pro and Laptop later in 2026; sources say the delay is due to component availability (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
Microsoft unveils Intel-based business laptops: a 13" Surface Pro for $1,950+, a 13.8" or 15" Surface Laptop for $1,950+, and a 13" Surface Laptop for $1,300+ (Microsoft Devices Blog)
Unframe, which customizes AI apps for enterprises via pre-built modular components, raised a $50M Series B led by Highland Europe, for $100M in total funding (Chris Metinko/Axios)
Epic says Fortnite has returned to Apple's App Store globally, after its US relaunch in 2025, signaling confidence in a favorable outcome in an ongoing lawsuit (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
Apple unveils Apple Intelligence-powered accessibility features, subtitles generated on device, a Vision Pro feature for controlling power wheelchairs, and more (John Voorhees/MacStories)
CertiK: physical attacks on crypto holders rose 75% YoY to 72 confirmed cases and $41M in known losses in 2025; Coinbase spent ~$7.6M to protect Brian Armstrong (Bloomberg)

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Google I/O 2026 Live Blog: All the Gemini and Smart Glasses Updates as They Happen
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Engadget

Samsung's has produced the world's first 6K gaming monitor
Spotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help listeners avoid AI slop
Insta360's Mic Pro has three built-in mics and looks like a chunky pin badge
Microsoft's new Surface Laptop for Business has a privacy screen and quirky haptics
Google I/O 2026: Live updates across Gemini, Android, Search and more
Apple's new accessibility feature lets Vision Pro users control a wheelchair with their eyes
Marshall's new on-ear headphones look like a guitar amp and feature ANC
LG's UltraGear is a native 1,000Hz Full HD gaming monitor
Meta is reportedly 'reassigning' 7,000 employees to AI-focused roles
PSA: The first F1 race on Netflix is this weekend
Disney faces a class action lawsuit over facial recognition tech
X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmark
Sony raises PS Plus prices for one- and three-month subscriptions
The jury in the OpenAI case has ruled against Elon Musk
How to watch the Google I/O 2026 keynote
Sony hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly profiting from tariff-related price hikes
Elon Musk reportedly owes quite a few of his employees $420
Volvo reveals $58,400 starting price for the EX60
Google's much-improved app icons are rolling out now
Marvel's retro-inspired beat-em-up is getting two more playable superheroes

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