{"id":351508,"date":"2026-06-16T01:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=351508"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:09:24","slug":"this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-across-the-web-through-june-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-across-the-web-through-june-13\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u2019s Awesome Tech Stories From Across the Web (Through June 13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-blocks-60\">\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence\">Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/11\/technology\/bezos-prometheus-ai-engineer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jeff Bezos Desires to Construct an \u2018Artificial General Engineer\u2019<\/strong><\/a><em>Cade Metz | The Latest York Times ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;All societal wealth is driven by invention,&#8217; [Bezos] said in an interview with The Latest York Times. &#8216;Six thousand years ago, anyone invented the plow, and all of us got wealthier. Then, much later, anyone invented the steam engine, and all of us got wealthier.&#8217; &#8230;&#8217;What Prometheus seeks to do,&#8217; he added, &#8216;is to supply a set of tools that dramatically accelerates that invention loop.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-computing\">Computing<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/orbital-data-centers-heat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks<\/strong><\/a><em>Andrew Cavalier | IEEE Spectrum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Proponents tout the various wonders of computing in space: abundant solar energy, free cooling, and freedom from Earth-based disturbances like earthquakes, floods, and protesters. But a sober have a look at the physics of space-based computing paints a way more nuanced picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-biotechnology\">Biotechnology<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/longevity-startup-doses-first-human-in-bid-to-reverse-age-related-sight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss<\/strong><\/a><em>Isabella Ward | Wired ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the first-ever cellular-rejuvenation therapy using this technology to receive FDA clearance to enter human clinical trials, and hence the primary likelihood to check whether the technology can &#8216;ameliorate human disease,&#8217; in accordance with Life Biosciences cofounder David Sinclair, who can also be a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-future\">Future<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/11\/ai-absolutism-apocalyptic-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AI Absolutism Is Breaking Our Brains. The Apocalyptic Future We\u2019re Being Sold Isn\u2019t Inevitable<\/strong><\/a><em>Samantha Oltman | The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contradictory as they might be, all these arguments and anxieties fit neatly into the overarching message of the people constructing this technology: AI\u2019s dominance is inevitable. Get on board otherwise you can be left behind. &#8230;[But] the version of AI that we\u2019re being sold doesn\u2019t should be the version we buy. Nor does it must be the story we consider in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-energy\">Energy<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2026\/06\/__trashed-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Commonwealth Fusion Makes the Physics Case for Its 400 MW Reactor<\/strong><\/a><em>John Timmer | Ars Technica<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In response to our greatest models, developed using real-world data from multiple tokamaks, ARC should have the option to repeatedly trigger fusion reactions that release more energy than we put into them. But there\u2019s &#8216;working&#8217; from a physics perspective, and &#8216;working&#8217; from a market perspective. &#8230;the funds are going to be the toughest risk to retire and should require having ARC operate for a long time before we&#8217;ve got a definitive answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence-0\">Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/11\/1138794\/google-deepmind-is-worried-about-what-happens-when-millions-of-agents-start-to-interact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Google DeepMind Is Frightened About What Happens When Tens of millions of Agents Begin to Interact<\/strong><\/a><em>Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In response to Rohin Shah, who directs the corporate\u2019s AGI safety and alignment research, the mass-market arrival of agents that may perform tasks without human oversight and follow instructions given to them by other agents creates a complete latest class of risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-blocks-40\">\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-future-0\">Future<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After Wired Report<\/strong><\/a><em>Dhruv Mehrotra | Wired ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someday after Wired revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on greater than 50 million phones, the corporate removed it, in accordance with a Wired evaluation of the most recent version\u2019s code. &#8230;The version published the day of Wired\u2019s report included several code libraries explicitly named for face recognition. Friday\u2019s release includes none of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-space\">Space<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/06\/a-falcon-9-booster-turns-five-years-old-and-just-set-a-remarkable-reuse-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>A Falcon 9 Booster Turns 5 Years Old\u2014and Just Set a Remarkable Reuse Record<\/strong><\/a><em>Eric Berger | Ars Technica<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since [SpaceX&#8217;s] Booster 1067 made its debut in June 2021, [ULA] has flown its workhorse Atlas V rocket a complete of twenty-two times and the Vulcan rocket 4 times, and the Delta IV Heavy vehicle made its final three flights. So within the time that this single Falcon 9 first stage has flown and landed 35 times, its competitor company has made 29 total launches. Put one other way, this rocket has put more mass into orbit than greater than two dozen expendable rockets over half a decade of effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-artificial-intelligence-1\">Artificial Intelligence<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/08\/why-apples-slow-and-steady-ai-bet-is-starting-to-look-pretty-smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why Apple\u2019s Slow-And-Regular AI Bet Is Beginning to Look Pretty Smart<\/strong><\/a><em>Lucas Ropek | TechCrunch<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In brief, Apple is spending less, making more, and now launched a set of AI features that\u2014for a lot of iPhone users\u2014will feel indistinguishable from the opposite AI applications already available to them through the App Store. If that doesn\u2019t exactly count as &#8216;winning the AI race,&#8217; it could be the smartest approach to run it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-style-curated-post css-71xcd2\">\n<h4 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 heading css-1bsu3rs\" data-og-block-nth=\"1\" data-og-block-type=\"core\/heading\" data-rawhtml=\"1\" id=\"h-future-0\">Future<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/09\/magazine\/ai-jobs-workforce-labor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Who Will Actually Thrive within the Hybrid AI-Human Work Force<\/strong><\/a><em>Staff | The Latest York Times ($)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The transformation that\u2019s coming goes to happen on the planet because it is familiar to us today, and each single day will feel familiar. And there\u2019ll be tiny, tiny changes along the margin. There\u2019ll be tiny bits of automation along the margins. 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