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Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 after overwhelming demand
After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch has extended the Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline to June 8. Nominate a standout startup or apply yours today.
Corgi announces $106M raise at $2.6B valuation — double what it was worth three weeks ago
Insurance tech Corgi announced today an $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion, just three weeks after announcing a $160 million Series B.
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.
Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8 on Thursday, and the company is touting the model’s “honesty.” According to Anthropic, it trains “all [its] models to be honest – for instance, to avoid making claims that they can’t support.” But it notes that “a general problem with AI models is that they sometimes jump to conclusions, … Read more
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Claude Opus 4.8
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Here’s where you can preorder the new Oura Ring 5
If you’ve been waiting for a smaller version of the Oura Ring, the company’s latest wearable is now available for preorder ahead of its June 4th release from Oura and various third-party retailers, including both Amazon and Walmart. The Oura Ring 5, which starts at $399, is 40 percent smaller than its predecessor, thanks to … Read more
A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca
Next month’s Tribeca Festival will include the premiere of an AI-generated film: Dreams of Violets. The 75-minute film is a fictional dramatization of the Iranian government’s mass killing of protestors in January, with the people and images fully created by AI, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. Dreams of Violets cost $2,000 to make … Read more
Call of Duty: Warzone is dropping PS4 and Xbox One support later this year
Activision is planning to drop support for PS4 and Xbox One consoles in Call of Duty: Warzone later this year. Players will need to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series S / X console to continue playing Call of Duty: Warzone once season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 finishes later this … Read more
YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app
New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming later to iOS. A new “on-the-go mode” shifts YouTube into an audio-first layout, with larger, simplified playback buttons, a still image in place of the video, and a timeline showing video … Read more
CRAFT: The Prompt Engineering Framework That Every Tech-Professional Needs
A Practical and Memorable Framework to Generate Consistent, High-Quality Outputs from AI (LLMs) Most folks use AI in sub-optimal ways, including some of the tech professionals. I have been in Technical Product Management for years and even I make basic mistakes every now and then. The issue is that most people are confident (erroneously) of … Read more
How AI Quietly Changed Modern UX Patterns
We didn’t originally plan to write this article. At some point, while comparing notes between our teams and the tools we use every day, we kept coming back to the same realization: software interaction has changed more in the last couple of years than it did in the decade before that. And most people barely … Read more
1 Million Bitcoins vs. 1 Million Space AI Servers
There is a business race unlike anything the 21st century has seen. It’s on the scale of Rockefeller vs Carnegie multiplied by 2. Like happened with the aforementioned gentlemen, two other men are racing to become the ultimate richest men on earth. The world’s first trillionaires, with change. Michael Saylor We start with Michael Saylor, … Read more
How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
Elon Musk is publicly reframing xAI’s massive Anthropic compute deal as short-term and cancellable, despite SpaceX’s own S-1 filing describing payments through May 2029.
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
Sesame’s new iOS app brings its conversational AI agents to the public, offering more natural back-and-forth interactions designed to feel less like traditional chatbots and more like talking to a person.
Slate Auto will start taking orders for its low-cost EV on June 24
The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out in October, and it’s coming to the Switch 2
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and says the game will launch on October 23rd, 2026. Modern Warfare 4, which is developed by Infinity Ward, will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X / S, PC – and it will also be the first Call of Duty title to launch on … Read more
The secret to Roku’s success: not being cool
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Roughly 10 years ago, someone told me that Roku was making “cheap hardware to sell to Walmart customers in flyover states.” The remark was meant to be an insult, belittling … Read more
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Many Worlds Interpretation vs Time Travel: The MWI Objection
Table of Links I. Introduction II. Pseudoscience III. Unidentified Assumption IV. False Assumption V. Objection VI. Conclusion and References V. OBJECTION One might object that the argument in this paper rests on the assumption that quantum mechanics implies indeterminism. Proponents of a deterministic block universe, including those who hold the Many Worlds Interpretation (“MWI”) of … Read more
Waymo to begin passenger rides in its new Ojai robotaxi
After several months of testing, Waymo is finally ready to invite non-employee passengers into its newest vehicle, the Zeekr RT minivan, which has been rebranded as Ojai. Waymo says it will begin offering “select riders” access in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, before “gradually” expanding to more riders and cities. Trips will be free … Read more
The Hardest Product to Replace Is One That’s “Good Enough”
It’s very reasonable for startups to view other startups as their competition. If you’re building a CRM, other CRMs are gunning for the same market share you have your eye on. If you’re building a project management tool, there are already more than enough project management tools trying to convince teams they are the one … Read more
This sound card could give gamers a competitive edge
Fosi Audio announced a new sound card today with a unique feature designed to give FPS players an advantage. The C3 Gaming Sound Card, which sits outside your PC or laptop and connects with a USB-C cable, includes the company’s StepSense “audio enhancement technology” powered by a model that was “trained on extensive FPS audio … Read more
Sneak peek at new Siri app reveals Apple’s plans to take on ChatGPT and more
New renders offer a closer look at Apple’s planned AI overhaul for iOS 27, including a redesigned Siri experience powered and standalone Siri app.
Rivian under investigation over rear suspension failures on R1 models
At least two owners have lost control of their vehicles after a critical suspension component broke. In both cases, the vehicles had been previously serviced.
These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign
Apple’s long-awaited Siri overhaul, expected to arrive in iOS 27, might look a lot like ChatGPT with a splash of Liquid Glass. Renders from Bloomberg offer a preview of iOS 27, including the new app and chat interface for Siri. The renders are “based on information viewed by Bloomberg and people with knowledge of [Apple’s] … Read more