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California Secures 50% Claude Discount for State and Local Government Agencies

California has entered into an agreement with Anthropic that gives state agencies, cities and counties access to Claude at a 50% discount. The arrangement also includes free workforce training, technical…

Samsung and SK Hynix Plan $518 Billion Memory Chip Expansion in South Korea

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to invest about 800 trillion won, or $518 billion, to build four memory chip fabrication plants in southwestern South Korea. The projects form part…

Arena Reaches $100 Million Annualized Revenue Eight Months After Commercial Launch

Arena has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue eight months after launching its commercial AI evaluation service. The company grew from a UC Berkeley research project into a business…

Cursor Launches iOS App for Managing Coding Agents From a Phone

Cursor has released a mobile app that lets developers launch, monitor and direct AI coding agents from an iPhone. The public beta arrives shortly after SpaceX agreed to acquire Cursor’s…

U.S. Permitting Delays Put 92 GW of Clean Energy Projects at Risk

Federal permitting delays and funding withdrawals could disrupt 92 gigawatts of planned U.S. clean energy capacity as electricity demand rises, according to Wood Mackenzie. The affected wind, solar and storage…

TIDAL to Demonetize Fully AI-Generated Music From July 15

TIDAL will stop fully AI-generated music from earning royalties or generating direct-to-fan sales under a new policy taking effect on July 15, 2026. The streaming service will also label wholly…

Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections to Geofence Location Data

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement access to a person’s Google location history qualifies as a search under the Fourth Amendment. The 6-3 decision establishes that cellphone…

WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations Ahead of Wider Launch

WhatsApp has opened reservations for usernames, allowing users to prepare for a feature that will let them connect without sharing their phone numbers. The Meta-owned messaging service will introduce usernames…

Rocket Lab Agrees to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Satellite Deal

Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire satellite communications operator Iridium for approximately $8 billion, expanding the launch provider into satellite network operations and communications services. The proposed cash-and-stock transaction values…

Proception Raises $11 Million After Settling Tesla Trade Secrets Lawsuit

Proception has raised $11 million in seed funding and started shipping its first ProHand robotic hands to researchers and robotics companies. The funding follows the startup’s settlement of a trade…

Pocket Raises $11 Million as Demand Grows for Dedicated AI Recorders

Pocket has raised $11 million to expand its credit card-sized AI recorder, which captures in-person conversations and converts them into transcripts, summaries and action items. Accel led the funding, with…

Flipper Devices Launches Busy Bar to Block Distractions and Display Work Status

Flipper Devices, the company behind the Flipper Zero electronic multitool, is moving into workplace productivity with a new device designed to block distracting apps, run focus timers and show when…

Omen AI Raises $31 Million to Monitor Data Centre Cooling Fluids

Omen AI has raised $31 million to expand a real-time fluid-monitoring system designed to prevent contamination and equipment failures inside liquid-cooled AI data centres. Nava Ventures led the Series A…

California Law Bans Louder Ads on Streaming Services Starting July 1

Streaming advertisements in California can no longer be louder than the programmes they accompany under a new law taking effect on July 1. The measure extends commercial-volume protections that already…

UK Passengers Warned Not to Pack Power Banks or Vapes in Hold Luggage

UK air passengers are being reminded to keep power banks, vapes and spare lithium batteries out of checked luggage as airports prepare for the busy summer holiday period. The warning…

Asian Markets Slide as Investors Reassess AI and Technology Valuations

Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday as investors sold technology and semiconductor shares following months of strong gains driven by enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. South Korea experienced some of…

Xlinks Proposes 1.5GW AI Data Campus in North Devon

Xlinks has proposed a large AI data centre and battery storage campus near Great Torrington in North Devon, promising hundreds of permanent jobs and an annual economic contribution of up…

South Korea Announces $576 Billion Chip and AI Investment Drive

South Korea has announced more than $576 billion in planned semiconductor and artificial intelligence investments as it seeks to increase production capacity and spread advanced industries beyond the Seoul metropolitan…

German Court Case Challenges Low Pay in Sheltered Workshops

A German court case could determine whether hundreds of thousands of disabled people working in sheltered workshops should receive the country’s legal minimum wage. The action was brought on behalf…

Canada’s Economy Remains Weak as Tariffs, Inflation and Youth Unemployment Add Pressure

Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to build Canada into the strongest economy in the G7, but weak growth, rising living costs and continued dependence on the United States remain…