• Sources: Microsoft is adding AWS capacity to GitHub after AI-driven growth strained infrastructure and triggered a series of reliability issues (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
• Memo: CTO Andrew Bosworth said Meta did "an atrocious job" sharing Applied AI's vision, promising employees better communication, career growth, and more perks (Wired)
• Filing: the US DOJ asks court to dismiss an NAACP suit over xAI's gas turbines, saying xAI is integral to US' military operations, including the Iran War (Molly Taft/Wired)
• Sources: Trump officials weighed Anthropic export controls weeks before forcing its models offline, after a dispute over Mythos access for a China-linked firm (Washington Post)
• Anthropic says its senior leaders met Trump admin officials on June 15, but no resolution was reached and both sides are working to resolve things quickly (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
• Taxi-hailing app Go's shares grew 21% in its Tokyo debut, after it raised ~$553M in Japan's largest IPO in 2026, giving the company a market value of ~$1.16B (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)
• A look at Roblox's biometric age-checking tool, which will help place its users into age-based accounts starting in June, amid controversy over user privacy (NBC News)
• A profile of Cursor, including its hiring process and testy relationship with Anthropic, which told Cursor that Claude Code was a research effort, per a source (Business Insider)
• Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
• Source: Qualcomm is in talks to acquire AI chip designer Tenstorrent for $8B to $10B; in 2025, Tenstorrent had discussed raising $800M at a ~$3.2B valuation (The Information)
• OpenRouter debuts Fusion, a tool that prompts multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can "reach and surpass Fable-level performance on deep research tasks" (Brian Thomas/OpenRouter Blog)
• SpaceX's stock closed up 19.6% on June 15, its first full day of trading; Musk said it "might be able to reach" ~$1T in revenue in 2030, up from $18.7B in 2025 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
• Meta debuts new AI features, including an "AI Mode" that uses Meta AI to search for answers pulled from public posts across Facebook, including Groups and Reels (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
• Arcade, which helps companies manage which actions AI agents are authorized to take, raised a $60M Series A led by SYN Ventures, following a $12M seed in 2025 (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)
• A US judge dismisses xAI's lawsuit alleging OpenAI stole trade secrets, saying xAI failed to show that OpenAI induced a former xAI engineer to divulge Grok info (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
| • DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
• Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5
• Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’
• The 15 Best Fans to Buy Before It Gets Hot Again (2026)
• TCL A65K Soundbar Review: Small Size, Big Sound
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• 1 in 4 World Cup Matches Could Be Played in Dangerous Temperatures
• A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’
• The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire
• The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16
• Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
• 20 Best Gifts for Men, Manly Men, and Menly Man Men (2026)
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• Suunto Spark Review: The Perfect Pair for Runs and Rides
• The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed for 100 Days. Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher?
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• Škoda’s New EV Will Likely Be Its Most Expensive Yet
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• 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
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• 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
• Paramount+ Coupon Codes and Deals for June 2026
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| • Xbox is reportedly closing Ninja Theory, Double Fine and Compulsion Games
• Google Earth's flight simulator mode is now available in your browser
• Samsung expands its Galaxy Book 6 lineup with a Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered model
• Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training
• Anthropic hit with lawsuit over its Claude Max usage limits
• What's the difference between Dolby Cinema and IMAX?
• xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets has been thrown out
• Facebook's new AI tools offer more of the same, with photo-editing and question-answering capabilities
• Open-source Discord alternatives: What Stoat and Element actually fix
• Xbox Game Studios chief reportedly steps down as layoffs loom
• EA created an entire division to push more in-game ads
• If you're already watching YouTube daily, this subscription swap just makes sense
• Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion
• Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on France's wine industry over its tech tax
• UK will ban social media for children under 16
• NASA's X-59 reaches speed and altitude milestones ahead of first quiet supersonic flights
• A rare sticker-sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold for $3 million
• Kindle Unlimited costs $11.99 per month, but here's how to pay less
• Apple reportedly has three more iOS 27 features coming in the fall
• Anbernic now has a store page where you can buy replacement parts for its handhelds
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