The Compute Deal Among Google, SpaceX, and xAI
Engadget reported on a compute collaboration between Google and SpaceX—sizable in both amount and scale—that drags the competitive relationship between xAI and Gemini into the mix.
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A Roundup of Kindle Alternatives
Engadget put the main Kindle alternatives on the market side by side—focusing not on hardware specs, but on the long-term cost of each one's subscriptions and bookstore.
Meta AI's Clickbait Feed Gets Halted
The Verge reports that a feed Meta was testing in its AI app was halted for being flooded with clickbait, putting the question of a quality floor for AI-generated content back on the table.
The Compute Deal Among Google, SpaceX, and xAI
The Decoder reports that SpaceX signed a compute deal with Google: about $920 million a month to rent 110,000 Nvidia AI chips, timed just ahead of the IPO.
Star Wars: Zero Company Gets a Release Date
EA's new turn-based tactics title Star Wars: Zero Company is set for August 27, developed by Bit Reactor—founded by former XCOM team members—with Respawn co-developing.
A Discussion of AI Laptops and Local Compute
This episode of The Vergecast discusses whether "AI laptops" are actually a gimmick, and along the way touches on NVIDIA's small workstations and the latest on Gemini.
TSMC Strained by AI Demand
The Verge reports that TSMC is run ragged by AI-chip demand, with advanced-process and packaging capacity booked far out, and the whole industry's bottleneck landing ever more clearly on this one company.
As AI Gets Better, It Reveals an Empty Promise
This Verge commentary makes a somewhat counterintuitive point: the better AI gets, the more it exposes the hollow part of the industry's promises—the rise in capability hasn't cashed out into an improvement in life.
Lovable Signs a Multi-Year Deal With Google Cloud
TechCrunch reports that AI website-building company Lovable signed a multi-year deal with Google Cloud, betting the bulk of its infrastructure on Google.
Stop Harassing Job-Seekers With Automated Emails
A job-seeker's gripe struck a chord on Hacker News: AI has made recruiters' mass emails cheap and lifelike, which is close to cruel for people looking for work.
Adafruit Receives a Legal Letter on Behalf of Flux.ai
Open source hardware company Adafruit publicly stated it received a letter from the law firm Fenwick on behalf of Flux.ai, bringing a dispute that had been private out into the open.
Anthropic Confidentially Files S-1: Possibly the Largest IPO in AI History, with a Target Valuation of About $965B
On June 1, 2026, Anthropic officially announced it had confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the U.S. SEC, retaining the option to pursue an IPO after review. Multiple foreign outlets reported a target valuation of about $965 billion, which if it happens could become the highest-valued IPO in the AI field; but the number of shares and the offering price aren't yet determined.
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