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Apple is a multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., and led by CEO Tim Cook. With a market capitalization of over $2 trillion, it is one of the largest companies in the world. Apple’s main competitors in the technology industry include Samsung, Google and Amazon. Apple is a latecomer to the artificial intelligence race, and the company also has ambitions to lead in augmented reality and video production.

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AI’s Blithe Spending and Crusoe’s Stargate Woes

By Abram Brown · Jun 13, 2026 8:09am PDT

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech readies itself for a Reta-aissance • Politics and Policy: A Silicon Valley politician’s counter move to the big tech PACs• Biotech: Longevity startups’ holy grail pursuit faces a prosaic roadblock• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Last Resort,” “The Yahoo Boys”... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech readies itself for a...

Congressman Sam Liccardo. Art by Clark Miller

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How One Silicon Valley Congressman is Trying Get AI Mega Money Out of Politics

By Leo Schwartz · Jun 13, 2026 7:00am PDT

In early April, a staffer for Sam Liccardo, a freshman congressman representing the heart of Silicon Valley, got a call from a reporter telling them he was about to receive an endorsement—from Leading the Future, the $125 million political action committee funded by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Palantir... In early April, a staffer for Sam Liccardo, a freshman congressman representing the heart of...

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth. Art by Shane Burke/Getty Images/Shutterstock

Tokenminimizing: Meta Moves to Curb Employee AI Usage as AI Costs Reach Billions

By Jyoti Mann · Jun 12, 2026 11:57am PDT

Meta Platforms plans to clamp down on skyrocketing AI costs inside the company by imposing limits on employees’ token usage, the company told staff in a memo on Tuesday, just weeks after it pushed them to adopt AI tools in their work. The company is building an internal platform to track employee AI usage and spending in real time, set budgets... Meta Platforms plans to clamp down on skyrocketing AI costs inside the company by imposing limits...

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Craig Federighi speaks on a screen at WWDC 2026. Photo by Josh Edelson/Getty Images)

Anthropic’s Mythos Is Coming Today; Apple Pursues Modest Goals with Siri Revamp

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Aaron Tilley · Jun 9, 2026 7:06am PDT

Big news: Anthropic has a new version of a Mythos-class model coming later today called Claude Fable, according to a person with knowledge of the release. It’s a neutered version of Mythos with safeguards to protect against its misuse either in cybersecurity hacks or the construction of bioweapons, the person said.For those who have been living... Big news: Anthropic has a new version of a Mythos-class model coming later today called Claude...

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, at WWDC 2026. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Apple’s Cautious AI Overhaul; OpenAI’s IPO Filing

By Martin Peers · Jun 8, 2026 5:01pm PDT

OpenAI on Monday had good news and bad news for the media corps that avidly follows its every twist and turn. The good news is that it filed confidentially to go public, a week after Anthropic did the same thing. (Yippee!) The bad news: OpenAI said it has “not decided on timing yet” and “it may be a while because there are things we want to do... OpenAI on Monday had good news and bad news for the media corps that avidly follows its every...