Friday, March 13, 2026

Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn "tech sovereignty" could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Banking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn “tech sovereignty” could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants  —  Companies argue that ‘tech sovereignty’ drive could hit profits and undermine continent's competitiveness



Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will initially have a safety driver behind the wheel (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber is relaunching a robotaxi service with Hyundai-backed Motional in Las Vegas; the service will initially have a safety driver behind the wheel  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is relaunching a robotaxi service with the Hyundai Motor Co.-backed company Motional in Las Vegas …



STMicro plans to retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures (Nathan Vifflin/Reuters)

Nathan Vifflin / Reuters:
STMicro plans to retrain workers and deploy humanoid robots in its older chip plants for repetitive and physically demanding tasks, aiming to avoid closures  —  STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA) unveiled plans on Thursday to retrain workers and deploy robots in its older chip manufacturing plants …



Sources: HSBC and Standard Chartered are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, as the city pushes to become a crypto hub (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: HSBC and Standard Chartered are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, as the city pushes to become a crypto hub  —  HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc are set to be among the first licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong …



Sources: Nvidia signs leases worth up to $50B for Hut 8's planned 1GW data center in Texas, hosting hundreds of thousands of chips; Hut 8 didn't name its client (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Sources: Nvidia signs leases worth up to $50B for Hut 8's planned 1GW data center in Texas, hosting hundreds of tho...