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US Lifts Anthropic Mythos 5 Block; Fable 5 Talks Ongoing
The US government on Friday lifted its block on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 AI model, allowing the company to release it to more than 100 US institutions, while Bloomberg reports negotiations continue
Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product
Corgi denied accusations from Papermark co-founder Marc Seitz that it stole open source data room software, with CEO Nico Laqua sharing code receipts while admitting "vibe-coding" produced identical f
Chinese Users Routinely Bypass Anthropic's Claude
Anthropic has deployed identity verification and aggressive bans to block Chinese users from Claude, but a black market of resold accounts and 'transfer stations' keeps the AI flowing to developers wh
FTC Clears SpaceX Acquisition of Mesh Optical
The FTC fast-tracked regulatory approval for Elon Musk's SpaceX to acquire Mesh Optical Technologies, a data center optical transceiver startup founded by former SpaceX employees that raised $50 milli
OpenAI Limits GPT-5.6 Rollout at US Request
OpenAI began a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 series—Sol, Terra, and Luna—at the US government's request, restricting access to vetted partners while saying such restrictions shouldn't be the norm.
OpenAI Names Prabhjeet Singh First India MD
OpenAI has named former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, a leadership hire aimed at scaling operations in what OpenAI calls its second-largest market afte
OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout at US government request
OpenAI is restricting its new GPT-5.6 model lineup — including flagship Sol, balanced Terra, and low-cost Luna — to a small group of vetted partners at the U.S. government's request, a move the compan
OpenAI Taps Ex-Uber India Chief as First India MD
OpenAI named former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first-ever India managing director, a move that formalizes India as a standalone market just as rival Anthropic expands its own Bengalur
OpenAI Has New AI Models. Here’s Why You Can’t Use Them
OpenAI is holding back its next-generation GPT-5.6 AI models from public release at the Trump administration's request, making them available first to a small set of US-government-preapproved customer
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.6 at Half Anthropic's Price
OpenAI unveiled its GPT-5.6 model suite — Sol, Terra, and Luna — at roughly half the price of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, after the Trump administration requested a staggered launch and case-by-case c
U.S. Approves OpenAI, Anthropic Models One by One
The U.S. government's new customer-by-customer approval process for frontier AI models has put both OpenAI's GPT 5.6 and Anthropic's recently pulled Fable and Mythos models in regulatory limbo, with n
Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix that
Aseon Labs raised $10 million in seed funding to build distributed automated pods that clean, inspect, and charge robotaxis in-place across a city, targeting the "deadhead miles" that currently drive
CISA Adds PTC Windchill RCE Flaw to KEV Catalog
CISA added a critical remote code execution flaw in PTC Windchill — CVE-2026-12569, scored 9.3 — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, marking the first PTC product ever listed, while PTC co
Framework Cuts Laptop 13 Pro Prices, Warns of CPU Hike
Framework cut Laptop 13 Pro prices and switched its SSD supplier to ADATA, framing the move as a response to Apple's recent Mac price hikes — while warning customers that CPU costs are about to climb.
Om Malik, Gigaom Founder, Dies at 59
Om Malik, the longtime technology journalist who founded Gigaom and was a partner at True Ventures, died on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital at age 59 after a long health journey with his heart, su
Valve: Cheaper Steam Machine Unlikely Soon
Valve engineers told Digital Foundry they'd love to cut the Steam Machine's $1,049 price but aren't optimistic a drop is coming soon, citing memory costs locked in at historic highs for years.
Pax Silica Signs 35 Nations as China AI Gains Ground
The State Department expanded its Pax Silica initiative this week, signing 35 countries to a "Declaration on AI Opportunity," as China's increasingly capable and free AI models threaten to undercut th
DeepMind alumni flood London with billions but skip UK
Despite billions flowing into London AI startups staffed by former DeepMind researchers, not one of Demis Hassabis' ex-lieutenants is attempting to build a homegrown UK frontier AI model.
Apple Raises Mac, iPad Prices 15-25% on Memory Costs
Apple raised prices on Mac and iPad lineups by 15-25%, blaming an unprecedented spike in memory component costs — the same pressures CEO Tim Cook had warned were unavoidable just a week earlier.
Framework Cuts SSD Prices, Warns of CPU Hike
Framework is upgrading some Laptop 13 Pro preorders to 1TB SSDs at lower prices after securing cheaper components from Adata, while warning that CPU costs will soon push overall system prices higher.
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