Tech

NYC-based Taktile, which helps fintechs build automated decision-making workflows, raised a $110M Series C led by Goldman Sachs, and plans a São Paulo office (fortune.com)
2026-6-25 Goldman

Chinese cybersecurity company 360 unveils new AI tools: Tulongfeng, which it claims is “China's version of Mythos”, and Yitianzhen, to automate cyber defense (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-24 China AI

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit says AI helped it link two separate hacking tools, Amadey and StealC, and file a single civil lawsuit to take them down (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-24 Microsoft AI

Walmart acquires Vibe.co, which lets businesses create and buy connected TV ads, sources say for $1.4B cash; top executives get ~$180M to stay for four years (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-24 Walmart

Google Home Speaker review: the $100 speaker, the company's first such device in six years, works for Gemini power users but has underwhelming music playback (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-24 Google

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño, an LLM-optimized inference chip developed from design to manufacturing tape-out in nine months, aided by OpenAI's models (openai.com)
2026-6-24 Manufacturing

Qualcomm plans to acquire Modular, which builds a chip software platform and has a proprietary coding language, in a nearly $4B deal set to close in H2 2026 (www.wired.com)
2026-6-24

Amazon plans to expand Amazon Now to 300 Indian cities and towns, up from 100 at present, as CEO Andy Jassy visits India; a source says he is set to meet Modi (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-24 India Amazon

Sources: prices for Nvidia's AI chips on China's black market have more than doubled amid a US export crackdown; its DGX B300 server went from ~$550K to ~$1.1M (www.ft.com)
2026-6-24 China AI Nvidia

Sources: Meta is building a standalone prediction markets app internally called Arena, which would probably use video game-like points instead of money wagers (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-24

Rockstar says physical GTA 6 copies will contain a download code, not a disc; physical copies will be available from November 12, before the November 19 launch (www.ign.com)
2026-6-24

The US FDA drops an enforcement complaint against Whoop over its blood pressure tracking tool, reversing a July 2025 warning letter; Whoop is updating the tool (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-24

Skip the Adobe fees with this lifetime PDF editor deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-6-24 Adobe

An analysis of GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.3, Gab's Arya, and other AI models: most chatbots frequently provide left-leaning responses to political prompts (www.washingtonpost.com)
2026-6-24 AI chatbot

How Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park, home to TSMC, became its wealthiest hub; one neighborhood reported 2023 average household incomes of $146K, 5x the average (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-24 Taiwan

Stealthy Mistic backdoor linked to ransomware access broker KongTuke (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-6-24

Mushroom Behind 'Tiny Human' Visions Lacks Genes For Known Psychedelics (science.slashdot.org)
2026-6-24

Rockstar sets the release date for GTA VI for November 19 and says it will cost $79.99, or $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition; pre-orders start at midnight tonight (www.theverge.com)
2026-6-24

How Chicago is betting on quantum computing, including turning the site of the former US Steel mill into a campus, after largely missing the digital revolution (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-24 Quantum

Q&A with AWS CEO Matt Garman on the parallels between early AWS and AI, Quick, AI coding, Amazon's $200B capex in 2026, hiring entry-level staff, and more (www.platformer.news)
2026-6-24 Amazon AI

SK Hynix says it is seeking to raise ~$29.4B in a US listing, expects trading to start on July 10, and intends to use the funds for building additional capacity (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-24

Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein's SPAC, in a deal valuing it at ~$2.5B and listing under ticker symbol AGLT (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-24 Robot

Europe: The World's Fastest-Warming Continent (news.slashdot.org)
2026-6-24 Europe

An interview with Bob Iger on stepping down as Disney's CEO, his legacy, new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Chapek, Apple, Disney+, purchasing Pixar, AI, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-6-24 Interview AI Apple

Sources: Qualcomm is in talks to design custom chips for ByteDance, based partly on connectivity tech from Alphawave Semi, which Qualcomm acquired in 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-24

US AI Stock Sell-Off Shakes Markets From Wall Street To Asia (news.slashdot.org)
2026-6-24 Asia AI Wall Street

Sources: India drives 50%+ of WhatsApp's revenue, generating $1B+ annually, largely via business messaging, likely helping Kunal Shah get WhatsApp's top job (www.moneycontrol.com)
2026-6-24 India WhatsApp

SK Hynix overtaking Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company is the culmination of 14 years of bets on HBM, which paid off as the AI boom took off (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-24 Korea Samsung AI

London-based Isometric, which develops AI agents that work with human verifiers to automate industrial certification, raised a €34M Series A led by AVP (www.eu-startups.com)
2026-6-24 AI London

New York-based Probook, which is building an AI operating system for home service businesses, raised a $34M Series A led by a16z and a $6M seed led by Sequoia (fortune.com)
2026-6-24 AI New York

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