Chinese AI Models from DeepSeek, Qwen and Moonshot Match US Performance at Lower Cost

Microsoft has released preview build 29648.1000 to the Future Platforms channel of the Windows 11 Insider Program.

Reddit is running an experiment that converts selected text posts and comments into AI-voiced videos with on-screen text highlighting.

Anthropic added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months to reach a $65 billion run rate.

Apple pushes the sixth test builds of its next major mobile operating systems to registered developers, highlighting continued work on integrated Siri AI features.

Apple has begun distributing the sixth beta of its 2026 operating systems for iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch and HomePod hardware.

Apple pushes point releases across current and older platforms, each limited to security fixes with no new features disclosed.

Apple ships the initial release candidates for two current macOS versions while advancing the sixth developer beta of the next major release.

A vulnerability Apple fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 is already being used by attackers to gain remote access to Macs.

Microsoft attributes an Exchange update delay to an AI-generated bug backlog and declines to provide any new arrival date for the promised subscription service.

Alibaba is selling its gaming arm for at least $1.5 billion to redirect resources toward artificial intelligence.

CXMT Corp. now tops Chinese equity markets, pointing to a deeper reordering of which firms receive priority.

Linus Torvalds released version 7.2 on schedule even after an unusually compressed final testing cycle.

Mozila is gradually enabling an optional ad blocker inside Firefox for iOS, a change that reduces visible ads for users while leaving some commercial exceptions in place.

TechCrunch reports that the payments company is pursuing the AI model routing startup in a transaction that would mark a major expansion beyond financial infrastructure.

OpenAI has ended its preparedness team and redistributed its risk-assessment duties across existing groups focused on specific domains such as biology and cybersecurity.

Anthropic is implementing steganographic changes to token selection across all Claude models to mark AI-generated text, drawing sharp criticism for distorting natural writing to meet EU rules.

Linux now requires a hardware capability that Windows has treated as mandatory for years.

Microsoft has highlighted a basic setting change that may improve responsiveness on Windows 11 machines running slowly.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the U.S. government has directly informed Apple that sourcing RAM from Chinese makers is not acceptable.

Anthropic added model-level watermarks to all Claude text to meet an EU rule, prompting criticism that the move exceeds the law’s minimum scope.

The head of Corma says the company is building an AI security system that lets defenders respond to attacks from anywhere, including during routine activities outside the office.