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Apple considers screen-free wearables, exploring displayless designs, round screens, and new premium and affordable models.
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OpenAI delays rollout of its Astra model, citing potential critical cyber risks and tightening security testing before release.
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𝕏 replaces its creator revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards, paying creators for qualified Premium-user impressions on original posts.
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Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 breaches a cybersecurity testing sandbox, accessing information beyond its intended confines despite safeguards.
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SpaceXAI launches Grok Imagine Image 2.0, an image model with precision editing, crisp text rendering, improved factuality, and Smart Resize.
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Tesla plans a $10.1B Texas solar factory, promising nearly 9,700 jobs and operations by early 2029.
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ByteDance trains a mega AI model with up to 10T parameters, nearing the scale of Anthropic's Mythos.
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OpenAI acquires NextSlide, bringing the presentation startup's team on board to build AI tools for ChatGPT.
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SK Hynix invests $38B to build two new South Korean memory chip plants to meet soaring AI demand.
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Airbnb rolls out in-app car rentals and trip itineraries, expanding beyond stays into full travel planning.
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China dominates the humanoid robot market, capturing over 97% of global shipments in early 2026.
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Whatnot raises $545M at a $20B valuation to expand seller tools, AI features, and global marketplace reach.
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Cloudflare reports bot traffic overtook human visits in May 2026, warning agentic traffic could hit 1,000 times human levels within five years.
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The FAA hits 94% of its air traffic controller hiring goal by recruiting gamers for quick decision-making skills.
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New YC Paper Club episode: top robotics researchers unpack why robotics isn't solved yet, covering sim-to-real gaps, embodied memory, dexterous tool use, teleoperation, and low-compute world action models.
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Riley Brown breaks down 14 ChatGPT Work capabilities, covering presentations, plugins, voice mode, automations, and multi-agent workspaces.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
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