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Google expands scope of its months-old AI Coding Response Team to ‘intermediate training’ to better compete with Anthropic, after key executives leave (Erin Woo/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: May Habib, from the writer: Creating AI tools for ‘normal people’ in companies that labs…

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IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that uses a "nanocell" 3D transistor architecture, which it says can sustain chip innovation for 10 years (Don Clark/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2026

Don Clark / New York Times: IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that uses a 3D “nanostack” transistor architecture,…

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As China’s working-age population shrinks, consensus emerges that it needs to deploy embodied AI robots in as many tasks as possible, as soon as possible (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2026

Financial Times: As China’s working-age population shrinks, a consensus is emerging that the country needs to deploy AI embodied robots…

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Digital advocacy companies like CiviClick and Influent appear to be using AI to generate massive public comments on local energy projects, primarily favoring the use of fossil fuels (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic Labs is at the forefront of Fable capabilities and the creation of native AI…

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Hang Ten Systems, led by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, launches with $32 million in funding led by Mayfield to help companies use AI to run software at lower costs (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic Labs is at the forefront of Fable capabilities and the creation of native AI…

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Qualcomm expects $15 billion in data center chip sales by 2029, raises forecast for non-handset chip revenue to $40 billion by 2029, from $22 billion; QCOM jumps more than 13% after hours (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic Labs is at the forefront of Fable capabilities and the creation of native AI…

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Documents: Meta’s planned market forecasting app will use Meta AI models to generate questions from trending topics, make recommendations and solve markets (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2026

Bobby Allyn / NPR: Documents: Meta’s planned market forecasting application will use Meta AI models to generate questions from trending…

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Nature publishes peer-reviewed paper alleging Microsoft’s 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on ‘basic Python errors’ and data cherry-picking (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Memory and lifelong learning: Engram’s Dan Biderman and Jessy Lin Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with…

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The $100 speaker, the company’s first such device in six years, works for power Gemini users but offers disappointing music playback (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: This AI tells you what your friends won’t A show about the inside conversations of the tech…

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Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein’s SPAC, in a deal valuing it at around $2.5 billion and trading under the symbol AGLT (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: The advertising industry’s strangest tradition Media and technology don’t just intersect, they’re totally intertwined.…

Rubio courts Tajikistan as Washington hunts for antimony – The Diplomat

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

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

Why foreign companies are reassessing their portfolio in China – The Diplomat

Trial against Orda.kz publisher begins – 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 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

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

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)

How the rapid rise of AI capabilities in the United States and China is driving both a transformation in the use of AI in the workplace and sudden shifts in policy and markets (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

[Thread] Export controls now lifted by the United States on anthropogenic models have created uncertainty, are a personal goal, and will push service providers toward Chinese AI models (Alex Stamos/@alexstamos)

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Google expands scope of its months-old AI Coding Response Team to ‘intermediate training’ to better compete with Anthropic, after key executives leave (Erin Woo/The Information)

IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that uses a "nanocell" 3D transistor architecture, which it says can sustain chip innovation for 10 years (Don Clark/New York Times)

As China’s working-age population shrinks, consensus emerges that it needs to deploy embodied AI robots in as many tasks as possible, as soon as possible (Financial Times)

Digital advocacy companies like CiviClick and Influent appear to be using AI to generate massive public comments on local energy projects, primarily favoring the use of fossil fuels (Bloomberg)

Hang Ten Systems, led by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, launches with $32 million in funding led by Mayfield to help companies use AI to run software at lower costs (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Qualcomm expects $15 billion in data center chip sales by 2029, raises forecast for non-handset chip revenue to $40 billion by 2029, from $22 billion; QCOM jumps more than 13% after hours (Reuters)

Documents: Meta’s planned market forecasting app will use Meta AI models to generate questions from trending topics, make recommendations and solve markets (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

Nature publishes peer-reviewed paper alleging Microsoft’s 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on ‘basic Python errors’ and data cherry-picking (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

The $100 speaker, the company’s first such device in six years, works for power Gemini users but offers disappointing music playback (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein’s SPAC, in a deal valuing it at around $2.5 billion and trading under the symbol AGLT (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)