Reuters Global 26.05.2026
I Squared bets on AI inference with $225 million data center buy from Cogent

Investment manager I Squared Capital on Tuesday said that it has bought 10 data center facilities from ​Cogent Fiber for $225 million in cash, marking its ‌latest bet on AI infrastructure....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
BNP Paribas steps up Mistral partnership to bolster rapid AI defences

BNP Paribas is bolstering its cybersecurity defences ​in anticipation of powerful AI models exposing vulnerabilities, the French bank's chief information ‌officer Marc Camus said....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
Spotify launches 'narrated articles' from publications like The Atlantic, Vogue

Spotify said on Tuesday it is rolling out narrated articles from top publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety ​and Vanity Fair for its audiobook users, as the platform ‌diversifies its content....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
Exclusive: Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible gains in the war against Iran, senior SpaceX officials reached a conclusion: The Pentagon should be paying more for access to their satellite Wi-Fi network....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
April shipments of foreign-branded phones in China up 1.8% Y/Y, CAICT data shows

Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones ​in China for ‌April, including Apple's iPhones, were up 1.8% from ​the same month ​last year, Reuters calculations ⁠based on data ​released by a government-affiliated ​research firm on Tuesday showed....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licences

Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi ​for operating in the country without a ‌gambling licence, the official state gazette showed on Tuesday....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
Samsung's non-chip union files injunction in bid to stop vote on bonuses, media reports

Samsung ​Electronics' union representing ‌workers in non-semiconductor ​divisions ​has filed an ⁠injunction ​to a ​South Korean court in a ​bid ​to stop an ‌ongoing ⁠vote by workers in its ​semiconductor ​division ⁠on a ​bonus increase, ​media ⁠report said on ⁠Tuesday....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
Ferrari bets on generational tech shift with Luce five-seat EV

Ferrari presented its first fully electric car on Monday, marking a high-stakes ‌shift by the luxury sports car maker as competitors including Porsche and Lamborghini scale back their EV ambitions, citing weak demand....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal

South Africa's communications minister established an independent panel of experts to review a draft national policy on artificial ​intelligence, after an earlier version was withdrawn when it was ​found to contain fictitious and potentially AI-generated references....

Reuters Global 26.05.2026
OpenAI's Altman says AI unlikely to lead to 'jobs apocalypse'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead ‌to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum, Handelsblatt reports

The European Union is planning to fine Alphabet's Google a ​high triple-digit million euro amount ‌as part of an antitrust investigation, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing commission sources....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
With AI manifesto, Leo joins pantheon of popes who urged world to change

Catholic popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 ​years across some two dozen major documents that many of the world's 1.4-billion-faithful can cite by their two- or three-word titles....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
India's AI ambitions hinge on workforce re-skilling, IBM India head says

India will need a coordinated push across government, companies and academia on skilling and policy if it ​wants to become an AI powerhouse, an IBM executive said, as ‌the technology threatens the country's position as a global services hub....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Anthropic's Olah says AI must be guided from outside Big Tech

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah said on Monday that the ​development of artificial intelligence cannot ‌be left solely to technology companies, urging greater oversight from religious leaders, governments and ​civil society....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Schneider Electric sees India data center business outpacing core growth on AI boom

Schneider Electric expects its India data center business to outpace ‌broader operations in the country over the next four to five years, driven by surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure, according to a senior executive....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Huawei's 'chip queen' etches her name in China's tech folklore

When He Tingbo was put in charge ​of Huawei's chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400 million and a mandate ‌that would eventually put her at the centre of China's most consequential technology effort....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Huawei proposes new path for chip development amid US sanctions

China's Huawei Technologies said on Monday it expects ​to design high-end chips by ‌2031 with transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometre processes, despite U.S. sanctions ​that have made it ​difficult for China to obtain the ⁠equipment needed to manufacture ​chips at the world's most ​advanced levels....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
China's DeepSeek to make permanent 75% price cut on flagship V4‑Pro AI model

Chinese artificial ​intelligence startup ‌DeepSeek will make ​permanent ​a 75% price ⁠cut on ​its ​flagship V4‑Pro artificial intelligence model, ​keeping ​prices at a ‌quarter ⁠of their original level, ​the ​company ⁠said in ​a ​statement ⁠on Saturday....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Nvidia says its forecast for $200 billion CPU market includes China

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday that his forecast of a $200 billion market for CPUs includes ​China, signalling Nvidia still sees significant long-term demand in the market ‌amid ongoing U.S.-China technology tensions....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
On London's streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty

Tourists, shoppers and office workers in a busy London street on an ordinary weekday found themselves part of a digital identity check ​as live facial recognition cameras scanned faces against a police watchlist....

Reuters Global 25.05.2026
Pope Leo urges world to 'slow down' on AI in fervent first manifesto

Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and ​risk leading the world down a path of unending war....

Reuters Global 23.05.2026
Law firm Fenwick agrees to pay $54 million in settlement over FTX work

Prominent U.S. law firm Fenwick & West, which advised FTX before its 2022 blockbuster collapse and bankruptcy, on ​Friday said it will pay $54 million to resolve claims ‌from FTX customers who alleged the firm helped enable one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history....

Reuters Global 23.05.2026
Blue Origin to expand Florida campus with new $600 million facility

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday announced a $600 million expansion of Blue Origin's Rocket ​Park campus in Cape Canaveral....

Reuters Global 23.05.2026
SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 blasts off in debut test flight from Texas

SpaceX launched its 12th Starship on an uncrewed test flight from Texas on Friday, in a high-stakes trial run of major upgrades to its next-generation spacecraft as Elon Musk's rocket company nears a record-breaking public listing....