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Coinbase and Better fund the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage that uses bitcoin as collateral, with a nationwide rollout planned in the coming months (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: AI turns sketches into real products A show about the inside conversations of the tech industry, hosted…

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Just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 major countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: AI turns sketches into real products A show about the inside conversations of the tech industry, hosted…

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SpaceX gets property tax exemption for its $55 billion Terafab chip plant project in Texas, despite threats of legal action from Texans, amid local opposition to AI (Stephanie Findlay/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Stephanie Findlay / Financial Times: SpaceX gets a property tax exemption for its $55 billion Terafab chip installation project in…

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A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and expand access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI security standards (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and expand access to Mythos,…

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Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit say peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes that their posts will be deleted and used by AI chatbots (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Moderators of the subreddit r/biohackers claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in the…

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Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Google Developer Blog: Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices,…

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Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion in its IPO, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each, which would value the company at about $1.77 billion (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion in its IPO, selling 555.6 million shares at $135…

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Nearly 40% of Alphabet’s ~$85 billion planned AI stock offerings will be used to cover tax liabilities related to employee stock grants, amid the war for AI talent (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Cory Weinberg / The information: Nearly 40% of Alphabet’s ~$85 billion planned AI stock offerings will be used to cover…

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Forage, a payment processor that helps retailers and food delivery companies accept EBT cards, raised a $40 million Series B led by Mouro Capital at a valuation of $225 million (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Yulia Chernova / Wall Street Journal: Forage, a payment processor that helps retailers and food delivery companies accept EBT cards,…

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Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI worth more than $9.9 million collectively, before SpaceX’s IPO (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2026

Bloomberg: Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth more…

Pakistan wants the world to see it as a peacemaker. I want him to find my father. – The diplomat

Border towns light up at night as North Korea goes solar – Radio Free Asia

What’s next? – The diplomat

Why India’s foreign minister visited Mongolia – The Diplomat

Has China really entered the three-carrier era? – The diplomat

Summer box office could generate first $10 billion since pandemic

Walmart heir Lukas Walton buys minority stake in Chicago Bulls

How Nike, Levi’s and Taco Bell win

Rising Memory Chip Costs Put Pressure on Electronics Retailers

Estrogen patches in short supply as women seek menopause support

Evangelical Christians humiliated as Trump falls asleep on them

President Mike Johnson admits he’s running a protection racket for Trump

Senate Democrats launch preemptive strike to stop Trump from intervening in midterms

Trump threatens to block Republicans’ midterms if they don’t pass SAVE Act

Top House Democrat suggests Trump may have terminal illness

daily volume on Polymarket’s U.S. platform increased from around $50 million in mid-May to more than $200 million as of June 20 (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)

Streaming services must comply with a California law that prohibits showing ads at a louder volume than the content being watched starting July 1, but its implementation is unclear (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

A look at advanced chip packaging, now more dependent than ever on TSMC and its partners in Taiwan, and efforts to solve this bottleneck in the United States (Don Clark/New York Times)

Insurance technology startup Corgi denies accusations that it used Papermark’s open source software code to develop its software and present it as its own (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Anthropic says the US government is authorizing the redeployment of Mythos 5 to critical infrastructure operators and is working to restore general access to Fable 5 (@anthropicai)

Browsing: Technology

Coinbase and Better fund the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage that uses bitcoin as collateral, with a nationwide rollout planned in the coming months (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 major countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada (Financial Times)

SpaceX gets property tax exemption for its $55 billion Terafab chip plant project in Texas, despite threats of legal action from Texans, amid local opposition to AI (Stephanie Findlay/Financial Times)

A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and expand access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI security standards (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit say peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes that their posts will be deleted and used by AI chatbots (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)

Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion in its IPO, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each, which would value the company at about $1.77 billion (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Nearly 40% of Alphabet’s ~$85 billion planned AI stock offerings will be used to cover tax liabilities related to employee stock grants, amid the war for AI talent (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Forage, a payment processor that helps retailers and food delivery companies accept EBT cards, raised a $40 million Series B led by Mouro Capital at a valuation of $225 million (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI worth more than $9.9 million collectively, before SpaceX’s IPO (Bloomberg)