A United Nations University report projects that AI-driven data centres could consume up to 945 terawatt-hours of electricity and 9.3 trillion litres of water annually by 2030, with the water usage ro…
Meta launched Meta Business Agent, an AI assistant for businesses, across WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, the company announced on its blog. The agent can answer customer questions, recommend produ…
Duke Energy CEO Harry Sideris forecasts U.S. electricity demand will grow at ten times the historic rate, driven by AI data centers and electrification. The company is backing that projection with a $…
Meta shares rose nearly 3% Wednesday after the company launched Meta Business Agent, an AI tool that automates sales, appointments, and lead qualification for businesses. The product, unveiled at Meta…
Meta is scaling back its plan to track employee computer activity after internal backlash, allowing workers to pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time or request exemptions. The tracking …
Anthropic expanded its Project Glasswing cybersecurity program by approximately 150 new organizations, bringing the partner list to roughly 200 across more than 15 countries. Partners using the Claude…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising approximately $7.39 billion in its first external funding round, a deal that could value the company between $52 billion and $59 billion. The funding figures, re…
Anthropic has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, setting up a high-profile test of investor appetite for generative AI amid a broader tech rally that has pushed the Nasdaq and S&…
Meta is scaling back its plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and other actions for AI training data after weeks of staff pushback, according to an internal memo. New controls will all…
Megaport has raised A$827.3 million ($594 million) through a fully underwritten entitlement offer and secured four new AI infrastructure contracts worth approximately A$458.9 million ($329.49 million)…
Meta will allow employees to pause its AI training tracking program for up to 30 minutes to handle personal matters, according to a company memo reported by The Information. The concession follows emp…
At Build 2026 in San Francisco, Microsoft unveiled Project Solara, a family of prototype agent-first devices designed to run cloud-connected AI agents instead of traditional apps, including a desk-sty…
Meta is scaling back parts of a program that collected employee mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for AI training data after staff complaints about increased home internet usage and battery drain…
Alphabet announced an $80 billion equity offering package to fund AI infrastructure, including a $40 billion at-the-market program, $30 billion in underwritten offerings, and a $10 billion private pla…
The White House on June 2, 2026, issued an executive order directing federal agencies to seek voluntary agreements with AI developers to submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity t…
Microsoft expanded its AI model families and agentic-AI infrastructure at its Build developer conference, making the unified intelligence layer Microsoft IQ generally available. The company introduced…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026, requiring AI developers to voluntarily submit their most advanced models for government cybersecurity review up to 30 days before publ…
Meta is collecting email contents, browsing history, and clipboard data from its U.S. employees to train AI agents capable of automating human workflows, according to internal company materials review…
Amazon was sued Monday over the facial-recognition feature in its Ring doorbells, with a Virginia resident alleging the "Familiar Faces" setting captures and stores images of passersby without their p…
U.S. technology companies including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend roughly $650 billion on AI-related infrastructure in 2026, up from $410 billion in 2025, as the demand f…