Monthly Archives: June 2025

Bonfire’s new software lets users build their own social communities, free from platform control

Bonfire’s mission is to build social software where people get to make the decisions, not big tech platform makers like Meta or Google.

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X tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views

X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives.

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Google says its updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is better at coding

Google says the update to its Gemini 2.5 Pro preview model is better at certain programming tasks and builds on the upgrade to Gemini 2.5 Pro the company announced around a month ago.

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Apple says 82% of compatible iPhones are running iOS 18

Apple said on Thursday that more than 82% of compatible iPhones are running the latest version of its smartphone operating system, iOS 18.

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Anduril raises funding at $30.5 billion valuation in round led by Founders Fund, chairman says

Anduril Chairman Trae Stephens told Bloomberg on Thursday that the defense tech company has just raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation.

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Palantir CEO Karp says AI is dangerous and ‘either we win or China will win’

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the artificial intelligence arms race with between the U.S. and China will culminate in one country coming out on top.

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How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War

ASML, the Dutch company that makes multimillion-dollar tools to manufacture advanced semiconductors, is grappling with the repercussions of a tech trade war.

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Anduril raises $2.5B at $30.5B valuation led by Founders Fund

Founders Fund has led another, enormous round for defense tech startup Anduril with a $1 billion investment as part of a new $2.5 billion raise, the largest check the firm has ever written. Existing investors also piled in, an Anduril … Continue reading

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Snapchat launches an Apple Watch app globally

While you could already preview Snapchat messages on your Apple Watch by enabling them on your iPhone, there wasn’t a way to respond to them until now.

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How to watch Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote

Apple is expected to unveil changes to its operating systems iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference.

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