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Google Will Finally Begin Punishing Sites for Back-Button Hijacking in June

Daring Fireball

Paranormal Activity 8 director says his reboot is bringing 'big reveals'

Polygon - All

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the crypto exchange has confidentially filed for a US IPO; it was valued at $13.3B in April, down from a $20B peak in late 2025 (Cory Schouten/Semafor)

Techmeme

Disney quietly purges 15 more games from Steam, including Star Wars titles

Polygon - All

OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.4-Cyber, a fine-tuned GPT-5.4 variant for defensive cybersecurity use cases, to some participants of its Trusted Access for Cyber program (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

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Obama’s top Iran negotiator on Trump’s screwups

Vox - All

Anthropic redesigns Claude Code on desktop, adding a sidebar for managing multiple sessions, a drag-and-drop layout, an integrated terminal, and a file editor (Claude)

Techmeme

Dozens of 4K Blu-rays are included in Amazon’s three for $33 sale

The Verge - All Posts

Amazon to Acquire Globalstar, Announces Agreement With Apple to Continue Service for iPhone and Apple Watch

Daring Fireball

John Calhoun on Steve Lemay

Daring Fireball

Legend of Zelda line named #1 video game quote of all time

Polygon - All

Source: Anthropic is preparing to release Claude Opus 4.7, along with a new AI-powered tool for designing websites and presentations, as soon as this week (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

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Nvidia's stock rose 18%+ over the past 10 days, its longest winning streak since 2023; Jensen Huang said in March that Nvidia has $1T of GPU orders through 2027 (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

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Star Wars actor reveals how Darth Maul's voice has evolved over time

Polygon - All

Disney Lorcana just revealed 32 new cards from Toy Story, The Incredibles, Brave, and more

Polygon - All

Godzilla Minus One sequel takes Godzilla to New York City

Polygon - All

Prime Video is bundling Apple TV Plus and Peacock for a limited time

The Verge - All Posts

Bluefish, which helps brands manage visibility across AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Claude, raised a $43M Series B, bringing its total funding to $68M (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)

Techmeme

Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE

The Verge - All Posts

An Ultralight MacBook and Other Apple Silicon Roads Not Taken

Michael Tsai