How AI firms behave like traditional businesses
Three ways AI firms act like normal businesses: shifting from tools to services, using public rhetoric to attract funding, and offering specialist services.
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Europe's AI startups raise $21.8bn and face US leverage
European AI startups raised $21.8bn in 2025, but dependence on US cloud, app stores and investors shapes who can scale. Funding and platform analysis.
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Meta's AI push tests ad-era profitability
Meta's rollout of Muse Spark and higher capital spending have investors watching for how the AI push will affect ad revenue and direct monetisation plans.
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Musk revisits 2015 rift with Larry Page at OpenAI trial
Musk-Page feud: Elon Musk told a court his 2015 split with Larry Page helped prompt OpenAI's founding, tying the rift to hiring and AI-safety disagreements.
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AI demand forces memory makers to reroute capacity
AI demand is reshaping memory markets: makers are shifting capacity to HBM, raising prices and slowing DRAM/NAND supply growth in 2026, analysts say.
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Three war-driven risks to chip supply chains
Wars and chokepoints are disrupting fuels, gases and critical equipment for fabs, creating chip supply chain risks for electronics, automakers and AI projects.
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South Korea ties record ₩35.5 trillion R&D budget to startups, adds ₩550bn support package
South Korea funding for startups and SMEs: Seoul adds ₩550bn and links a ₩35.5tr R&D budget to commercialisation, boosting loans and support for tech firms.
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Turn off smart‑TV tracking — ACR can capture 7,200 images an hour
Automatic Content Recognition can capture thousands of screenshots an hour. Based on ZDNet and The Markup, learn how to find and disable smart-TV tracking.
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Google tests 'Ask YouTube' conversational search — US Premium trial
Google is testing Ask YouTube, a conversational search that mixes summaries, videos and Shorts — for YouTube Premium subscribers in the US aged 18+.
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Logitech's MX Creative Console gains Office controls and three-device Easy Switch
Logitech's MX Console now controls Word, Excel and PowerPoint via free Logi Marketplace plugins. Easy Switch can move up to three devices in one press.
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Generative AI could affect more than 1m London jobs, mayor warns
Mayor of London report: AI could affect 1m London jobs — 300k highly exposed and 748k significantly exposed. A new city taskforce will monitor how roles change.
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Four‑year refresh pushes buyers to M5 MacBook Pro
Buyers on a four-year refresh cycle are opting for the M5 MacBook Pro after real-world tests show gains; AI benefits still depend on app support.
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Musk–Altman trial seeks $134bn, could reshape OpenAI
Jury selection starts Monday in Oakland as Elon Musk seeks $134bn and a return to OpenAI's nonprofit charter in a high-stakes Musk–Altman trial ahead.
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China halts Meta’s $2.5bn Manus deal as co‑founders restricted from leaving
China has blocked Meta's $2.5bn acquisition of Manus while the NDRC probes whether moving staff and tech offshore required export approval by Beijing.
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Captain Titus returns — Thousand Sons seek revenge
Warhammer TV's new Battle Report brings Space Marine hero Captain Titus back as Thousand Sons reinforcements seek revenge, testing Games Workshop's transmedia storytelling.
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6GW gap exposes split over AI datacentre power needs
Two UK departments publish sharply different 2030 electricity estimates for AI datacentres — DSIT's 6GW target versus DESNZ's hundreds of MW — complicating grid planning.
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Sony headphones: 3 simple tweaks for better sound
Sony headphones: three simple tweaks to improve audio - power them on before wired use and use Sound Connect to choose LDAC for fidelity or LC3/LE Audio for steadier, lower-power Bluetooth.
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Nine-step Microsoft Teams scam steals credentials and sensitive data
Microsoft Teams scam uses external chats and Quick Assist to gain remote access, then DLL sideloading and HTTPS C2 to move laterally and exfiltrate sensitive data.
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78-year-old recreates husband as hologram at funeral in Washington state
Pam Cronrath, 78, recreated her husband Bill as a full-body hologram at his funeral in Wenatchee, using hologram tech she first saw at a medical conference.
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Google bets on AI chips to close the gap with Amazon and Microsoft
OpenAI's $110bn round has intensified a cloud war. Google bets its TPUs and custom models help Google Cloud close the gap with AWS and Microsoft Azure.
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Steve Ballmer says he lost $60m after Aspiration founder pleads guilty
Steve Ballmer says he lost $60m after backing Aspiration Partners. Founder Sanberg pleaded guilty to wire fraud; the DOJ says records were falsified.
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China warns US export bills could disrupt global chip supply chains
House committee advanced export-control bills targeting AI chips and equipment; Beijing warns they could disrupt global chip supply chains and harm firms.
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Anthropic's Mythos AI uncovers widespread software vulnerabilities
Anthropic's Mythos AI identified widespread software weaknesses. The company is sharing the model with major firms to help patch systems before release.
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Palantir X manifesto sparks government backlash
Alex Karp's manifesto on X led ministers to defend continued use of Palantir's tech. The row raises questions over public contracts in health and defence.
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AI chip surge lifts Taiwan past UK as Korea closes gap
AI chip surge lifts Taiwan's market to about $4.3tn as TSMC and other suppliers outperform, moving past the UK while South Korea narrows the gap further.
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