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Google Rolls Out Android 17, Wear OS 7 to Pixel

Google released the final versions of Android 17 and Wear OS 7, making both available first on Pixel devices with new AI-powered features, a bubble bar multitasking UI, and live updates on the smartwa

SpaceX to Acquire Cursor for $60B in Stock Deal

SpaceX is set to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in a stock deal slated to close in Q3 2026, with a $4‑10 billion termination fee, marking the largest startup acquisition ever.

Anthropic Tops OpenAI in Business Spend Despite Trump

Anthropic overtook OpenAI in share of business AI spending in May — hitting 41% versus OpenAI's 39.5% — even as the Trump administration pressured it to pull its newest models from the market.

SpaceX to Buy Cursor Maker Anysphere for $60B

SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, maker of the AI coding agent Cursor, in a $60 billion all-stock deal expected to close in Q3 2026, with a $4B–$10B termination fee if the merger fails.

MIT Technology Review · 3mo ago

MIT Tech Review bundles six military AI stories in

MIT Technology Review has released a subscriber-only eBook bundling six of its stories on how militaries are using AI models to make decisions, originally published between April 11, 2025 and April 21

Show HN: cuTile Rust: Safe, data-race-free GPU kernels in Rust

NVIDIA researchers released cuTile Rust, a framework that extends Rust's ownership model to GPU programming, achieving 2 PFlop/s GEMM on B200 — 92% of peak performance and within 0.3% of unsafe low-le

Hacker News · 3mo ago

SpaceX Buys Cursor for $60B in All-Stock Deal

SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal expected to close in Q3 2026, with a $4B–$10B termination fee.

Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end

Qualcomm unveiled two new products — Snapdragon Reality Elite for mixed-reality glasses and a white-label AI wearables toolkit called START — while CEO Cristiano Amon revealed the company is working o

Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Google released Android 17 and Wear OS 7 alongside a Pixel Drop that brings generative AI tools like Gemini Omni and Lyria 3, AirDrop compatibility, and new multitasking and safety features to its Pix

Anthropic Pulls AI Models After US Export-Control

The Trump administration forced Anthropic to take its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline via an export-control directive, prompting cybersecurity experts to counter that rival developers wi

Wired · 3mo ago

Mobileye’s US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV business

Mobileye, the Intel-owned autonomous vehicle technology supplier, announced plans to launch its own robotaxi service in an unnamed U.S. city in 2027, beginning with 100 vehicles and scaling to roughly

Anthropic Crackdown Alarms 150 Cyber Leaders

Nearly 150 cybersecurity leaders signed an open letter urging the Trump administration to reverse its move to restrict access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, warning the crackdown could

Axios · 3mo ago

Self-driving tech supplier Mobileye wants to be part of the robotaxi revolution — again

Mobileye announced plans to launch a robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027 with an initial 100-vehicle fleet, expanding beyond its self-driving tech supplier roots to become a fleet operator.

Apple 2027 rumors: AirPods with cameras for AI and the second folding iPhone

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's 2027 hardware pipeline includes camera-equipped AirPods for AI visual context, a second foldable iPhone, a 20th-anniversary edge-to-edge iPhone, and a chip road

The Verge AI · 3mo ago

SpaceX to Buy Cursor Maker for $60B

SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, maker of the AI coding agent Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing the startup at $60 billion, with the transaction set to close in Q3 2026 and carrying a $4B–$10B t

SpaceX to buy Cursor maker for $60B

SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, maker of AI coding agent Cursor, in a $60 billion merger set to close in Q3 2026, days after the company's IPO, with a $4B–$10B termination fee.

Plaud hits $100M ARR after selling 2M AI notetakers

Plaud, which makes AI-powered notetaking devices like the Plaud Pin, says it has sold over 2 million units and crossed $100 million in annualized subscription revenue, positioning itself as a rare suc

SpaceX to Acquire Cursor for $60B

SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere, the maker of the AI coding agent Cursor, in a $60 billion all-stock deal set to close in Q3 2026, with a $4B–$10B termination fee — the company's first major move a