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APPLE TO OVERHAUL IOS 27 SIRI, AI FEATURES: HERE'S A FIRST PEEK

Apple plans to announce a revamped Siri interface, a new chatbot-style app, and other major iOS 27 changes at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8. The launch will be a pivotal moment for the company's AI strategy. Apple previewed some of the features in 2024, but it suffered a series of delays that put it further behind competitors and hurt its reputation. The Siri revamp will likely be CEO Tim Cook's final major product launch before handing leadership over to John Ternus.

CLAUDE OPUS 4.8: “A MODEST BUT TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT”

Claude Opus 4.8's most prominent improvement is its ability to be honest. It is more likely than previous models to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims. The model has a new feature that allows mid-conversation system messages. This means users can append updated instructions later in long-running conversations without restating the full system prompt.

THE MOST SPECTACULAR ROCKET EXPLOSION SINCE N1 JUST HAPPENED IN FLORIDA

A spectacular explosion occurred during a static fire test of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket last night. The super heavy lift rocket exploded shortly after engine ignition. No one was injured during the failure, and the cause is still being investigated. A video of the explosion is available in the article.

WAYMO OPENS OJAI ROBOTAXIS TO SELECT RIDERS AS COMPANY AIMS TO LOWER COST OF FLEET EXPANSION

Waymo's new Ojai robotaxis are designed to work better in snowier conditions. They are cheaper to manufacture and feature the sixth-generation Waymo Driver, which can better detect critical details in low-light situations. The vehicles will be available to some public passengers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, with service expanding to San Diego, Las Vegas, and Denver in the summer. Waymo plans to have thousands of Ojai cars on the road by the end of the year.

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INTRODUCING DYNAMIC WORKFLOWS IN CLAUDE CODE

Dynamic workflows in Claude Code enable Claude to take on challenging tasks end-to-end. Claude dynamically writes orchestration scripts that run hundreds of parallel subagents, checking the work before returning it to users. The feature is available now in research preview in the Claude Code CLI, Desktop, and the VS Code extension for Max, team, and Enterprise plans. It can consume substantially more tokens than a typical Claude Code session, so it is recommended that users start with a scoped task to get a feel for usage.

THE ORCHESTRATION TAX

Spawning agents is easy. The real skill is in designing the system around human attention. Agents can make you feel productive while barely producing anything. This failure mode will be invisible until the system breaks and the developer realizes they have no idea how it works anymore.

HOW META IS LOOKING FOR REVENUE OUTSIDE ADVERTISING TO JUSTIFY ITS BALLOONING CAPEX BILL

Meta's capital expenditures are forcing it to explore new revenue sources. The company has announced a series of subscription tiers and it is monetizing its AI chatbot. It is also launching a new Enterprise Solutions unit, which will mimic the forward-deployed engineer models used by Google and OpenAI to open up B2B revenue streams. The company is considering opening its own cloud computing business once it has excess compute.

HOW ONLINE SLEUTHING HELPED CATCH THE ‘GOOGLE INSIDER' ON POLYMARKET

Polymarket doesn't require users to submit proof of identity, making it mostly anonymous. However, it uses blockchain-based technology, which makes it possible for anyone to monitor the bets, profits, and losses of individual accounts. This allows sleuths to spot suspicious activity and call it out, even if they can't identify the actual traders. Online sleuths have become an unexpected ally of law enforcement in tackling the emerging challenge of insider trading on prediction markets. Blockchain trading is transparent and traceable - even sophisticated actors have trouble staying hidden.

WE'RE IN THE OVER-ENGINEERING GAME NOW

AI allows developers to over-engineer everything as the vision for the application is no longer constrained by resources.

THE RADICAL NETWORK REDESIGN THAT LED AWS TO FORGE A MORE RESILIENT CLOUD

A look at how a team at Amazon applied random graph theory to a data center network.

IBM RALLIES AFTER COMMITTING TO SPEND $10 BILLION TO PURSUE THE HOLY GRAIL OF QUANTUM COMPUTING

IBM plans to spend over $10 billion over the next five years to create a large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer.

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ANTHROPIC NEARS $1 TRILLION VALUATION IN LATEST ROUND

Anthropic is now the most valuable AI company in Silicon Valley.

PACKAGE MANAGERS THAT PACKAGE PACKAGE MANAGERS

A look at 42 package managers and whether they install other package managers.

JD.COM FOUNDER VOWS TO PROTECT CHINESE JOBS FROM AI AND ROBOTS

The company has promised to prevent its 900,000-strong workforce from losing their jobs to automation.