Microsoft is making its largest-ever investment in Asia, committing $17.5 billion to India. The four-year plan aims to build AI infrastructure, train 20 million people, and offer sovereign cloud services. It’s a massive bet on India’s digital future.
The EU has launched a formal antitrust probe into Google, alleging it unfairly uses web and YouTube content to train its AI models like AI Overviews. Regulators are concerned Google isn’t compensating sources or letting them opt out, while simultaneously locking competitors out of using the same dat
Tech elites are pouring money into private, libertarian “startup societies” to escape governments they dislike. But these projects, from a $1,500-a-month “Network School” to a crumbling Honduran tax haven, are running into ghost towns, political backlash, and massive legal trouble. The grand exit st
The explosive growth of data centers has utilities scrambling. An industry insider argues that the old playbook is broken, creating a cycle of mistrust and inefficiency. The solution requires radical transparency and modernized planning frameworks.
European regulators have opened a formal investigation into Google’s use of web and YouTube content for its AI products. The probe centers on whether the tech giant is unfairly leveraging its dominance to starve competitors and creators.
Microsoft is investing $15.2 billion in UAE data centers, promising renewable energy. But the engineering specs reveal the real power behind 99.999% uptime: natural gas turbines. This exposes the tension between AI growth and climate goals.
YMTC has filed two lawsuits in US court, challenging its designation as a Chinese military-linked company. The firm argues the label has caused significant financial and reputational damage.
A Bloomberg survey of European buyside traders shows transaction cost analysis is nearly universal, but faith in the tools is low. Nearly half run it daily, yet many treat it as a compliance checkbox rather than a real decision-making aid.
Google and Apple are collaborating on a new cross-platform switching tool. While it’s appearing in an Android Canary build now, Apple’s implementation is delayed and won’t be in the upcoming iOS 26.2 release.
Joshua Aaron, developer of the ICEBlock app, has filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi and other federal officials. He claims the Trump administration made “unlawful threats” to pressure Apple into pulling the app, which it did in October after the app gained over 500,000 downloads.
