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Social network X hit by outage

The social network X experienced a widespread outage across several countries on Monday, affecting users for a few hours, according to cybersecurity monitors and journalists. The NGO NetBlocks reported “international-level outages” on the platform. User complaints peaked......

Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Anthropic over AI safeguards

Anthropic said Thursday it has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management, more than doubling the artificial intelligence company’s valuation to $380 billion. The raise marks the largest venture capital investment of 2026......

Helion reaches 150 million degrees in private fusion milestone

Helion Energy said its Polaris prototype reactor has achieved plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius and demonstrated measurable deuterium tritium fusion, marking a first for a privately developed fusion machine. The company described the breakthrough as a significant step toward its goal......

UN approves global AI scientific panel despite US opposition

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to establish a 40 member global scientific panel tasked with assessing the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, moving ahead despite strong objections from the United States. The resolution was adopted by 117 votes in favor......

US secretly sent 6,000 Starlink terminals to Iran

The Trump administration quietly delivered about 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals to Iran following a deadly government crackdown on nationwide protests last month, marking the first time Washington has directly supplied the technology to the country, according to US officials cited by The......

Musk restructures xAI into four divisions amid cofounder departures

Elon Musk has overhauled the structure of his artificial intelligence company xAI after a wave of departures that has seen half of its original cofounding team exit since its launch in July 2023. The latest resignations, announced within 48 hours of each other, come as Musk prepares to integrate xAI......

Meta prepares Instants app to rival Snapchat with ephemeral media

Meta is reportedly developing a new standalone application, Instants, designed to send photos and videos that disappear after a set period. Still in internal development, the app has not yet been officially released, but it represents a strategic push to attract younger users who prefer ephemeral, fast-paced......

China top chipmaker warns of crisis as AI drives memory shortage

The global semiconductor industry is facing its most severe supply strain since the pandemic era, as surging demand from artificial intelligence data centers diverts critical memory components away from consumer electronics. China’s largest contract chipmaker said this week the sector has entered......

L’UE approuve le rachat de Wiz par Google pour 32 milliards de dollars

La Commission européenne a donné son feu vert sans conditions à l’acquisition de la société de cybersécurité Wiz par Alphabet pour 32 milliards de dollars, levant le dernier obstacle réglementaire majeur à ce qui deviendra la plus importante......

Meta and Google face trial over alleged addiction of young users

A civil trial opened this week in Los Angeles examining allegations that Meta and Google deliberately designed their platforms to encourage addictive behavior among young users, a case that could reshape legal accountability for major technology companies. Lawyers representing the plaintiff argued that......

Musk says Tesla Semi mass production is set for 2026

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the company will begin large-scale manufacturing of its long-delayed Semi electric truck in 2026, reviving a commercial vehicle project that has struggled to move beyond limited production since its debut in 2017. Writing on the social media platform X, Musk said......

Nvidia chief says artificial intelligence rollout has years to run as demand surges

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has dismissed growing market anxiety over the pace and impact of artificial intelligence, arguing that the industry is still in the early stages of a once in a generation infrastructure buildout that could take another seven to eight years to complete. Speaking on......

Norway confirms Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers breached national networks

Norway has become the latest country to publicly confirm that it was targeted by the Chinese state backed cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon, according to the national police security service. The disclosure, made in an annual threat assessment released on Friday, adds a major European dimension......

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