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Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to US pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 13, 2026

Laurent Abrams / BeepComputer: A Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to the United States pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire…

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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage than K2.6, available under a modified MIT license (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 13, 2026

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage than K2.6, available under…

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Sources detail frustration within Meta’s applied AI team, formed in March to support superintelligence labs, over menial projects, ‘overwhelming’ work, and more (Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple’s new Siri A show about the inside conversations of the…

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Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple’s new Siri A show about the inside conversations of the…

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SpaceX debuts on Nasdaq at $150, after a price of $135, making Elon Musk the world’s first billionaire; SPCX is up about 30% intraday, for a market cap of around $2.3 billion (Alex Harring/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple’s new Siri A show about the inside conversations of the…

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Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence following FTX collapse (Luc Cohen/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Luc Cohen / Reuters: Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence following FTX collapse— Sam…

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New York-based Current, which runs a consumer fintech platform, raised an $80 million Series E at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Springcoast Partners (FinSMEs).

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update and Market Check with Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox and…

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How Chinese manufacturers dominate the humanoid robot supply chain, even as the industry struggles to find a use for them (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

New York Times: How Chinese manufacturers dominate the humanoid robot supply chain, even as the industry struggles to find a…

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Hyderabad, India-based Equal AI, which creates an eponymous AI-powered call screening app, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update and Market Check with Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox and…

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Nesto, a Montreal-based mortgage and financial technology startup, raised a CA$302 million Series E at a valuation of CA$1.47 billion to accelerate the rollout of its lending platform (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update and Market Check with Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox and…

A sign of cautious reconciliation between Japan and South Korea – The Diplomat

Rubio courts Tajikistan as Washington hunts for antimony – The Diplomat

UAE, Russia and the next phase of India’s defense export – The Diplomat

What SpaceX’s IPO tells us about Sino-US competition

US Congress should ask itself what happened in Karakalpakstan – The Diplomat

Automakers report mixed U.S. sales results as hybrids drive market

US auto industry faces uncertainty without USMCA extension

Lamborghini unveils its new Urus performance hybrid SUV after abandoning electric vehicles

American Airlines opens take-out lounge at New York’s JFK

Nike (NKE) Q4 2026 Results

Trump fears no one will show up for his July 4 speech

Trump hands election to Democrats by holding midterm convention

Mike Johnson groans in defeat after SCOTUS overturns Trump on citizenship rights

House Democrats to force vote to cut Trump’s arms fund

Supreme Court condemns Republicans in midterms with ruling on mail-in voting

India-based parent company of short-form video app ShareChat, Mohalla Tech, plans to raise up to $400 million in an IPO in 2027; ShareChat has around 65 million monthly micro-drama viewers (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Higharc, which uses AI to help homebuilders with design and construction, raised a $95 million Series C round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to more than $170 million (Lauren Ohnesorge/Triangle Business Journal)

Alex Karp calls U.S. reliance on AI labs for military technology ‘crazy,’ discusses AI costs for businesses and touts Palantir’s Nvidia Nemotron deal for U.S. agencies (Ty Roush/Forbes)

Venice AI, which provides access to more than 200 AI models while allowing users to maintain their privacy, raised a $65 million Series A led by Dragonfly at a valuation of $1 billion (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

Oxmiq, which aims to combine GPUs, CPUs and a tensor engine into a single block of IP that it can license, has raised $35 million led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Fudomo (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

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Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to US pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage than K2.6, available under a modified MIT license (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

Sources detail frustration within Meta’s applied AI team, formed in March to support superintelligence labs, over menial projects, ‘overwhelming’ work, and more (Wired)

Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9 billion (Bloomberg)

SpaceX debuts on Nasdaq at $150, after a price of $135, making Elon Musk the world’s first billionaire; SPCX is up about 30% intraday, for a market cap of around $2.3 billion (Alex Harring/CNBC)

Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to overturn fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence following FTX collapse (Luc Cohen/Reuters)

New York-based Current, which runs a consumer fintech platform, raised an $80 million Series E at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Springcoast Partners (FinSMEs).

How Chinese manufacturers dominate the humanoid robot supply chain, even as the industry struggles to find a use for them (New York Times)

Hyderabad, India-based Equal AI, which creates an eponymous AI-powered call screening app, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Nesto, a Montreal-based mortgage and financial technology startup, raised a CA$302 million Series E at a valuation of CA$1.47 billion to accelerate the rollout of its lending platform (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)