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Sources: Apple is developing an AirTag-sized AI wearable pin with cameras, a speaker, microphones, and wireless charging that could be released as early as 2027 — Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin the size of an AirTag that is equipped with multiple cameras, a speaker …
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Forums: r/NowInTech, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
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Sources: Apple plans to revamp Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 by turning it into the company's first AI chatbot, replacing the current Siri interface — Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company's first artificial intelligence chatbot …
More: Macworld, The Verge, Livemint, Moneycontrol, Business Standard, Benzinga, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, The Indian Express, TechCrunch, Spyglass, Digit, 9to5Mac, The Information, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, DigiTimes, Tom's Guide, Six Colors, Daring Fireball, The Shortcut, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, CNET, ZDNET, iDrop News, Digital Trends, Engadget, iPhone in Canada, SmartCompany, TechRadar, BGR, iClarified, Tech in Asia, Skift, and The Hans India
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: |
Anthropic overhauls Claude's “constitution” to enable the AI model to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules — Anthropic is overhauling a foundational document that shapes how its popular Claude AI model behaves.
More: Anthropic, Anthropic, The Register, Hindustan Times, Time, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, GovTech, TechCrunch, and Axios
X: @kevinroose, @scaling01, @willmacaskill, @amandaaskell, @anthropicai, @mattyglesias, @boazbaraktcs, @anthropicai, @jkcarlsmith, @miles_brundage, @daniel_c0deb0t, @emollick, @kanikabk, @patio11, @anthropicai, @jkeatn, @simonw, @ziv_ravid, @drew_bent, @nearcyan, @nearcyan, @elder_plinius, @simonw, @scaling01, @anthropicai, and @simonw
LinkedIn: Drew Bent, Jim Kaskade, and Leon Furze
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @conorsen
Forums: r/singularity, r/Anthropic, and r/ClaudeAI
| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft cancels six games and delays others amid a restructuring into five genre-specific “creative houses”; it expects net bookings of ~€1.5B for FY 2025-2026 — Ubisoft Entertainment SA is canceling game projects, shutting down studios and cutting its guidance …
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Bluesky: @jasonschreier, @stephentotilo, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @nickjcal, @errant-signal.com, @jessthomas, @brianpshea, @stephentotilo, @dmc-ryan, and @jasonschreier
Forums: r/weeklyplanetpodcast, r/GhostRecon, r/anno, and r/pcgaming
| AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo: |
xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has “left” the company days after appearing on a podcast last week where he claimed that xAI had been skirting regulations — Interesting timing. — Sulaiman Ghori, an engineer at Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, went on the podcast Relentless …
More: Relentless on YouTube, Moneycontrol, Business Insider, and Bloomberg
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Blue Origin unveils TeraWave, a satellite communications network for enterprise, data center, and government customers, and plans to begin deployment in Q4 2027 — Jeff Bezos' space venture Blue Origin announced Wednesday it plans to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will take on SpaceX and Amazon.
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X: @davill, @rmcentush, @sciguyspace, and @blueorigin
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Sources: Sam Altman has been meeting with top investors in the Middle East, looking to raise at least $50B for OpenAI at a valuation of about $750B to $830B — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has been meeting with top investors in the Middle East to line up funding for a new investment round … | Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Unsealed docs: Spotify and labels sued Anna's Archive over plans to release scraped Spotify data; a US court grants a temporary order taking down some domains — Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, have taken legal action against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive.| The Information: |
Memo: Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder who rejoined OpenAI last week, will lead OpenAI's enterprise push, as part of a broader reorganization — Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder who rejoined OpenAI in a swirl of controversy last week, will lead the company's push …
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Vimeo is laying off staff for the second time since September 2025, when it cut 10% of its workforce; Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo for about $1.38B in November — - Vimeo is laying off staffers globally in a new round of cuts. — The job cuts arrived a few months after tech holding company Bending Spoons bought Vimeo.
More: CTech. X: @daemon404. Bluesky: @danhon.com. Forums: Hacker News, r/dropout, r/LinusTechTips, and r/roosterteeth
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X unveils Bluesky-like “Starterpacks” to help users find accounts that match their interests, curated by X and rolling out in the coming weeks — Bluesky's “Starter Packs,” the curated lists of suggested users to follow, have proven a popular way to help people connect with others …
More: Engadget, Cointelegraph, and Social Media Today
X: @nikitabier, @luke_metro, and @oalexanderdk. Mastodon: @eloquence@social.coop. Forums: r/BlueskySocial
| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle — - Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster, the Ethereum-based protocol that was last valued at $1 billion.
More: Neynar, TheStreet, Decrypt, The Crypto Times, Cointelegraph, NFTgators, CoinDesk, and Crypto Briefing
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BitGo raises $212.8M in its US IPO at $18 per share, above the marketed range of $15 to $17 per share, giving it a market value of about $2.1B — BitGo Holdings Inc. and some of its backers raised $212.8 million in a US initial public offering, pricing its shares above the marketed range.
More: Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, Reuters, The Block, Reuters, Cryptonews, and Yahoo Finance. X: @teddyfuse
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying YouTube aims to reduce “AI slop” and has strengthened parental controls, and teases Shorts updates — The executive published his annual letter to the YouTube community Wednesday, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
More: YouTube Official Blog, Business Standard, Moneycontrol, Variety, Newser, Neowin, Dexerto, Engadget, and Music Ally
X: @updatesfromyt, @loudmouthjulia, @deephumor, @nealmohan, @kylebrussell, @loudmouthjulia, and @nealmohan
LinkedIn: Sean Downey, Chris Schremp, and Tara Walpert Levy
Bluesky: @laikalgagarin and @knoebel
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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X: @parzlive and @jacksepticeye
| Mickey Djuric / Politico: |
A Canadian federal court overturned a 2024 order that would have shuttered TikTok Canada's business operations over national security concerns — “We welcome the decision to set aside the order to shut down TikTok Canada, and look forward to working with the Minister towards a resolution that's … | Myles Miller / Bloomberg: |
Marketing tech startup Applecart raised $100M in a minority funding round led by Blackstone's growth equity business, a source says at a ~$700M valuation — Applecart, a marketing technology startup, raised $100 million in a minority funding round led by Blackstone Inc.'s growth equity business.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems eager to beat OpenAI and Anthropic to market, and views it as a way to help xAI catch its rivals — Putting data centers in space pushed the billionaire toward an IPO, sources say — SpaceX resisted going public for years.
More: Benzinga, Barron's Online, and Engadget
| Chris Miller / Barron's Online: |
A year after the DeepSeek shock following R1's release, US tech companies still lead in AI chips, model quality, and sales, with no change in investment trends — About the author: Chris Miller is the author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology.| Bloomberg: |
German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse agrees to acquire European fund distribution platform Allfunds for about $6.2B in cash and stock — Deutsche Boerse AG agreed to acquire European fund distribution platform Allfunds Group Plc for about €5.3 billion ($6.2 billion) in cash and stock.
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Deutsche Börse Group
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The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs approves a bipartisan bill that calls for arms-sale style congressional oversight of advanced AI chip exports — Congress is one step closer to gaining the authority to review artificial intelligence chip sales to China, a move likely to open a rift …
More: Reuters, Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, and Bloomberg Law
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Deepinder Goyal, CEO of Indian online food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, steps down and will be succeeded by Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa — Deepinder Goyal, the co-founder and CEO of food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, is stepping down from his role … | Financial Times: |
Japanese NAND flash maker Kioxia's stock is up ~800% over the past 12 months, as AI demand and constrained NAND flash supply boost the chipmaker's pricing power — Kioxia's stock has gained around 800 per cent in the past 12 months — For all Japan's image as a high-tech economy … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is seeking to raise $300M to $500M after talks to sell the company to Intel for about $1.6B, including debt, stalled — Artificial intelligence startup SambaNova Systems Inc. is considering raising up to $500 million after talks to sell to Intel Corp. stalled …
More: MarketWatch and DigiTimes
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