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Yang's Nobile Mobile Offers Cash Back on Wireless Bills

Andrew Yang launched Noble Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that charges significantly less than major carriers and gives customers money back if they use less data. This innovative model aims to combat rising costs and the economic impact of AI on wages and jobs. With thousands of customers and millions in revenue, Noble Mobile is proving its business viability by sharing profits with subscribers to keep them loyal. The company's approach could be a blueprint for future consumer-facing businesses focused on reducing expenses.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Bezos's Prometheus Raises $12B to Automate Engineering

Jeff Bezos's Prometheus raised $12B at a $41B valuation to build an 'artificial general engineer' for physical systems. The round drew JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock, and follows a $6.2B launch raise in late 2025.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Simon Willison Tests Claude Fable 5 Across Effort Tiers

Simon Willison spent hours testing Anthropic's new Claude Fable 5, comparing its five thinking-effort levels on token cost and output. His read: the top tier is strong but pricey for routine work.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Mistral in Talks to Raise €3B at €20B Valuation

Mistral is raising about €3 billion ($3.5B) at a roughly €20 billion valuation, nearly double its September price. Europe's flagship lab needs the cash to keep pace with far richer US and Chinese rivals.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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OpenAI Acquires Ona to Run Codex Agents for Days

OpenAI is buying German cloud startup Ona so its Codex coding agent can keep working for hours or days, even after you close your laptop. Codex now has 5M+ weekly active users, up from 3M in April.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Oracle Hits $638B AI Backlog, Plans $40B Raise

Oracle's remaining performance obligations jumped 363% to $638 billion on AI cloud contracts, yet shares fell about 10%. The drop came after Oracle said it will raise roughly $40 billion to fund data centers.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Anthropic, TCS Bring Claude to Regulated Industries

Anthropic partnered with Tata Consultancy Services to deploy Claude across regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, and government. TCS will give Claude to 50,000 employees in 56 countries and build Claude-powered products for clients.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Cohere's North Mini Code: 30B Coding Agent on One H100

Cohere open-sourced North Mini Code, a 30B-parameter MoE coding model that runs on a single H100 under Apache 2.0. It ships a 256K context window and hit 210 tokens per second in Artificial Analysis testing.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Paper: Building Support AI Agents at 100M-User Scale

Nubank researchers detail an evaluation-driven framework for customer-support AI agents serving 100M+ users. The paper bridges offline development and online impact, showing how to test agents before they reach production.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Simon Willison Releases LLM 0.32a3 for the Terminal

Simon Willison shipped LLM 0.32a3, an alpha of his open-source CLI and Python library for running prompts against models from the command line. The tool works with hosted APIs and local models, logging results to SQLite.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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US Halts Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over Security

US authorities have instructed Anthropic to shut off access to two of its AI models—Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5—citing national security issues. The directive, received Friday at 5:21 pm ET, mandates disabling both models globally for all users. This move targets the most capable publicly available AI model, Claude Mythos 5, which can identify software flaws in major operating systems and web browsers. Anthropic's Fable 5 was released just three days ago with added safeguards but still faces shutdown. The government’s action is framed as an export control measure, restricting foreign national access to these models despite no evidence of a universal jailbreak. This decision could set a precedent for future AI regulation.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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Valve Imports Over 32 Metric Tons of VR Headsets

Valve just brought in a massive shipment of around 32 metric tons of VR headsets through its distribution partner Ceva, marking the arrival after a two-week journey from Shanghai. This influx includes nearly 140 tons of Steam Machines and hints at Valve's growing inventory since early April. Why does this matter? It signals an upcoming surge in hardware availability for both VR enthusiasts and those looking to dive into gaming with Steam Machines. The shipment details reveal that each VR headset, along with controllers, weighs approximately 654g (1.44lb), suggesting fewer than 20,000 units were imported this time.

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read

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