Base44, the vibe coding platform owned by Wix, began rolling out its own large language model in 2026, marking a shift away from reliance on external AI providers such as Anthropic’s Claude. The…
A NYT report blames a Russian hacking group for Jaguar Land Rover’s last-year breach that halted production for months, costing the UK about $2.5B and prompting a £1.5B bailout. Microsoft had tracked the group and alerted JLR, but investigators can’t confirm whether the Kremlin ordered it; a Jordanian hacker using the name “Rey” also hit some networks.
Samsung will begin charging for access to its SmartThings API in October 2026, introducing a range of paid tiers that will affect both developers and some advanced smart home users.
The new pricing…
Rippling launched Data Cloud in June 2026, folding BI ingestion, storage, transformation, and visualization into its HR/workforce platform. Using Anthropic usage logs and GitHub pull request data, Rippling AI flags high AI token spend paired with high peer rejection rates on code reviews—then can cut spending limits, alert managers, or auto shut off access.
Network automation startup Netris has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the company announced in June 2026. The funding will be used to hire engineers…
Amazon announced on June 25, 2026 that it will invest an additional $13 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in India through 2030, bringing its total investment…
Four prominent AI researchers have departed Google for rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in June 2026, raising concerns about talent retention at one of the industry’s largest AI operations.
Jonas Adler…
Samsara’s June 2026 Tracking Label targets the gaps between ports and distribution centers, sending location via BLE with a zinc battery for ~45 days. Sleep mode lasts up to 9 months, and it uses Samsara’s camera/sensor network as receivers instead of RFID’s fixed-scanner model (UPS’s April 2026 plan).
Anthropic debuted Claude Tag in June 2026, an always-on Slack feature for enterprise and team customers in research preview. Users can @Claude for staged task work that posts back to threads, while ambient mode proactively flags info and follows up; Claude context is persistent and shared per channel with admin-controlled access.
Tech firms cut tens of thousands of roles in 2026, citing AI even amid record revenue claims. Oracle said June 22 it cut 21,000 staff (13%) in 12 months; Amazon cut ~16,000 in Jan after 14,000 in Oct 2025, while Meta eliminated ~8,000 (10%).
A breach at Vancouver-based market intelligence firm Klue has resulted in data being stolen from multiple corporate customers, including some of the largest names in cybersecurity. Cybercrime group…
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC, raised $5M for Kyber in a 2026 round led by Lightspeed. Kyber’s SDK syncs video, audio, sensor data, and control inputs with minimal latency and is deployed in defense, telecom, robotics, and AI; the Paris startup has 25 employees with offices in San Francisco and Singapore.
