A big retail trade association has formally asked Europe's technology chief to rethink its forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act, which will apply to AI technology, particularly as it relates to advertising. The European retail association Eurocommerce, which represents industry giants such as Amazon, H&M, Inditex and Ikea, has written to EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen asking …

Meta Platforms has been pressing Congress for legislation to protect it from liability for child harm on its social media, such as Instagram. The move follows a number of thousand lawsuits by young users and their families claiming that Meta's products have caused serious emotional and psychological harm. The proposed provision, which would exempt federal …

Earlier this year, a California mother won her lawsuit against Meta and YouTube, and she joined a handful of other cases that could change the way social media companies view child safety. The jury determined that the platforms were aware of the harm they caused young users and that they were addictive, and that they …

The professional services landscape witnessed a seismic shift this week as Accenture, the global IT consulting behemoth, saw its market valuation take a dramatic hit following a sobering forecast that sent shockwaves through the entire technology consulting sector. The company's shares plummeted more than seventeen percent in a single trading session, marking one of the …

Amazon is preparing for a major legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission of the United States over claims of misleading advertisers, and it could be a major one. Reports indicated the FTC has been conducting a probe to see if Amazon is adequately clarifying pricing and advertising terms to businesses running ads on its …

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in British businesses has completely shifted in the last year, with companies advancing from experimentation to a mature state, with measurable return on investment (ROI) in production. Google Cloud’s Vice President for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa, Maureen Costello, is describing this transition as a real …

Alibaba, China's technology and e-commerce giant, announced its first set of AI foundation models designed specifically for robotics in an impressive move, highlighting the fast-changing AI ecosystem. The announcement, made on June 16, marks a major shift in the industry's focus, moving beyond the realm of conversational chatbots to market-ready AI agents that can perform …

In the days since making its monumental debut public offering, SpaceX has stole the financial world's imagination, quite a lot, in the process. Elon Musk's aerospace and artificial intelligence firm's stock rose by more than 10% in premarket trading on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, as it extended a post-IPO rally to a market capitalization approaching …

As Tesla teslarolled into the Netherlands late 2024 to start the approval process for its Full Self-Driving system, it was accompanied by the same set of claims. The same statistics that Elon Musk (Tesla) and other leaders have been pointing to in the United States made their way to the Netherlands and Sweden for the …

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has engaged in talks with local Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX about acquiring the firm's artificial intelligence chips for inference workloads, highlighting China's growing efforts to rely on home-grown semiconductor solutions. The talks represent a wider strategic shift among China's biggest technology companies as they aim to lessen their reliance on …

When the United States government recently issued an export control directive aimed at restricting access to certain advanced AI models developed by Anthropic, the decision sent immediate ripples far beyond American borders. Within hours, Anthropic announced it would abruptly disable its most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems for all users, citing the U.S. order that specifically …

The lawsuit began with a subpoena issued to OpenAI on a Friday. In a blink of an eye, one of the most-followed AI firms in the country found itself embroiled in a new multistate legal battle. The U.S. coalition of state attorneys general has now joined the fray in what is being regarded by the …

People in the tech industry listen when Mark Zuckerberg writes a note to his staff. In his latest communication, in which he typically is so optimistic, he had a different tone: humility with a pinch of realism. Zuckerberg, in a candid letter to Meta employees and recently seen by Reuters, acknowledged the company's errors in …

In a quiet but significant shift that could reshape the landscape of China’s AI infrastructure, Nvidia has officially begun pitching its brand‑new Vera central processors to local clients. According to three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the company has told Chinese buyers that the Vera CPUs could be ready for delivery as early …