Nscale’s £2bn Essex data centre can’t get grid power in time to open, forcing it to seek its own electricity as UK connection queues stretch for years.

Montefiore nurses replaced by software, and a Mayo Clinic whistleblower alleging a tool with a 67% error rate.

Microsoft emissions rose about 25% in 2025 to 20.3 million tonnes, driven by AI data centres, pushing its carbon-negative-by-2030 pledge further away.

Uber robotaxi lobbying in DC and New Jersey pushes a “hybrid network” rule that would make driverless cars share a platform with human drivers.

Flex has raised a $70m Series B1 led by Ryan Smith’s Halo fund, and is launching Flex Global: stablecoin rails and multi-currency accounts in 100+ countries.

Finland, Estonia, and Helsinki lab NestAI have signed a defence AI pact. No money changes hands. The point is sovereign control of the code.

Richard Sutton, the father of reinforcement learning, has left John Carmack’s Keen to build an AI that learns in real time on about 20 watts.

Pasqal is listing on Nasdaq via a SPAC at a $2bn valuation, about 100x revenue. Its filings warn quantum may never pay off, and France can vet buyers.

Tower Semiconductor will spend about $3bn expanding 300mm silicon photonics capacity in Japan, net of $1bn in grants from the Japanese government.

Moneybox is Europe’s newest unicorn at £800m (US$1.1bn), set by a £45m staff share sale on the LSE’s new Pisces market, not a fundraise.

China's LimX Dynamics raised $200m at a $2.21bn valuation. Its founder says “listing is a must” as 100-plus Chinese humanoid firms race to go public.

Deutsche Bank, UniCredit, Revolut, Stripe and Adyen are among 36 firms picked for the ECB’s digital euro pilot, a 12-month trial starting in late 2027.