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JetBrains open-sourced Mellum2, a 12B Mixture-of-Experts coding model under Apache 2.0, designed for air-gapped and compliance-locked environments where external API calls are prohibited. The model uses a MoE architectur…
SpaceX announced a $60 billion stock deal to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, raising uncertainty for CIOs and developers. Analysts are divided on whether the acquisition will benefit Cursor's customers, with concerns a…
The New York Times Connections puzzle for June 17, #1102, features categories including alcove, bodily words for attitude, figures in Greek myth, and words starting with synonyms for 'ilk.' Players can find hints and ans…
Coinbase announced a System Update on June 16, introducing an SEC-registered AI investment advisor called Coinbase Advisor and unified global liquidity pools connecting its US and international platforms. The move aims t…
A developer used an LLM to optimize a C collision detection implementation, achieving over 100x speedup from the baseline at a cost of ~125 million tokens. The optimization targeted Kevin Tracy's differentiable collision…
Snap launched Specs, a $2,195 pair of augmented reality glasses, at AWE USA 2026. The glasses feature dual Snapdragon chips, hand tracking, voice control, and a 51-degree field of view, and are available for pre-order in…
Encord built an AI agent called Merlin that runs its AI data platform, aiming to automate data curation and annotation workflows. The agent leverages agentic intelligence to streamline operations, potentially reducing ma…
A new pricing comparison reveals that premium AI chatbot plans from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others range from $8 to $300 per month, offering varying levels of access, advanced reasoning, and agentic capabilities. …
Four cofounders of AI coding startup Cursor, all in their mid-20s, became billionaires after SpaceX acquired the company for $60 billion in an all-stock deal following its IPO. The founders each held approximately 4.5% e…
Hecate, a hardened OSINT and security operations platform for authorized red team operations and bug bounty hunting, has been released. The platform integrates 500+ intelligence databases, AI-powered analysis, and offens…
Developer Daniel May released Claudity, an open-source Claude Code plugin that acts as an architectural thinking partner during development. The plugin, ported from Microsoft's Clarity Agent, uses six specialist subagent…
An independent mobile developer is seeking app ideas that address real user demand, focusing on AI, productivity, and developer tools, and asking the community for problems that could be solved primarily with a mobile ap…
A freelance developer rebuilt their AI stack around Airtable AI, reducing monthly API costs from $89 to $14—an 84% drop—by switching from GPT-4o to cheaper models like DeepSeek V4 Flash and Qwen3-32B via a global API gat…
AI-driven fintech startup Corgi launched 50 ETFs in a single week, including 41 new filings, accounting for roughly half of all ETF launches in June. The products span leveraged, buffer, fixed-income, and insider-ownersh…
Five open-source AI tools—Amuse, MiniCPM Desk Pet, DeepSeek GUI, and two others—skip complex setup by providing desktop app experiences for local image/video generation, conversational pets, and coding workspaces. Amuse …
Oxlo.ai has introduced a request-based pricing model and an OpenAI-compatible API supporting over 45 models across seven categories, addressing the cost unpredictability of token-based billing for long-context and agenti…
Oxlo.ai offers request-based pricing for AI inference, charging a flat fee per API call regardless of prompt length, contrasting with token-based models used by providers like Together AI and Fireworks AI. This approach …
Meta launched AI Mode in Facebook Search, using Meta AI to generate answers from public content in Groups, Reels, and other apps. The feature aims to surface real experiences and recommendations, but Meta did not explain…
Branding Strategy Insider published a commentary arguing that AI represents a new consumer-facing interface rather than an entirely new marketing problem, citing data from the CMO Survey, Eight Oh Two's AI & Search Behav…
A developer created VoiceDraw, a tool that automatically generates system design diagrams from spoken discussions, aiming to streamline team collaboration and interview preparation.