Microsoft opens its Build developer conference in San Francisco, expected to push AI deeper into Windows and Copilot, with adoption still the open question.

SoftBank is in early talks to put more than $300m into a roughly $800m raise for Munich robotics firm Agile Robots, Bloomberg reports.

WeRide, Uber, and fleet operator AVOMO will launch Spain’s first commercial robotaxi pilot in Madrid later this year, with safety operators to start.

CBA chief executive Matt Comyn flagged surging AI costs and “work slop” as production-stage complexity inverts the favourable per-token AI economics that defined 2024-2025.

Arm has confirmed ByteDance and Oracle as customers for its in-house AGI CPU, validating its shift from CPU-IP licensor to silicon vendor and adding hyperscaler-side pressure to Intel and AMD.

Swiss post-quantum-crypto firm SEALSQ has acquired a majority of WeCan Group and committed CHF 5M to accelerate an AI compliance co-pilot for private banks including Pictet, Lombard Odier and Barclays ...

Jensen Huang said at Computex that workers should be paid “as much as possible,” defending the Samsung memory-bonus structure, but the remark lands days after Nvidia committed $80bn to buybacks and 50 ...

Uber and Israeli firm Autobrains will launch a robotaxi programme in Munich on Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion, pending German regulatory approval.

London’s Tilt has raised $26M with Vinted Ventures joining as a new investor, in what reads as a defensive move against Whatnot’s European live-commerce expansion.

Alphabet plans to raise $80bn in equity for AI infrastructure, including a $10bn private placement to Berkshire Hathaway and a $40bn at-the-market programme.

STMicroelectronics now expects about $1bn in data-centre revenue in 2026, up from above $500m, citing AI-infrastructure demand and an AWS deal.

Mach Industries, the three-year-old US defence-tech startup founded by 22-year-old Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300M Series C at a $1.8bn valuation, nearly 4x its June 2025 mark.