26 Jun 2026
Amazon's retail signals now optimize streaming TV ad deals through FreeWheel
Amazon Publisher Cloud on June 19, 2026 introduced Outcome Optimizer, a new capability that applies Amazon's shopping, browsing, and streaming signals to programmatic guaranteed deals running inside FreeWheel's ad server - giving streaming TV publishers a mechanism for demonstrating measurable advertiser outcomes without modifying existing workflows.
26 Jun 2026
Interpretable abstractions of artificial neural networks predict behavior and neural activity during human information gathering
Main Decisions should be based on evidence. Once sufficient evidence has been sampled, the agent can decide which option to select (Fig. 1a , top). But in addition to guiding the choice, evidence should also simultaneously be used to evaluate whether there is sufficient information to warrant a decision or whether further information must be sampled (Fig. 1a , bottom) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . When…
26 Jun 2026
Why SpaceX is the McDonald’s of AI
Have you seen “ The Founder ”? It’s the story of McDonald’s and how Ray Kroc (played by Michael Keaton) transformed the company from a local burger joint to a global landlord.
26 Jun 2026
What smart people are saying about price hikes by Apple and Xbox
Apple and Microsoft's Xbox hiked prices on the same day due to a global shortage in memory chips driven by AI demands.
26 Jun 2026
Robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone
Exclusive Robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone By Rya Jetha FieldAI builds software for all kinds of robots. FieldAI The robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone. The company, which builds software to help robots navigate challenging environments such as mines and construction sites, said it has grown to over $100 million in revenue and in customer contracts.
26 Jun 2026
Exit Stage Left: Can China’s Robots Find a Real Job?
Whether it’s Arnold Schwarzenegger being crushed by a hydraulic press in The Terminator or HAL 9000’s haunting elegy in 2001: A Space Odyssey , the fatal vulnerabilities of famous robots are a familiar trope in popular culture. But at a FamilyMart in Beijing, a machine struggles with a more unlikely foe: a bag of potato chips.
26 Jun 2026
What Does Mark Zuckerberg Want With Prediction Markets?
Meta’s latest copycat act may not be about getting into gambling.
26 Jun 2026
SpaceX employees got rich off stock options. Ex-Blue Origin workers say theirs are worthless.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have cosmic ambitions for Blue Origin and SpaceX. Getty Images SpaceX's record-breaking IPO has turned former employees into millionaires — and left alums of a rival rocket company with a serious case of FOMO.
26 Jun 2026
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