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India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 04:33
The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app's message editing feature.
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This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 04:25
Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.
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SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 04:21
The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.
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Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 04:00
The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a "Your Algo" tool that lets users control what they see in their feeds
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ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time

Tue, 06/16/2026 - 03:30
The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.
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Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 23:59
Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.
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Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 16:51
AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.
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The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:50
The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government interference.
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Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 11:30
Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.
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Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 08:29
A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export control restrictions on Anthropic’s models Fable and Mythos, arguing that the order is going to limit the ability of cybersecurity defenders to secure their software and products.
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SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 07:45
SpaceX's IPO underwriters maxed out their share purchases, adding to an already historic amount of money raised.
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UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 07:36
The ban would apply to a range of social media platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X.
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Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 07:34
Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.
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Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 06:46
Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.
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Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 06:43
Fox says the deal will create the third-largest television company in the United States.
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As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 06:00
NewCore argues the next challenge in enterprise security will be managing AI agents, not people.
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A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 05:00
In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
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The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg

Mon, 06/15/2026 - 00:25
What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
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Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers

Sun, 06/14/2026 - 21:01
Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.
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Frank founder Charlie Javice is reportedly asking Trump for a pardon

Sun, 06/14/2026 - 15:14
Javice isn't the only convicted former tech executive looking for Trump's help.
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