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“In late March, KeplerL2 said that he estimated that PlayStation 6’s BOM (bill of materials, i.e. the raw components needed to make the console) at around $760 (£575).”
“Anime Cons—a website that tracks all anime conventions across the world—lists over 450 events across the U.S. in 2026 alone.”
“the app’s broader user base, which reached 900 million monthly active users at Google I/O last month”
“Grid operators in at least five regions, from Ivano-Frankivsk in the west to Zaporizhzhia on the front line in the south, announced temporary restrictions on energy usage”
“One subscription covers up to ten devices”
“four to five semiconductor fabs”
“A 2021 investigative series exposed Facebook’s damaging effects on teens and its role in circulating misinformation, including content linked to political violence.”
“the Superman (2025) followup saw the highest opening weekend for any superhero movie in Imax history”
“He has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years, having previously held the role of features editor with ITPro.”
“the most significant is that the price of memory and hard drives has sharply increased, as the components are bought up and used for AI data centres instead.”
“The company committed to spending $200 billion on Google Cloud and chips over five years, according to The Information”
“the grid was already 'operating at the limit of its capabilities'”
“NordVPN is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee, enough to cover the time it takes to follow your matches, so there is no risk in testing it before kickoff.”
“Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are each expected to build four to five semiconductor fabs in the Gwangju area”
“developed and deployed a bespoke AI tool for the first time”
“the American Film Institute (AFI) has decided to officially change the order of their signature AFI’s “100 Years…100 Laughs” list, thereby in what AFI terms as an “honorary” reorganization of the list, moving Brooks’ 1974 western spoof Bla…”
“the scarcity of memory is not expected to lessen for at least five years, and are unlikely to ever fall back to previous levels.”
“Berlin is lining up a €580mn contract for the Munich AI firm.”
“China now treats new proteins the same way it treated solar panels two decades ago, and batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) a decade ago”
“NordVPN is the pick we keep coming back to: it lists more than 7,000 servers across 110-plus countries, so finding a working UK or Australian city is quick, and one plan covers six devices at once.”
“Wikipedia has already taken note of the change today by correcting the original list released in 2000”
“last week suggested that the PlayStation 6 was still on schedule to release in 2027, despite the fact that Sony has only barely acknowledged it’s currently working on a next gen console.”
“Under the contract, Helsing would deliver two experimental uncrewed combat aircraft, two ground control stations and a ground segment. It would also write the operating-system and autonomy software.”
“China dominates the electric car industry, with its brands responsible for more than half of global Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) models and sales.”
“including their first which came out in 1998 for AFI’s “100 Years….100 Movies”, noting the 100 best films of all time as voted by a poll of 1,500 industry artists and leaders from a list of 400 movies nominated, and which was updated in 20…”
“It’s why Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft keep increasing the prices of their current generation devices – with Microsoft warning that they will continue to do so.”
“And it would hand over a government-owned reference architecture for other systems to plug into.”
“Around 15 years ago, the Dutch developed the first lab-grown burger in the world.”
“(currently No. 22 on the 2007 list)”
“the scarcity of memory is not expected to lessen for at least five years”
“the three-year window for long-term support releases is too short”
“More than one in four cars sold today are electric.”
“Singin’ In The Rain now at No. 5 of all time in any genre.”
“last week suggested that the PlayStation 6 was still on schedule to release in 2027”
“the current release model gives even-numbered versions three years of free support and odd-numbered versions 18 months”
“In 2025, about 47% of all electricity in the EU came from renewables.”
“Brooks himself has said the film couldn’t be made today, at least not the way he and his four co-writers including Richard Pryor did then.”
“when a new LTS release arrives, two of the three years on the previous one have already elapsed”
“Air conditioning ownership has surpassed 1.5 billion units globally, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)”
“the original list released in 2000”
“That leaves enterprises roughly one year to complete the upgrade”
“While 90% of homes in the United States have air conditioning units, the figure is just 20% in European homes, the IEA said.”
“their first which came out in 1998 for AFI’s “100 Years….100 Movies”, noting the 100 best films of all time”
“telemetry showed about 50 percent of deployed versions of their software were running on versions Microsoft no longer supports”
“equipment that has been operating under wartime conditions for more than four years”
“noting the 100 best films of all time as voted by a poll of 1,500 industry artists and leaders from a list of 400 movies nominated”
“Oracle provides five years of premier support for Java LTS releases plus additional extended support”
“more than 5 million children had accounts removed, deactivated or restricted after the legislation passed.”
“which was updated in 2007 by eliminating 23 titles and replacing them with others.”
“Python receives five years of security fixes for every release”
“70% of children who held accounts on restricted platforms on the day the ban took effect remained active on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok.”
“Some Like It Hot was high on both (currently No. 22 on the 2007 list).”
“in March, when a Microsoft engineer proposed dropping legacy .NET Framework support from a database library”
“seven in 10 kids remained on restricted platforms three months after a world-first ban on under-16s came into force.”
“Brooks has long said, and even told me once, his own personal favorite of his films is 1970’s rather unheralded The Twelve Chairs”
“Katalyst’s answer is Link, an autonomous spacecraft about the size of a small fridge with a 12-metre solar wingspan”
“more than 12 months to plan their compliance.”
“Taiwan’s Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro Computer’s local office on Monday, widening an investigation into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China through the company’s servers.”
“The government said Sunday it would introduce draft legislation this week doubling the maximum penalty to 99 million Australian dollars (€63mn) for platforms — including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok — that do not take reasonabl…”
“The raid also targeted the residences of six individuals and the sites of two other affiliated companies, according to Bloomberg.”
“Australia is set to double potential fines for social media platforms that fail to stop children from holding accounts after seven in 10 kids remained on restricted platforms three months after a world-first ban on under-16s came into forc…”
“Taiwanese data centre operator Chief Telecom and Super Micro distributor Albatron Technology were also searched, according to a person familiar with the investigation cited by Bloomberg.”
“But eSafety found in March that 70% of children who held accounts on restricted platforms on the day the ban took effect remained active on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok.”
“Around 50 servers were seized before they could leave the island.”
“The government had initially reported more than 5 million children had accounts removed, deactivated or restricted after the legislation passed.”
“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed the smuggling problem last week, telling shareholders that data centres built with diverted chips are a dead end because the company will not provide support or repairs.”
“Wells added that she had received monthly updates from the online safety regulator since March and 'we are not seeing improvements'.”
“Uber calling it an intentionally limited deployment of just over a dozen vehicles”
“She said she was satisfied with progress made by the remaining restricted platforms: X, Kick, Reddit, Threads and Twitch.”
“Waymo and Uber ended their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix as both pursue separate autonomous vehicle strategies across dozens of new markets.”
“Targeted platforms were given more than 12 months to plan their compliance.”
“Waymo said the vehicles have already been folded back into its own Phoenix fleet, where they will continue serving riders through its app, including public transit trips with Via and deliveries with DoorDash.”
“The five largest "hyperscalers", the technology giants racing to build AI infrastructure, are on track to commit more than $1 trillion (€878bn) to AI-related investment across 2025 and 2026, a pace that is outstripping their earnings and f…”
“Uber calling it an intentionally limited deployment of just over a dozen vehicles that helped it scale faster in Austin and Atlanta.”
“Crucially and coincidentally, the top floors where Ursula von der Leyen and her top team of Commissioners work were spared the outage.”
“Waymo is deploying its newest robotaxi, the Zeekr-made Ojai, a purpose-built van that costs roughly 75,000 dollars less per unit to produce than the Jaguar I-PACE it replaces.”
“ASML holds almost 90% of the global market”
“In the three years since, Waymo has grown its fleet to around 4,000 vehicles and Uber has added dozens of autonomous vehicle partners to its network.”
“It now requires that 50% of equipment used in new chip production capacity be sourced domestically”
“Waymo now operates in 11 US metro areas and offers more than 500,000 trips every week, though its rapid growth has come with operational stumbles including recalls and service suspensions in multiple cities.”
“The Chinese have set a target that they want to start producing their own chips, not using ASML machines by 2028”
“Its broader autonomous strategy now spans far beyond Waymo, with partners including Wayve, Avride, and a recently announced deal for up to 50,000 Rivian-built robotaxis.”
“ASML, the Dutch company with the highest market valuation ever recorded by a European company, boasting a market capitalization of more than €630 billion in 2026.”
“Cursor launched an iOS mobile app today that lets developers spin up and manage AI coding agents directly from their phone.”
“But China can still buy less advanced deep ultraviolet lithography machines, a segment in which ASML holds almost 90% of the global market, according to Gehrke.”
“That update introduced agents capable of working on codebases without constant human supervision, handling tasks like writing tests, fixing bugs, and refactoring code across multiple files. The iOS app takes that autonomy a step further by…”
“In 2024, for some of those products, up to 70% of shipments went to China.”
“Most of my coding now is on my phone”
“It now requires that 50% of equipment used in new chip production capacity be sourced domestically, Gehrke wrote in a report published in March.”
“The vibe coding movement has already reshaped app development, driving an 84 percent surge in App Store submissions”
““The Chinese have set a target that they want to start producing their own chips, not using ASML machines by 2028," Goodman told Euronews.”
“The policy takes effect on July 15.”
“requires that 50% of equipment used in new chip production capacity be sourced domestically”
“Deezer said in April that 44 percent of all new music uploaded to its platform daily, roughly 75,000 tracks, is fully AI-generated.”
“The company processes samples through what it describes as the largest commercial eDNA laboratory network in the world, operating across 116 countries and serving more than 600 organisations.”
“Spotify updated its own AI policies last September”
“We wanted to make sure that the sample collection process was simple enough for a five-year-old to do, so we tested it on a five-year-old,”
“Apple Music introduced transparency tags in March”
“Spotify updated its own AI policies last September to label tracks containing AI-generated elements and filter spam, while still allowing AI tools in the music creation process.”
“Apple Music introduced transparency tags in March that let labels and distributors disclose when AI played a role in a track’s creation.”
