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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the glowing “26” in Apple's WWDC invite is teasing a revamped Siri, memory shortages may push Mac Studio and touch MacBook Pro launches by a few months — Also: Memory shortages could push back new Macs. — Apple's WWDC 2026 teaser provides a glimpse of the revamped Siri interface coming in iOS 27.
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, iClarified, PhoneArena, and Cult of Mac
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools — Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
More: Digital Trends and Tech in Asia
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models — Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models more efficiently, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.| Abram Brown / The Information: |
A look at Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis, an AI newsletter and research firm that expects $100M+ in 2026 revenue from subscriptions and AI supply chain research — For Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, an influential AI industry newsletter and research firm, Nvidia deserves the kind …
More: Wall Street Journal and The Information
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts — Quick Take — An attacker seemingly drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge on Saturday … | Amanda Mull / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at $10B+, which has found success by using data analysis and close manufacturer ties to keep prices low — The online apparel retailer has become a $10 billion-plus e-commerce giant by mastering the art of the supply chain.
X: @business and @amandamull
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems — A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.| Axios: |
Sources say NSA is using Mythos Preview, and a source says it is also being used widely within the DoD, despite Anthropic's designation as a supply chain risk — - The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit.
More: Reuters, New York Times, The Information, Politico, and The Decoder
| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Binance and Bitget to probe a rally in RaveDAO's RAVE token, which surged 4,500% in a week, after ZachXBT alleged RAVE insiders engineered a large short squeeze — Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.
More: Blockonomi, The Merkle News, Blockchain.News, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, The Block, The Merkle News, CoinGape, Bitcoin News, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockchain.News, Bitcoinist.com, Blockonomi, Crypto Briefing, Coinpedia Fintech News, Bitcoin News, CryptoPotato, and NullTX
X: @zachxbt, @ravedao, @_richardteng, @gracybitget, @zachxbt, @crypto_jargon, and @crypt0_pk
| Reuters: |
At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo — Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Amazing, r/robotics, r/China, and r/singularity
| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned “ICE Sightings - Chicagoland” Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A — Last year, the Trump administration demanded platforms remove a slew of apps that monitored ICE activity.
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Law & Crime, Washington Times, Benzinga, Reason, The Indianapolis Star, and Reclaim The Net
Bluesky: @robertscotthorton and @sircharlesanthony
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026 — Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company.
More: Benzinga, Engadget, Business Insider, Electrek, Motley Fool, Reuters, Tech in Asia, and EV
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Palantir posts a 22-point summary of Alex Karp's book, advocating for hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism, and “regressive” cultures — Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a “brief” 22-point summary of CEO Alexander Karp's book “The Technological Republic.”
More: Ben Werdmuller and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Bluesky: @eliothiggins, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @ayoub, @eliothiggins, @masnick.com, and @eliothiggins. Forums: r/technology
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Expo, which develops an eponymous React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform apps, raised a $45M Series B led by Georgian — Expo, the developer of a popular open-source tool for building cross-platform applications, today announced that it has raised $45 million in funding.
More: The New Stack, Expo Blog, VC News Daily, Ventureburn, FinSMEs, and Silicon Valley Business …
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