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How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers

Here’s one metric for tracking SpaceX’s IPO later this week: The company has changed the venture industry’s perspective on long-term, capital-intensive space so much that a talented founder with no space experience can fund a space data center company. Orbital, a new firm that emerged in May from a16z’s startup accelerator program Speedrun with a $5 million seed round, is…
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Apple’s long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here

Two years after promising but failing to launch a smarter Siri, Apple unveiled its overhauled AI-powered assistant at its Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, on Monday. The Siri AI revamp will be available in beta later this year. The idea behind the new “Siri…
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WWDC 2026: What to expect, from Siri’s highly anticipated revamp to Apple Intelligence and iOS 27

As Apple WWDC 2026 approaches, the excitement is building around what Apple has in store for us this year. From Siri’s overhaul to new Apple Intelligence updates, there’s a lot to look forward to. The annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. For those eager to tune in, the event will be streamed live via the Apple Developer app, Apple’s…
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Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute

SpaceX has lined up another compute deal ahead of its historic IPO, this time with Google. The company announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for…
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AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India

Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk said on Friday it would invest $30 billion in India by 2030, adding to a wave of commitments from technology and infrastructure groups seeking to expand computing capacity in the country. The Australian company said it would develop 5 gigawatts of new data center capacity in India, one of the largest commitments to the South Asian nation’s…
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Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission

Apple on Thursday offered its annual update on the state of the App Store ecosystem ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that begins next week. The technology giant said that its App Store facilitated over $1.4 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2025, a figure up from the $1.3 trillion it announced last year around this time. The figure, which includes all business taking…
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