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
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
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.”
Google has removed the subscription requirement for three Gmail AI features, making them free for all personal account holders in the United States. The move includes “Help Me Write,” personalized “Suggested Replies,” and AI summaries for long email threads, signaling a major shift in the AI assista
A judge has signaled that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to trial, rejecting a bid to dismiss the case. This legal battle over OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit model could have major implications for enterprise AI strategies built on Microsoft’s Copilot and Azure.
In a significant regulatory move, the EU has mandated that X retain all data and documents concerning its AI chatbot, Grok. This order comes amid a growing crisis over nonconsensual imagery on the platform.
