UK startup Nscale signs an up to $14B deal with Microsoft to deploy ~104K Nvidia GB300 chips for Microsoft in Texas within 18 months and 12,600 GPUs in Portugal — Nvidia-backed AI cloud group secures huge new contract as chief executive eyes public listing in ‘back end of next year’
Sources: Bank of England officials are holding up Revolut's full UK licence over concerns about whether its risk controls can keep pace with its global growth — Europe's most valuable start-up has waited years for approval to begin lending in its home market
A profile of eBay CEO Jamie Iannone, who said the platform was “too complacent” in 2020 and now focuses on its power users, boosting its stock by ~50% in 2025 — THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW — As the AI frenzy drives US stock markets higher, one tech company's shares have jumped almost 50% …
Judges in Latin America are struggling to rule on cases of AI-generated images even as courts increasingly adopt AI tools to clear case backlogs — AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
Taiwan says it expects no significant impact from China's new export controls on rare earth minerals, as it uses different rare earths in chip manufacturing — No significant impact is expected on Taiwan's semiconductor industry from China's new curbs on rare earths as they differ …
Sources: Apple glasses may run full visionOS when paired with Mac and a lighter UI with iPhone; Apple may unveil M5 iPad, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro this week — After spending a week with Meta's new display-embedded smart glasses, I'm convinced that Apple made the right call pivoting from the so-called Vision Air to spectacles.
How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms worldwide, with US platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms mainly targeting women — and what it all means — Zilan Qian is a fellow at the Oxford China Policy Lab and an MSc student at the Oxford Internet Institute.
An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming global peers, surging 50% since the end of June, amid raising investor caution about soaring valuations — China's chip stocks have staged a world-beating rally in the past few months on the nation's self-sufficiency push …
Thoughts on The Curve conference, where prominent figures debated about AI progress, and why automating research engineers is plausible within years — The conference and the trajectory. — ARTICLE VOICEOVER … Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.
Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables browser notifications from websites users haven't interacted with recently, on Android and desktop — Google's Chrome web browser is about to become much less noisy. — On Friday, the technology giant announced a new feature …
Google is the first company to be designated with special status in the UK under new digital laws; the designation does not introduce any immediate requirements — Britain on Friday designated Google with “strategic market status” in online search, the first time it has deployed new powers …
The UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in online search, but excludes Gemini; Google warns such oversight could slow product launches — Big Tech company becomes the first to be designated with special status under strict new digital laws
Logitech tells users that it will end support for its Pop smart home switches, launched in August 2016, on October 15, as it moves on from its smart home plans — In another loss for early smart home adopters, Logitech has announced that it will brick all Pop switches on October 15.
Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for existing subscribers in Germany, Ireland, South Korea, India, and others, after announcing a 50% hike — Current subscribers in some European countries won't be affected by Microsoft's Game Pass price hikes just yet.
A look at the OpenAI-AMD partnership, which added ~$78B to AMD's market cap and shows OpenAI is good at deals; OpenAI deals also boosted Shopify and Etsy stocks — OpenAI/AMD, Antifraud Co., M&A scoops, World Cup tickets, Gary Gensler's cell phone and Citadel Insecurities. — OpenAI/AMD
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
