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Meta Launches Muse AI Agent for Shopping and Daily Tasks
The personal agent can email, book travel and buy on a user’s behalf, moving Meta from AI answers into everyday transactions.
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Google Cloud, Accenture Build Enterprise AI Delivery Unit
The partners plan a 1,000-person engineering workforce to help companies move Gemini Enterprise projects from experiments into production.
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Amazon and Qualcomm Link AI Chip Deal to Billion Warrant
A multigenerational Amazon partnership gives Qualcomm a path into AI data centers while tying potential equity ownership to future purchases.
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Google-Backed Nuclear Restart Wins .9 Billion U.S. Loan
Federal financing moves Iowa’s only nuclear plant closer to a 2029 restart as Google secures long-term power for growing cloud and AI demand.
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Google Chrome Begins a Faster Two-Week Release Cycle
Chrome 153 starts a faster browser-release rhythm as Google uses AI to find and fix vulnerabilities at greater speed.
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Huawei Heads to Trial in a Defining U.S.-China Tech Case
Huawei’s long-running U.S. criminal case reaches jury selection, testing allegations tied to sanctions, trade secrets and global technology competition.
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Mistral’s €3 Billion Round Turns AI Sovereignty Into Strategy
Samsung-led financing gives Europe’s flagship AI company more capital to compete on models, infrastructure and enterprise control.
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AI Vendor Dependence Is Now a Board-Level Continuity Risk
Capgemini’s survey finds that most large organizations see total digital independence as unrealistic, even as technology concentration becomes a board concern.
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Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion to Scale Reusable Rockets
The financing takes Stoke Space’s total capital raised to $2.3 billion as it prepares its first orbital launch and develops a larger Nova vehicle.
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Texas Is Turning AI Infrastructure Into a Political Contract
Texas is auditing data-center grid requests and weighing tougher conditions, turning AI infrastructure growth into a test of power, water and public legitimacy.