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David Pierce
Terrence O'Brien
One woman had her phone taken by CBP and is now suing to get it back.
Gaby Del Valle
Jay Peters
Paramount is making a unified games studio.
Paramount Games Studio puts all of Paramount and Skydance’s development teams under one brand. Weirdly, it will still be making two titles set in Disney universes: Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and an untitled Star Wars game, Variety reports.
There will also be a new AAA title announced at Summer Game Fest Live later today.
Emma Roth
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board.
In an episode of his Possible podcast with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Hoffman says he wants to focus on Manas, the AI drug development startup he co-founded last year.
Richard Lawler
Audi reveals its hybrid Nuvolari supercar as a replacement for the R8.
Now that Audi has an F1 team, it apparently feels ready to put the supercar label on something for the first time. A press release says it will release 499 Nuvolaris starting in the first half of 2027.
They will combine an 800 hp V8 turbocharged engine in the middle with three electric motors that can produce up to 110 kW each, capable of pushing it to an estimated 350 km/h, or 217 mph, and 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds.
It could become the first ban of its kind in a state.
Lauren Feiner
TC Sottek
Mechanical Pencil is the new cross-section book.
If you grew up enjoying Stephen Biesty’s cross-sections like me, you’ll appreciate this brilliant project from Google engineer Bryan Macomber. The website breaks down mechanical objects, like the G2 retractable pen (my favorite), the PEZ dispenser, and the Zippo lighter. I can’t wait to see what comes next. (h/t to Kottke for spotting it.)
Mia Sato
Polymarket’s CMO sent thousands to influencers like Nick Shirley and Riley Gaines.
Polymarket’s chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber used his personal PayPal account to send at least $350,000 to content creators who hyped the prediction market platform, Politico reports. Shirley and others who were paid promoted Polymarket on X with no paid content disclosures. Influencer content is a huge part of prediction markets’ media strategy — often hiding in plain sight.
Stevie Bonifield
Amazon is picking up the pace of Leo satellites launched from Europe.
There are over 330 Leo satellites already in orbit, but the 36 planned for the next Arianespace mission is still smaller than the 48 satellites Amazon was planning to launch on a Blue Origin rocket that exploded during testing last week. This batch of satellites will launch from a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 17th.
Image: Amazon
Emma Roth
Google has officially sunset its Pixel Studio app.
After removing some features from the AI image-maker in February, Google has shut down the app completely and directs users to Gemini instead, as reported by 9to5Google. Pixel Studio launched in 2024 alongside the Pixel 9.
A new campaign to promote American-grown cotton to consumers sounds nice — but is far more complicated than the administration is making it sound.
Mia Sato
Thomas Ricker
Peacock will stream all 104 World Cup matches in Dolby Vision, Atmos… and Spanish.
Telemundo’s live feed will apparently be the first commercial deployment of the efficient Dolby AC-4 codec by a streaming platform, promising immersive stadium sound that shouldn’t overload the network, while also unlocking personalized audio controls for viewers. What’s not mentioned is 4K — the feature emphasized by Fox Sports which has English-language rights.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Emma Roth
NYT report reveals how Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube grabbed kids’ attention in school.
Snapchat sent phone alerts to adolescents during school hours, urging them to share what was going on in their classrooms.
Meta paid “teen ambassadors” to promote Instagram and hand out swag to their friends at school.
TikTok gave the National PTA millions of dollars, in part to throw school events about online safety and provide favorable comments to journalists.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Meta remembers the Portal exists and turns it into an AI dev kit.
The T1 Phone is only assembled in the US. Making it here would take a miracle.
Dominic Preston
Allison Johnson
Andrew Liszewski
Insta360’s DJI Pocket rival will track and match your head movements.
The company hasn’t confirmed when its dual camera Luna Ultra will see a global release, but it recently teased a new head-tracking accessory. The POV Head Tracker is worn like an open-style earbud and translates your head movements to the Luna Ultra so it’s always capturing what you’re looking at.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Dominic Preston
No sharp objects.
burkellium:
It would be devastating to the bubble. No sharp objects near the AI please.
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Lawrence Ulrich
Jess Weatherbed
Peloton takes on Pilates.
Peloton has acquired Skōp, a Pilates-focused startup that builds real-time form-tracking technology. That suggests there might be new Peloton hardware on the horizon, as the company tries to recover from its post-covid slump. In a statement, Peloton CEO Peter Stern said:
“Form is everything in Pilates, so we are taking a purposeful approach to ensure we develop the most effective, safest, and fun experiences possible—ones people will keep doing for life.”
Jess Weatherbed
Google is testing a floating desktop AI Search bar.
I wasn’t able to enable it in Google’s Chrome Canary developer sandbox, but Windows Report got it working using a Ctrl+Shift+Space keyboard shortcut on Windows. It opens as a standalone window centered on the screen, with AI Mode at the heart of the experience.
Thomas Ricker
Airbnb CEO is the latest bot-licker.
OG Silicon Valley founder / CEO types just can’t resist the lure of AI. At least Chesky will reportedly remain at Airbnb, unlike Dropbox’s Drew Houston who jumped ship entirely with his billions.
TC Sottek
Elon Musk’s $2 trillion IPO hits a guardrail.
The S&P just found the backbone that Nasdaq discarded on the street alongside the rest of New York City’s trash. While others are bending the rules to accommodate SpaceX and other gargantuan IPOs, the S&P is standing firm. “No changes will be made” to accommodate these mega offerings.
Jay Peters
Aston Martin and Chillblast teamed up on some super expensive gaming PCs.
They start at £3,749.99, and there’s a model on Chillblast’s website that costs £15,999.99. But just imagine playing 007 First Light on them! The immersion — the type of PC only James Bond could afford!
TC Sottek
Alexa, set a timer for my life sentence.
Adrian Bliss never misses. I might actually start being nicer to my Google Nest orbs.
The Steam Frame VR headset is expected in the summer, too.
Jay Peters
Sean Hollister
WTF is going on with Lego, YouTubers, Utah police, and Patreon?
A YouTuber has been arrested. The CEO of Patreon refused to take down his videos. Lawsuits and restraining orders have been filed. All after a Lego reseller, Bricks & Minifigs, reportedly didn’t pay an 83-year-old man for the $100K-plus Lego collection he offered the store on consignment.
Emma Roth
Brave is selling a minimalist version of its browser for $59.99.
Brave Origin comes with the same privacy-focused features as the free version, but it will allow you to fully switch off certain features — not just hide them — including Leo AI, Brave rewards, the browser’s built-in wallet, and more. The standard version of Brave “will remain free and fully supported.”
Victoria Song
James Senior will be the new Supernatural Health CEO.
So says Meta spokesperson Che’von Lewis. Senior was previously Meta’s Product Lead for its Studio and New Vertical portfolios. You can read more about Supernatural’s forthcoming era here, and catch up on the buff ladies who worked so hard to save it here.
Emma Roth
ChatGPT’s upgraded memory system is rolling out to everyone.
OpenAI is building upon its “dreaming” feature that allows ChatGPT to sort through your conversations and save information in the background. With the update, OpenAI says ChatGPT is better at updating memories and “remembering” your preferences across conversations.
ChatGPT Plus and Pro users can access the update now, while free users will get it in the coming weeks.
Cyberdecks used to look like little laptops, but now they’re getting more personal.
Stevie Bonifield
Emma Roth
Wired found references to a facial recognition system in Meta’s smart glasses app.
David Pierce
Today’s Vergecast: Microsoft’s plan to catch up in AI.
Hayden Field
Anthropic made a statement about recursive self-improvement, a big AI industry talking point (and concern).
RSI is also defined as an “AI system capable of fully autonomously designing and developing its own successor,” per Anthropic’s blog post. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not inevitable. But it could come sooner than most institutions are prepared for.”
Jay Peters
Bluesky wants to move away from being a “public square.”
While it’s unclear what Bluesky wants to turn into, the company is “very inspired by companies like Reddit,” COO Rose Wang tells CNBC.
Wang also says that Bluesky needs to “get to parity on video features” — and earlier today, the platform announced that video uploads can now be as big as 300MB.
Sean Hollister
This keyboard is nerd Mad Libs.
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