The AI industry is moving incredibly fast. It’s almost as though you can close your eyes for ten minutes and wake to find that yet another business-friendly AI tool or service has appeared.  While refreshing, this glut of investment and innovation represents an industry in flux, meaning the most sensible purchasing decisions aren’t yet terribly

European lawmakers on Thursday adopted a comprehensive report on technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure that directs the European Commission to reduce the bloc’s heavy reliance on foreign technology providers across semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, software, and AI systems. The report passed 471-68 in the full Parliament, with 77% voting in favor and support from major parties

Discussions around artificial intelligence dominated the 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Prognosticators said the situation may get worse before it improves. Top executives talked about improved productivity and economic impact with advances in finance, healthcare, and other sectors. But others noted concerns about the unchecked race to superintelligence, warning that AI’s illusions

European tech leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, warned against an overzealous approach to digital sovereignty that shuts out US technology suppliers. “We have to be careful about the discourse around sovereignty,” said Aiman Ezzat, CEO of French IT services firm Capgemini, in a panel discussion on Thursday. Ezzat cited

As the market slows down, AWS and other Amazon units are preparing for another round of layoffs, which is expected to overwhelmingly impact tech talent. “Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers,” Reuters reported. “The company in October cut

In 2026, lower-end PCs may be more difficult to come by, and for those that are available, price tags may rise. This is fallout from Intel’s plans to pivot its manufacturing capacity from chips for PCs to Xeon processors to support intensive AI workloads. The company has admitted that it had miscalculated demand for its

Cyber threats don’t follow predictable patterns, forcing security teams to rethink how protection works at scale. Defensive AI is emerging as a practical response, combining machine learning with human oversight. Cybersecurity rarely fails because teams lack tools. It fails because threats move faster than detection can keep pace. As digital systems expand, attackers adapt in

Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a look at how organisations and individuals are actually using large language models. The report contains the company’s analysis of a million consumer interactions on Claude.ai, plus a million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report notes that its figures are based on observations, rather than, for example,

LiveKit, the infrastructure platform powering OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode, has closed a $100 million Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the investment, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and returning investors Altimeter and Redpoint Ventures. The funding arrives just ten months after LiveKit’s previous round and shows how

Cambio, an AI-powered platform for commercial real estate, has announced its public launch alongside an $18 million Series A funding round. Maverick Ventures led the investment, with participation from Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors from Procore, OpenAI, Anthropic, Vanta, Vercel, ServiceNow, Notion, and Amplitude. The funding comes as the company emerges