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Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than 3 million TPUs in 2028; Nvidia tests Intel technology for new processor, conducts 18A trials (Qianer Liu/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said tech companies must introduce safety measures on children’s phones to stop them sharing nude images or face laws forcing them to do so (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts such as jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300 million Series C round led by Temasek at a valuation of $2.4 billion (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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Spotify has contacted concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, as it pivots to video to become a one-stop shop for music fans (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465 million Series G led by Thrive Capital at a valuation of $15.5 billion, almost triple the valuation from its January 2025 round (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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As wealth managers grapple with AI calculations, the technology is, for now, easing their workload by taking over routine tasks, freeing up more time to advise clients (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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only 26% of companies have a complete view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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At the early 2025 senior management meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple’s AI roadmap around the same time (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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Memory chip suppliers say CXMT’s DDR5 prices match those of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, and that they have a supply advantage in customer markets because they don’t prioritize HBM (Hassan Mujtaba/Wccftech)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 7, 2026

Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: Memory chip suppliers say CXMT’s DDR5 prices match those of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, and…

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Q&A with Google DeepMind’s Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI’s Phil Trammell on what’s left in short supply after AGI, the redistribution of AI wealth, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Will Apple (finally) get AI at WWDC?, Anthropic’s concern, Microsoft vs. OpenAI The Big Technology…

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Months after attacks, Chinese work resumes on Dushanbe-Kulma highway – The Diplomat

Its Enduring Importance – The Diplomat

Bangkok voters give Chadchart second term as governor by decisive margin – The Diplomat

Indonesia says tech companies have deleted 4.7 million children’s accounts since government ban – The Diplomat

Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program

Medicare will soon cover obesity medications, but many seniors may not know it

‘Perfect storm’ portends much smaller U.S. auto market by 2040

Summer box office could generate first $10 billion since pandemic

How Kohl’s lost its way and is trying to become relevant again

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

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

Even Fox News Can’t Hide Trump’s Great Failing for Fairness in America

Donald Trump now spends his days counting trees in the park

Failure of Trump’s big fair rally in US state really upsets him

Australia’s ACCC is suing Amazon for allegedly introducing ads on Prime Video under unfair contractual terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)

Google says the Gemini app now offers custom Nano Banana image generation, previously limited to Plus, Pro and Ultra users, for free to eligible US users (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

As a new law prohibits the DOD from working with companies whose lobbyists also represent blacklisted entities, DC lobbying firms are abandoning companies like Alibaba and Tencent (Bloomberg).

Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200 million led by Summit Partners (Laura Kreutzer/Wall Street Journal)

Filing: Strategy suspended its Bitcoin acquisitions last week, instead increasing its USD reserve to $2.55 billion and announcing a $1 billion digital credit buyback program (James Hunt/The Block)

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Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than 3 million TPUs in 2028; Nvidia tests Intel technology for new processor, conducts 18A trials (Qianer Liu/The Information)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said tech companies must introduce safety measures on children’s phones to stop them sharing nude images or face laws forcing them to do so (Reuters)

London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts such as jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300 million Series C round led by Temasek at a valuation of $2.4 billion (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Spotify has contacted concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, as it pivots to video to become a one-stop shop for music fans (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465 million Series G led by Thrive Capital at a valuation of $15.5 billion, almost triple the valuation from its January 2025 round (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)

As wealth managers grapple with AI calculations, the technology is, for now, easing their workload by taking over routine tasks, freeing up more time to advise clients (Bloomberg)

only 26% of companies have a complete view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal)

At the early 2025 senior management meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple’s AI roadmap around the same time (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Memory chip suppliers say CXMT’s DDR5 prices match those of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, and that they have a supply advantage in customer markets because they don’t prioritize HBM (Hassan Mujtaba/Wccftech)

Q&A with Google DeepMind’s Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI’s Phil Trammell on what’s left in short supply after AGI, the redistribution of AI wealth, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)