I listen to this audio file while I drink my coffee in the morning. I thought I'd share it in case you'd like to do the same.
More U.S. CEOs last year crossed the once-rare pay threshold of $100 million annually than in any year since 2021, and nearly a dozen topped $200 million.
Major U.S. stock indexes ended mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreating 0.4% and 1.3%, respectively, and the Dow rising 0.3%.
China imposed trade restrictions on dozens of U.S. entities, including two producers of rare-earth minerals, extending tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
Google is investing in independent movie studio A24, which released the hits “Backrooms” and “Marty Supreme,” as part of a new artificial-intelligence research partnership between the companies.
Chevron struck a 20-year agreement to sell electricity to Microsoft, which plans to build what could become one of the country’s largest AI data centers in West Texas.
Reflection AI, a startup building a network of open-source artificial-intelligence models, agreed to rent data-center capacity from SpaceX.
Domino’s Pizza said its operations chief Joe Jordan will take over as chief executive as the company strives to reinvigorate sales.
AbbVie agreed to buy Apogee Therapeutics for about $10.9 billion to bolster its core immunology business.
The U.S. cleared the way for Iran to sell oil in dollars, including to U.S. buyers, a reversal that came as Vice President JD Vance said Tehran had agreed to allow nuclear inspectors to return as early as this week.
A blast tore through Qatar’s key natural-gas facility, leaving 13 dead and injuring dozens, as the exporter tries to restore shipments disrupted by the Iran war.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would step down following a rebellion in his Labour Party, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to likely become his successor.
Investigators concluded that the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla., began roughly three weeks before the building fell.
The U.S. Air Force struck deals for a fleet of drone jet fighters designed to help manned warplanes strike targets deep in enemy territory.
Federal health officials unveiled regulatory reforms aimed at cutting the time it takes to do the first round of testing drugs in people.
The FDA agreed to reverse its rejection of Regenxbio’s experimental gene therapy for a rare and fatal brain disease.
The Trump administration stepped up lts law-enforcement presence at the Reflecting Pool in the capital, as the White House made new claims that vandalism was the chief cause of problems at the site.
Died: Alan Greenspan, 100, former Fed chairman ... Clive Davis, 94, celebrated music producer.
ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5 in Beijing saying the AI video model can generate 30-second clips from up to 50 reference materials up from 12 for Seedance 2.0
Google plans a 12-week incubator picking 10 to 20 AI startups from its "Xoogler" alumni and providing up to $350K in cloud credits and $100K in direct funding
How Sam Altman's 80 personal investments many from his time at YC benefit from ties to OpenAI; 10 companies have discussed business deals with OpenAI
Top500: China's Arm-based LineShine surpasses the US' El Capitan by 20% to be the world's fastest supercomputer the first time China takes the crown since 2017
The EU is set to impose a 3 duty on non-EU items under 150 from July 1 as the bloc seeks to slow the flood of low-priced merchandise from retailers like Temu
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10% dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall 7% and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading
An interview with Nvidia VP of Healthcare Kimberly Powell on how AI can ease doctors' workloads help address trained medical staff shortages and more
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from several game studio investments in Japan including Tokyo-traded Marvelous as it reassesses its global portfolio
How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids and what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future
Syntun: online sales during China's 618 shopping festival grew 4% YoY a sharp drop from 15.2% growth last year amid a persistent consumer spending slowdown
Eli Lilly plans to use its $7.3B cash reserve to fund an "App Store" for biotech scientists after launching a data center with 1016 Blackwell chips in 2025
OpenAI debuts at Cannes Lions pitching its new ChatGPT ad business and Codex to marketers as it tries to build a multibillion-dollar business ahead of an IPO
A US NLRB judge ruled that Amazon violated federal law by not recognizing the Teamsters union at a SF warehouse and must collectively bargain with the workers
Real estate professionals are increasingly using AI-powered virtual staging tools like Stuccco and BoxBrownie to create misleading house and apartment listings
Sources: Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Modular in a transaction valuing the AI chip startup at $4B up from a $1.6B valuation in September 2025
Filing: Oracle's global workforce fell by 21000 employees in the past 12 months to 141000 as of May 31; the company says AI adoption has led to reductions
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present
Sources: Meta internally exposed data from its employee-tracking program meant to help train its AI models including full prompts and private conversations
Air Space Intelligence won an $875M 12-year FAA contract to develop AI tools that map flight trajectories and identify areas of congestion to reduce delays
Sakana AI launches Fugu a multi-agent orchestration system accessible through a single model API claiming Fugu Ultra matches Fable and Mythos on benchmarks
Sources: Vimeo owner Bending Spoons seeks to raise $1.62B in a US IPO selling 58M shares at $26 to $28 apiece at a valuation of $19B at the top of the range
Valve Steam Machine review: much smaller than PS5 surprisingly smooth and navigable with any modern gamepad but very expensive and needs manual configuration
Valve says Steam Machine its new living room-friendly PC will start at $1049 for the 512GB base model and go on sale starting June 29
OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model launches the Patch the Planet initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open source bugs and more
Alphabet stock fell as much as 7.2% the most intraday since February after Google DeepMind VP John Jumper became its second top AI exec to leave in a week
Sources: marketing tech startup AppsFlyer raised a $1B Series E at a $2.7B post-money valuation; Moloco Google Meta and Unity acquire minority stakes
SpaceX announces a senior unsecured notes offering and discloses that it has about $100.8B in cash; SPCX drops 8%
SpaceX signs a computing deal worth up to $6.3B with Reflection AI for access to Nvidia GB300s at Colossus 2; Reflection will pay $150M per month through 2029
Groq raised $650M led by Disruptive and Infinitum after its Nvidia deal aiming to hit 200 MW in capacity by the end of 2027 following a $750M raise in 2025
Instagram is testing horizontal video on Instagram for TV plans to experiment with longer-form storytelling and episodic series and launches on Samsung TV
Crypto trading app Fomo raised a $75M Series B led by Index at a $550M valuation taking its total funding to $94M and claims to add 3500 new users per day
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M roughly equal to Thrive's 2024 investment
Upscale which is building AI networking infrastructure to rival Cisco raised a $190M Series A-1 at a $2B valuation up from $1B after raising $200M in January
Nvidia unveils Halos a new safety-focused OS derived from autonomous vehicle tech designed to run on IGX Thor hardware for humanoid robots and opens a lab
In a rare joint statement Five Eyes leaders warn AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away urging leaders to "act now"
Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech startup Cred and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the new leader of WhatsApp replacing Will Cathcart
We don't want to waste our lives following news. See the book Amusing Ourselves To Death (1985) by Neil Postman. But, staying abreast of what is happening in the technology industry is worth doing, if you do it time effectively.