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Western companies are quietly switching to Chinese AI models as U.S. frontier AI prices rise

Daniel Levi Posted On June 29, 2026

A year ago, the biggest question in enterprise AI was which frontier model delivered the best results. Today, a different question is driving boardroom conversations: Which model delivers the best results for the lowest cost? That shift is pushing a […]

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Former Axiom Space CEO’s fintech startup Nebex raises $30M seed led by Google Ventures

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

The commercial space industry has attracted billions in investment over the past decade, yet one problem has remained stubbornly difficult to solve. Startups can build rockets, satellites, and software, but getting paid for complex government contracts often takes months or […]

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Ford rehires 350 veteran engineers after AI fails to match human expertise

Daniel Levi Posted On June 29, 2026

For the past few years, the AI industry has repeated a bold promise: machines will replace much of the work once reserved for highly experienced professionals. Ford Motor Company just delivered a reality check. After investing heavily in AI-powered quality […]

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DeepSeek unveils DSpark, an AI breakthrough that delivers responses up to 85% faster, challenging OpenAI and Google on cost

Daniel Levi Posted On June 29, 2026

The AI race is no longer just about building smarter models. It is becoming a race to make those models cheaper and faster to run. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has introduced DSpark, a new inference framework that it says can […]

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AI security startup Straiker raises $64M Series A as enterprises rush to secure AI agents

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

The funding comes as demand for AI agent security surges, with Straiker reporting 15x revenue growth in run rate in less than a year. AI agents are quickly becoming part of everyday business operations. They write code, answer customer questions, […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 29, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 29, 2026

It’s Monday, June 29, 2026, and the global tech race is no longer moving in one direction. It is unfolding across AI chips, satellites, data centers, cybersecurity, robotics, regulation, and next-generation consumer hardware. Today’s biggest developments make one thing clear: […]

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Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium in $8 billion deal to challenge SpaceX and create new space communications powerhouse

Daniel Levi Posted On June 29, 2026

Rocket Lab is making the biggest move in its history with an $8 billion acquisition that could reshape its future far beyond rocket launches. The California-based space company said Monday it will acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications in a […]

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Polymarket tops $1 billion in annualized revenue as prediction market boom accelerates

Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2026

Just six weeks after opening its U.S. exchange, Polymarket has reached a milestone few crypto startups have. The prediction market platform has surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue, according to an exclusive report from CNBC. The milestone marks another sign […]

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Swatch seeks record $170M in damages from Samsung in UK’s biggest watch trademark lawsuit

Daniel Levi Posted On June 26, 2026

Swiss watchmaker Swatch is seeking a record $170 million in damages from Samsung after winning a landmark trademark infringement case in the UK, setting the stage for one of the most significant legal battles yet between the luxury watch industry […]

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The Best Cloud Network Security Solutions for Multi-Cloud Enterprises in 2026

Daniel Levi Posted On June 26, 2026

Migrating enterprise workloads to public clouds has fundamentally broken the traditional network perimeter. Today, large organizations rarely deploy on a single infrastructure; they routinely split assets across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This multi-cloud footprint introduces […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 26, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 26, 2026

It’s Friday, June 26, 2026, and AI isn’t just reshaping software anymore. It’s pushing up device prices, pulling startups into nine-figure funding rounds, forcing lawmakers to rethink national security, and turning satellites, chips, cloud servers, and cybersecurity tools into pieces […]

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OpenAI may delay IPO until 2027 as $1 trillion valuation faces market reality

Daniel Levi Posted On June 26, 2026

OpenAI was preparing to go public as early as this fall. Bankers had been hired. Lawyers were in place. CEO Sam Altman was pushing advisers to find a path to a $1 trillion valuation, up from the company’s last private […]

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Om Malik dies at 60 after long heart illness; tributes pour in for GigaOm founder and tech journalism pioneer

Daniel Levi Posted On June 25, 2026

Tech journalism lost one of its defining voices this week. Om Malik, the veteran technology journalist, investor, and founder of GigaOm, died on Wednesday, June 24, at Stanford Hospital after what his family described as “a long health journey with […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 25, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

It’s Thursday, June 25, 2026, and venture capital today is focused on one clear idea: AI is moving from demos to systems that must actually work. The biggest checks went to infrastructure, reliability, regulated workflow automation, healthcare operations, and back-office […]

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Anthropic and OpenAI customers overcharged by $1.7M in billing errors, startup audit finds

Daniel Levi Posted On June 25, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI are helping companies automate code, customer support, research, and internal workflows. Now some of those same companies are finding they may have been paying too much for the privilege. A startup called Vaudit says it found roughly […]

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Upside raises $20M to tackle housing instability before it becomes a healthcare crisis

Daniel Levi Posted On June 25, 2026

Housing is one of healthcare’s most expensive blind spots. When someone loses stable housing, the fallout rarely stays confined to rent payments or a missed mortgage. It shows up in emergency rooms, missed prescriptions, preventable hospital stays, and rising claims […]

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Bitcoin crashes to $58,000 in sharp selloff as price nears two-year low

Daniel Levi Posted On June 25, 2026

Just two weeks after Bitcoin fell to $59,000 in its worst weekly stretch since 2022, the world’s largest cryptocurrency is back under pressure. On Thursday morning, Bitcoin plunged as much as 5% to roughly $58,000, its weakest level since 2024, […]

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GRAIL secures $110 million in equity from Samsung for international expansion of Galleri cancer detection test

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

GRAIL has closed a $110 million equity investment from Samsung affiliates, giving the cancer detection company fresh capital as it works to win wider adoption for Galleri, its blood-based multi-cancer early detection test, and take the product into new markets […]

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IBM unveils world’s first sub-1nm chip with 100 billion transistors, cuts power use by 70%

Daniel Levi Posted On June 25, 2026

For years, the semiconductor industry has lived with a looming question: what happens when chips get so small that shrinking them further stops making sense, or stops working at all? IBM says it has an answer. On Thursday, the company […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 25, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 25, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Today’s tech stories show an industry moving past the demo phase and into the hard infrastructure race, where the winners will control not just smarter models, but the systems that power, secure, deploy, and regulate […]

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