2026-06-16
OpenAI spent $34bn last year as it lines up for an IPO
OpenAI spent $34bn in 2025, more than two and a half times what it took in, as it prepares to file for one of the largest public listings ever attempted. The figure, reported by the Financial Times, lays out in stark terms what the race to build frontier AI now costs the company leading it. The […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-16
As Europe rearms, the ‘wingman’ drone takes centre stage at the Berlin airshow
The aircraft drawing crowds at last week’s Berlin airshow was not the one with a pilot in it. The “loyal wingman,” an uncrewed jet built to fly beside a manned fighter and carry the extra sensors, jammers, and weapons the fighter cannot, has become Europe’s defence obsession, and four companies turned up to sell it. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-16
France to spend €655m on AI and a single chatbot for the whole civil service
France wants its civil servants to share a chatbot. On Monday, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced an additional €655m for artificial intelligence, the headline use of which is a single sovereign conversational assistant intended for every public agent in the country, roughly a million people. The assistant, according to the announcement, is meant to help with […]<br /> This stor [...]
2026-06-16
Anthropic backs off unpopular billing overhaul as price war with OpenAI looms
Anthropic has pulled back its planned billing change for the Claude Agent SDK just before launch. Instead of separate credits, the SDK and third-party apps will keep drawing from regular subscription limits.<br /> The article Anthropic backs off unpopular billing overhaul as price war with OpenAI looms appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-06-16
DeepSeek takes outside money for the first time at a $50 billion valuation
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has raised more than 50 billion yuan - about $7.4 billion - in its first external funding round.<br /> The article DeepSeek takes outside money for the first time at a $50 billion valuation appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-06-16
‘We tore it to the ground’: Apple says it built Siri AI ‘from the ground up’, but admits this wasn't the original plan — a first version of its new voice assistant was ready last year
Apple completely changed its approach to Siri's AI overhaul last year, leading to an extended wait. [...]
2026-06-16
The latest 2026 Razer Blade 18 is a monster of a gaming laptop that annihilates the competition – if you can afford the price of admission
The Razer Blade 18 (2026) is as premium as gaming laptops get, with a near-flawless design and performance matched only by its high price tag. [...]