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🍏 Apple Plans Touchscreen MacBook on M5 Chips
Apple is preparing a touchscreen MacBook using current top-tier M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, skipping the M6 Pro and Max generations. The new 14- and 16-inch models are expected between late 2026 and early 2027.
The laptop will feature an OLED display, Dynamic Island interface from iPhone, and a refreshed chassis design. The M7 chip series is still in testing and likely to arrive by the end of 2027, with M7 Ultra possibly in 2028.
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🤖 US Allows Anthropic Access to Mythos 5
The US government cleared Anthropic to expand access to Mythos 5 after a security review. The model was previously restricted due to concerns under the Trump administration.
Anthropic is now the first major AI lab to pass this government filter publicly. The exact security issues were not disclosed but have been resolved.
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📊 Sunlight on Your Face Took 100,000 Years
A photon warming your face now began its journey from the Sun's core about 100,000 years ago, when early humans were just leaving Africa and Neanderthals still lived. Inside the Sun, photons collide constantly with electrons, bouncing randomly through dense plasma, making their path trillions of times longer than a straight line.
This slow random walk happens in the Sun's radiative zone, covering 70% of its radius. Photons lose energy step by step, shifting from high-energy gamma rays to visible light by the time they reach the surface. The final stretch through the convective zone takes only months, but the bulk of the journey is a century-long crawl.
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💻 China’s LineShine Tops Supercomputer List Without GPUs
China’s LineShine from Shenzhen leads the TOP500 supercomputer ranking with 2.19 exaflops, 22% faster than the US’s El Capitan.
LineShine uses nearly 14 million computing cores and a custom design without GPUs, avoiding US export limits.
It combines scientific computing and AI, running a decade of weather forecasts over East Asia in 15 hours.
Though top-ranked, LineShine isn’t fastest for all tasks, some large clusters excel at less precise calculations but aren’t listed.
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🔍 Android 17 adds virtual gamepad for foldables
Android 17 introduces a gaming mode for foldable phones that turns half the unfolded screen into a virtual gamepad with touch buttons. It arrives in the coming months.
The virtual controller works at the system level, supporting any game with physical gamepad compatibility. It offers a full set of controls: D-pad, sticks, A, B, X, Y buttons, bumpers, triggers L1-L3 and R1-R3, plus start.
Users can customize the layout by moving sticks, resizing buttons, and adjusting vibration. The mode activates when unfolding the phone and hides or disables automatically if a real controller connects.
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🤖 OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 trio
OpenAI released three GPT-5.6 models: Sol, Terra, and Luna. Sol is the largest, outperforming Mythos with half the cost and three times fewer tokens, offering 5-6x efficiency.
Terra is mid-tier, three times cheaper than Mythos and better than Opus 4.8. Luna is the cheapest and fastest, still solid. Access is limited to testers for now, with wider rollout in weeks.
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🍏 Apple raises prices across most devices
Apple increased prices on nearly all hardware.
🔸 MacBook Neo rose $100 to $700
🔸 MacBook Air $200 to $1300
🔸 MacBook Pro $300 to $2000
🔸 iPad Pro went up $200 to $1200
🔸 HomePod mini $30 to $130
The lineup includes laptops, tablets, smart speakers, and the Vision Pro headset, which rose $200 to $3700.
iPhones kept current prices, but the iPhone 18 series may cost more this fall.
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📱 Nothing unveils fan-made Dream Phone concept
Nothing revealed the Dream Phone, a compact concept under 6 inches built from community requests. It brings back a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD slot, features rare in modern phones.
The front camera hides in a pop-up module with two sensors, leaving the screen uninterrupted by notches or holes. The rear camera block is flush with the body, preventing wobble on flat surfaces.
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🤖 OpenAI unveils first custom AI chip
OpenAI introduced its first in-house chip called Jalapeño, designed solely for inference tasks. It is currently in testing and reportedly outperforms competing chips in efficiency.
The chip was developed with Broadcom, known for making AI chips for Meta and Google TPU, and Anthropic also collaborates with them. Integration into full servers is pending since the largest deployed model is GPT 5.3 Spark.
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⌨ Keychron V6 Ultra HE supports hybrid switches
The Keychron V6 Ultra HE keyboard combines mechanical and magnetic switches on one board via a hybrid Nova Socket. It comes with magnetic Ultra Fast Lime and mechanical Apex switches preinstalled.
Magnetic switches feature TMR sensors for adjustable actuation, rapid trigger mode, and SOCD support. Configuration uses an open QMK-based web interface without extra software.
It offers 8000 Hz USB polling, 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.3 multi-device support, gasket-mount design, sound insulation, and double-shot PBT keycaps in OSA profile.
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🚁 Vertical Aerospace Flies Second eVTOL
Vertical Aerospace launched its second full-size electric eVTOL prototype, Valo, on June 5 at its UK test center, doubling its flight test fleet.
Valo has eight motors with tilt and folding props, cruises at 240 km/h, carries a pilot plus 4 passengers, and has a 161 km range. It will later convert to a hybrid-electric version for longer range and heavier loads.
The company aims for commercial certification by 2028 and has about 1500 preorders, including from American Airlines and Japan Airlines. It passed a key milestone in April with a full transition flight under regulator supervision.
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🤖 OpenAI Codex now supports local models
OpenAI's Codex added a mode to work with local models, letting users connect it for free to platforms like Ollama or LM Studio. Activating this mode requires the command oss at launch, with Ollama set as the default provider unless changed in the config file.
Codex is an AI coding assistant that now can run any compatible neural network on local hardware instead of relying on cloud services. This removes the need for paid subscriptions to external platforms.
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🖥 Grok integrated into Word, Excel, PowerPoint
xAI embedded Grok as a sidebar inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Users can write documents, build charts, and generate slides without switching tabs.
Microsoft already promotes Copilot in these apps, so 365 users now have two AI assistants in one interface. xAI took the first step to compete for that space.
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🤖 ChatGPT beats doctors in medical accuracy
OpenAI reports that ChatGPT now answers medical questions with 71% fewer errors over two months. This improvement comes from manual review of 700,000 responses by 260 doctors across 60 countries.
GPT-5.5 Instant powers ChatGPT, which is free for users. It handles 230 million health questions weekly, but all accuracy tests were done internally without independent clinical validation.
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🖥 Microsoft updates Excel Copilot for finance teams
Microsoft rolled out new features for Copilot in Excel aimed at financial teams. It now includes ready-made skills for common tasks, connections to six financial data sources, and full transparency of its actions.
Copilot uses templates to perform tasks like company valuation models or quarterly closes step-by-step instead of improvising. It pulls data directly from sources like CB Insights, PitchBook, FactSet, and S&P Global without manual input.
Before making changes, Copilot shows a detailed plan of affected cells and formulas. All edits are logged and marked as done by Copilot. The update is available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users on Windows, Mac, and browser.
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🔍 Gemini now searches and buys apps in Play Store
Google integrated Play Store into Gemini, letting users find apps by simply telling the AI what they need. For example, saying "map for travel abroad" prompts Gemini to locate and open the app page directly.
Gemini also enables buying Play gift cards and in-game items right in chat. This feature is limited to personal Google accounts, users 18+, and is rolling out gradually on Android.
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🤖 Claude controls robot dog 20 times faster
Anthropic tested Claude on a four-legged robot with tasks that human teams completed less than a year ago. Claude connected to the robot’s camera and sensors, wrote control code, and set up object detection in under 10 minutes.
Claude] was 37 times faster than humans without AI and nearly 19 times faster than humans with AI. It wrote ten times less code than the previous human+Claude team, with most working on the first try.
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🤖 OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Beats Claude Mythos
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol edges out Claude Mythos 5 in agent coding with 88.8% vs. 88% on Terminal-Bench 2.1. The Sol Ultra variant scores 91.9%.
Sol matches Anthropic’s model in cybersecurity using three times fewer tokens. The US government restricts its release, which OpenAI opposes.
OpenAI plans wider API and Cerebras access in July. Officials previously blocked Anthropic’s Fable 5, showing ongoing regulatory hurdles.
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❄️ Adidas unveils clothing with built-in air conditioning
Adidas has introduced a new collection featuring built-in cooling systems. Oversized jackets and shorts inflate while integrated fans circulate air inside the garments to keep the wearer cool.
The concept is inspired by cooling equipment used by Formula 1 drivers and professional football players, adapting the technology for everyday clothing.
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Extreme weather is becoming a product category.
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🤖 Notion Integrates Claude Agents in Beta
Notion added support for Claude agents in its beta, letting users work with Claude directly inside their workspace. The new Agents section in the sidebar lets you pick Claude, start from a template or scratch, and set instructions and triggers.
Claude agents can answer chat questions, handle documents and task boards, and create or edit content. They only access pages and databases you allow and cannot browse the internet or call other agents. Usage consumes Notion credits, with no separate Anthropic account or keys needed.
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🤖 OpenAI Codex Now Dominates Output Tokens
Inside OpenAI, Codex accounts for 99.8% of output tokens, while ChatGPT makes up just 0.2%. Business users generate about 64% of their token consumption through Codex.
The top 1% of Codex users run agents for an average of 71 hours daily across all agents. Tasks requiring around 8 hours of human work now represent over 25% of prompts, up from just over 2% in December.
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🤖 Anthropic launches Claude Tag for team workflows
Anthropic introduced Claude Tag, a team mode where one Claude bot lives in a channel and handles tasks from any member, breaking work into steps and replying in threads.
Claude Tag remembers channel context, runs projects over hours or days, and highlights key points. Admins control access, set roles, and track all actions with spending limits.
Anthropic’s product team now writes 65% of their code using an internal Claude Tag. The feature is in beta for Claude Enterprise and Team, running on Opus 4.8.
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⚡ FAW Jiefang tests sodium-ion electric truck
FAW Jiefang ran an electric truck with a 339 kWh sodium-ion battery over 15,000 km in real conditions. The battery kept over 90% capacity at −40 °C and charged fully in 20-25 minutes.
The truck’s battery was developed with Zhongke Haina and offers more than 8,000 fast charge cycles. Sodium-ion chemistry is cheaper and more stable under heat than lithium, making it a strong alternative for heavy-duty vehicles.
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😢 Cursor launches AI model and Git platform
Cursor revealed three new products: a custom AI language model trained from scratch with 10-20 times more compute than previous models, backed by SpaceX through Anysphere, their parent company. The model will launch in a few weeks.
They also introduced Origin, a Git platform designed to handle thousands of AI agents writing to one repo without breaking, and Cursor Mobile, an iOS app to manage agents remotely while they run on your computer. Origin will be widely available this fall.
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🍏 iOS 27 Spatial Reframing pushed to extremes
The new Spatial Reframing feature in iOS 27 uses AI to adjust the angle of a photo after it's taken, allowing users to slightly rotate and improve the shot's composition.
A blogger named itsjackington tested the feature to its limits, pushing the reframing far beyond typical use cases.
The results are striking and show how far the AI can manipulate images, for better or worse.
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🔈 3D-Printed Lens Sharpens Sound Focus
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania made a 3D-printed cover that narrows sound to a spot under 5 cm wide. A microphone there picks up clear music, while moving 5 cm away cuts volume by 50 decibels.
It works with parametric speaker arrays (PAL) using ultrasound to form tight beams. The 3D-printed acoustic metasurface focuses the beam about 10 cm from the speaker and boosts bass down to 38 Hz without big subwoofers.
This lens only works with PAL systems, solving issues like beam reflection and weak bass by concentrating sound in a small area.
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🤖 Claude Code creates live pages from sessions
Anthropic added artifacts to Claude Code, letting users turn any work session into a live web page with code, chat history, and tool data all in one place. The page updates automatically at the same URL and keeps version history.
This feature supports scenarios like PR reviews, incident timelines, license audits, and architecture overviews. Pages are private by default, visible only to authorized organization members. It is currently in beta for Team and Enterprise plans.
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A scam operation targeting men online was set up in China using AI.
One phone types messages with a robotic hand while another guides where to tap via camera.
The AI pretends to be a woman, flirts with men, and extracts money.
The scheme mimics real human chat.
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