Major U.S. tech giants like Google and Meta won’t face heavy-handed new telecom rules under Europe’s upcoming Digital Networks Act, according to a Reuters exclusive. Instead, they’ll be invited into a voluntary “best practices” framework. The draft rules aim to harmonize spectrum licensing and could
In a move to bolster its data center infrastructure offerings, Concentric LLC has acquired power and cooling specialist Critical Components. This follows Concentric’s own acquisition by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2023.
Snowflake is making its largest acquisition ever, agreeing to buy observability platform Observe for around $1 billion. The deal, announced January 8th, aims to integrate monitoring tools directly into Snowflake’s data cloud as AI workloads explode.
Intel’s open-source graphics stack is getting significant upgrades. The new Mesa 26.0 release enables GPU hardware replay for debugging, and the kernel driver is adding Transparent Hugepage support for a major performance lift in shared virtual memory workloads.
Microsoft is putting buy buttons directly inside its Copilot AI chatbot. The feature, rolling out now in the US, lets you purchase items from select retailers without ever visiting their websites. It’s the latest move in the race to turn AI assistants into shopping agents.
Chipmaker Qualcomm and Google are deepening their collaboration to build smarter, software-defined vehicles. The partnership aims to fuse Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis with Google’s Android Automotive OS and Gemini AI to create a unified development platform. This move is set to accelerate h
Intel has officially launched its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, the first built on its long-awaited 18A node. Laptops featuring these Panther Lake chips, promising up to 77% better gaming performance, will be available before January 27th.
A long-running cyber-espionage campaign has been targeting telecommunications providers in South Asia since at least 2022. The group, linked to China, is now using compromised systems to help other hacking operations.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Deepak Mathivanan sees 15% more upside for Alphabet stock, upgrading it to overweight. He cites the company’s AI moats and an easing regulatory environment as key drivers. But after a 65% surge last year, the pressure is on for Google to execute.
Bank of America has upgraded Coinbase to a buy rating, seeing a 38% upside to its $340 price target. The upgrade is driven by Coinbase’s aggressive expansion beyond crypto into stock trading and asset tokenization, aiming to become an “everything exchange.”
