🗞️ Pulse – Week of June 3, 2025

Bringing you great stuff from around the internet.

Your curated roundup of the top breakthroughs, product launches, and industry moves shaping the tech world this week.

⚡ Top Headlines

🧠 Neuralink Secures $650M in Series E Funding

Elon Musk's Neuralink has raised $650 million to expand its brain-computer interface trials globally, aiming to assist patients with severe paralysis.

⚛️ Meta Signs 20-Year Nuclear Energy Deal

Meta partners with Constellation Energy to power AI data centers with over 1,100 megawatts of clean nuclear energy in Illinois.

🍎 Apple Skips Gruber’s WWDC Podcast for the First Time in 10 Years

Apple executives will not participate in John Gruber's "The Talk Show" post-WWDC, ending a decade-long tradition.

🏛️ FTC Investigates Major Tech Merger

The Federal Trade Commission has initiated an investigation into a significant merger between two leading tech companies, citing antitrust concerns.

🌐 Global Internet Usage Hits New Milestone

Global internet usage has reached a record high, with over 5 billion active users worldwide, according to the latest UN report.

🎮 Gaming & Hardware

🎮 Nintendo Switch 2 Launches June 5

Nintendo's next-gen console, the Switch 2, debuts with enhanced hardware and new games like "Mario Kart World."

🕹️ Sony Announces PlayStation 6 Development

Sony confirms that the PlayStation 6 is in development, with a projected release date in late 2026.

🖥️ AMD Unveils Next-Gen Graphics Cards

AMD introduces its latest line of graphics cards, promising significant performance improvements for gamers and professionals.

🎧 Valve Releases New VR Headset

Valve announces a new virtual reality headset with advanced features, aiming to enhance the immersive gaming experience.

📱 Samsung Teases Foldable Gaming Smartphone

Samsung hints at a new foldable smartphone designed specifically for gaming, combining portability with high performance.

🤖 AI & Robotics

🤖 NY Tech Week Highlights AI and Robotics

NYC hosts over 1,000 events focusing on AI and robotics, showcasing the city's growing tech influence.

🧠 OpenAI Releases GPT-5

OpenAI launches GPT-5, featuring enhanced language understanding and generation capabilities for various applications.

🦾 Boston Dynamics Unveils New Humanoid Robot

Boston Dynamics introduces its latest humanoid robot, designed for assistance in healthcare and domestic settings.

🧬 AI Accelerates Drug Discovery

Researchers utilize AI to expedite the drug discovery process, leading to faster development of new medications.

🚗 Self-Driving Cars Gain Regulatory Approval

California grants regulatory approval for self-driving cars to operate without human drivers on public roads.

📚 Book of the Week

📘 Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

A practical guide for teams to rapidly prototype and test ideas.

🎥 Video of the Week

📺 Top 10 Smartphones of June 2025 (YouTube)

An engaging roundup of the best new smartphones on the market, including reviews, camera comparisons, and spec highlights.

🐦 Tweet of the Week

🐤 Elon Musk on Solar Power

“We are in the absurd situation where:

• solar power is the cheapest energy source

• yet we are still building fossil fuel power plants
  This must change.”