Saturday, June 27, 2026

A look at South Korea's four vocational "meister" schools that train students to work in semiconductor manufacturing, leading to jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix (Max Kim/New York Times)

Max Kim / New York Times:
A look at South Korea's four vocational “meister” schools that train students to work in semiconductor manufacturing, leading to jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix  —  Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in Eumseong County, South Korea, is the oldest vocational high school …



Polymarket says its annualized revenue is now $1B+; Dune Analytics: daily volume on Polymarket's US platform rose from ~$50M in mid-May to $200M+ by June 20 (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)

Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Polymarket says its annualized revenue is now $1B+; Dune Analytics: daily volume on Polymarket's US platform rose from ~$50M in mid-May to $200M+ by June 20  —  Prediction market platform Polymarket's annualized revenue are now well above $1 billion, the company shared exclusively with CNBC on Friday.



Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear  —  On July 1, it will be illegal for streaming platforms to play ads louder than the content being watched in California.



Friday, June 26, 2026

Q&A with Tim Sweeney on his vision for a cross-platform gaming social system, Unreal Engine 6, AI's PR challenges, the state of AAA game development, and more (Tim Clark/PC Gamer)

Tim Clark / PC Gamer:
Q&A with Tim Sweeney on his vision for a cross-platform gaming social system, Unreal Engine 6, AI's PR challenges, the state of AAA game development, and more  —  The Epic Games CEO discusses his vision for “Team Open,” his objections to Steam's AI disclosure requirement, and the huge problems facing AAA game development.



Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft failed to inform users that AI tools like Copilot were being integrated into the service (Giulia Segreti/Reuters)

Giulia Segreti / Reuters:
Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft failed to inform users that AI tools like Copilot were being integrated into the service  —  Italy's antitrust authority said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Microsoft (MSFT.O) over alleged unfair commercial practices linked …



Binance tells EU customers that it will stop providing services for them from July 1, after Greece rejected its application for a bloc-wide license last week (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Binance tells EU customers that it will stop providing services for them from July 1, after Greece rejected its application for a bloc-wide license last week  —  World's biggest crypto exchange tells customers how to withdraw their money as MiCA rules set to come into force



Sunday, June 21, 2026

Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have deployed tech to disable phones stolen from their stores, after phone makers resisted broader antitheft measures (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Kieran Smith / Financial Times:
Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have deployed tech to disable phones stolen from their stores, after phone makers resisted broader antitheft measures  —  Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree's move comes after Apple and Samsung resisted calls to adopt broader measures



Sources: Anduril has begun exploring the possibility of establishing operations in Israel and is in talks to recruit a local manager (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sophie Shulman / CTech:
Sources: Anduril has begun exploring the possibility of establishing operations in Israel and is in talks to recruit a local manager  —  Palmer Luckey's $61 billion startup considers local operations, partnerships, and investments in Israeli startups.  —  Anduril, the world's largest …



Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade  —  Also: The 2027 iPhone and AirPods plans.  —  The No. 1 priority for new Apple CEO John Ternus should be revamping …



A look at South Korea's four vocational "meister" schools that train students to work in semiconductor manufacturing, leading to jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix (Max Kim/New York Times)

Max Kim / New York Times : A look at South Korea's four vocational “meister” schools that train students to work in semiconductor man...