23 Jun 2026
YouTube Sidesteps Latest Social Media Trial With Payout; Meta, TikTok Owners & Snap Still Face Court
Over a month before a second potentially seminal social media trial is set to start in California, YouTube has reached a deal to get out of having to show up in court. “YouTube’s decision to resolve this case before having to face a jury speaks for itself,” attorneys for 15-year-old R.K.C. said Monday as news of a self described “settlement-in-principle” emerged.
23 Jun 2026
Meet Qwable: The Free Local Model That Thinks Like Claude Fable
Qwable 27B is a full fine-tune of Alibaba's Qwen3.6-27B, trained on a Fable 5-style reasoning dataset, designed to replicate the structured, deliberate thinking style of Anthropic's newest flagship model.
23 Jun 2026
Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
Kunal Shah, founder of Indian fintech start-up Cred, has taken over as head of WhatsApp
23 Jun 2026
Hollywood’s ‘Artificial’ Dilemma: When Tech and Luca Guadagnino Collided
Where can Luca Guadagnino ’s OpenAI movie Artificial go now? That’s the question that has been whirling around Hollywood since the news broke that Amazon MGM Studios was dropping the feature just months after Amazon entered into a $50 billion investment with Sam Altman ’s OpenAI.
23 Jun 2026
YouTube settles upcoming bellwether trial over social media's psychological harms to kids
LOS ANGELES (CN) — YouTube and its parent company Google have reached a confidential settlement with R.K.C., the unnamed defendant in a second bellwether trial over the effects of social media on minors.
23 Jun 2026
10 Top Tech Companies in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is a major global tech hub, supported by strong venture capital, government investment and a thriving startup ecosystem. The city is home to companies like Rapid7, CrowdStrike, monday.com and HiBob, which leverage its talent pool and innovation-friendly environment to grow. Israel has a global reputation as a prime business and innovation hub, home to thousands of startups and…
23 Jun 2026
Blockchain data provider Allium raises $40M in funding
Blockchain data provider Allium raises $40M in funding Allium Inc., a startup that provides financial institutions with data about the cryptocurrency market, has raised $40 million in funding. Amplify Partners led the Series A round. Allium stated in its announcement of the deal today that Kleiner Perkins and Theory Ventures participated as well. The raise follows two years in which the company’s…
23 Jun 2026
43 Things Under $25 You'll Want To Buy During Prime Day
Prime Day can be *********** — we're using our extensive shopping knowledge and tracking price history to give you the most accurate pricing information and vetted discounts/original prices. FYI, some of the...
23 Jun 2026
Here’s Why Micron Shares Fell 13% Tuesday
Topline Micron shares plummeted over 13% on Tuesday, falling as South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service contributed to a global chip sell-off with a warning about risky ETFs tied to memory chip companies like Samsung and SK Hynix. Micron's stock is up more than 260% on the year.
