6-10-26 AI shifts and startup moves shape tech today

6/10/26

Today’s tech digest covers leadership shakeups, AI assistants, subscription pricing, and major startup investments.

  1. Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership

The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned.

  1. I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works

Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or “spirit week” theme days from an email or a poorly formatted flyer onto their calendar in.

  1. Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from

Starlink, SpaceX’s top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.

  1. Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View

I’ve said one and mean another, and I’ve used one when I needed another.

  1. Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price

Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.

  1. How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups

Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.