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Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, plans to invest $495M by 2030 to expand its semiconductor materials unit, targeting R&D for next-gen 1nm chip production (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia : Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, plans to invest $495M by 2030…
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As Europe falls behind the US and China in consumer AI, its engineering companies and AI startups are turning to industrial AI applications to boost efficiency (Marilen Martin/Bloomberg)
Marilen Martin / Bloomberg : As Europe falls behind the US and China in consumer AI…
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SF-based Humble Robotics, which is developing an electric, self-driving cabless freight truck with 200 miles range and 55 mph max speed, raised $24M (Caroline Petrow-Cohen/Los Angeles Times)
Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times : SF-based Humble Robotics, which is deve…
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Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have deployed tech to disable phones stolen from their stores, after phone makers resisted broader antitheft measures (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
Kieran Smith / Financial Times : Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have de…
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A look at Jane Street's push to supercharge trading with AI and become a major AI investor; it invested $1B in CoreWeave in April and has a stake in Anthropic (Gregory Zuckerman/Wall Street Journal)
Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal : A look at Jane Street's push to super…
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A look at "humanizer" and "autotyper" apps that help students evade AI-detection software by slowly auto-typing essays and making AI text sound less robotic (Dana Goldstein/New York Times)
Dana Goldstein / New York Times : A look at “humanizer” and “autotyper” apps that h…
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A speculative scenario titled "Europe 2031" projects economic and political instability in the EU if it fails to keep pace with the US and China in the AI race (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
Aisha Down / The Guardian : A speculative scenario titled “Europe 2031” projects ec…
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How success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan is driving stock gains, bigger bonuses, and a retail investing frenzy in Asian markets (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : How success of AI-related companies in South Korea, Taiwan, a…
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The departure of John Jumper, a key member of Google's AI coding development team, further strains Google's efforts to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : The departure of John Jumper, a key member of Google's AI coding de…
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South Korean media: Hyundai plans to buy SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325M to make the US robotics company a wholly owned subsidiary (Reuters)
Reuters : South Korean media: Hyundai plans to buy SoftBank's remaining 9.65% s…
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Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity tracking, and conversational AI, but not very durable, LEDs are distracting, and the app is confusing (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg : Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity…
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New book: Trump mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos by showing associates their fawning texts, saying they were "kissing my ass"; Musk called it "First-class groveling" (Hugo Lowell/Wired)
Hugo Lowell / Wired : New book: Trump mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos by showing associ…
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Rockstar Games announces that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will go live on June 25; TTWO jumps 5%+ (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)
Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : Rockstar Games announces that pre-orders for Grand Theft Au…
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Anthropic updates Claude Design with design system imports, bidirectional integration with Claude Code, lower token consumption, and more export destinations (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : Anthropic updates Claude Design with design system im…
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Epic says Unreal Engine 6, planned for early access in late 2027, will unify UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite, add integrations with Claude and Gemini, more (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)
Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle : Epic says Unreal Engine 6, planned for earl…
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