28 May 2026
Student commencement boos are a sign of wider AI woes
As companies race to weave AI into nearly every industry, some college students are responding with open hostility. At at least three college commencement ceremonies this month, graduates loudly booed invited speakers who praised AI.
28 May 2026
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
The reservation request didn’t seem out of the ordinary: Eight colleagues visiting the Bay Area for work were looking for an Airbnb with reliable Wi-Fi. But at check-in time April 12, a Ring camera captured footage of people moving large, black cases into Sean Donovan’s home in San Francisco. Later that night, the security system was shut off. Two days later, Donovan stopped by the house to take…
28 May 2026
SpaceX's Starship V3 Can't Fly Again Until a 'Mishap' Is Addressed, Says FAA
The launch of the SpaceX Starship V3 appeared to go according to plan. It launched last Friday , conducted a mock satellite deployment and returned to Earth. Based on the launch stream, everything appeared to go according to plan. It turns out that this wasn't the case, as the FAA has launched an investigation, and the Starship V3 is grounded until the investigation concludes.
28 May 2026
Humanoid robots strut their stuff as trade show comes to Japan
TechnologyHonda, others exhibit new tech in industry expected to grow rapidlyGMO AI & Robotics' G1 robot at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)RYOKO SHIMONOYAMay 29, 2026 07:04...
28 May 2026
How to Watch Apple's WWDC 2026 Keynote: What to Expect from iOS 27
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 8 at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. It's Apple's big annual software event that is geared toward developers, but still gives us an idea of new hardware and software to come.
28 May 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens).
28 May 2026
Anthropic: San Francisco AI company vaults to a $965 billion valuation with new funding as Claude demand surges
SAN FRANCISCO -- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it raised $65 billion in private funding that will push its valuation to $965 billion, a whopping number that makes the five-year-old maker of the Claude chatbot one of the world's most valuable startups as it careens toward a likely Wall Street debut.
28 May 2026
What’s rarer than a unicorn? Anthropic is almost the first $1 trillion private company in history
Two weeks ago, defense startup Anduril raised a Series H round—$5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, shocking the defense world as the largest defense-tech round in history. On Thursday, Anthropic had its own Series H, but one from a different planet.
28 May 2026
AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
