Financial Times:
A look at Toyota's robotics expansion, including its Walden spinoff and a $6.4B annual plan to deploy 400K factory robots, as it competes with Tesla and China — Japanese group uses 20 years of research to commercialise intelligent robots — Toyota is setting its sights on becoming …
Bloomberg:
DongA Ilbo: SK Hynix gained ~$15B on its Kioxia stake earlier in 2026, and plans to return ~$12B to shareholders via a special dividend — SK Hynix Inc.'s shares bucked a broad selloff in AI-related stocks thanks to the prospect of a hefty dividend payout related to the South Korean memory maker's stake …
Bloomberg:
High-frequency trading firms such as Jane Street are investing in AI and chip startups and neoclouds, and building data centers to gain an edge in the AI era — High-frequency trading firms are even building their own data centers as they compete for an edge in the AI era.
Michael Roddan / The Information:
Sources detail how Ramp investors Joe Lonsdale and Keith Rabois pushed US lawmakers to probe rival Airwallex's China ties after Airwallex scrapped a Ramp deal — In April 2025, Eric Glyman, co-founder and co-CEO of Ramp, received some bad news: A deal was falling apart.
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough — Apple's folding iPhone finally made it to our teardown table. Some owners' screens didn't make it through setup.
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Moderators of r/opensource ban submissions of projects using, made by, or intended for AI, exclude non-English speakers over AI translation concerns, and more — The opensource subreddit's new rules against AI have sparked a revolt. … The post made Saturday evening opens by saying …
Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center companies, and 200+ neoclouds face “death and consolidation” — Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we're investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means...
Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information:
Data center tenants now demand $5M+ per day in late-delivery fees, up from $1M in spring 2026, spawning new “delay-in-delivery” coverage from brokers like Marsh — This spring, Mike Mathews, who leads the global digital infrastructure practice at insurance broker Marsh …
Tom Matsuda / Financial Times:
The iTunes Store is re-emerging as a venue for big pop stars, including Taylor Swift, to hawk collectibles to superfans and bolster their chart positions — Record labels and artists including Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are using the throwback music store to bolster their chart position and cash in on their fandom
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple tweaked macOS for its OLED touch MacBook Pro, due Wednesday, with a dynamic interface that adapts to whether touch or the trackpad was last used — Also: The company rolls out a retail store tool to reduce wasted inventory. — Apple's touch-screen MacBook Pro will arrive on Wednesday …
Maria Curi / Axios:
Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers — Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange. But the current crop of AI leaders is becoming …
Bloomberg:
How a Blackstone-led $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023 became a blueprint for chip-backed debt, which is on track to become a $1T market — “What is a GPU?” Blackstone Inc. executives asked CoreWeave Inc.'s leadership. Also: “Is AI real?” — These were entirely logical queries …
Cailey Gleeson / Fierce Healthcare:
Baba, which develops AI tools to help Medicare and Medicaid patients connect to care teams and handle advocacy tasks, raised a $40M Series A led by FirstMark — Applied artificial intelligence company Baba secured $40 million in series A funding to modernize the Medicare and Medicaid experience.
Ryan Lawler / Axios:
CapitalOS, which helps vertical software platforms offer spend management, cards, and bill payment tools to SMB customers, raised a $21.9M Series A led by LGVP — CapitalOS, which helps vertical software platforms offer cards and bill-pay tools to their SMB customers, has raised $21.9 million …
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Instagram launches an Apple TV app for watching Reels, longer videos, and live shows; the app previously launched on Fire TV, Google TV, and Samsung smart TVs — Instagram is now available on the Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows via the platform to Apple's streaming device for the first time.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Kimi K3.1 Pro's debut draws scrutiny over allegations that influencers were asked to promote the model without disclosing a commercial relationship to Moonshot — That's because Kimi K3.1 Pro scores so high on third-party benchmarks — according to both Moonshot and third-party AI model …
Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal:
LSEG agrees to acquire Octus, an NY-based provider of credit intelligence, data, and workflow software, from Permira and Octus' management for $3.54B in cash — The group said the acquisition would transform its presence in credit and private markets data — London Stock Exchange Group …
Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg:
A look at Meta's role in Brazil's runoff, where Lula da Silva alleges Meta restricts his content and a court ordered it not to interfere; Meta cites glitches — A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil's bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc.
Torsten Slok / Apollo Global Management:
Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens — Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.
The Information:
Source: Replit recently moved most AI spend from Anthropic to OpenAI, which gave 30%+ off in a deal worth $100M+/year, after Anthropic discontinued its discount — OpenAI's efforts to undercut Anthropic on price are producing some results. — For instance, in May, Anthropic models powered 57% …