The UK government is planning a series of whole-government tech deals, starting with cloud services, following its £9 billion agreement with Microsoft. Officials admit past approaches led to vendor lock-in and poor negotiating power, and are now trying to use centralized buying power to drive down p
BlackRock’s Ben Powell argues the massive capital expenditure fueling AI is a “super boom” with more room to run. He sees the biggest, safest opportunities not in the AI applications themselves, but in the underlying infrastructure suppliers—the “picks and shovels” providers.
A new model from MIT and Oak Ridge National Lab simulates an “agentic” human-AI workforce. The findings show a significant portion of current jobs are already vulnerable to automation by existing AI tools.
Dartmouth College confirmed a massive data breach affecting over 40,000 people. Attackers used a secret flaw in Oracle’s software for three days before anyone knew it existed. It’s a brutal lesson in supply chain risk.
X has been fined €120 million (about $140 million) by the European Commission for violating the Digital Services Act. The charges center on the deceptive nature of its paid blue checkmark and failures in ad transparency and data access for researchers.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming for a staggering $800 billion valuation in a new share sale. The company is also reportedly telling investors it’s considering an IPO around the end of 2025.
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is touting Agentforce IT Service as a “killer” product that’s already winning customers like PenFed credit union. Analysts call it the most credible threat ServiceNow has ever faced, but question why it took so long.
JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 by Netscape and Sun Microsystems. Its creator, Brendan Eich, built the first prototype in just 10 days. Three decades later, it runs on nearly every website you visit.
Jair Bolsonaro has signaled support for his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, to run for president in 2026. The news immediately weakened Brazil’s currency by 2% and sank the main stock index by 3% as investors reacted.
AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D is now priced at just £326 on Amazon, a significant drop from its £450 retail price. This makes an already top-tier gaming CPU an even more compelling buy for performance-focused builders.
