Zuckerberg acknowledged Meta made mistakes in its AI pivot after cutting 8,000 jobs and pledged no further company-wide layoffs in 2026.
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SpaceX shares surged 19% on their Nasdaq debut, closing at $160.95 as Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.
Zuckerberg acknowledged Meta made mistakes in its AI workforce overhaul after cutting 8,000 jobs, while pledging no further company-wide layoffs in 2026.
The RBI cut India’s FY27 growth outlook to 6.6% from 6.9%, citing the Iran oil shock and rising import costs as the key pressure on Asia’s third-largest economy.
Gemini 3.5 Pro is approaching its June public release with a 2 million token context window, Deep Think reasoning mode, and full multimodal support for text, images, audio, and video.
Trump’s AI executive order establishes a voluntary framework for developers to share advanced models with the federal government for up to 30 days before public release.
Brent crude fell toward $90 a barrel after Pakistan confirmed the Islamabad Declaration text, with traders pricing in a return of Strait of Hormuz shipping.
Colorado’s landmark AI consumer protection law, SB 205, takes effect June 30, requiring companies that deploy high-risk AI systems to disclose their use and protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination — the first such state law in the US.
SpaceX shares surged 19% on their Nasdaq debut, closing at $160.95 and briefly pushing the company’s valuation past $2.25 trillion as Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.
Markets expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates at 3.5 to 3.75 percent at the June 16-17 FOMC meeting as energy-driven inflation keeps policymakers in a wait-and-see mode.
SpaceX stock closed at $161 on Friday, jumping 19 percent from its $135 IPO price on its first day of Nasdaq trading, making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
BlackRock filed the final amendment for its Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, setting a 0.65 percent fee that undercuts rival funds and targeting a late June launch under the ticker BITA.
Japan’s Lower House passed a landmark bill treating cryptocurrency as a financial instrument, cutting the tax rate on gains from up to 55 percent to a flat 20 percent.
Bybit opened trading in tokenized SpaceX IPO shares on Friday, allowing retail crypto investors globally to buy exposure to the record-breaking $1.77 trillion listing through its xStocks platform.
US wholesale prices surged 6.5 percent in May, the fastest pace since November 2022, driven by a 23.4 percent jump in gasoline costs linked to the Iran war.
SpaceX started trading on the Nasdaq on June 12 in the biggest IPO in history, raising $75 billion at a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
A teardown of the Trump T1 phone published Thursday confirmed it is a rebranded HTC U24 Pro built in Taiwan, with no components supporting claims of American manufacturing involvement.
Anthropic reversed a policy that had restricted AI researchers from using Claude to study safety-related topics, following academic pushback that the restriction was undermining legitimate research.
YouTube launched direct messaging in the United States on Thursday, letting users send private messages and share videos within the app for the first time in its twenty-year history.
WhatsApp will stop supporting iPhones running iOS 15.4 or earlier from November 2026, requiring users to update their software or lose access to the messaging app.
Intel unveiled Project Firefly on Thursday, a reference design initiative targeting fanless Windows laptops under 12.9mm thick that would directly compete with the MacBook Air.
Framework Computer confirmed Thursday that the Framework Laptop 13 Pro has been delayed by one month, with shipping now expected to begin in July due to component supply timing.
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 Thursday, its biggest iPhone software update in years, with a rebuilt Siri, a redesigned home screen, expanded on-device AI, and more than 250 new user features.
Energy analysts warned Thursday that oil could reach $150 a barrel within weeks if the US-Iran war continues, as Brent crude has already hit $94 following Iran’s Strait of Hormuz restrictions.