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7:30

Superhuman acquired AI authenticity service GPTZero,...

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2026/06/24

-Superhuman offers services such as hallucination and plagiarism detection as well as a nifty little tool that displays how much of the internet is artificial intelligence. -Mark Zuckerberg has directed Meta to create a prediction markets app, that reportedly goes by the name "Arena" and could eventually compete with platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi. -Anthropic has announced Claude Tag, which is currently in research preview, and could eventually take over Slackbot's job. Learn more about

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5:54

OpenAI signs deal to show Getty's images in ChatGPT...

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2026/06/23

Getty already struck a similar deal with Perplexity AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:37

OpenAI's Daybreak⁠ initiative will help open-source...

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2026/06/23

-OpenAI has launched Patch the Planet, a new initiative part of its Daybreak cybersecurity program, which was designed to serve the open-source community. -China's LineShine from the nation's National Supercomputer Center hit 2.198 Exaflops of performance, beating the previous champ El Capitan -Meta's Oversight Board has called on the social media company to strengthen its protection for ordinary people targeted by sexualized deepfakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:49

Adobe brings its Firefly AI Assistant inside of...

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2026/06/22

The company is also previewing an upgraded creative AI studio experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:39

Has Polymarket been paying creators to post fake...

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2026/06/22

-The Wall Street Journal has found that the company is paying social media creators to post misleading content promoting the prediction market. -Norway is imposing a strict ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school kids. -Octopus Energy, the UK's largest energy provider, has teamed up with CATL, the world's biggest EV battery maker, to bring Chinese-style battery swap stations to Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:39

Summer Game Fest 2026

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2026/06/19

The year's biggest gaming show had plenty of titles worth playing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:08

Amazon is investigating 3 employees who spoke out...

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2026/06/19

-Five members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice previously testified at Seattle city council meetings about AI data centers. Now, three of them are apparently under investigation by the company.-Richard Hermer, the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland, has reportedly told his department to stop posting official updates on X. -Rivian has been sued on allegations that it made misleading statements about the self-driving capabilities of its R1T truck

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5:51

The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived...

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2026/06/18

Upgrades include 360-degree audio and deeper integration with Gemini. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:31

Waymo recalled over 3,800 robotaxis, NASA is sending...

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2026/06/18

-Waymo told Engadget that it identified an area of improvement regarding performance around freeway construction zones, adding that the company voluntarily restricted freeway operations last month. -Relativity Space will provide spacecraft, rocket and cruise operations to deliver the agency's science instruments to Mars. -Apple's outgoing CEO Tim Cook all but confirmed that higher prices are on the way for the company's products, saying "price increases are unavoidable. Learn more about your ad

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5:31

SpaceX is buying AI coding startup Cursor for $60...

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2026/06/17

The all-stock acquisition concludes an agreement the two announced in April.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:45

Commodore made a social media-banishing flip phone,...

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2026/06/17

-The recently resurrected Commodore is getting back into phones, but rather than taking on the likes of Apple and Samsung at their own game, the Commodore Callback 8020 is a proudly non-conformant flip phone that wouldn't have looked out of place in the '90s. -WhatsApp is finally offering what most of its contemporaries already have: disappearing (view-once) texts. -The White House app is reportedly coming to all devices managed by the Department of Homeland Security, whether the user wants to

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6:30

EA created an entire division to push more in-game ads

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2026/06/16

Branded content and ad campaigns, it’s in the game.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:06

India temporarily blocking Telegram to prevent exam...

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2026/06/16

-The government recently annulled the results of a key medical school entrance test because it said that the answers were leaked ahead of time on Telegram. -The Atlantic has published four searchable databases of music that has been used to train AI models. The scope is pretty staggering, with 12 million tracks in one database, 9 million in another, and the two final ones each containing about 100,000 songs. -Google Earth has a flight sim mode of its own, and it can now be accessed by anyone

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5:17

Google sues Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fraud

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2026/06/15

The company is also promoting legislation to fight the potential of AI to create 'massive' scams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:50

Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion, Trump threatened...

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2026/06/15

-The Fox Corporation announced it will be acquiring Roku, best known for its streaming device ecosystem for about $22 billion for Roku, or $160 per share. -Ahead of the G7 conference in France, Donald Trump is once again threatening massive tariffs on France if it doesn't remove its three percent digital tax on US tech companies. -The UK is banning young people under 16 from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:52

Artemis III's life support: How a spacesuit keeps...

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2026/06/12

The astronaut wears Prada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:54

Apple says Siri AI won't suck up to you, Textiles...

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2026/06/12

-Apple designed Siri to put up and maintain boundaries, so to speak. "Siri really wants to say, 'Listen, that's not what I'm here for, right? I'm here to help you. I can help you get things done.”-A special textile to create a jacket capable of atmospheric water harvesting used a special fabric designed to collect moisture from the air and gather it in detachable harvesting units rather than simply having the textile absorb the water. -A teardown of the Trump Mobile T1 revealed that it's

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6:08

Snap will no longer allow younger teens' Spotlight...

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2026/06/11

Maybe it wasn't a great idea to let 14-year-olds post videos to Spotlight in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:15

Anthropic backtracked on its policy that 'sabotaged'...

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2026/06/11

-Anthropic is walking back a policy that discreetly hamstrung researchers using its new Claude Fable 5 LLM to create competing AI models.-Bluesky said that communities will be smaller spaces inside the one big space that Bluesky provides, where you can find and talk to people who are interested in the same topics you are. -Deezer made its AI-detection tool available to other streaming companies in an effort to stem the rise of AI slop and fraudulent streams. Learn more about your ad choices

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5:48

The UK is investigating Paramount's takeover of...

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2026/06/10

The first phase of the CMA's probe into the $110 billion deal could last for two months.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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