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June 17, 2026

Gemini gets video editing, Cursor acquired by SpaceX

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Gemini added new creative tools, and the coding app Cursor was acquired by SpaceX.

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CursorCursor, a popular coding app, is being acquired by SpaceX.

Cursor

Cursor

SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion in stock, just days after SpaceX went public.

Signs of SpaceX’s interest in Cursor appeared earlier this year when xAI hired two of the startup’s senior engineering leaders. Then, in April, Business Insider reported that xAI had decided to rent out some of its data center… | SpaceX is now leaning on Cursor to deliver on some of these promises. But the prospect of acquiring the startup must have seemed even easier to swallow post-IPO: Since going pub… Signs of SpaceX’s interest in Cursor appeared earlier this year when xAI hired two of the startup’s senior engineering leaders. Then, in April, Business Insider reported that xAI had decided to rent out some of its data center… SpaceX is now leaning on Cursor to deliver on some of these promises. But the prospect of acquiring the startup must have seemed even easier to swallow post-IPO: Since going public last Friday, SpaceX’s stock has gone from its IPO pr… Sean O’Kane is a reporter who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and………

Source · SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
Source · SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
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Gemini

Gemini

You can now edit videos directly in your conversations using Gemini Omni.

Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system , as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel devices, is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop… | The latest feature release underscores Google’s strategy of using its Android and Pixel devices to showcase its latest AI technology. While its rival Apple is focused on… Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system , as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel devices, is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop… The latest feature release underscores Google’s strategy of using its Android and Pixel devices to showcase its latest AI technology. While its rival Apple is focused on catching up in AI with September’s public launch of AI up… In today’s Pixel Drop , Android Quick Share’s file-sharing feature will become………

Source · Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Source · Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Perplexity

Perplexity

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type | Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed | New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

Claude

Claude

Anthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests | TechCrunch

Then on Friday, the Trump administration renewed its war on the model maker by sending a letter demanding it ban non-Americans, including Anthropic’s employees, from accessing its state-of-the-art models: the limited-release Mythos 5 and t… | Although the White House invoked an obscure export control directive when ordering the ban, the exact cause remains unclear. The chatter was that hackers easily bypassed Fable… Then on Friday, the Trump administration renewed its war on the model maker by sending a letter demanding it ban non-Americans, including Anthropic’s employees, from accessing its state-of-the-art models: the limited-release Mythos 5 and t… Although the White House invoked an obscure export control directive when ordering the ban, the exact cause remains unclear. The chatter was that hackers easily bypassed Fable 5’s guardrails , which were intended to prevent access to… This new drama comes after Anthropic famously refused to allow the government to use its models…

Source · Anthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests | TechCrunch
Source · Anthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests | TechCrunch

Claude

Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What

Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the services. The company has been in talks with t… | Since Mythos debuted in April , Anthropic has claimed—and warned—that the model has advanced capabilities for not only finding software vulnerabilities to help defenders patch… Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the services. The company has been in talks with t… Since Mythos debuted in April , Anthropic has claimed—and warned—that the model has advanced capabilities for not only finding software vulnerabilities to help defenders patch them, but also figuring out ways to exploit them that could be… With this in mind, the company initially released a version called Mythos Preview to a select…

Source · Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What
Source · Dangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter What

Claude

Diligenta , TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves.

Diligenta , TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves. | TCS’s banking and financial services product teams will use Claude Code to boost productivity around software engineering and IT operations. | TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on… Diligenta , TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves. TCS’s banking and financial services product teams will use Claude Code to boost productivity around software engineering and IT operations. TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on claims adjudication and lending advisory. Then on Friday, the Trump administration renewed its war on the model maker by sending a letter dem…

Source · TCS and Anthropic partner to bring Claude to regulated industries
Source · TCS and Anthropic partner to bring Claude to regulated industries

Claude Code

Claude Code

Agentic coding and persistent returns to expertise

Building on prior work , we introduce a framework for studying interactive agentic coding based on a privacy-preserving analysis of ~400,000 Claude Code sessions from between October 2025 and April 2026. We evaluate the composition of task… | The more domain expertise a person has, the more often the session ends in success—though the gap between intermediate and expert users is modest. Over the seven months we obse… Building on prior work , we introduce a framework for studying interactive agentic coding based on a privacy-preserving analysis of ~400,000 Claude Code sessions from between October 2025 and April 2026. We evaluate the composition of task… The more domain expertise a person has, the more often the session ends in success—though the gap between intermediate and expert users is modest. Over the seven months we observe, the share of sessions spent debugging fell by nearly half,… Agentic coding has taken off. The share of GitHub projects with coding agent activity has more…

Source · Agentic coding and persistent returns to expertise
Source · Agentic coding and persistent returns to expertise