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- Frontier, a group including Stripe, Google, Salesforce, and newly joined Anthropic, commits $915M to buy carbon-removal credits, on top of $1B already pledged (Yusuf Khan/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Trump administration officials say Anthropic must ensure Fable 5's guardrails can't be circumvented before rerelease; experts say that may not be possible (Hugo Lowell/Wired) [1d]
- Apple's planned move of Hide My Email aliases to private.icloud.com will let services easily distinguish them from normal iCloud email addresses and block them (Arseniy Shestakov) [1d]
- Mastodon adds email newsletters, letting writers send their posts directly to subscribers' inboxes, even to readers without a Mastodon account (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [1d]
- In an interview, Tim Cook says Apple price hikes are "unavoidable" to offset surging memory and storage chip costs, and "the situation has become unsustainable" (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Snap's stock closed down 8.14% on Wednesday, after the company launched the $2,195 Specs AR glasses on Tuesday; SNAP is down ~41% YTD (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Bernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales (Joey Cappelletti/Associated Press) [1d]
- Sources: Apple is testing a second-generation iPhone Air, planned for spring 2027, with a second rear camera for ultrawide-angle photos and better battery life (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Anthropic updates Claude Design with design system imports, bidirectional integration with Claude Code, lower token consumption, and more export destinations (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) [1d]
- Epic says Unreal Engine 6, planned for early access in late 2027, will unify UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite, add integrations with Claude and Gemini, more (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle) [1d]
- Sources: Amodei, Altman, and Hassabis called for US-led collaboration on AI rules at the G7 summit; Macron and Modi raised concerns over the US block on Mythos (Financial Times) [1d]
- Sources: Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis called for a US-led coalition to shape AI rules and standards at a closed-door meeting at the G7 summit on Wednesday (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC) [1d]
- A newly discovered data leak has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs across 194 countries (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) [1d]
- Joshua Baer, the founder and CEO of Texas accelerator Capital Factory, died on Tuesday night in a business jet crash in Laredo, Texas (Ryan Merket/RuntimeWire) [1d]
- Paris-based Comand AI, which is developing AI-based command-and-control software for military operations, raised a €32M Series A led by Blossom Capital (Ingrid Lunden/Resilience Media) [1d]
- Studies: Mira, an AI medical tool developed by researchers in Germany, and Google's Amie matched or surpassed doctors on diagnostic and treatment decisions (Michael Peel/Financial Times) [1d]
- Q&A with Luciana Lixandru, who co-leads Sequoia's global early-stage investment business, on why it is time for "act two" for Europe's tech sector, AI, and more (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) [1d]
- The UK CMA orders Google to provide greater transparency on how its search rankings work and to let users transfer their search data to authorized third parties (Muvija M/Reuters) [1d]
- Trace Finance, which provides stablecoin settlement infrastructure for cross-border payments across Latin America, raised a $32M Series A led by CoinFund (Yohan Yunstaff/Cointelegraph) [1d]
- XDOF, which is building data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for robot training data, emerges from stealth with $70M (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch) [1d]
- A look at chaos inside Anthropic after disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 with less than 90 minutes of notice, as some staff wonder if Trump is bullying them (New York Times) [1d]
- Shoe company Allbirds changes its name to Smartbird as it pivots to an AI infrastructure company and names ex-AWS exec Nadia Carlsten as CEO; BIRD jumps 20%+ (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters) [1d]
- Pramaana Labs, which uses the LEAN programming language to build a deterministic verification layer on top of LLMs, raised a $27M seed led by Khosla Ventures (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Convey, which is building AI "teammates" to automate manual work at clients like NBCUniversal, raised a $38M Series A led by a16z (Ben Bergman/Business Insider) [1d]
- Google's $99 Google Home Speaker, which is built for Gemini for Home and works as a Matter controller, will ship on June 29, nine months after it was announced (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge) [1d]
- UK says reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought a carve-out to US export controls imposed on Mythos 5 are "categorically untrue" (Politico) [1d]
- Andera, which uses AI to automate corporate audit and compliance testing, raised a $37M Series A led by Lightspeed (Ryan Lawler/Axios) [1d]
- EigenQ, which makes cybersecurity systems to protect from future attacks by quantum computers, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $3B valuation (Reuters) [1d]
- Conduct, which uses AI to let companies maintain, change, and modernize their legacy IT systems, raised a $60M Series A, bringing its total funding to $72M (Chris Metinko/Axios) [1d]
- Estonia says it plans to assign personal ID numbers to AI assistants to give them legal rights and hold them accountable for their actions (Ott Tammik/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Twenty, which uses AI to help US military hackers penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $100M Series B led by Accel at a $1B valuation (Colin Demarest/Axios) [2d]
- Nasdaq Private Market sues Hiive, claiming Hiive stole trade secrets and infringed on its IP, poaching two employees in part to access confidential information (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Where are all 28TB external hard drives? Popular Seagate Expansion drives vanish from retailers' virtual shelves as component shortages hit consumers hard [1d]
- Don't wait for Prime Day! Save 47% on this 16GB Dell laptop deal, the fastest notebook you can buy under $500 [1d]
- 'We have no reason to believe that our data or systems have been compromised': US lawmakers said 2.5 million VRChat users were at risk from a hack, but the company says it's a fake notice [1d]
- How to watch Uzbekistan vs Colombia: Free Streams & TV Channels for FIFA World Cup 2026 [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, June 18 (game #1103) [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, June 18 (game #1606) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, June 18 (game #837) [1d]
- "The father of them all' — How Europe's top-secret Barracuda drone shaped the future of combat aviation 20 years ago [1d]
- How to watch Mexico vs South Korea: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time as co-hosts continue FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign [1d]
- Quote of the day by Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings: 'Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use' — defining a new era for humankind [1d]
- 'A single cyber incident can lead to physical disruption, create safety hazards, or cause catastrophic downtime': Hackers target data center equipment, including critical power devices, in latest push to disrupt communities [1d]
- I rounded up the best Toy Story 5 toys and merch — these are the high-tech figures, Lego sets, and apparel worth buying [1d]
- How to watch Ghana vs Panama: Free Streams & TV Channels for FIFA World Cup 2026 [1d]
- ‘AI traffic is fundamentally changing how the Internet operates': New report claims bot traffic is growing 6.5 times faster than human users — is this the end of the useful internet as we know it? [1d]
- Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny Gen 2 review: A mini PC workstation for those who need pro-grade performance in a pint-sized package [1d]
- DJI Pocket 4P revealed in full — now we know exactly how the dual-lens vlogging camera compares to the Pocket 4 and Insta360 Luna Ultra, and DJI might be going hard on pricing [1d]
- Meet Kali365 — the 'Amazon of cybercrime' where hackers use AI to completely circumvent multi-factor authentication [1d]
- Gamers beware — experts flag Steam Workshop is being abused to spread malware via Wallpaper Engine app [1d]
- The new Google Home Speaker is launching next week, and you can pre-order your new smart hub right now — but you’ll need Google Home Premium for the full Gemini package [1d]
- Wear OS 7 has landed — here are the 5 biggest new features you need to know about, from live updates to widget creation [1d]
- How to watch England vs Croatia: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time as the Three Lions begin FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign [1d]
- CrankGPT is a hand-powered, fully offline AI bot powered by a Raspberry Pi and 8GB of RAM — and I'm all for apocalypse-ready chatbots that don't need data centers [1d]
- ‘A real step up in pretty much every way’: I listened to Cambridge's new Evo 300 streaming amp, and it raises the bar for modern hi-fi [1d]
- How to watch Alone season 13 online from anywhere [1d]
- The Philips Baristina is one of the best coffee makers I've ever used, and it's half price at Amazon right now — who needs Prime Day? [1d]
- This Google-backed ‘phone cluster computing’ project is turning retired Pixels into low-cost Linux data centers — as UCSD researchers say a 2,000-phone cluster will soon support 100 computer science classes [1d]
- Microsoft still has an uphill battle against Valve's SteamOS — Windows 11's Xbox mode saves on RAM usage, but apparently doesn't help with gaming performance [1d]
- HDMI 2.2 is set to arrive in TVs and monitors next year, bringing uncompressed 4K at ridiculous frame rates — here's what to expect from the next-gen connector, and who it's actually most useful for [1d]
- These are the 55 editor-approved early Prime Day deals I'd buy this week — save up to 65% on the AirPods 4, Echo Spot, Ninja Creami, cheap TVs, and more [1d]
- Forget NPCs, now we have CPCs — Co-Playable Characters or AI teammates in PUBG courtesy of Nvidia ACE tech, but I'm not impressed so far [1d]
- 'Yesterday, a user was the weakest link. Today these agents are becoming the weakest link': Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry on why he believes zero trust can secure the AI agents of the present, and the future [1d]
- The original DJI Neo just got cheaper — should you buy the discounted bundle or spring for the fresher Neo 2? I test drones for a living, and here's the one I'd buy with my own money [1d]
- Rivals season 3 renewal was the only correct decision for hit bonkbusting series — but Hulu and Disney+ fans have forgotten what important detail will be missing [1d]
- Surfshark says its Dausos protocol will finally behave on the locked-down networks that trip up rival VPNs [1d]
- Save $150 on the Asus ROG Strix 27-inch QHD OLED monitor in Newegg's unmissable FantasTech Father's Day sale [1d]
- Don't wait for Amazon Prime Day — I'm a trained barista and I've scouted out 15 great deals on coffee-making essentials you can grab right now, from $4 [1d]
- Hundreds of Android banking and crypto apps hit by dangerous new Rokarolla malware [1d]
- Hellraiser: Revival isn't afraid to get its freak on in a pretty perfect adaptation of the films [1d]
- 5 great Garmin golf watches for every budget — all tried, tested, and approved by golfing fanatics [1d]
- Intelligence-in-Motion, the next logical step in the Agentic AI journey [1d]
- How to watch Las Culturistas Culture Awards online — stream the Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers comedy ceremony for FREE [1d]
- I warn you, do not buy any laptop that says 'Intel Processor' for Prime Day — here's why [1d]
- Snap’s AR glasses cost $2,195 — and despite the high price, I think they could be the best XR gadget of 2026 if they live up to their prototype [1d]
- How to watch Portugal vs DR Congo: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for Cristiano Ronaldo's FIFA World Cup 2026 opener [1d]
- How AI is exposing enterprise operating models [1d]
- Breaking down Verizon's new 'Simplicity' plan — is this new $30/mo unlimited data plan as good as it seems on paper? [1d]
- Proton VPN aces independent no-logs audit for the fifth consecutive year [1d]
- Microsoft Teams users beware — relays hit by ransomware hackers looking to hide malicious traffic [1d]
- The PC component crisis isn't going away: retail market for SSDs has 'almost disappeared' we're told, and DDR5 RAM prices refuse to drop [1d]
- Roblox needs to protect children, so its rollout of Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts is welcome [1d]
- Oracle slams report claiming a massive Microsoft cloud deal collapsed as 'inaccurate' [2d]
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- The Best Nintendo Switch 2 Games Right Now [1d]
- GTA 5 Owners Receive a Free Upgrade While Waiting for GTA 6 [1d]
- Experts Reveal How to Prep Your Home Tech for a Hurricane [1d]
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Watched a Planet Get Absolutely Scorched [1d]
- A Go Bag Is Essential for Natural Disasters. Here's How to Pack Yours [1d]
- Xiaomi May Have Just Invented a Robot Arm for EV Charging [1d]
- Illinois Could Be the First State to Ban Wearing Smart Glasses While Driving [1d]
- How Vulnerable Is Your Home in a Hurricane? Here's How to Protect It [1d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 18, #633 [1d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 18, #1103 [1d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 18, #1825 [1d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 18 #837 [1d]
- Is the Trump T1 Just an HTC Phone Painted Gold? [1d]
- Anthropic Is Bringing Together AI Design and Coding in Claude [1d]
- How to Transfer Chatbot Memory to and From Claude [1d]
- Rooting for Portugal at World Cup 2026? Here's a Guide to All Its Matches [1d]
- I've Made More Than 200 Meal Kits. This Is My New Favorite Service in 2026 [1d]
- England vs. Croatia: Stream FIFA World Cup 2026 Group L Match Live for Free [1d]
- Jackery's Thinnest Power Station Fits Tight Corners and Keeps Your Fridge Running [1d]
- How Happy Are You With Your TV? Tell Us in Our Survey [1d]
- Portugal vs. DR Congo: Stream FIFA World Cup 2026 Group K Match Live for Free [1d]
- I Live in Massachusetts, and the Tartan Army Is the Best Thing to Hit My News Feed [1d]
- Prime Video: The 31 Absolute Best Shows to Watch [1d]
- Americans Are Increasingly Skeptical of AI, but We're Using It More Than Ever [1d]
- 4 Easy Steps That Make Air Fryer French Fries Taste Exactly Like Deep-Fried [1d]
- Google's New Smart Speaker Truly Gets You video [1d]
- Google's New Smart Home Speaker Is Here, a Challenger to the HomePod Mini [1d]
- FDA Clears Solius Pro, the First Over-the-Counter Home UVB Panel for Vitamin D [1d]
- This New LTX Tool Helps You Create Your Own AI Video Model [1d]
- All Your Wearables Have One Glaring Weakness. What Can We Do About It? [2d]
- Google Sued Over AI Search, the Future of Touchscreen MacBooks, and Canada Targets Teen Social Media Use | Tech Today video [2d]
- I Replaced the Screen on the Google Pixel Watch 4. More Wearables Should Be This Repairable video [2d]
- If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare [2d]
- Wondering if Surfshark's New VPN Protocol Dausos Is Right for You? We Tried It for You [2d]
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