Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents

Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic mid-tier model yet. It runs close to the flagship Opus 4.8 on many tasks, but costs less than half as much. Anthropic said on June 30, 2026 tha [...]

Bunkerhill Health raised $55M to put AI agents to work inside hospitals

The hard part of medical AI was never the model. It was getting a hospital to actually run it. Bunkerhill Health has raised fresh money to close that gap. The startup closed a $25m Series B led by Kho [...]

Google is killing Assistant on phones September 4. Gemini is the only option left.

Google confirmed in emails to users that Assistant on Android phones will shut down starting September 4, forcing everyone to Gemini. The process may take several weeks to complete, so holdouts may ge [...]

Trump signs orders calling for a powerful quantum computer by 2028

Two executive orders set a research-grade target, push the post-quantum cryptography deadline to 2031, and tie $2bn in grants to government equity stakes. President Donald Trump signed two executive o [...]

Amazon has dropped its nearly finished Sam Altman film, four months after investing $50B in OpenAI

Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s nearly finished film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Variety and Deadline reported on Thursday. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield as Alt [...]

BlackRock ordered $5 billion in SpaceX shares as IPO demand hit $250 billion, nearly 4x oversubscribed

BlackRock submitted an order to buy at least $5 billion in SpaceX shares ahead of Friday’s debut, the Wall Street Journal reported. That single order is nearly as large as the entire $5.5 billion Ce [...]

9 best HRIS systems for large organizations (2026)

Enterprise HRIS buying guides tend to recommend the same five names. That shortlist hasn’t changed in a decade, and most of those platforms were built for a workforce model that no longer exists. R [...]

FERC orders a fast lane for data centre grid connections, but the electricity to fill them is another matter

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday ordered six major grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests from data centres and other large electricity users. Under the directive, [...]

Meta is committing additional funding to keep its Oversight Board running through 2028

The social media company will add to the board's irrevocable trust, though the exact amount has not been disclosed [...]