June 08, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO: The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms. Read More

Apple's long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here: The idea behind the new "Siri AI" is to turn the assistant from a voice controlled assistant into an AI companion that can do a lot more. Read More

WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more: Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Pentagon says Alibaba, Baidu, BYD and Unitree support China's military: The Trump administration released the updated version of the list four months ago and then quickly pulled it without explaining why Read More

WWDC 2026: What to expect, from Siri's highly anticipated revamp to Apple Intelligence and iOS 27: Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to. Read More

Waymo bought Apple's self-driving car proving ground for $220M: Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa County. Read More

Apple is tweaking its controversial Liquid Glass design: While some users liked the sleek, transparent designs that look "glassy," others found Apple's design overhaul from last year to be hard to read. Read More

Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers: As AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads. Read More

Last but Not Least

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers: Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack. Read More