11 Jun 2026
Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why... until now.
@ajdell, AJ Dellinger
2026
11 Jun 2026
Fungi take up more mass than people—see how they stretch across the Earth
We might only think of fungi as the mold in our walls, the fleshy protrusions on rotting logs, or the button mushrooms for sale in the grocery store—but most fungal life takes place far out of human sight. The “roots” of the fungus under the soil form the organism’s mycelium. There, tiny filaments called hyphae form networks among plants and supply them with the essential nutrients they need to…
@NatGeo, Bethany Brookshire
2026
11 Jun 2026
Hidden Web of Fungus Inside Earth Could Reach The Sun a Billion Times
The ground beneath your feet is not quiescent. It zings and pulses with frenzied activity, much of it driven by a partnership between plants and fungi that dates back at least 450 million years. This is the mycorrhizal network – a vast system of fungal filaments locked in a mutual exchange with the plant life that carpets our planet, transporting nutrients from the soil and receiving in return…
@ScienceAlert, Michelle Starr
2026
11 Jun 2026
Top Tier India IT Bets on Physical AI as Coding Demand Declines
Physical AI is breathing new life into India’s IT and BPO industry at a time when autonomous AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude are steadily taking over the coding and back-office work that once powered the country’s technology boom. In Bengaluru, the city often called India’s Silicon Valley, a new kind of worker is quietly emerging. Laborers can now be seen wearing cameras strapped to their…
@NSAmericas, Narayan Ammachchi
2026
11 Jun 2026
From startup to $1.8 trillion: The investors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is seen on the launch pad, as Starship is prepared to be placed on top, at the company's Boca Chica complex, ahead of Starship's eighth test flight which is targeted for March 3, from Starbase, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 2, 2025. Kaylee Greenlee | Reuters
Yun Li
2026
11 Jun 2026
Anthropic launches powerful Fable 5 model publicly, while keeping Mythos restricted over cybersecurity concerns
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust . In context: Anthropic's latest release is really a story about control, not just capability.
Skye Jacobs
2026
11 Jun 2026
Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf
Coinbase announced Wednesday that it had launched "Coinbase for Agents," a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments and purchases autonomously.
@coindesk, Margaux Nijkerk
2026
11 Jun 2026
Coinbase’s new tool can help agents trade and pay for premium research
As AI agent traffic surpasses human traffic on the internet, companies working in commerce and finance are building tools that allow agents to take action on behalf of users at a rapid pace.
Ivan Mehta
2026
11 Jun 2026
SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch the biggest stock market float in history amid warnings that it may be overvalued.
Graeme Wearden
2026
