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Apple's new parental controls aim to shift child safety onus to app developers
At WWDC, Apple expanded child account controls for screen time and content filtering. But the move signals a regulatory strategy: pushing developers—not app stores—to verify age and enforce safety.
Apple lets you describe Safari extensions and AI builds them
Apple is letting Safari users generate custom browser extensions by describing them in plain language using Apple Intelligence. The move targets Safari's thin extension library compared to Chrome and Firefox.
iOS 27 beta adds opacity control, widget sizes, volume splits
Apple's iOS 27 developer beta arrived today with refinements to Liquid Glass, app icons, granular volume settings, and extra-large widgets—but the update looks incremental compared to prior years.
OpenAI files for IPO after $852B valuation, but projects $85B burn in 2028
OpenAI confidentially filed for an IPO weeks after Anthropic, racing to public markets while burning massive cash on AI compute. The company projects losses through 2030 despite doubling revenue.
Apple pays $250M for vaporware, ships AI features that actually work
After a false advertising settlement, Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote showed working AI features on real devices instead of polished videos. iPhone 15 Pro and later models get the new Siri—without forcing an upgrade.
Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Startup Cuts Staff as Revenue Stalls
Tools for Humanity, which verifies identity via iris scans, is laying off employees amid struggles to generate revenue. The move comes as Altman's OpenAI files for IPO.
Sequoia and rivals use dual pricing to mask real deal valuations
VCs invest in the same round at two different prices, announcing the higher figure while keeping the lower tranche quiet. Founders are misrepresenting the valuations to employees and angels.
E-scooter founder raises $5M to launch 10,000 space data centers
Euwyn Poon, who scaled Spin to 250,000 scooters, is now building Orbital to run AI inference from orbit. The bet depends on SpaceX's Starship becoming routine.
Wall Street's AI bet looks like 1999 all over again, analyst warns
A top analyst draws parallels between today's investor fervor around AI and the dot-com bubble, citing reckless capital deployment and disconnected valuations from fundamentals.
Anthropic engineer runs tens of thousands of AI agents in a single day
An Anthropic engineer revealed he manages tens of thousands of AI agents simultaneously on certain days. The scale hints at how agentic systems are being stress-tested internally before wider deployment.
Fortune: Tech leaders move past AI hype to what actually works
Fortune reports executives are shifting focus from AI marketing to deployed systems that deliver measurable returns. What separates proof of concept from production.
Apple adds AI to Siri at WWDC as Cook signals leadership shift
Apple unveiled AI-powered Siri improvements at its annual developer conference. The moves come as CEO Tim Cook prepares to hand off leadership responsibilities.