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Sean Hollister / The Verge : AMD unveils the $330 Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU, relaunches the 5800X3D as a $349 10th-anniversary edition, and plans to support the AM5 motherboard socket until 2030   —  AMD is committing to AM5 through 2029 and relaunching old chips. … Computex 2026 is underway in Taiwan … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/sf7IbgJ via IFTTT

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget : Twitch rolls out Dual Format, a feature that lets creators stream horizontally and vertically simultaneously, and 2K streaming for partners and affiliates   —  The company announced the new Dual Format feature alongside other updates at TwitchCon Europe.  —  At TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/W9jXOvd via IFTTT

Cailey Gleeson / Fierce Healthcare : NYC-based Garner Health, which uses data analytics to help 2.5M+ workers find physicians, raised a $100M Series E at a $2.74B valuation led by Index Ventures   —  Garner Health Employer health funding round venture capital (VC)  —  Garner Health, a digital care navigation company for employers … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/EPShcg5 via IFTTT

Jacob Judah / Financial Times : Experts say ChatGPT, Gemini, and other Western AI models are turbocharging Iran's cyber operations, helping it develop malware and launch phishing attacks   —  Western AI models are turbocharging Tehran's cyber operations, helping it develop malware and launch attacks from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GOqmIvD via IFTTT

SemiAnalysis : Why “Dark Output”, the AI-generated economic value that is currently invisible to national statistics, may be one of the hardest measurement problems in history   —  Why AI's increasing output is going to be one of the hardest economic measurement problems in history. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/260XTyV via IFTTT

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal : PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025 from $4.2B in 2019, and has already topped $23B as of May 20 this year   —  Investors bet big on infrastructure and ‘physical AI,’ enticed by prospect of revenue opportunities from Techmeme https://ift.tt/wUcsNZj via IFTTT

John Koblin / New York Times : Antenna: bundles make up 33% of new major streaming service subscriptions in the US, and 28% of all subscriptions, up from just 10% of new subscriptions in 2024   —  Warner Bros. and Disney have been fierce rivals for decades.  But like other entertainment companies, they both struggled … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/rEIjYf4 via IFTTT

Financial Times : SoftBank pledges to invest up to €75B in AI computing clusters in France, first leading a €45B investment to build 3.1GW of capacity by 2031 in Hauts-de-France   —  Masayoshi Son places France at the centre of his global AI ambitions  —  SoftBank has pledged to invest up to €75bn … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dX826q5 via IFTTT

PCMag : What to expect at Computex 2026: AI chips, budget PCs competing with the MacBook Neo, Nvidia entering laptop SoC market with the rumored N1X chip, and more   —  The theme for Computex 2026, according to organizer TAITRA, is “AI Together.”  Sure, it sounds a little like a tech-industry group hug. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/O3PV2jt via IFTTT

Sebastian Herrera / Fortune : Sources: Microsoft is working on an app that will include GitHub Copilot, Copilot chat, Copilot Cowork, and a new agentic workflow tool called Autopilot   —  Microsoft needs to solve a nagging problem: It has various Copilot AI assistants throughout its portfolio of products, irking customers who seek a single destination. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VCpHzvD via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : The CFTC moves to vacate a $5M settlement with Gemini, reversing a Biden-era enforcement action, following a lobbying campaign by the Winklevoss twins   —  A $5 million settlement at the end of the Biden administration was at the center of a lobbying campaign by the billionaire brothers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gBKZlj8 via IFTTT

Madison Mills / Axios : Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers “in the coming weeks” following the development of stronger safeguards   —  Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 Thursday, an upgrade to its flagship AI model with better coding and knowledge work skills, all for the same price as its prior version. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/euxPLnA via IFTTT

Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage arrays. This new technique could be more environmentally friendly and cheaper than existing ones.  The research was published today in Science, and a startup called Rock Zero is working to commercialize the process. “At scale, we believe this will be the lowest-cost way of sourcing lithium in the world,” says Yet-Ming Chiang, one of the study authors, who is an MIT professor and a serial entrepreneur behind climate tech companies including Form Energy and Addis Energy . The most economical way to get lithium currently is to extract it from brine, salty water that’s pulled the metal out of rock over the course of millennia. But this technique is geographically limited and currently requires vast tracts of land for massive evaporation pools. The more common tactic is hard-rock mining, where large bodies of ore ar...

Todd Spangler / Variety : Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS   —  Amazon MGM Studios is touting the power of AI to help create “cinematic” entertainment in a big new initiative … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/bk5ERtQ via IFTTT

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, will test $7.99/mo. and $19.99/mo. Meta AI plans, a $49.99/mo. creator plan, and more   —  Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings.  On Wednesday, the social networking giant announced it's now rolling … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/c0ZR5eO via IFTTT

Samantha Subin / CNBC : Micron hit a $1T market value for the first time on Tuesday as shares jumped 19%, driven by demand for its memory chips in the AI race   —  Micron topped a $1 trillion market value for the first time on Tuesday as shares popped 19%, driven by insatiable artificial intelligence demand for its memory chips. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/RieovMw via IFTTT

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune : London-based Perceptic, which says its end-to-end AI platform for drug development is being used by top pharmaceuticals, raised a $12M seed led by Accel   —  A trio of former Palantir executives who helped spearhead that company's Life Sciences practice have founded a startup called Perceptic … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/eY7WxCT via IFTTT

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Sundar Pichai about reshaping the information ecosystem with Search changes, putting AI agents in everything, when AI will replace him as CEO, and more   —  Today, I'm talking with Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in a conversation we recorded just after the Google I/O developer conference. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tv5Ld0G via IFTTT

Reuters : Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access after a near-90-day blackout   —  Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FmWIp9y via IFTTT

New York Times : A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers probe AI models for safety gaps, as its work becomes a blueprint for other governments' AI policies   —  The government's A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.'s emerging risks. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YxUX7lq via IFTTT

New York Times : How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets   —  Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/l98IXVM via IFTTT

Kate Conger / New York Times : Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber   —  Austin Cowan had expected a quiet year.  —  The headhunter, who helps Fortune 100 companies find and attract cybersecurity executives … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/MqwWmgN via IFTTT

Financial Times : Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed   —  San Francisco based-group approached major shareholder in German food group  —  Uber's board met on Saturday … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YjWxbkK via IFTTT

Martin Arnold / Financial Times : The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons   —  Supervisor to stress seriousness of risks to financial system at hastily arranged meeting  —  The European Central Bank … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/l4dba8L via IFTTT

Financial Times : Crypto companies prepare for the threat that quantum computers could hack core industry security, including breaking the critical code underpinning Bitcoin   —  Threat to code that underpins bitcoin has moved ‘from theoretical to credible’, industry figures warn from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YWEvDa3 via IFTTT

Alexandra Alter / New York Times : For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down   —  Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2WDAQCo via IFTTT