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6 updates · 5 appsJune 17, 2026

Cursor, a popular coding app, is being acquired by SpaceX

Gemini now lets you edit videos directly within your conversations.

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

Cursor

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Expanded summary · 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. 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…

Original reportingSpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPORead original

Gemini

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Expanded summary · 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 feature release underscores Google’s strategy of using its Android and Pixel devices to showcase its latest AI technology.

Original reportingAndroid 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini featuresRead original

Perplexity

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Expanded summary · 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.

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Claude

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Expanded summary · 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…

Original reportingAnthropic's latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests | TechCrunchRead original

Expanded summary · Claude

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.

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…

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…

Original reportingDangerous’ AI Models Are Coming No Matter WhatRead original

Claude Code

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Expanded summary · Claude Code

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.

Original reportingAgentic coding and persistent returns to expertiseRead original