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The three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceX’s unbelievable IPO

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 07:48
Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.
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Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 07:34
Pinterest is adding support for Amazon Storefronts, allowing creators to earn affiliate commissions more easily while showcasing their product recommendations in one place.
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Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 07:31
Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.
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ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 07:13
ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.
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Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 06:33
The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.
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Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 06:07
Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.
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Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 05:46
Users under 16 years old will get a separate profile to show Stories and Spotlight posts to friends that they follow back.
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Why everyone’s an energy company now

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 05:45
Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
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Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 05:15
Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.
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Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 05:00
Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts worth by 2030.
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Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 02:00
Waymo created a new computer model to help it better understand how humans behave in crash scenarios that its robotaxis encounter.
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Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 00:05
The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.
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Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 20:35
The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned.
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Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 17:26
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 16:17
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
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GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 14:00
GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.
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Hey Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 13:50
I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 13:37
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models? 

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 11:56
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
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CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang

Tue, 06/09/2026 - 10:40
Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.
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