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Apple price hikes 📈, US restricts GPT-5.6 🚫, repricing software engineers 👨‍💻

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Sign Up |Advertise|View Online TLDR Together With TLDR 2026-06-26 This AI recruiter matched 2,000+ companies with top talent. The companies paid $0 (Sponsor) Remember when recruiting meant paying 20% to headhunters, and still having to do most of the work yourself? Those days are over. Lia is an AI agent who headhunts 24/7 for companies like Glean, Ramp, and NVIDIA. 🤯 Companies pay nothing. Candidates pay a success fee of 20% of their first month (not year!) and only if they get hired. → To hire: Tell Lia your open roles. She'll find the best candidates and intro you directly. Start hiring → To get hired: Get warm intros to decision makers - no endless applications, no ghosting. No hire = no fee. Get hired 📱 Big Tech & Startups Trump Administration Asks OpenAI to Stagger AI Model Release (5 minute read) The US government has requested that OpenAI release GPT-5.6 to a short list of trusted partners before a wider release. OpenAI staff have been instructed to work with the Trump administration on any input that officials have on safety and restrictions. GPT-5.6 will initially be released to 20 partners through Amazon's Bedrock software platform. The Trump administration is continuing to collaborate with frontier AI labs to develop a shared approach for addressing the challenges of scaling the technology. Apple Raises Prices on Macs, iPads by $200 or More on Some Models (5 minute read) Apple has raised the prices of its Macs and iPads. Price tags for Mac computers rose roughly 15% to 20%, and iPad prices rose 15% to 25%. iPhone prices were unchanged, but price increases are likely coming. The increase in pricing has been attributed to rises in component prices. The price of memory and storage chips has quadrupled over the past year due to surging demand from AI hyperscalers. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology IBM claims world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology (5 minute read) IBM claims to have created sub-1-nanometer chip technology. The company says its nanostack architecture can deliver the computing performance expected if a theoretical chip could be built with physical features smaller than 1 nanometer. The design stacks transitions in a staggered layout to pack more transistors in the same space. IBM describes its new chip technology as being built at the 0.7-nanometer node, but it is important to remember that these node numbers have nothing to do with the actual physical dimensions of the chip. SpaceX's newest Starmind will make Earth data centers obsolete (4 minute read) SpaceX's planned AI satellite constellation will be called Starmind. Starmind will compute data directly in orbit using onboard processors powered by large solar arrays. It will allow AI models to run inference, process queries, and generate outputs from space. Starship will be able to carry 30 to 50 Starmind AI1 satellites per launch. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science Repricing of Software Engineering Labor (7 minute read) The AI-native tooling layer is multiplying fast and is crowded already. Being an 'AI engineer' is not a moat. AI can help build prototypes, but production is a different animal that requires engineers who understand reliability, scale, security, performance, observability, and operational trade-offs. The biggest returns may actually come from knowing one hard thing exceptionally well. Control an Android Phone with Gemini 3.5 Flash Computer Use (9 minute read) Gemini 3.5 Flash has a built-in tool called Computer Use that lets the model look at a screenshot and a goal and return structured actions. Users can choose to execute those actions and repeat the process until tasks are complete. Gemini supports desktop, mobile, and browser automation. This guide walks readers through how to set up mobile automation. 🎁 Miscellaneous TLDR is hiring a curator for TLDR Hardware! (TLDR Curator, ~3 hrs/week) 500,000 people have already signed up for TLDR Hardware, our new twice-weekly newsletter covering chips, robotics, energy, and devices. If you work in hardware and want to help curate it, send your LinkedIn or resume to hardware@tldr.tech! OpenAI Leans Toward Waiting Until Next Year for IPO (8 minute read) A series of recent developments has caused OpenAI's executives to lean towards holding off the company's initial public offering until next year. SpaceX's IPO was the largest ever, but its stock value dropped quickly. Global markets have been choppy in recent weeks, with tech stocks dragging down indexes. These factors may mean that retail investors might not have much enthusiasm for OpenAI's shares. Chinese AI Models Close the Gap With Anthropic and OpenAI (11 minute read) Z.ai released GLM-5.2 just days after Anthropic was forced to shut down its most powerful AI systems due to a demand from the US government. GLM-5.2 is nearly as powerful as Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models, but it costs much less to use, and no one in the US is putting restrictions on it. The model is currently one of the world's top 10 most popular models. It is open source, so anyone can use and modify it for free. ⚡ Quick Links Apple to Skip High-End M6 Mac Chips in Favor of AI-Focused M7 Line (5 minute read) The M7 Pro and M7 Max are scheduled for as early as the end of 2027, while the M7 Ultra is on track for 2028. A short story about deferring tech choices to thought leaders (2 minute read) Thought leaders put their energy into promoting new stuff, not running it. 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Micron rewarded its holders on Thursday, with shares soaring over 15%

Presented by Hey Snackers, Palantir closed at a 52-week low yesterday, but what we’re more interested in is this review of their blue chore coat from the self-proclaimed “lifestyle brand.” According to The Atlantic’s Saahil Desai, the jacket, which has a message from Palantir’s CTO sewn into the lining, is “the most comfortable and practical garment” he owns, though nothing about the jacket “makes any sense.” Next month, the defense data and corporate AI software company is releasing boxing gloves and a tennis skirt, for the defense tech girlies.  The S&P 500 finished flat yesterday, though the equal weight S&P 500 rose, as losses were concentrated in megacap tech. Despite all Magnificent 7 stocks closing lower, the Nasdaq 100 posted a gain, thanks to a rally in chip stocks.  SWEET MEMORIES Micron’s massive beat Micron — the most heavily traded stock on Robinhood* — rewarded its holders on Thursday, with shares soaring over 15% in the wake of its stellar Q3 results and Q4 outlook released after the close on Wednesday. Investors loved Micron’s ability to surprise to the upside yet again on sales, profits, and margins. But what they really loved is the memory chip’s specialist measures to guard against any future negative surprises by way of 16 strategic customer agreements.  Management indicated that these five-year pacts obligate buyers to purchase a specific amount of volumes at prices that can be as high as current levels (and also have a floor). Going forward, this gives investors enhanced confidence in a higher base for the company’s earnings, which have been prone to immense volatility amid boom-bust cycles. Jeff Bezos famously said, “Your margin is my opportunity.” When it comes to high-bandwidth memory, however, that’s easier said than done. Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra warned on the conference call that he’s not sure when memory supply will catch up to demand, and that the new projects required to make this happen “are large, complex, and time consuming.” In the meantime, Micron’s margins are the rest of the tech world’s headache, and they’re responding by calling on you for Aspirin. On Thursday, Apple rolled out wide-ranging price hikes on many of its offerings (including Macs and iPads, but crucially not iPhones just yet). And Microsoft called out “storage and memory prices” in announcing its third increase to Xbox console prices in a little over a year. THE TAKEAWAY Thursday’s price action — and the announced price hikes — show that Micron’s success comes at a cost. It’s a pointed reminder, coming on the heels of recent primary and secondary market issuance from megacap tech companies, that the AI boom is no longer being financed by some Magic Hyperscaler Money Tree. It’s being financed by you. *Robinhood Markets, Inc. is the parent company of Sherwood Media, an independently operated media company. Presented by Global X ETFs Looking beyond Single-Segment AI Exposure Investors often break the AI value chain down into its individual links — but the reality is a vast, interconnected ecosystem.  Rather than focusing on a single segment, the Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) takes a comprehensive approach.  The fund seeks exposure to key areas of the AI ecosystem including: AI Developers, Artificial Intelligence-as-a-Service (AIaaS), Artificial Intelligence Hardware, and Quantum Computing.  With hyperscalers projected to spend over $500 billion on AI capital expenditure in 2026, the infrastructure buildout has the potential to be just the beginning.1  By investing across the full value chain, AIQ seeks broader AI-related exposure beyond single-themes. Explore AIQ and see how a diversified approach could offer exposure to evolving AI-related trends. DON’T MISS A PLAY Subscribe to Scoreboard Want the inside look on the stats, data, and insights going on in sports? Looking for the numbers behind the biggest stories in the World Cup? Interested in prediction markets and how to make money there? Check out Snacks’ newsletter Scoreboard. For instance, in yesterday’s Scoreboard: In most World Cup matches, the better team has the highest chance at the win, with the odds of a draw a more distant possibility. (Welcome to how sports work!) But things change when you get into the type of scoreboard-watching we described in yesterday’s newsletter, where gaming out certain scenarios matters more than playing to actually, you know, win. We may see an example of that on Saturday, with Algeria and Austria, where both teams have 3 points already and would each likely advance if nobody wins. There, “Tie” is the prediction market favorite to, well, win. For decades, the World Cup has scheduled simultaneous kickoffs for the final match of group stage play in order to ward off collusion, but the newly expanded tournament, which will see some but not all third place group finishers qualify for the knockout rounds, has re-opened that problematic possibility.  Subscribe Snacks Shots It’s the end of the group phase today and tomorrow, and today in particular has a wild slate of games.  ⚽️Group I - Friday, 3 p.m. ET: 🇳🇴 Norway vs 🇫🇷 France / 🇸🇳 Senegal vs 🇮🇶 Iraq: France is set for the knockouts and has a 62%** chance of winning, but Senegal really needs a win here. Good for them, they’ve got an 80% chance of getting one.  ⚽️Group H - Friday, 8 p.m. ET: 🇨🇻 Cape Verde vs 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia / 🇺🇾 Uruguay vs 🇪🇸 Spain: One of the biggest games of the day is Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia, as Cape Verde makes the knockout round with a win, and it seems to be a nailbiter with Cape Verde having a 37% chance to win, Saudi Arabia a 36% chance, and a tie at 29%. That tie would be good enough to make the knockouts if Spain wins, which it has a 66% chance of doing. ⚽️Group G - Friday, 11 p.m. ET: 🇪🇬 Egypt vs 🇮🇷 Iran / 🇳🇿 New Zealand vs 🇧🇪 Belgium: Belgium is an 84% favorite, but the Egypt-Iran game will be the one to watch. Egypt is a slight (41% to win) favorite here, and Egypt is playing for a group win while Iran is playing to win to make the knockout round.  ⚽️Group L - Saturday, 5 p.m. ET: 🇵🇦 Panama vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England / 🇭🇷 Croatia vs 🇬🇭 Ghana: England is a huge 86% favorite in this one, so the game to watch will be Croatia-Ghana. Croatia is the favorite at 55%, and this one has big implications for seeding in the knockouts. ⚽️Group K - Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET: 🇨🇴 Colombia vs 🇵🇹 Portugal / 🇨🇩 DR Congo vs 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan:  The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been the single biggest tossup as to making the knockout rounds, so this game is crucial for them, and DRC has a 57% chance to win it. Colombia-Portugal is a fight for the group win, one Portugal’s got a 53% chance to win.  ⚽️Group J - Saturday, 10 p.m. ET: 🇩🇿 Algeria vs 🇦🇹 Austria / 🇯🇴 Jordan vs 🇦🇷 Argentina: Like we mentioned up top, this Algeria-Austria game is one of the most interesting we’re going to see, if only for the sake of the incentives at play that are making “tie” the most likely outcome at 44%, Austria the winner at 36%, and Algeria at 24%. Argentina is the overwhelming favorite at 86% to win.  **Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC. What else we're Snackin' In South Korea, “dopamine sites” scratch the itch to shop online or order delivery without costing any money. One such site, whose name translates to FoodNeverComes, allows users to browse restaurants, create an order, and even track a delivery that will never arrive.  According to eurochange’s Aperol spritz index, Naples is the most affordable city in which to purchase the cocktail, with an average cost of just €2.  Despite fears that AI would disrupt tech jobs, job openings at tech companies climbed nearly 14% in 2026, according to data from TrueUp. JPMorgan’s consumer bank CEO, Marianne Lake, once thought to be a potential successor to Jamie Dimon, has retired, while Troy Rohrbaugh and Doug Petno were appointed as copresidents.  Snack Fact of the Day As of last year, 1 out of every 3 adults under age 35 lives with their parents. Friday Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks on a panel midday. Important Information 1 Goldman Sachs, FactSet. 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