Month: June 2026
Bible as RAG Database
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.
Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status
Right now he’s merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, scaring investors.
PostgreSQL Is Enough
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Aave Token Could Climb 50x by End of 2030, Standard Chartered Says—Here’s Why
Bitcoin to $500K, Ethereum to $40K, and Aave to $3,500 by the end of 2030? Standard Chartered just laid out some bullish price targets.
HYPE down 22% from record highs: Will spot demand revive the uptrend?
HYPE price drops near a key support zone where fading selling pressure collides with shrinking futures market activity. Will the altcoin resume its uptrend above $60?
Elastic lays off 7% of employees
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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.
Charlie Kirk’s legacy is a 30-year sentence for moving zines
Just days after a gunman killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, it became clear that President Donald Trump would use the assassination to fuel a crackdown on free speech. To avenge Kirk’s death, the administration vowed to go after so-called “antifa” (otherwise known as antifascist) terrorists. Now that promise is bearing fruit. This week, eight Texas … Read more
Microsoft introduces cheaper Surface devices with half the memory
Microsoft just added a cheaper 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop to its lineup. Both models come equipped with 8GB of RAM instead of 16GB, costing $849 for the specced-down Surface Pro and $949 for the Surface Laptop, as spotted earlier by Windows Central. When the 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop launched … Read more
Kalshi Sues Illinois Over New State Tax on Sports-Related Prediction Markets
Illinois is set to institute a new tax on prediction markets next week that would take 15% of gross receipts from sports-related wagers.
The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company’s profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
FTX exec’s wife scheduled for November trial on campaign finance charges
A Manhattan judge ordered that Michelle Bond’s criminal trial start in November after he denied a motion to dismiss the indictment based on claims that prosecutors misled her husband over her charges.
New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users
According to a new site, 24% of the most popular websites in the world don’t offer support for passkeys, which are considered the most secure way to log in to apps and services.
The Next GameStop? Meme Stock Traders Make Biggie-Size Bet on Wendy’s
Shares in fast-food chain Wendy’s might be the next hot meme stock for retail investors hungry for a cause.
Bitcoin nearly loses $59K as DXY surges: Are traders bracing for more pain?
Bitcoin drops toward new 2026 lows as spot BTC ETF outflows and slowing accumulation from Strategy weigh on market sentiment.
A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 processor. | Image: Microsoft A critique published in Nature Wednesday calls the basic technology behind Microsoft’s “breakthrough” quantum computing chip the Majorana 1 into question. Microsoft unveiled the chip in February 2025 and said it featured a brand-new technology known as a topological qubit. Topological qubits, they said, would be the “building … Read more
‘Painful’ Bitcoin Sell-Off Drags Ethereum, XRP and Dogecoin Lower as Crypto Stocks Dive
Bitcoin’s slide to its lowest point in 21 months slammed the price of leading altcoins, while pressuring crypto stocks on Wall Street.
Your Hermes Agent Now Has a Pet. It Does Nothing—And That’s the Point
Nous Research added animated mascot sprites to the self-improving AI agent—and the only thing they do is look cute while your AI works.
Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks
The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.
Upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at Ethereum’s eventful week that started off with the launch of EthLabs, plus the layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation, and what this all means for the network.
Kalshi targets a massive $40 billion valuation, widening lead over rival Polymarket
The prediction market operator, which is eyeing a potential public debut in 2027, could close a new funding round in Q3, according to a Financial Times report.
Congresswoman denies staff used AI to write defense funding amendment
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for “spellcheck” in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says “NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI.” Luna issued the response after accounts on X began sharing screenshots of an amendment summary … Read more