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Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2026
Siri powered by Gemini, iOS 27 for iPhone 11 and newer, new AI tools for photos and writing, and Tim Cook's last WWDC.

DuckDuckGo installs jump 30% after Google's AI search overhaul
After Google pushed AI deeper into Search, more US users switched to DuckDuckGo, especially on iPhone.

Microsoft says it has over 20 million paid Copilot seats
Accenture alone bought 740,000 seats, and weekly Copilot engagement now matches Outlook.

Voyage lets you build your own RPG world with AI
The maker of AI Dungeon launched a platform where every character talks through AI and players design their own worlds.

Amazon invests $5 billion in Anthropic, which pledges $100 billion to AWS
Anthropic's run-rate revenue has passed $30 billion. The new deal secures up to 5 gigawatts of compute.

Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO; John Ternus takes over
From September 1, hardware engineering chief John Ternus becomes Apple's CEO and Tim Cook becomes executive chairman.

Netflix is adding a TikTok-style vertical video feed
Netflix says a vertical video feed arrives this month and it will use AI for recommendations. Revenue grew 16%.

Google unveils TurboQuant, shrinking AI working memory by at least 6x
A new compression algorithm cuts the memory AI models use while running. The internet is already calling it "Pied Piper."

Carl Pei: smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take over
Nothing's CEO said at SXSW that the future isn't AI using apps, but AI that understands your long-term goals.

Nvidia unveils DLSS 5: generative AI makes games more photorealistic
At GTC, Jensen Huang showed DLSS 5, which uses AI to predict parts of the image so games look better with less compute.

Spotify lets you edit your Taste Profile
By typing what you want, you can tell Spotify what music you like and don't, for better recommendations.

Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion for world models
The Paris-based startup is valued at $3.5 billion pre-money, with Nvidia, Samsung and Toyota among its backers.

Pentagon officially labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk
Anthropic becomes the first American company to get the label, after refusing to allow Claude to be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

Google and Epic Games settle: Play Store fee drops to 20%
Google cut in-app purchase fees, made alternative Android app stores easier to install, and ended its disputes with Epic worldwide.

Netflix walks away from Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount wins
Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's offer, which values Warner Bros. Discovery at about $111 billion.

Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google's new model scores 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2, more than double Gemini 3 Pro.

eBay buys Depop from Etsy for $1.2 billion
Etsy is selling secondhand fashion app Depop to eBay for about $1.2 billion in cash, five years after buying it for $1.62 billion.

Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M in four months
A startup that uses AI to design chips is now valued at $4 billion. Its founders created Google's AlphaChip.

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
The developer behind the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw will remain an open source project.
Spotify hits a record 751 million users
Thanks to Wrapped and new free features, Spotify added 38 million users in one quarter. Paying subscribers reached 290 million.

Apple buys startup Q.ai in its second-largest acquisition ever
According to the Financial Times, the price is around $2 billion. Q.ai has technology that understands whispered speech.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, a dedicated space for health questions
230 million people ask ChatGPT health questions every week. OpenAI now gives those chats their own space and says they won't be used to train its models.

AMD unveils Ryzen AI 400 chips and the gaming-focused Ryzen 7 9850X3D at CES 2026
Lisa Su opened CES with AMD's new generation of AI PC chips and a new processor for gamers. PCs with the new chips arrive in Q1 2026.

Nvidia launches Vera Rubin: up to 5x faster than Blackwell for AI
Jensen Huang told CES 2026 that Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI, Anthropic and AWS among its users.

Clicks unveils the Communicator, a $499 phone with a real keyboard
Clicks has launched its first phone, with a physical keyboard in the spirit of the old BlackBerry. It is built as a second phone, with no social media and no games.