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What’s new in Android’s June 2026 Google System Updates

Android's June 2026 Google System Updates enable importing and exporting passwords and passkeys between managers and enhance Play Store visibility for sales and discounts.

Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?

Investors weigh the potential impact of Anthropic, SpaceX, and OpenAI on the stock market.

1 Jun

How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless

Startup Battlefield selects the top 20 companies based on compelling and differentiated ideas with major industry impact potential.

Chipotlai Max

Chipotlai Max is a GitHub repository containing various directories and files for development and configuration purposes.

1 Jun11 min read

Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout

Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to fund its AI infrastructure buildout and scale compute capabilities.

Ars Technica

AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.

GitHub Copilot users are experiencing sticker shock under the new usage-based pricing system, burning through monthly credits quickly.

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now available on AWS

OpenAI's frontier models and Codex are now available on Amazon Web Services.

1 Jun

The next big career move for young Hollywood? Reading audio smut

Audio erotica platform Quinn capitalizes on the passionate fanbases of sexually charged TV shows by casting their stars to voice steamy audio romances, transforming a niche into a mainstream commodity.

1 Jun4 min read

DuckDuckGo makes its ‘no-AI’ search engine easier to access as its traffic booms

DuckDuckGo launched new browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox, allowing users to set its AI-free search experience, noai.duckduckgo.com, as their default search engine.

Ars Technica

Nvidia gets into the Arm PC business with new high-end RTX Spark processor

Nvidia enters the Arm PC market with its new high-end RTX Spark processor, combining a 20-core Grace CPU and up to 6,144 Blackwell-based GPU cores for Windows laptops and desktops.

1 Jun6 min read

Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch

British fintech Revolut has initiated a controlled beta rollout of its services in India, providing UPI payments, e-money wallets, and multi-currency cards to thousands of waitlisted users.

1 Jun4 min read

Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build

Microsoft will unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at its Build conference.

1 Jun5 min read

Computex 2026: All the news and announcements

Nvidia unveiled RTX Spark, its first family of consumer PC chips, arriving in laptops and mini PCs this fall.

1 Jun14 min read

9to5Google

Xiaomi is the latest to add AirDrop support with Quick Share to its Android phones

Xiaomi adds AirDrop support to its Android phones with Quick Share update.

AI is blowing up music. How should the Grammys handle it?

AI is now omnipresent in music production, with over 50,000 AI-generated songs uploaded daily.

The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid

The Pirate Bay remains online 20 years after a Swedish police raid intended to shut it down.

CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch

Stanford's CS336 course teaches language modeling from scratch, covering development and deployment of language models.

No Raise, No Promotion: 1 in 4 White-Collar Workers Are Stalling Out

One in four white-collar workers are experiencing career stagnation with no raises or promotions.

1 Jun

Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access

Strava tightens API access, requiring developers to pay $11.99 monthly due to zero-code AI apps and scrapers.

9to5Google

Google Home Speaker gets June release date from one retailer

Best Buy Canada's product page indicates a June 25 release date for the Google Home Speaker, which will cost $99.99 and be available in four colors.

Shift from a Leader-Follower to a Leader-Leader Approach

Engineering leaders can empower teams and avoid becoming bottlenecks by shifting from a leader-follower to a leader-leader model, fostering critical thinking and engagement.

1 Jun10 min read