Google slapped with $1 billion fine under landmark EU digital law
European regulators fined Google $1 billion, alleging the company gives preferential treatment to its own services.
State Department imposes visa restrictions on foreign cyber scammers
Individuals connected to transnational cyber-scam operations face U.S. visa restrictions under a new policy announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Identifikationspflicht: Dobrindt will Informationsfreiheit faktisch stoppen
Mit Klarnamenzwang und der Abschaffung der Aufsichtsbehörde will das Innenministerium Transparenzrechte von Bürgern, Presse und Politik massiv beschneiden.
Lockheed Martin Ventures to invest $100M in European defense firms
The fund is interested in emerging technologies, the general manager of Lockheed Martin’s venture arm told Breaking Defense, including quantum computing and sensing, autonomy, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Hell Week Is Coming
Everyone who has passed the bar, whatever the year, has horror stories about the exam. The post Hell Week Is Coming appeared first on Above the Law .
☕️ Bruxelles donne son aval au rachat d’Electronic Arts par des fonds saoudien et américains
Le projet d’acquisition d’Electronic Arts par un consortium emmené par le PIF, le Fonds public d’investissement d’Arabie saoudite, est en bonne voie. Du moins du côté de l’Union européenne, qui a donné son feu vert à l’opération maousse costaud de 55 milliards de dollars. La Commission européenne a approuvé le projet d’acquisition du géant du […]
An OpenAI model went rogue on the internet and stole test answers
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company ’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here . And if you have comments on this issue and/or ideas for future ones, drop me a line at sullivan@fastcompany.com, and follow me on X @thesullivan . An OpenAI model escaped its sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face duri
Google gets a $1 billion fine by the European Union over its Play app
The European Union on Thursday hit hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors. It was the latest major crackdown on Big Tech by Brussels, which has led the world in reining in some of the world’s largest companies from Silicon Valley to Beijing. It has done so despit
Obernolte-Trahan artificial intelligence bill introduced in House
The newest bill is a revised version of a discussion draft the duo released last month.
Microsoft’s Own Legal Department Will Use Harvey, As The Two Companies Deepen Their Alliance
Microsoft’s legal department is becoming a Harvey customer. The post Microsoft’s Own Legal Department Will Use Harvey, As The Two Companies Deepen Their Alliance appeared first on Above the Law .
Oregon names Nevada’s communications, policy lead as state privacy chief
Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering, Nevada's chief communications and policy officer, will now help Oregon translate privacy principles into practical decisions and repeatable processes, according to a state announcement.
Nuclear Energy Revival Puts Westinghouse in Prime Position
The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2017, stands to benefit from growing support for nuclear power and President Trump’s deal with Saudi Arabia.
Intel stock is down 27% from June record highs. How the chipmaker can reverse the slide
The report comes at a critical time for optimistic investors like us at the Club.
WayaWaya appoints ex-Chase Bank Kenya executive Raj Singh as board adviser
WayaWaya joins a growing list of African fintechs recruiting experienced banking executives as they scale into regulated financial services.
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.
AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help?
Until now, efforts to identify and combat deepfakes and AI scams have been scattered. Which proposed standard will dominate?
Roboter für Satellitenreparatur ist auf dem Weg ins All
Um die Missionen von Satelliten zu verlängern, hat die Darpa einen Wartungsroboter entwickeln lassen. Bis er seinen Einsatzort erreicht, dauert es aber noch.
Opinion: I’m a Teen Athlete. We’re Missing Something Important About Concussions
Every soccer season, athletes like me are taught to watch for headaches, dizziness and blurred vision after a concussion. But no one has ever taught many of us that a concussion can also affect our mental health. Like millions of young athletes nationwide, I have played sports since I was 4 years old. Soccer has […]
Google hit with $1B fine in Europe
The European Union fined Google about $1 billion on Thursday for violating its digital competition law, finding the company improperly favored its own products in Google Search and limited developers from directing users to third-party app stores. The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, hit the company with a 460 million euro fine and a...
Expedia Uses AI-Driven Service Telemetry Analyzer to Accelerate Incident Investigation
Expedia Group has introduced STAR, an internal AI-assisted observability platform that helps engineers investigate production incidents using service telemetry and LLMs. Built with FastAPI, Datadog, Celery, Redis, and Langfuse, STAR follows structured workflows to analyze telemetry, generate root cause assessments, and support incident response while keeping engineers in the loop. By Leela Kumili
Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’
Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday. The news of […]
Nasa’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will probe dark energy and discover exoplanets.
What Data Was Your AI Trained On? xAI Doesn't Want You To Know
How regulated organizations can increase AI code velocity safely
Many industries are excited about the possibilities AI opens up for software development. Still, for regulated industries, there’s something extra The post How regulated organizations can increase AI code velocity safely appeared first on The New Stack .
Nigeria Fintech Forum Returns for 5th Edition next Thursday, See Who’s Coming
The 5th edition of Nigeria Fintech Forum holds on Thursday, July 30th, 2026, at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
OpenAI's attack agent did exactly what it was told - just more relentlessly than expected
OpenAI's unintended attack on Hugging Face startled the world because its AI agent was acting on its own. But that's exactly what agentic AI is designed to do. We just didn't expect it to do it so well.
Major Australian energy supplier confirms customer data compromised
Origin Energy said it was working to figure out how many Australians were affected by a recent data breach.
The Web Needs a Context Layer Built on a Shared Protocol
How to Use ChatGPT and Gemini Prompts to Find Out What They Know About You
It can be unsettling what Gemini and ChatGPT have figured out about you and how easily your privacy can be punctured. Here’s how to find out.
Blaming Ireland Misses Where Europe’s Digital Agenda is Really Set
Consommation des datacenters : de très grandes disparités chez Microsoft
En ce mois de juillet, Microsoft a mis en ligne son « environmental sustainability report ». Il regroupe les indicateurs environnementaux avec les consommations en eau et électricité de ses datacenters. Résultat des courses : les curseurs sont bien plus élevés aux États-Unis et en Asie qu’en Europe. Chaque année, les géants américains (Google, Microsoft […]
BETA teams with GE, Sikorsky for militarized unmanned aircraft
BETA’s MV250 will use a hybrid-electric propulsion system developed in partnership with GE Aerospace and an autonomy stack supplied by Sikorsky for a wide range of military missions, according to company executives.
Indianapolis Picks National Charter Leader To Run Charter-Public School Board
The groundbreaking new board overseeing the Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools in the city has hired the head of a major national charter school organization as its first executive director. Karega Rausch, president and CEO of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers since 2020, was selected Wednesday to lead the Indianapolis Public Education […]
The lawsuit that could kill all AI transparency laws
Elon Musk's company filed a lawsuit against a California law that could, even if it doesn’t win, upend AI disclosure requirements nationwide
Humanoid Raises $152 Million at $1.35 Billion Post-Money Valuation, Becoming Europe's First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Unicorn
Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation.
Tesla earnings, Amazon layoffs, Kevin Warsh's favorite phrases and more in Morning Squawk
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.
The real math crisis isn’t the test scores. It’s the test
This past school year, Cambridge, Massachusetts, placed every eighth grader in Algebra I. It didn’t go well. Ultimately, more than 60% of rising ninth graders will repeat the course. The consequences were immediate: weeping students, angry parents, and roiling debate about the rollout, teacher support, and tracking. Lost in the shuffle was this essential point: We teach obsolete rote math that adults don’t use, while missing entirely the math that defines our lives. Let’s start
FragDenStaat & Co.: Dobrindt will Transparenz-Plattformen aus dem Weg räumen
Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) will offenbar möglichst ungestört von der Zivilgesellschaft wirken. (Symbolbild) – Alle Rechte vorbehalten: IMAGO / Metodi Popow Jüngst hatte der Koalitionsausschuss der Bundesregierung beschlossen, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz drastisch einzuschränken. Nun zeigt ein Bericht des MDR, dass Innenminister Dobrindt noch viel weiter gehen will, um staatliches Handeln im Geheimen zu belassen.
Microsoft’s Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs team selects Harvey
Microsoft’s Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) team has selected Harvey for use across its legal and compliance operations, in a significant win for the legal AI company. We’re told […] The post Microsoft’s Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs team selects Harvey appeared first on Legal IT Insider .
Global AI experts push back on US ‘distillation’ claims against Moonshot’s Kimi K3 model
The global AI community has pushed back against the Trump administration’s claims that Moonshot AI’s groundbreaking Kimi K3 distilled US models, citing a lack of justification and arguing that the practice does not constitute intellectual property theft. In separate posts on X on Thursday, a number of AI experts called the accusations “political” and “reckless”, pointing out that an AI model’s output was not copyrighted. A Moonshot employee on Thursday hit back at the US officials’ claims that..