DeepSeek raises $7.4B in first funding round at $50B-plus valuation

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has closed its first-ever external funding round, raising more than 50 billion yuan…

China’s humanoid robot boom sparks EV-style price war fears

A wave of new companies flooding into China's humanoid robotics sector is raising alarm among founders and investors…

Saudi Arabia, Uruguay draw 1-1 in World Cup opener

Saudi Arabia earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Uruguay in their World Cup Group H opener at Hard…

Yale proposes copyleft rules for AI trained on open-source code

Researchers at Yale's Digital Ethics Center have introduced a novel licensing framework that would require AI developers who…

Russian artist who mocked Putin and Kadyrov shot dead in Poland

Semyon Skrepetsky, a 44-year-old Russian satirical artist known for mocking Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was…

Anya Taylor-Joy cast as elf in new ‘Lord of the Rings’ film

Warner Bros. confirmed on Monday that Anya Taylor-Joy has joined the cast of The Lord of the Rings:…

Cape Verde’s Vozinha stuns Spain but visa woes kept his family away

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, now underway across the United States, has been marred by mounting visa complications…

Samsung wins first Neuralink contract for brain chip

Samsung Electronics has secured its first chip development contract from Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, marking another…

France faces Senegal in World Cup opener Tuesday at MetLife Stadium

France will open their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against Senegal on Tuesday, June 16, at MetLife Stadium…

Cape Verde holds Spain to 0-0 draw in World Cup upset

The 2026 FIFA World Cup continued to produce surprises on Monday as Cape Verde held Spain to a…

AMD acquires MEXT to tackle AI memory bottlenecks

Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday that it has acquired MEXT, a startup specializing in AI-driven memory optimization technology,…

ASML, TSMC and imec achieve 2D transistors on 300mm wafers

ASML, TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, and Belgian research hub Imec have jointly demonstrated a manufacturing-compatible integration…

QuEra and AWS announce fault-tolerant quantum computer for 2028

QuEra Computing on Monday unveiled Libra, its first fault-tolerant quantum computer, set to arrive on Amazon Amazon.com, Inc.…

Meta launches AI Mode on Facebook to overhaul search

Meta Platforms on Monday unveiled a suite of AI-powered tools for Facebook, led by "AI Mode," a feature…

Disney, NYT and Adobe back new AI content coalition

Former Netflix and Warner Bros. executive Victoria Furniss has launched the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts…

UK, Canada push for exemptions from US Anthropic AI ban

The United Kingdom and Canada are leading an international push to secure exemptions from the Trump administration's export…

iOS 27 beta reveals hidden Siri extensions for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

Apple used its WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8 to introduce Siri AI, a ground-up rebuild of the…

UK bans under-16s from TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the United Kingdom will ban children under 16 from…

US visa and travel issues mar early days of 2026 World Cup

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is barely underway, and U.S. immigration policies have already cast a shadow over…

Over 200 groups demand halt to AI in military kill chains

Access Now, Amnesty International, and more than 200 civil society organizations issued a joint statement on June 14…

Salesforce to acquire AI agent firm Fin for $3.6B

Salesforce announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin, the AI customer service company…

Chinese AI stocks surge as Anthropic export ban reshuffles global AI market

Markets opened Monday to a reshuffled AI landscape after the Trump administration's export control directive forced Anthropic to…

Tesla shared misleading FSD safety data with EU regulators, Reuters finds

Tesla has submitted self-reported safety statistics to European regulators that independent traffic safety researchers describe as misleading, according…

Meta tested facial recognition with Pentagon supplier for smart glasses

Meta quietly worked with Rank One Computing, a Denver-based facial recognition firm that supplies the Pentagon, to prototype…

Teardown shows SMIC’s latest chip process matches TSMC’s 7nm-era density

SemiAnalysis released the first public teardown from its new STEEL Lab (Teardown Engineering & Evaluation Lab) over the…

Kazakhstan signs $10 billion AI deal with Firebird, backed by Nvidia

Kazakhstan has signed a $10 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure agreement with U.S. startup Firebird Inc., with support from…

Late goals and lopsided wins mark World Cup Day 4

The fourth day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup produced 19 goals across four matches on Sunday, with…

ByteDance in talks to buy AI chips from Chinese suppliers

Nvidia has begun pitching its new Vera central processing unit to Chinese clients, telling them the chip could…

Israel vows to hold Lebanon territory indefinitely, defying US-Iran peace deal

Hours after the United States and Iran announced a framework agreement to end their months-long conflict, Israel declared…

Sweden beats Tunisia in World Cup opener as Isak and Ayari score

Sweden launched their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign with a commanding performance against Tunisia on Sunday night at…