Waymo's new Ojai robotaxi cuts sensors by 42% and costs $75,000 less than the Jaguar I-PACE. Built by Geely's Zeekr in China, it launches in three US cities.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with sharper judgement and fewer uncaught code flaws. Mythos-class models coming in weeks. Series H raises $65B at $965B valuation.

Anthropic has formally opened its Milan office, naming Generali, Unipol, Pirelli, Enel and others as Italian enterprise customers and explicitly linking the launch to Pope Leo’s AI encyclical.

Morgan Stanley has doubled its forecast for AI-driven European banking job losses to 20% of the workforce by 2030, with cuts already underway at UBS, ABN Amro, HSBC and Société Générale.

Wix lays off 1,000 employees, 20% of staff, as a strong shekel and AI competition squeeze the website builder. Stock has fallen 50% in 2026 after an earnings miss.

Emarketer projects Meta's ad revenue will reach $243.5B in 2026, surpassing Google's $239.5B for the first time. Advantage+ AI automation is driving the shift.

The European Commission has fined Temu €200M under the Digital Services Act for failing to prevent the sale of unsafe baby toys and faulty chargers, the regime’s second major enforcement action.

Meta’s push into AI subscriptions and OpenAI/xAI’s push into advertising define the next phase of the consumer-AI revenue-model debate. None of the three is comfortable with the convergence.

Orbital Industries, formerly Orbital Materials, has raised a $50M Series B led by Plural with Nvidia’s NVentures, for AI-designed PFAS-free GPU cooling fluid and modular data-centre infrastructure.

Healthcare executive Donna R. Cryer argues that AI systems are being deployed across hospitals and pharma without patient governance, and that a Chief Patient Officer role is overdue.

Snowflake has committed $6bn to AWS over five years, 2.4x larger than its 2023 deal, with AWS Graviton chips at the centre. Shares jumped 38% on the news and a Q1 earnings beat.

FOCCUS Marriage Ministries director Sheila J. Simpson argues that digital convenience is quietly eroding meaningful communication, and that presence, not connectivity, builds trust.