2026-06-26
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest
Numbers in the trillions have a way of losing their edges, so it is worth holding this one still for a moment. Samsung is expected to announce plans to invest 1,000 trillion won, around $647.5bn, in South Korea over the next 10 years, according to local media reports that several outlets carried on 25 June. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-26
The US government asks OpenAI to slow its next model’s release
Sam Altman told staff Washington wants GPT-5.6 released first to a short list of trusted partners, with access approved customer by customer. For years the debate over slowing down powerful AI models was a matter for company safety teams and outside critics. Now it has a government request attached. The Trump administration has asked OpenAI […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-26
Cargo drone startup Elroy Air nears an $800m SPAC deal
The maker of the autonomous Chaparral is in advanced talks to go public through a blank-cheque merger valuing the combined company at about $1bn. The SPAC, declared dead more than once over the past few years, keeps finding new uses, and the latest is a cargo drone. Elroy Air, a California startup that wants to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-26
Linux Foundation and 20 tech giants launch Akrites to fix open-source flaws before AI-powered attacks hit
About twenty tech companies, AI labs, and banks are joining forces through Akrites to fix vulnerabilities in critical open-source software before AI tools can exploit them.<br /> The article Linux Foundation and 20 tech giants launch Akrites to fix open-source flaws before AI-powered attacks hit appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-06-26
Stop Killing the Internet: inside the global movement that wants to save the open web
As the UK joins the list of countries that want to ban teens from social media, a group of gamers and digital rights activists have come together to prevent the loss of internet freedom, under the guise of protecting children's online safety, and promote evidence-based alternative measures. [...]
