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AI

Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.2 under an open MIT licence

China's Zhipu AI shipped GLM-5.2, a large mixture-of-experts model with a one million token context window, under a permissive MIT licence.

26 June 2026 · 1 min read
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Reviews

The best Prime Day 2026 tech deals still live before it ends tonight

Amazon Prime Day 2026 ends tonight. Here are the tech deals reviewers actually rate, still in stock, with the real prices and who each one is for.

26 June 2026 · 3 min read
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Computing

OpenAI built its own chip to stop paying Nvidia so much

OpenAI revealed Jalapeno, its first custom inference processor built with Broadcom, as it signs giant compute deals and tries to cut the cost of ...

25 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro can now read 2 million tokens at once
AI

Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro can now read 2 million tokens at once

Gemini 3.5 Pro is reaching general availability with a 2-million-token context window and a Deep Think reasoning mode, the largest context window in ...

24 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Police just seized 106 servers from a botnet that ran for a decade
Security

Police just seized 106 servers from a botnet that ran for a decade

Law enforcement disrupted SocGholish, an access broker tied to Evil Corp, seizing 106 servers and cleaning 15,000 hijacked WordPress sites pushing ...

24 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: SpaceX just paid $60 billion for Cursor, the coding tool your developers cannot quit
Space

SpaceX just paid $60 billion for Cursor, the coding tool your developers cannot quit

SpaceX is buying Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in stock. The biggest startup acquisition on record, four days after the ...

23 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Hackers claim they stole 8.8TB from Amazon's One Medical, with a deadline looming
Security

Hackers claim they stole 8.8TB from Amazon's One Medical, with a deadline looming

The ShinyHunters group claims to have stolen 8.8TB from Amazon-owned One Medical and set a 22 June deadline. One Medical has confirmed a separate ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Ariane 6 sets a European payload record with 36 Amazon satellites and upgraded boosters
Space

Ariane 6 sets a European payload record with 36 Amazon satellites and upgraded boosters

On June 17, 2026, an upgraded Ariane 64 launched 36 Amazon Leo satellites, setting a new payload record for European rockets at 22 tonnes. The mission ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: NASA names the Artemis III crew, and what the mission actually does might surprise you
Space

NASA names the Artemis III crew, and what the mission actually does might surprise you

Four astronauts assigned to Artemis III, including ESA's Luca Parmitano as the first European on an Artemis crew. But the mission won't land on the ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: The largest commercial comms satellites ever are now in orbit, and they talk to your phone
Space

The largest commercial comms satellites ever are now in orbit, and they talk to your phone

AST SpaceMobile launched three BlueBird Block 2 satellites on June 17, 2026. Each one spans around 2,400 square feet of antenna and is designed to ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: Astrobotic is joining Voyager Technologies in a $300 million deal, and its Moon base mission continues
Space

Astrobotic is joining Voyager Technologies in a $300 million deal, and its Moon base mission continues

Lunar lander company Astrobotic has agreed to be acquired by defence tech firm Voyager Technologies for up to $300 million. NASA's Moon Base II ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: ChatGPT's market share just fell below 50% for the first time
AI

ChatGPT's market share just fell below 50% for the first time

ChatGPT hit 46.4% of the AI assistant market in May 2026, the first time below 50% since its 2022 launch. Gemini is at 27.7%. Claude reached 10.3% ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Computing

China is spending $295 billion on AI infrastructure. Here is what that actually means.

China's National Development and Reform Commission is finalising a five-year, $295 billion plan to build a nationwide AI data centre network. Nvidia ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
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Policy

The bosses of Anthropic and Google DeepMind pitched G7 leaders on a shared AI rulebook

At the G7 summit in France, Anthropic's Dario Amodei and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis pitched a US-led coalition to coordinate AI safety standards and ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: A Pacific Ocean rock just confirmed an ancient neutron star collision from 100 million years ago
Space

A Pacific Ocean rock just confirmed an ancient neutron star collision from 100 million years ago

Plutonium-244 found in a ferromanganese rock from the Pacific Ocean floor traces to a kilonova that happened roughly 100 million years ago. Published ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: The man who helped invent every AI chatbot just joined OpenAI
AI

The man who helped invent every AI chatbot just joined OpenAI

Noam Shazeer co-invented the Transformer, built the architecture tricks that make AI cheap to run, and just left Google for OpenAI. Here is why it ...

22 June 2026 · 4 min read
Featured image for: NotebookLM turns your own documents into a research assistant you can actually trust
Tools

NotebookLM turns your own documents into a research assistant you can actually trust

NotebookLM is Google's free AI tool that answers questions using only the documents you upload, with citations, plus an audio overview feature.

22 June 2026 · 1 min read
Featured image for: OpenAI just gave its security AI a significant upgrade
Security

OpenAI just gave its security AI a significant upgrade

GPT-5.5-Cyber now scores 85.6% on CyberGym, up from 81.8%. OpenAI updated its Daybreak cybersecurity platform today. Here is what changed and what it ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches August 30, eight months ahead of schedule
Space

NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches August 30, eight months ahead of schedule

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is confirmed for August 30, 2026, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. With 100 times Hubble's field of view, it will ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: Sony's Xperia 1 VIII is here, and it just outran the Pixel in benchmarks
Gadgets

Sony's Xperia 1 VIII is here, and it just outran the Pixel in benchmarks

Sony's Xperia 1 VIII launched in Europe on 19 June 2026 with Android 16 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, beating the Pixel 10 Pro XL in benchmarks.

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Soundcore's new earbuds put an AI note-taker in the charging case
Gadgets

Soundcore's new earbuds put an AI note-taker in the charging case

The Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Max costs $229.99 and its case has a 1.78-inch AMOLED screen plus an AI Note-Taker that records and summarises meetings.

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: China's Tianwen-2 has arrived at the asteroid that might be a piece of our Moon
Space

China's Tianwen-2 has arrived at the asteroid that might be a piece of our Moon

China's Tianwen-2 probe reached quasi-moon asteroid Kamoʻoalewa on June 7, 2026. It's now mapping the surface before attempting the first-ever sample ...

22 June 2026 · 3 min read
Featured image for: Typeahead adds AI autocomplete to every app on your Mac for a one-time fee
Tools

Typeahead adds AI autocomplete to every app on your Mac for a one-time fee

Typeahead is a $79 one-time purchase that puts AI autocomplete at your cursor in any Mac app. Local processing, no subscription, works offline. Here ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: Waymo just recalled nearly 4,000 robotaxis after some drove into freeway construction zones
Self-driving

Waymo just recalled nearly 4,000 robotaxis after some drove into freeway construction zones

Waymo is recalling about 3,900 robotaxis with a software fix after 13 incidents where cars drove into freeway construction zones in Phoenix and San ...

22 June 2026 · 2 min read
Featured image for: The man who helped invent every AI chatbot just joined OpenAI
AI

The man who helped invent every AI chatbot just joined OpenAI

Noam Shazeer co-invented the Transformer, built the architecture tricks that make AI cheap to run, and just left Google for OpenAI. Here is why it ...

22 June 2026 · 4 min read