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Chip Stocks Sag Amid AI Spending, Debt Concerns
Investors sell shares in chip firms, companies linked to AI, data centres amid scepticism around record spending, debt issuance
Pony AI Sees Surge In Robotaxi Sales
Self-driving taxi sales to outside customers on track to more than triple this year, as Pony plans thousands of overseas deployments
Apple Changes EU Fees For Third-Party App Stores
Apple says latest fee structure to come into effect on 1 October, as EU seeks to force app competition
France Probes Major Tax Authority Data Breach
Paris public prosecutor’s office begins investigation after hack steals tax data on hundreds of thousands of individuals, businesses
AI Data Centre Expansion Planned For Lanarkshire
DataVita to expand existing Lanarkshire facility and build second site, as part of £300m AI investment in Scottish county
Pennsylvania Governor Restricts Data Centre Development
While stopping short of a moratorium, governor’s executive order places strict conditions on future data centre project approvals
Meta Faces Biggest Legal Challenge Yet As Addiction Trial Begins
California lawyer accuses Meta of intentionally addicting children to boost profits, as major trial begins in US federal court
Uber Eats To Work With Zipline On Drone Deliveries
Uber Eats to offer food deliveries via drone that lowers items to ground in delivery pod from hundreds of feet in the air
Serve Robotics Splits With Uber Eats, Expands Grubhub Deal
Food delivery robot operator enters new cities with Grubhub, as it faces end of its long-running deal with Uber Eats
China Set To End Travel Ban For Manus Execs
Chinese government reportedly preparing to allow senior Manus executives to return to Singapore, as split from Meta nears completion
Nvidia Backs $105bn In Financing For OpenAI Data Centre
Nvidia to provide up to $105bn in financial guarantees for Nvidia’s lease of massive Ohio data centre, also invests in site developer
UK PM Exchanged Messages With Fake White House Official
Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanges several messages with person claiming to be White House chief of staff
Mexico Considers Social Media Restrictions
Mexican government to begin discussions with teachers on social media restrictions for young people, amid free speech concerns
Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law
After racing through the legislative process, French social media ban for under-15s found incompatible with constitution
Matic Robot Vacuum Cleaners Get Voice, Gesture Controls
US-based Matic adds voice, gesture controls to home cleaners, meaning users can now initiate tasks without opening an app
Flock Brings In Surveillance Controls Amid Police Abuse
US private surveillance firm Flock introduces limits on data from camera network, after cases of abuse by police found to be rampant
DeepSeek Releases V4-Pro Model, Hikes Prices
Start-up’s latest flagship model accompanied by substantial price jump, as DeepSeek also releases agentic harness
Alibaba Releases Weights Of Flagship Qwen3.8-Max AI Model
Hangzhou-based tech giant shifts to open-weight approach for 2.4 trillion-parameter model, with commercial restrictions
Nvidia Releases Open, Lightweight Nemotron AI Model
AI chip giant releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning under open-weight licence, as it reportedly works on large-scale challenger with 1 trillion parameters