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Microsoft just announced a new operating system for devices that don’t run apps, only AI agents

OpenAI is turning Codex from a coding tool into an enterprise work platform, and non-developers are adopting it 3x faster than engineers

A German startup raised $240 million to commercialise the only fusion experiment that has ever produced net energy

SpaceX’s first employee just raised $500 million for the company that moves satellites once rockets put them in the wrong orbit

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Perplexity built an “air-traffic controller” that decides in real time whether your AI query runs on your PC or in the cloud
Apps
Microsoft just announced a new operating system for devices that don’t run apps, only AI agents
Artificial Intelligence
Hackers brute-forced Dashlane’s two-factor authentication and downloaded encrypted password vaults
Data and security
OpenAI is turning Codex from a coding tool into an enterprise work platform, and non-developers are adopting it 3x faster than engineers
Apps
A German startup raised $240 million to commercialise the only fusion experiment that has ever produced net energy
Deep tech
A North Dakota startup raised $10 million from ranchers and neighbours to build the operating system for beef cattle
AgriTech
Blue Origin says fuel tanks and key pad components survived the New Glenn explosion, pledges to fly again this year
Business
Palo Alto Networks shareholders have rejected executive pay seven times, and the CEO still earns nearly $100 million
Business
The world’s mathematicians just issued a formal declaration telling AI companies to stop using their work without permission
Artificial Intelligence
SpaceX’s first employee just raised $500 million for the company that moves satellites once rockets put them in the wrong orbit
Investors and funding
Amazon’s Ring is sued over its Familiar Faces facial-recognition feature
Amazon
Taiwan shows off robot patrol dogs that could guard its South China Sea islands
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Startups and technology

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI is crushing startup valuations for companies that raised before ChatGPT existed

More than 220 former unicorns have lost their billion-dollar status as venture capital concentrates in a handful of AI giants, leaving pre-2023 startups stranded between inflated valuations and a market that has moved on

Investors and funding

DEEP TECH

A German startup raised $240 million to commercialise the only fusion experiment that has ever produced net energy

Focused Energy’s laser-powered reactor is based directly on the National Ignition Facility’s historic 2022 breakthrough. German utility RWE led the round and will host the first demonstration plant at a decommissioned fission reactor site.

Corporates and innovation

CORPORATES AND INNOVATION

Intel is bringing a chip to every computing category at Computex. The last time it could do that, it was the company everyone was trying to catch.

Government and policy

BUSINESS

Palo Alto Networks shareholders have rejected executive pay seven times, and the CEO still earns nearly $100 million

Nikesh Arora’s compensation package is the most opposed in the S&P 500, but the votes are non-binding and the stock is up 800% since he took over. The 442-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio tells the rest of the story.

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