Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026
The Iran Deal Is Signed June 19. The Airlines Are Already Looking at the Routing Map
Mediators announced on Sunday June 14 a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, intended to bring the…
EA Is Putting Ads Inside Its Games. The Acquisition Debt Explains the Timing
Electronic Arts announced on Monday the launch of EA Advertising, a new platform that enables brands to place advertising directly…
$85.7 Billion and Rising: What the Greenshoe Tells You About SpaceX’s First Week
SpaceX’s IPO has grown larger three days after pricing. Underwriters led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley exercised the overallotment…
Lutnick’s Letter, Amodei’s Meeting, and the Specific Phrase That Changes Everything
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday ordering the company to suspend…
Britain Says No to Under-16s on Social Media. Enforcement Is the Whole Question
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the United Kingdom will impose a ban on social media use for…
From 350 to 80: London’s Finance Analyst Postings Just Told You What the Jobs Data Didn’t
Search for “finance analyst” on a prominent London recruitment platform and you find around 80 vacancies. Four years ago, the…
Alipay Gets an AI Agent. Ant Group Gets Something to Tell Its IPO Story
Ant Group is testing an overhaul of its Alipay super app that would introduce an AI agent interface, according to…
ByteDance Is About to Buy 50,000 Chinese AI Chips. Nvidia’s China Share Is Now Effectively Zero
ByteDance is in talks with Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI chips for inference workloads, with sources familiar with the…
American AI, American Geopolitics: India Just Got the Reminder It Didn’t Want
Anthropic announced late Friday that it received a U.S. government directive requiring it to suspend access to its recently launched…
Sonos Finally Made a Speaker You’d Actually Want to Carry to the Kitchen
Sonos launched the Play in March as its first new hardware in more than a year – a $299 hybrid…
44% of New Music on Deezer Is AI-Generated. Now It Wants to Tell You About Your Other Playlists
Deezer launched a free online tool on Thursday that scans imported playlists from 20 major streaming platforms to identify AI-generated…
Jim Bridenstine Is Betting SPACs Aren’t Dead. He Has One Good Reference Case
Quantum Space, the orbital maneuverability startup founded in 2020 by space investor Kam Ghaffarian, announced on Thursday that it will…
Coinbase Wants AI Agents to Trade Your Crypto. The FSB Disagrees With the Pace
Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents on Thursday, an MCP server that allows AI agents to execute trades on the platform,…
No Patch. No Authentication Required. And ShinyHunters Already Inside 100 Companies
Oracle published a security advisory on Thursday for a critical vulnerability in its PeopleSoft enterprise software, designated CVE-2026-35273, one day…
One Billion Users, Half the Country Worried: The Strange Math of ChatGPT’s Success
ChatGPT reached one billion monthly active app users in May 2026, according to estimates from Sensor Tower, making it the…