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Meta absent from SF Pride in 2025 as tech retreats from LGBTQ+
Parade goers hold Pride flags during the annual Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2024. Minh Connors | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty ImagesMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is staying mum these days when it…
Myanmar plays a critical role
Illustration of the national flag of the People's Republic of China and a mining site. Craig Hastings | Moment | Getty ImagesBeijing has been stepping up controls on rare earth exports, triggering global shortages and exposing…
Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device
Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io reveal new details about the companies’ efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware device.
The filings are part of a trademark dispute…
Amazon deploys more Kuiper satellites, taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink
An Atlas V rocket of United Launch Alliance (ULA) lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 23, 2025. Gregg Newton | Afp | Getty ImagesAmazon's second batch of Kuiper internet…
SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up
While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick.
The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and…
Why ether ETF inflows have come roaring back from the dead
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEther ETFs have finally come to life this year after some started to fear they may be becoming zombie funds.Collectively, the funds tracking the price of spot ether are on pace for their sixth…
Bitcoin Iran attack crypto market sell-off
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since May over the weekend, as rising tensions in the Middle East and renewed inflation fears triggered a sharp selloff across digital assets.Bitcoin dropped below the $99,000 mark on Sunday — its lowest…
OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order
OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its…
Tesla agrees to build China’s largest grid-scale battery power plant
Tesla Inc. Megapack batteries at the Victorian Big Battery site operated by Neoen SA in Moorabool, Victoria, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Elon Musk helped accelerate a transformation of Australias electricity grid to replace…
Week in Review: Meta reveals its Oakley smart glasses
Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots in store for you today, including Wix’s latest acquisition, Meta’s new smart glasses, a look at the new Digg, and much more. Have a great weekend!
Smart specs: Meta and Oakley have teamed up on a…
U.S. may stop global chipmakers’ access to American tech in China
A motorcycle is seen near a building of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. Daniel Ceng…
European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech
European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times.
The flashpoint seems to come after President Donald Trump sanctioned Karim Khan, the chief…
How broken Amazon returns are driving sellers to leave the platform
Returns on Amazon are free and easy for shoppers, but they're risky and expensive for the small businesses that sell a majority of the goods on the world's biggest e-commerce site. Returns have driven some sellers to exit the popular…
Circle shares extend their rally after Senate passes landmark stablecoin bill
Circle Internet Group Initial Public Offering at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. NYSEShares of Circle continued to climb Friday as investors cheered the Senate approval of its proposed stablecoin…
Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid
If becoming a spy sounds like an exciting way to live like a le Carré character, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning.
On Friday, an Irish judge granted O’Brien a restraining order…
Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI deal
Meta approached artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI about a potential takeover bid before ultimately investing $14.3 billion into Scale AI, CNBC confirmed on Friday.The two companies did not finalize a deal, according to two…
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail
Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting…
Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin
Tesla's long-overdue robotaxi is finally hitting the streets this weekend, but the rollout may face some roadblocks.The Elon Musk-led electric vehicle company is expected to roll out robotaxis in Austin, Texas, on June 22, with the first…