2026-06-24

The most comfortable cars on the market, according to Consumer Reports

Comfort is one of the hardest things to judge on a test drive. Consumer Reports rated vehicles on ride, noise, and seat comfort to find the nine best [...]

2026-06-24

Amazon Prime Day's first day posted record U.S. online spending, beating forecasts

Adobe Analytics tracked $8.3 billion in U.S. online spending on day one, topping its $7.9 billion estimate and marking the biggest e-commerce day of 2026 [...]

2026-06-24

U.S. new home sales sank in May, falling short of economist forecasts

Sales of new single-family homes dropped 7.3% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 580,000 units [...]

2026-06-24

CFTC sues Kentucky over prediction markets in first case against a Republican AG

The federal agency has now sued nine states to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over federally registered prediction market platforms [...]

2026-06-24

OpenAI unveils first custom AI inference chip, Jalapeño, with Broadcom — and its development was sped-up with OpenAI's own models

OpenAI and Broadcom this morning unveiled their first custom AI accelerator chip named "Jalapeño," positioning it is as a purpose-built processor for large language model (LLM) inference, rather than the more general GPUs offered by the likes of Nvidia or AMD. According to its creators, Jalapeño is designed to support workloads behind ChatGPT, Codex, the API and future agentic products [...]

2026-06-24

The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic's Dario Amodei

At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's CEO—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown. [...]

2026-06-24

China takes the supercomputer crown without US chips

A supercomputer in Shenzhen just topped the world rankings for the first time since 2017. The headline is the speed. The real story is the silicon: it runs without a single chip from Nvidia, AMD or Intel. China has taken back the supercomputing crown. On Tuesday, organisers declared a machine called LineShine the world’s fastest […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-24

Cerebras doubled its revenue. The stock fell anyway.

Cerebras nearly doubled its revenue and guided 2026 sales above Wall Street’s estimates. Its stock still fell about 10%. The reason was a margin squeeze, caused not by a shortage of chips but by a shortage of buildings. Cerebras just learned the price of going public into a mania. On Tuesday the AI chipmaker posted […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-24

OpenAI built its own AI chip. The target is Nvidia.

OpenAI just showed off Jalapeño, its first home-grown AI chip, built with Broadcom. It is designed for inference, not training. And it is the clearest sign yet that the company most dependent on Nvidia wants a way out. OpenAI has a chip now. On Wednesday it unveiled Jalapeño, the first piece of silicon it has […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]