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Apple Raises Mac, iPad Prices 15-25% on Memory Costs
Apple raised prices on Mac, iPad, and other products by 15%-25% due to memory cost increases it called unprecedented, while leaving iPhone pricing unchanged.
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.
Trump Admin Asks OpenAI to Stagger GPT-5.6
The Trump administration asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns, with access approved on a "customer by customer" basis — a new gatekeeping dynamic Sam Altman reportedly
Anthropic: Must Win AI Race to Ensure Safety
Anthropic was built by OpenAI defectors who believe staying at the AI frontier is the only way to ensure safety, but former employees and outside researchers describe an insular culture where that mis
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
The Trump administration is pressuring OpenAI to limit GPT 5.6's release to select partners, with the government approving access customer by customer — a reversal of its earlier 'hands-off' AI postur
OpenAI Delays GPT-5.6 at Trump Admin's Request
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns, a notably softer deal than the export ban it imposed on Anthropic's rival models earlier this month.
Apple Raises Mac, iPad Prices 15-25% on Memory Costs
Apple raised prices on Macs, iPads, and other products by 15-25%, citing unprecedented memory component cost increases, while leaving iPhone prices unchanged from the hikes.
Patronus AI raises $50M Series B to stress-test AI
Patronus AI raised a $50 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners as the startup's simulated 'digital worlds' for stress-testing AI agents see 15-fold revenue growth and near-universal adoption amo
Story Protocol Rebrands as DATA Foundation
Blockchain startup Story Protocol is rebranding as DATA Foundation and shifting its focus entirely to building an on-chain registry for AI training data, abandoning its original IP ownership thesis.
Valve Walks Back Steam Machine 4K 60 FPS Claims
Valve softened its performance claims for the Steam Machine, replacing specific 4K/60 FPS language with vaguer "up to" 4K phrasing as analysts labeled the $1,000+ device a niche product.
AI Data Centers Are Hiking Computer Prices Everywhere
Apple, Valve, and Microsoft/Xbox all announced hardware price hikes this week, with Apple blaming unprecedented component costs on the AI data center boom and Microsoft projecting another memory price
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z for neocloud
Netris raised a $15M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its network configuration automation platform aimed at helping AI-focused neoclouds bring new data centers online faster amid the AI-
Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT
Anthropic's Claude is rapidly winning over paying AI consumers, with credit card data showing revenue and customer growth of about 75% since January 2026, though ChatGPT still dominates the overall co
Apple Hikes Mac, iPad Prices 15-25% Amid Memory Crisis
Apple raised prices on Macs, iPads, and other hardware by 15%-25%, citing unprecedented memory chip costs that CEO Tim Cook had warned were 'unavoidable' just one week earlier, while keeping iPhone pr
Ex-Meta Llama Team's Besimple AI Hires Audio Data Lead
Besimple AI, a YC X25 startup founded by ex-Meta engineers who built the annotation platform behind Meta's Llama models, is hiring a Strategic Projects Lead to own end-to-end audio data projects for f
General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition, spun out of gamer-clip platform Medal, raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train AI agents on hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay footage with embedded button-p
Apple Hikes Mac, iPad Prices 15-25% on Memory Crisis
Apple has hiked prices on MacBooks, iPads, Vision Pro, and other hardware by 15-25%, blaming an unprecedented memory component cost surge tied to AI-driven chip demand, while leaving iPhone prices unc
Notion shuts down Notion Mail apps
Notion is shutting down its AI-powered email client, Notion Mail, including its Mac and iOS apps, because most users have shifted to AI agents instead.
AI agents go mainstream as Codex adoption hits 17%
OpenAI's Codex and competing AI agent tools are transitioning from novelty to mainstream workplace use, with organizational Codex adoption jumping from near zero to 17% in under a year, according to a
Steam Machine Sells Out in Japan Despite Woeful Pricing - TechPowerUp
Valve's Steam Machine launches June 29 at $1,049 and sold out in Japan despite pricing well above mainstream consoles, with reviewers praising its hardware while flagging the premium cost.
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