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Why Apple built a third-party AI system for Siri and then refused to show it at WWDC

iOS 27 beta has an Extensions system for third-party AI in Siri, but Apple skipped the announcement at WWDC amid EU, legal, and messaging headwinds.

Vercel deleted 80% of its agent's tools and the agent got better + what to delete from yours (guide inside!)

If one is patient, if you are careful, I think there is probably nothing that cannot be retrieved.

Can this $125K robot be my friend?

Companies like 1X and Unitree are spending millions trying to build robot companions. But why aren't they in our homes yet?

Former Andreessen Horowitz partner John O’Farrell says his colleagues are trying to buy our democracy.

In a New York Times op-ed, the venture capitalist accused his Silicon Valley colleagues of using their vast wealth to shut down debate around regulating AI. He says there needs to be a conversation about how to use AI to benefit all of society, not just the wealthy few.

‘Can a machine do this job?’ is the wrong question

By shifting work to the consumer, AI will usher in a self-service economy

Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are

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Grassroots groups blocked 75 data center projects worth $130 billion in Q1 2026

Anti-data center groups doubled to 833 across 49 US states and disrupted 75 projects worth $130bn in Q1 2026, matching all of 2025 in three months.

Fable 5 vs GPT 5.5: Anthropic's model dominated every benchmark, then the government pulled it

Fable 5 topped GPT 5.5 on every major benchmark but was pulled by the US government after three days, making GPT 5.5 the top model you can actually use.

Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes selling illegal drugs after congressional pressure

Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes tied to illegal drug sales after a US Senate probe, but acted only after media pressure exposed the problem.

NHS England rolls out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 staff in largest healthcare AI deployment

NHS England will give 505,000 staff Microsoft 365 Copilot after a 30,000-person pilot found 43 minutes of daily admin time saved per worker.

These places revolted against data centers

Many Americans are resisting data centers across the country. Now, some lawmakers are responding with temporary moratoriums and outright bans.

How Visa’s AI Task Force Disrupted US$2.6bn of Scams

Visa Scam Disruption (VSD) specialist team uses AI and data to proactively identify and dismantle global fraud networks threatening consumers