Tuesday/Mardi June/Juin 30, 2026
Tech Tuesday · Mardi Tech
Coffee with Zaki
Tuesday (Mardi), June (Juin) 30, 2026
What's up, everybody! It's Tuesday (Mardi) June (Juin) 30, 2026. Shout-out to Geeks, Nerds, Otakus, Intellos, and Strebers! 🎧☕
Salut à tous ! Aujourd'hui était une journée formidable côté football.
🇫🇷 Allez les Bleus — 3-0 vs Sweden! 🇸🇪
Today was a wonderful day because France defeated Sweden 3-0! I was so happy. L'Équipe de France must go far, to the Final, and win the World Cup, so we may win our third star. ⭐⭐⭐
French Tech 🇫🇷
Maddyness
1 300 startups et 7 milliards levés : découvrez l'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, l'un des poumons de la French Tech
A regional spotlight on one of France's most active startup ecosystems — big numbers, bigger ambitions.
AI & Anthropic 🤖
DevOps.com
Anthropic Adds Enterprise Gateway to Simplify Claude Code Access on AWS and Google Cloud
Enterprise-friendly infrastructure for teams deploying Claude Code at scale.
Axios
Anthropic's Fable 5 is back online
Access to Fable 5 resumed after export controls were lifted — a quick turnaround worth following.
Anthropic
Introducing Claude Sonnet 5
The newest Sonnet model lands — I'm actually drafting this post with it. Meta, I know.
Quartz
Together AI raised $800 million, more than doubling its valuation to $8.3 billion
Another massive infrastructure raise as the compute arms race keeps escalating.
Google Blog
Start building with Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash
Google keeps shipping lighter, faster model variants for builders.
SAP · YouTube
Top New Features in SAP HANA Cloud | Q2 2026 Release Highlights
#SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent #Emotif — keeping an eye on where I want to land next.
Gaming & Hardware 🎮
Slashdot
Sony PlayStation Will Stop Releasing Games On Discs In 2028
The end of an era for physical media collectors everywhere.
Entrepreneur
This $275 HP EliteBook Can Keep Up With Busy Entrepreneurs
Budget hardware that still gets the job done for solo founders.
WIRED
The Best Kindles to Take Your Library Anywhere
A buyer's guide for readers who want their whole library in one pocket.
TWIT
Windows Weekly 990 — Don't Be Nostalgic for Stupid
The gang tackles nostalgia, tech regressions, and the usual Windows chaos.
Business & World 🌍
TheNextWeb
Alibaba will pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal pharmaceutical sales on its platform
A significant settlement over platform accountability for controlled goods.
Fast Company
Kroger to buy regional grocer Giant Eagle in $1.65 billion deal
More consolidation in the grocery sector.
Salesforce · The 360 Blog
AI Agents Are Shopping. Is Your Brand Getting Noticed?
Agentic commerce is reshaping how brands need to think about discoverability.
Inc.
Update Your iPhone Now: Apple Just Pushed an Urgent Fix as AI-Powered Threats Increase
Apple accelerates patch cycles as AI-assisted threats ramp up. Go update your phone.
Science & Culture 🔭
Astronomy Magazine
Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins its Legacy Survey of Space and Time
A decade-long survey of the night sky officially kicks off.
Google Research
Expanding our Heat Resilience data to 50+ global cities
Climate-adaptation data expands its global footprint.
Lapham's Quarterly
An Ordinary Mind on an Ordinary Day
A quiet, reflective read to slow the news cycle down for a minute.
Vox
How the Antichrist infiltrated politics
A podcast deep-dive into religion and political rhetoric in America.
Eater
The 16 Best Restaurants in Cannes
See-and-be-seen hot spots, modern Provençal cooking, and classic French seafood overlooking the water. Adding this to my next trip back home.
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Merci d'avoir lu jusqu'ici — see you tomorrow for more. Allez les Bleus! PS. There will be a new episode of "Coffee with Zaki" French VLOG later this week as soon as I can. 🇫🇷☕