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🚀 SpaceX Unveils AI1 Satellite Data Center
SpaceX introduced AI1, the first satellite data center for AI tasks, per Bloomberg. Elon Musk says AI1 will join a future network of about 1 million satellites performing AI computing in low Earth orbit.
The satellites will have solar panels up to 70 meters long and support 150 kW computing loads with Nvidia chips. Musk says building them is simpler than Starlink satellites, needing mainly solar panels, cooling, and laser links.
SpaceX plans a major production expansion in Texas. The new Gigasat facility will span over 11 million sq ft (~1 sq km) to make large solar panels for these space data centers.
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📣 SpaceX to Merge with Cursor for $60B
SpaceX and Cursor signed a final merger agreement valuing Cursor at $60 billion. The deal will be done through a stock swap and aims to close in Q3.
Cursor is a coding tool with a loyal user base, unlike SpaceX's Grok, which failed to gain traction in vibe coding and had an unnoticed Grok Build release.
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🔍 DeepMind Explores Life Beyond AGI
DeepMind published a detailed study titled "From AGI to ASI" arguing that AGI is not the ultimate goal but just the start. They stress that human-level AI is limited by biology and marketing has oversold it as a finish line.
AGI means Artificial General Intelligence, AI at human level. But human intelligence is specialized and bounded by evolution. Machines can scale memory and speed far beyond human limits.
The real target is ASI, Artificial Superintelligence, which surpasses entire organizations. This could come from scaling many AGI instances or new breakthroughs. Even millions of AGI copies running simultaneously could count as ASI.
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👟 Adidas makes World Cup ball a smart device
The official World Cup ball Trionda must be wirelessly charged before each match. It contains a 14-gram motion sensor operating at 500 Hz, tracking position, speed, spin, and direction 500 times per second. A full charge lasts about 6 hours, enough for the entire game including extra time.
Sensor data combines with stadium cameras to create a real-time 3D model of every play. This feeds the VAR room to speed up and improve decisions on offsides, handballs, and goal-line calls. At around $170, Trionda may be the most expensive standard match ball in World Cup history.
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🌱 Tric deploys UV robots that cut pesticide use by 70%
Tric is deploying autonomous robots that move through fields at night, using UV-C light to kill fungal diseases and spider mites without chemicals. Pilots on California's Central Coast have shown up to 70% reductions in pesticide use.
The technology is based on a simple biological advantage. Many fungi can repair UV damage when exposed to blue light during the day. At night, that repair mechanism does not activate, making the damage permanent. University trials found nighttime UV treatments could eliminate up to 95% of infections on crops including strawberries, grapes, cucumbers, basil, and roses.
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Tric's Eden robot spans more than 40 feet, while its Luna platform covers 6 rows at a time across 50 to 100 acres. The machines can carry UV systems, bug vacuums, and precision cameras in a single pass.
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Farmers do not buy the robots. They subscribe to the service, while Tric operates the fleet.
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🍏 Pixar Teases New Film Gatto
Pixar teased Gatto, about a cat named Nero who owes the Venetian mafia. Directed by Enrico Casarosa of Luca.
The animation mimics Puss in Boots 2 with a 2D drawing style.
It will release in March next year.
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🤖 OpenAI and Anthropic Subscriptions Unprofitable
SemiAnalysis tested OpenAI and Anthropic subscriptions by running long tasks to use weekly limits. The $20 OpenAI plan delivers about $700 in token value, the $200 plan about $14,000. Anthropic’s $100 plan shows $2,000 in token costs, revealing heavy losses across tiers.
Both companies offer fixed-price subscriptions with variable token usage depending on tasks.
OpenAI’s plans lose money below 15% usage, Anthropic below 20%. The priciest plans show the worst margins: ChatGPT-pro-20x hits -775% at 50% load, Claude-max-20x -400%. This may limit startups to API-only access instead of adding new subscription features.
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🫡 Xiaomi launches free Claude Code alternative
Xiaomi released MiMo Code, a free terminal AI agent for programming built on OpenCode with an MIT license. It handles long tasks of hundreds of steps by saving state to files and restoring context seamlessly, avoiding memory loss common in other agents.
MiMo Code divides memory into four levels: session notes, project knowledge, user settings, and full action history. It cleans duplicates weekly and converts repeated actions into skills monthly. A Max Mode runs five solutions in parallel, boosting benchmark scores by 10-20% but increasing token use 4-5 times.
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🤖 Anthropic reverses hidden AI limits after backlash
Anthropic changed its policy less than 48 hours after releasing its AI model Fable. The startup faced criticism for secretly degrading responses to queries related to AI development without notifying users.
Originally, Anthropic openly redirected chemistry, biology, and cybersecurity questions to a weaker model, Opus 4.8. However, a hidden rule quietly reduced answer quality for any requests resembling AI distillation or development attempts.
Engineers received no alerts when these limits triggered, leading to confusion and accusations of sabotage. After public outcry, Anthropic apologized and now clearly informs users when requests are refused or downgraded to reduce misuse risks.
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🔍 Google Gemini 3.5 Live Translate launched
Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an audio model that delivers instant voice translation in over 70 languages. It starts translating from the first words and works in real time without awkward pauses.
The system generates speech while listening to the next phrase, balancing speed and quality within fractions of a second. It preserves the speaker's pace, pitch, and intonation with only a slight delay.
Gemini 3.5 is available now in Google Translate on iOS and Android, making conversations smoother across languages.
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🤖 Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5 with Mythos tech
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the first public model built on its Mythos technology. The Mythos line was held back earlier due to its ability to find software vulnerabilities too easily. Fable 5 offers the same power but with strict safety limits.
Claude Fable 5 outperforms the previous flagship Claude Opus 4.8 by over 10% on software development, intellectual tasks, and research tests. It refuses to answer risky queries in cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry, handing those off to older models.
Pricing is steep: $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. This is twice the cost of Claude Opus 4.8 but half what Mythos Preview users paid.
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🍏 Safari adds AI-powered extension creation
At WWDC, Apple introduced a way to create Safari extensions by describing what you want in plain language. Apple Intelligence then builds the extension automatically, demonstrated with Recipe Keeper, which saves and tracks cooking recipes from the web.
Safari has long lagged behind Chrome and Firefox due to strict developer rules limiting extensions. This new approach could fill that gap by letting users generate custom extensions without coding.
Apple also enhanced Passwords with AI that can log into sites and update compromised passwords automatically. Notify Me tracks specific page changes like price drops or restocks. Tabs get smart sorting into thematic groups, improving browser organization.
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🚀 NASA Releases Hollywood-Style Artemis III Trailer
NASA unveiled an official trailer for the Artemis III mission, styled like a Hollywood blockbuster. The trailer precedes the crew reveal scheduled for June 9.
Artemis III will test rendezvous and docking with commercial lunar landers in low Earth orbit. These landers are essential for future astronaut trips to the Moon's surface.
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🍏 Apple adds one-tap password reset
Apple will let users change passwords for all apps with leaks in one tap. The update works in Passwords and inside affected apps.
The iPhone logs into apps automatically and updates login details, simplifying password fixes.
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🍏 Tim Cook's Final Apple CEO Presentation
Tim Cook gave his last presentation as Apple CEO before stepping down. The event marked the end of an era for the company.
Apple will continue with WWDC in the coming days, revealing more details about new system features.
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🔗 MiniMax launches AI-powered creative Hub
MiniMax introduced Hub, a local workstation where AI agents handle creative tasks like research, scripting, image creation, music, and final editing. It supports multiple projects and an infinite canvas for seamless workflow.
Hub runs directly on your computer, integrating local files and apps for instant import and export. Early users before July 1 get 3000 credits, and points from Hailuo AI transfer fully to MiniMax Hub.
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🤖 Anthropic sued over subscription limits
A US user named Carl Khan filed a lawsuit accusing Anthropic of misleading customers by lowering subscription limits. He claims the advertised limits for premium plans Max 5x and Max 20x are far from reality.
For example, the Max 20x plan reportedly offers only about 6× the limits of the Pro subscription, not the promised 20×. Khan wants to make the lawsuit class-action, covering all users who bought these plans since April 2025.
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🍏 Apple Holds Back 3 iOS 27 Features
Apple plans to release three unannounced features with the iPhone 18 Pro and new Apple Watch this fall. These include a new watch face, a redesigned Camera app, and expanded Siri support for third-party chatbots.
The new watch face is likely a simplified Modular Ultra design, bringing Ultra aesthetics to standard Apple Watch models. The Camera app update will let users customize which functions appear and in what order during shooting.
Siri will soon support multiple AI assistants beyond Apple’s own, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. This effectively turns Siri into a platform where users choose the AI handling their voice requests.
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🤖 OpenRouter launches Model Fusion system
OpenRouter introduced Model Fusion, a system that merges multiple neural networks into one advisory unit. It supports combinations like GPT-5.5 with Opus 4.8 tailored for specific tasks.
These model blends can outperform Claude Fable 5 in efficiency while running faster and costing less.
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The first commercial computer was unveiled on this day in 1951.
It weighed 16,000 pounds.
Smartphones today weighs less than half a pound.
And are millions of times more powerful.
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🔍 Google Gemini 3.5 translates live speech in 70 languages
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, which translates live speech into over 70 languages without pausing. The model processes speech in real time, preserving tone and pace, and marks each synthesized segment with a SynthID watermark.
The feature expanded Google Meet’s language support from 5 to more than 70 languages and over 2000 language pairs. Developers can access it via Gemini Live API, while users get it in the Google Translate app on Android and iOS.
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🤖 US Orders Anthropic to Block Mythos and Fable
The US government has ordered Anthropic to cut off access to Mythos and Fable for all foreign nationals, including those inside the US and foreign employees of Anthropic.
Anthropic apologized but complied immediately, shutting down access to these models. They called it a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.
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✈️ Telegram launches native app on smartwatches
Telegram is now on all major smartwatches, including Apple Watch, Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi.
Users can read messages, send stickers, record voice notes, and share location from their wrist.
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🤖 Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 Outperforms Peers
Real tests show Claude Fable 5 beating Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT 5.5 on tough visual tasks like 3D hydrodynamics and complex physics. The gap is significant.
Fable 5 is Anthropic's most powerful model open to all users. It is available now and free on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans until June 22.
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🤖 Claude Fable Developed Its Own Internal Language
During reinforcement learning, Claude Fable started using an unreadable internal style with strange jargon, unusual punctuation, and emojis in long rollout sessions. It switched back to normal English before responding to humans or calling tools.
Anthropic researchers found no signs the model was hiding its reasoning. Instead, this internal language seems to be an emergent optimization to compress its thought process.
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🍓 Dyson grows AI-powered strawberries
Dyson built large high-tech greenhouses in the UK where strawberries grow on 5.5-meter vertical structures that rotate like a Ferris wheel. This setup maximizes space and sunlight using AI-driven software, smart sensors, robotics, and automation.
The system optimizes growing conditions, improves efficiency, assists with harvesting, and protects crops. Dyson’s move shows how AI and robotics are entering traditional industries like agriculture, blending software, infrastructure, and production.
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🤖 Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Claude Fable 5 is a Mythos-class model with cybersecurity protections for broad use. It leads on nearly all benchmarks in code, analytics, vision, and science, widening its lead as tasks get harder.
Mythos 5 is the same model without security limits, available only to Project Glasswing members. Both cost $10/$50 per million tokens, less than half the price of Mythos Preview. Stripe migrated 50 million lines of Ruby code in a day using these models, a task that took months before.
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🍏 Apple adds slider to adjust liquid glass effect
Apple introduced a new slider to control the "liquid glass" effect in its interface. The slider adjusts transparency from barely visible to fully saturated, with icons indicating the extremes.
The liquid glass effect changes the look of interface elements by varying their transparency and density. Users can now fine-tune this visual feature to their preference.
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🍏 Apple adds Write With Siri and photo reframing
Apple will embed Write With Siri directly into the keyboard, enabling natural language shortcuts like messaging friends when leaving the office. Photo processing will use a feature called reframing, letting users shift the camera angle on existing photos to improve composition, but full access requires iCloud+.
Developers can integrate Apple Intelligence into their apps, with all data processed locally for speed. However, this AI support remains English-only, unchanged since 2022.
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🎁 China launches first underwater data center
China activated the world's first underwater data center near Shanghai at the end of May. It runs on 192 server racks powered almost entirely by offshore wind turbines, using seawater for cooling through a sealed copper pipe system that cuts electricity use by nearly 23%.
The data center currently operates at 2.3 MW with a planned capacity of 24 MW, enough to power 20,000 homes. Its underwater location reduces land use by 90% compared to traditional centers.
This approach aims to save fresh water and energy but raises questions about long-term durability underwater and environmental impact on marine life.
While some explore orbital data centers, China is testing the ocean as a new frontier.
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