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X appeals €120 million Eu Fine over digital services act violations

Social media platform X has filed an appeal against a €120 million fine imposed by the European Union for alleged breaches of the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The penalty, issued in December, followed an investigation by European regulators into the company’s compliance with new......

Amazon outage linked to AI coding tool sparks debate over blame and safeguards

Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour disruption in mid-December after its internal AI coding assistant, known as Kiro, executed changes on a live, customer-facing system that resulted in the environment being deleted and recreated, temporarily knocking a cost-analysis service offline in one of the......

Russian supreme court upholds $1.2 quintillion fine against Google

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering Google to pay 91.5 quintillion roubles, roughly $1.2 quintillion, in penalties for blocking Russian state media channels on YouTube. The decision, confirmed on February 18, rejected a cassation appeal filed by Google International......

Atlassian founders lose $7.2 billion in AI driven tech selloff

Michael Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, cofounders of Atlassian, have seen an estimated $7.2 billion wiped from their combined fortunes this year as investor anxiety over artificial intelligence disrupts global software stocks. The losses represent roughly one third of their collective wealth in......

Mistral CEO says over half of enterprise software will shift to AI

Arthur Mensch, chief executive of Mistral AI, said more than half of today’s enterprise software spending could migrate to artificial intelligence driven solutions, offering one of the clearest forecasts yet on how deeply AI may reshape the software industry. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit......

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......

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......

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