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May 28, 2026, 2:25 PM

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Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, saying it's “more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims”, at the same price as 4.7  —  On Thursday, Anthropic released Opus 4.8, the newest version of its most advanced publicly available model.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Aaron Tilley / The Information:
Sources: at WWDC, Apple is likely to showcase how 15 years of designing chips gives it an advantage in running AI locally, and will use a distilled Gemini model  —  At Apple's annual developer conference next month, the star of the show will be a series of long-delayed artificial intelligence upgrades to the iPhone.
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Letter: US Central Command says it received “threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data” to target US personnel in war zones  —  U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Commission fines Temu €200M under the DSA for allegedly failing to adequately stop the sale of illegal products; further penalties could follow  —  Chinese online retailer Temu has been fined €200 million ($232 million) on Thursday for not doing enough to stop the sale …
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Anthropic and OpenAI seem to have finally found product-market fit with coding agents, which are quickly becoming daily drivers for very well-paid professionals  —  Anthropic are strongly rumored to be about to have their first profitable quarter.  Stories are circulating of companies surprised …
Bloomberg:
Oura unveils the Oura Ring 5, with a 40% smaller form factor, improved sensing, and repositioned LEDs, shipping from June 4 for $399, up from the Ring 4's $349  —  Oura Health Oy, the popular smart ring maker seeking to go public this year, unveiled a significantly thinner and lighter new model along with new wellness features.
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Memo: Meta plans to embed engineers and product managers inside large corporate customers as part of a new Enterprise Solutions unit to help deploy its AI tools  —  Meta Platforms plans to place engineers and product managers inside large corporate customers as part of a new unit …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon C, an entry-level ARM-based SoC for Windows 11 devices starting from $300 and shipping in 2026, taking aim at the MacBook Neo  —  Qualcomm has unveiled its new entry-level ARM-based SoC for Windows 11 devices that will begin shipping later this year on devices that cost as low as $300.
ABC News:
US prosecutors charge Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with using inside information to make ~$1.2M via Polymarket bets on Google's Year in Search 2025 results  —  Michele Spagnuolo allegedly placed bets on what users were searching for.  —  In this Dec. 19, 2023, file photo …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
The Steam Deck's huge price hike, from $399 in 2022 to $789 today, is the end of an era for gaming handhelds, coming amid RAMageddon, tariffs, and the Iran war  —  The Steam Deck's huge price hike is the end of an era for gaming handhelds. … For a few glorious years …
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Waymo unveils Ojai, a vehicle designed in partnership with Zeekr for robotaxi use, initially for select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo unit will deploy a new autonomous vehicle designed specifically for robotaxi use, offering public rides in California and Arizona without human supervision.
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
Tel Aviv-based web development company Wix cuts ~20% of its workforce, citing the “fast evolution of AI capabilities” and currency exchange rate difficulties  —  Israel-based web development company Wix is slashing roughly 20% of its workforce, CEO Avishai Abrahami announced …
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says Anthropic's Colossus deal is “a 180 day lease with 90 day notice”; SpaceX's S-1 said Anthropic “agreed to pay a monthly fee through May 2029”  —  Earlier this month, xAI signed a major compute deal with Anthropic, pledging billions of dollars a month …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Intel unveils its first dedicated handheld gaming chips, the Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme, featuring Xe3 GPU cores, arriving first in the Acer Predator Atlas 8  —  The Acer Predator Atlas 8 will be one of the first to use it — and there's reportedly an MSI too.
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
The US CFTC files alongside Gemini to nullify Gemini's $5M January 2025 settlement, arguing that the agency's current management wouldn't have pursued the case  —  The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current management and practices.
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Last.fm says it is now an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS, and plans to keep its current team and continue the service as normal  —  Don't worry: It will keep your profiles and scrobbles.  —  Last.fm is an independent company again, it has announced on its forum …

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