Tech Updates

• AI company Anthropic has released a custom chatbot for classified spy work and is also being sued by Reddit for allegedly using posts to train its Claude model without authorization.
• In the wider AI industry, Meta is reportedly in talks to invest $10 billion in the startup Scale AI, while Elon Musk is prohibiting competing companies from training their models on content from X. The technology is also said to be taking over junior-level jobs in the high-tech sector.
• In Israeli tech news, emergency systems developer Carbyne raised $100 million in a round led by AT&T, and security firm Cellebrite acquired an American company. Conversely, the company 6over6 is shutting down six years after its exit.
• Microsoft has unveiled its first portable Xbox console, and the head of Tesla's humanoid robot program has resigned from his position.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-releases-custom-ai-chatbot-for-classified-spy-work
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This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs

https://www.theverge.com/news/682011/microsoft-windows-xbox-pc-combination-features-rog-xbox-ally-devices

The biggest changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 26 | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/news/683738/apple-iphone-ios-26-changes-liquid-glass-wwdc-2025

Apple WWDC 2025: the 13 biggest announcements 

https://www.theverge.com/news/682769/apple-wwdc-2025-biggest-announcements-ios-26

Apple targets “more personal and expressive” iOS 26 with new Liquid Glass design - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apple-aims-for-more-personal-and-expressive-ios-26-with-new-liquid-glass-design

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code. Bill Benter did the impossible

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Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired

https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc

The role of developer skills in agentic coding

https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/13-role-of-developer-skills.html

The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler

https://endler.dev/2025/best-programmers

Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/06/googles-nightmare-how-a-search-spin-off-could-remake-the-web