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· · Gizmodo

Microsoft’s Revised Surface Laptop Is Cheaper—and Worse—Than Before

Windows 11 needs to get more efficient if we're supposed to go back to 8GB of RAM.

#microsoft#surface-laptop#windows-11#technology#hardware

· · Engadget

Meta Takes a Tentative Leap into the World of Predictive Markets

Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed Meta to build its own prediction market.

#meta#prediction-market#ai#machine-learning#metaverse

· · The Next Web

Klue Supply Chain Breach Exposed LastPass Customer Data to Hackers

LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case data were stolen after hackers breached Klue, a competitive intelligence vendor that held OAuth tokens granting access to LastPass’s Salesforce environment. The breach did not compromise LastPass’s own infrastr

#lastpass#supply-chain#cybersecurity#data-breach

· · The Next Web

Honda partners with QuantumScape for solid-state battery development following EV lineup overhaul

Honda R&D, the independent research arm of Honda Motor Company, has signed a multiyear joint research agreement with California-based QuantumScape to develop and manufacture solid-state battery cells. The deal, announced on June 18, makes Honda the second major automaker to formally partner with Qua

#solid-state-battery#electric-vehicles#honda#quantumscape#battery-technology

· · The Next Web

South Korea’s chip worker bonuses are so large the central bank is treating them as an inflation risk

The semiconductor super-cycle has made South Korea’s chip workers extraordinarily well paid, and the country’s central bank is now worried about what happens when that money hits the wider economy. The Bank of Korea warned this month that performance bonuses at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix could

#semiconductors#inflation#south-korea#chip-industry#economy

· · The Next Web

Europe’s biggest tech CEOs have formed a standing lobby group with a direct line to von der Leyen

Seven of Europe’s largest technology companies have created a permanent dialogue with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, pressing the bloc to deregulate faster and let European firms consolidate. The group, which calls itself the European Tech Creators, collectively generates €417 b

#tech-ceos#european-union#deregulation#lobbying#innovation

· · The Next Web

Stark Defence secures €500M funding, surpassing €3.5 billion valuation

Stark Defence, the Berlin-based strike drone startup founded in 2024, has raised €500 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The deal values the company at more than three and a half billion euros, roughly triple the €1 billion mark i

#technology

· · The Next Web

Google is simultaneously the most dominant and most vulnerable it has ever been

Google’s financial performance has never been stronger. Alphabet posted $109.9 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, up 22 per cent year on year, the fastest growth rate in any quarter since 2022, with search advertising revenue climbing 19.1 per cent and queries hitting an all-time high.

#google#financial-performance#technology-dominance#market-vulnerability

· · The Next Web

Oracle cut 21,000 jobs this year and its SEC filing explicitly blames AI

Oracle’s global workforce fell to 141,000 full-time employees as of 31 May 2026, down from 162,000 a year earlier, a net reduction of roughly 21,000 people. The company’s annual regulatory filing stated plainly that “the adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted,

#oracle#job-cuts#ai#tech-industry#sec-filing

· · The Next Web

SpaceX sees $89 billion interest in its record-setting bond debut

SpaceX has drawn roughly $89 billion in investor demand for its debut US bond sale, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, setting the stage for one of the largest investment-grade offerings this year. The company is seeking to raise between $20 billion and $25 billion from a five-tranche deal expected to p

#spacex#bond-sale#investment-grade#finance-tech#space-industry

· · Ars Technica AI

Trump may be mystery patient in odd case of 79yo getting experimental obesity drug

Public notice of a single "compassionate use" case is odd in every way.

#ai#healthcare-innovation#experimental-drugs#obesity-treatment

· · The Verge AI

Indian Tech Firms Pour $27 Million into Contested Local Elections

Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers chronicling the misadventures of their favorite tech overlords and Washington swamp creatures. ("Favorite" is, of course, subjective.) Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here, especially if you want the hot scoop on quality Amazon Prime

#ai#corporate-power#election-interference#ai-regulation#tech-politics

· · The Verge AI

Prime Day Offers Some Relief from Soaring Laptop Price Tags

The RAM, storage, and component crunch has come for new laptop prices. Plenty of models have gone up in price after being on the market for months, and so have those that’ve been on shelves for over a year. Plus, many new models are releasing at higher prices than the previous generation. So, it rea

#ai

· · The Verge AI

Pixel 10A Now Priced in Line with Its Premium AI Features

No camera bump here. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge We can usually rely on Google to put together a compelling package in its Pixel A-series devices. The Pixel 10A was kind of a letdown, though. It added only a handful of updates, like satellite messaging and updated Gorilla Glass on the scree

#pixel-10a#google-pixel#artificial-intelligence#ai-powered-camera#smartphone-tech

· · The Verge AI

Electric Racing's Line Blurs with Formula E Taking Pages from F1

The next season of Formula E will feature a new race format and three new race locations when it starts in December to go with the new Gen4 electric cars. The schedule released today by the FIA includes the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, and the Zandvoort circui

#formula-e#electric-cars#f1#racing#motorsport

· · OpenAI Blog

Breakthrough in Rare Disease Mystery via AI-Powered Collaboration

GPT-5 Pro helped solve a 3-year-old immunology mystery, offering insights into T cell behavior. The breakthrough could support cancer and autoimmune research.

#ai-assistants#gpt-5#immunology-research#t-cell-behavior#cancer-research

· · AI News

Omio Boosts Travel Tech with AI-driven Product Development

Omio integrates OpenAI models across its engineering operations to accelerate travel product development and launch booking interfaces. The multimodal travel platform coordinates operations with over 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries. Omio explicitly rejects the superficial addition

#ai#openai#travel-tech#product-development#machine-learning

· · Towards Data Science

Automation Overload: Why Humans Still Outpace AI in Data Preprocessing

How Gemini solved my Pandas problem in seconds, and why data science fundamentals still matter to spot suboptimal solutions The post I Spent an Hour on a Data Preprocessing Task Before Asking Gemini appeared first on Towards Data Science.

#ai#data-preprocessing#pandas#datascience#machine-learning

· · TechCrunch AI

Claude AI Leverages Slack Chats to Understand Enterprise Culture and Behavior

Anthropic’s new Claude Tag brings an always-on AI teammate to Slack. But beyond productivity, the feature is a strategic play to capture organizational context, institutional knowledge, and enterprise workflows.

#ai#artificial-intelligence#anthropics-claude#slack-integration#enterprise-ai

· · Tom's Guide

The LG C5 OLED is one of my favorite TVs ever made — and the 42-inch version is just $899 at Amazon during Prime Day

Last year, the LG C5 OLED was the only TV we reviewed to receive a five-star rating. With the all-new LG C6 is taking its place on the shelf, time is running out to score a killer deal on the 42-inch C5 at Amazon this Prime Day.

#mobile