TECHNOLOGYThe theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center hatersTech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.NPR·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYNorth Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrikeNorth Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYClaude Fable won’t answer basic biology questionsAnthropic just released Claude Fable 5, calling it the most powerful AI model it has ever made widely available and praising its skills in biology, among others. But the model won't answer basic biology questions - the kind you'd expect a high schooler to handle. Instead, it hands off the query to tThe Verge·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWall Street needs a crash course in the token economy ahead of AI IPOs. SpaceX offers a previewWhen OpenAI and Anthropic make their IPO prospectuses available to the public, investors are going to have to learn about a whole new economy.CNBC·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellowsHello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you're not a subscriber, you can get on board here.) We're back after a two-week hiatus, during most of which I was gallivanting in the Netherlands for The Verge·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYNetflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids’ gamingThe media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGY‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AIThe most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYHow memory tools can make AI models worseNew research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYZest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eatBacked by Alexis Ohanian’s 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users’ real dining habits and the places they frequent.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWhy enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYDatadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-inAI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in with model makers.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceX’s unbelievable IPOMost of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.TechCrunch·June 10, 2026
