16 Jun 2026
Elon Musk’s unprecendented accumulation of wealth
Hi and welcome to TechScape. Nick Robins-Early here, US tech and power reporter at the Guardian. I’m filling in for your usual host Blake Montgomery, who is out this week on vacation. Today, we’ll be talking about the historic SpaceX IPO and the US government’s surprise order to limit the use of Anthropic’s most advanced AI model over cybersecurity concerns. I’ll also share a dispatch from Web…
16 Jun 2026
Trump just found the worst way to regulate AI
In a sense, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is getting what he wanted. Amodei has long argued that AI is becoming dangerously powerful — and thus, that regulatory restrictions on the technology are urgently needed.
16 Jun 2026
Q&A: A look at forward-deployed engineers, AWS style
So, what exactly are FDEs — are they techy lone rangers like the ones OpenAI, Google and Microsoft are hiring? Turns out it’s not so much about individual engineers who swoop in to design and roll out AI deployments; it’s more about a team of engineers working together at customer sites. At least, that’s the view at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In fact, according to Taimur Rashid, managing director…
16 Jun 2026
China's cheaper AI tokens a double-edged sword for Asian businesses
SINGAPORE: Artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as a race to work smarter. But for businesses in Asia, the more urgent question may be simpler: who can afford to use it at scale? At the heart of that question is the cost of AI tokens - a little-known building block that determines how much companies pay when AI systems read, process and generate information.
16 Jun 2026
AI Wars Why Microsoft, Google and Amazon Are All Fighting Over Power
In March, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, Oracle, and Elon Musk’s xAI joined President Trump at the White House. Together, they signed a document that will reshape how AI’s biggest companies operate for years to come.
15 Jun 2026
Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Week Turned Out to Be Something Much Darker
The Industry His fortunes reached new heights while his online behavior reached new lows. By Nitish Pahwa
15 Jun 2026
A Market Verging on the Absurd
Real progress seems to have arrived in ending the conflict with Iran and reopening the critical Strait of Hormuz.
15 Jun 2026
This Under-the-Radar AI Chip Leader Just Became a No-Brainer Buy This Week
When you hear about artificial intelligence (AI) chips, your mind instantly shifts to Nvidia or maybe even Advanced Micro Devices. These are two rock-solid options, but there is another that I think should be top of mind: Broadcom (AVGO +4.34%), a major player in the AI chip industry, even if most people don't know anything about the company. Fortunately for investors, its stock is now on sale…
15 Jun 2026
AI: Meta steps back from AI 'tokenmaxxing'. AI-RTZ #1118
The pendulum on big tech ‘Tokenmaxxing’ is swinging back. A trend that saw its boomlet both among tech execs and their corporate customers this AI Tech Wave. In particular, the waves are receding at Meta, where the first tokenmaxxing leaderboard stories get their start in silicon valley earlier this year.
