In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backed startup exits, either through acquisition or IPO, the most exits since the 2021 market peak (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News : In Q2, there were thirteen $1B+ US venture-backe…
Australian government says it plans to double the maximum penalty for any social media company breaking its minimum age law and grant more powers to enforcers (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
Jackson Chen / Engadget : Australian government says it plans to double the maximum…
Sports clips' rise on platforms like YouTube has left broadcasters debating whether to use them to attract younger viewers or protect their subscription revenue (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC : Sports clips' rise on platforms like YouTube has left br…
GPT-5.6 Sol matches Mythos Preview on ExploitBench, adds Ultra mode with subagents for complex workflows, and max reasoning for deep problem-solving (OpenAI)
OpenAI : GPT-5.6 Sol matches Mythos Preview on ExploitBench, adds Ultra mode with s…
Sources: Apple plans to skip higher-end M6 chips and launch its next Pro and Max chips in 2027 as part of the M7 lineup, to boost on-device AI capabilities (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple plans to skip higher-end M6 chips and laun…
Sources: Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Gemini, are planning to leave for Anthropic (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both …
Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the EU after its MiCA license application in Greece failed ahead of the June 30 deadline (Reuters)
Reuters : Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the E…
Walmart acquires Vibe.co, which lets businesses create and buy ads on CTVs, sources say for $1.4B cash; top executives get $180M to stay for four years (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal : Walmart acquires Vibe.co, which lets busines…
OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches the Patch the Planet initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open source bugs, and more (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches t…
Popular free VPN, streaming apps bombard business networks with 'laundered' traffic used by criminals to 'blend into normal consumer noise' — here's how to keep safe
Residential proxies are both a boon for threat actors an…
SF-based Humble Robotics, which is developing an electric, self-driving cabless freight truck with 200 miles range and 55 mph max speed, raised $24M (Caroline Petrow-Cohen/Los Angeles Times)
Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times : SF-based Humble Robotics, which is deve…
Samsung beats Prime Day to the punch with a massive TV sale — up to $1,500 off best-selling 4K, QLED and OLED TVs
Just ahead of Prime Day, Samsung has launched a massive …
Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have deployed tech to disable phones stolen from their stores, after phone makers resisted broader antitheft measures (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
Kieran Smith / Financial Times : Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have de…
Chinese scientists ran an AI program on a virtual light-based computer system inside its real 'digital twin' PC — you can't get more meta than that (thanks Inception)
Chinese researchers created a digital twin optical compu…
How success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan is driving stock gains, bigger bonuses, and a retail investing frenzy in Asian markets (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : How success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan, a…
The upcoming Star Fox 64 remake is too conservative, but wouldn’t you overcorrect after a disaster like Star Fox Zero?
We return to the wondrous world of Star Fox Zero on the …
I've driven the Honda Super-N — and I'm in love with this go-kart for the daily drive
Small but mighty, the Honda super-N aims to inject some …
Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity tracking, and conversational AI, but not very durable, LEDs are distracting, and the app is confusing (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg : Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity…
Can’t buy the DJI Pocket 4P? This 'remarkably similar' dual-lens camera will rescue US creators soon
Xtra has just dropped a teaser reel confirming its Muse …
Rockstar Games announces that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will go live on June 25; TTWO jumps 5%+ (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)
Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : Rockstar Games announces that pre-orders for Grand Theft Au…
DJI Pocket 4P revealed in full — now we know exactly how the dual-lens vlogging camera compares to the Pocket 4 and Insta360 Luna Ultra, and DJI might be going hard on pricing
DJI has fully revealed its first dual-lens compact vlogg…
A newly discovered data leak has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs across 194 countries (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer : A newly discovered data leak has exposed what …
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite, its new flagship XR chipset, debuting in the compute puck of Xreal's Aura Android XR device this fall (David Heaney/UploadVR)
David Heaney / UploadVR : Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite, its new flags…
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