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Investing in any stock is kind of like gambling in the sense that you're betting your money on a company's future performance. But how do you bet on a technology that could, in the worst-case scenario, "pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," or best case, "bring forth an age of miracles"? To some extent, Anthropic suggests in a letter at the top of its S-1 filing, you have to just believe. Anthropic's 335-page S-1 prospectus, filed Monday, is part of a steady hype escalation in Silicon Valley's interactions with Wall Street. In some ways, it's not even that bizarre; SpaceX IPO'd in June after filing an S-1 that referenced din … Read the full story at The Verge.

How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot

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Blackstone's forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has undergirded its business.

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Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe (left) watches Rivian R2s being built after an event at the Rivian assembly plant on May 19th, 2026, in Normal, Illinois. | Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images During an hourlong earnings call last night, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spent less time talking about the production ramp of the all-important R2 SUV than he did hyping the company's still-unproven autonomous vehicle ambitions. But the company faces a crucial test later this year, when it rolls out its point-to-point hands-free driving feature - first to its own employees for testing and validation in 2026, and later to customers in 2027. Following that, Rivian says it will launch its first robotaxi vehicles in partnership with Uber in 2028. In short, the next two years will determine whether Rivian will succeed or fail in its high-stakes ques … Read the full story at The Verge.

$220 million? For all of you? Yeah, we can probably dig that up ...

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There's no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.

This story is interesting: One Civic owner purchased a cheap aftermarket head unit off Amazon, and decided to have Claude work its magic on it, like it would a smart TV. What was reportedly discovered isn’t surprising, but is worth knowing about. Among the pre-installed bloatware—­or spyware, if you’re being less charitable­—was a voice assistant equipped with WebView, an Android system component that lets apps display content off the web. This apparently always used about a third of processing power, even while idle, which isn’t great. There were also Baidu location services, a call recorder (!), a DAB radio client that is pretty much useless in the U.S., and Adobe Acrobat, presumably so your passenger can entertain themselves with PDFs on the go. It’s interesting because it exposes all the insecurities in this piece of IoT software. But I think the real story is that a random person was able to do this reverse-engineering with the help of AI. Expect a lot more stories like this in the future.

Waymo announced today that when it launches a robotaxi service in Tokyo in 2027, it will use Toyota bZ4X electric vehicles that are assembled in Japan. The news builds on the strategic partnership between Waymo and Toyota which was first announced in April 2025. The robotaxis will be built entirely under one roof at Toyota's Takaoka plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Instead of building regular cars and modifying them later, the factory will install Waymo's self-driving sensors and computers right on the assembly line as each car is made. A team-up between the world's largest automaker and the world's leader in autonomous dri … Read the full story at The Verge.

Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.

Hundreds of practices hit by small health tech firm going into administration

Touch ‘em if you got ‘em. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple's long-awaited touchscreen MacBook Pro is finally here. I got to try this MacBook that, according to the last two Apple CEOs, shouldn't exist. The most surprising thing is how normal it is. The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display (what a name) has one of the nicest screens I've seen on a laptop. The current Mini LED MacBook Pros are great, but the OLED has those even inkier blacks. It also gets super bright, with incredibly rich colors and infinite contrast. Apple calls it a "reference-caliber display," which is a very Apple-y marketing term, but it walks the walk by being the first laptop display with support for Apple CMF 2026 color … Read the full story at The Verge.

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The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant's Missionforce defense platform.

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

Akai teased its new MPC Sample Key on Instagram earlier this week, and said it plans to open-source its software so the modding community can hack it to their hearts' delight. While there's no word yet on when the device will launch or how much it will cost, The Verge has received exclusive images of the upcoming instrument that offer some details about its feature set. While the Sample Key shares many of the same controls as the MPC Sample - including the three context-sensitive encoders, a large main encoder - it seems designed for pitched sample playback, rather than chopping up drums. In fact, the "chop" button from the MPC Sample is m … Read the full story at The Verge.

People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.

Blame plunging prices on tokens

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Like a real-life episode of "Suits," the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now an AI firm has entered the picture.

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.