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UK's FCA defends Palantir contract amid lawmakers' concerns

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended its decision to award a short-term contract to U.S. data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, amid questions from lawmakers over potential data access and monopoly risks. Palantir was contracted for 12 weeks to analyze internal......

Quantum computing progress raises doubts about chemistry as first breakthrough

Quantum computing is advancing in the fight against hardware errors, yet the long-anticipated goal of using these machines to simulate complex molecules remains harder to achieve than many researchers once expected. A report published by New Scientist on March 13 questions whether chemistry will ultimately......

European Parliament backs first binding global treaty on artificial intelligence

The European Parliament voted to approve the European Union’s formal conclusion of the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, clearing the way for the EU to ratify the first legally binding international treaty focused......

Nintendo shares surge as Pokémon Pokopia becomes global gaming hit

Nintendo shares jumped as much as 10.5 percent on Tuesday, marking the company’s largest daily gain since April 2025, after the unexpected success of the new game Pokémon Pokopia boosted investor confidence and eased concerns about rising memory chip costs. Pokémon Pokopia, a life......

EA cuts jobs across Battlefield 6 studios after record launch

Electronic Arts has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across the four studios responsible for developing Battlefield 6, despite the game’s strong commercial performance and recent industry recognition. The layoffs, first reported by IGN, affect staff at DICE, Criterion Games, Ripple......

Apple unveils six devices in two days during major spring launch

Apple introduced six new devices in two days as part of one of its most ambitious spring product launches in recent years, with at least one additional announcement expected during a hands on media event scheduled for Wednesday. The rollout began Monday, March 2, when the company revealed the iPhone......

Apple opens major spring launch with iphone 17e and new ipad air

Apple has opened what it calls its most ambitious spring product rollout by unveiling the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air as the first devices in a three-day sequence of launches capped by a “special Apple experience” on 4 March in New York, London, and Shanghai. The campaign departs......

Apple prepares three day wave of new product launches

Apple is preparing one of its most intensive early year launch cycles in recent memory, with a three day series of announcements scheduled to begin on Monday, March 2 and run through Wednesday, March 4. Rather than staging a traditional keynote, the company is expected to reveal new hardware and chips......

Reddit fined $20 million in UK over children’s data protection failures

Britain’s data protection authority has fined U.S.-based platform Reddit £14.47 million (approximately $20 million) for violations related to children’s personal data, citing inadequate age verification and unlawful data processing. The penalty was imposed by the Information Commissioner's......

Microdramas shake up mobile viewing as $11 billion format eclipses Netflix

Microdrama platforms are now capturing more daily viewing time on mobile phones in the United States than established streaming services, underlining how ultra-short scripted series are redefining video habits on small screens. New figures from research firm Omdia, based on Q4 2025 Sensor Tower usage......

Ireland, India and UK move toward social media age limits

Governments across Europe and Asia are preparing to tighten restrictions on minors’ access to social media, drawing momentum from Australia’s landmark ban that has led to the removal of 4.7 million accounts belonging to users under 16 since December. Ireland’s Cabinet is expected to......

Survey finds 86 percent of firms reducing VMware use after Broadcom deal

Two years after Broadcom completed its $61 billion acquisition of VMware, the large scale customer exodus many had predicted has not materialized. Instead, companies are gradually scaling back their reliance on VMware as they reassess long term infrastructure strategies. A new report released by CloudBolt......

Zelensky receives first drone from German Ukrainian factory

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday visited the first German Ukrainian drone manufacturing plant, where he received the inaugural attack drone produced under the new partnership as Kyiv steps up efforts to expand its defense production footprint across Europe. The facility, operated by......

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