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Donald Trump says data centre companies should pay communities a ‘dividend’

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies building data centres should pay a dividend to the surrounding communities. He said the money could go to the town as a whole or to local residents and would help win support for the projects. Trump made the case in a Truth Social post as local opposition to the […]

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FTC clears Publicis’ $2.2bn LiveRamp deal if rivals keep equal access

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The US Federal Trade Commission will let Publicis Groupe buy LiveRamp for $2.2bn, but only if the data company keeps serving the agency’s rivals on equal terms. The proposed consent order, announced on Monday, binds both companies for five years. Publicis must give every LiveRamp customer “non-discriminatory access and support on fair and reasonable terms”. […]

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ASI hits a $3bn valuation as its AI moves from air traffic to the grid

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ASI has raised $325 million in a Series C round that values it at $3 billion, the Boston AI company announced on Tuesday. Its software models air traffic, power grids and military operations hours, days and weeks ahead. The aim is to let operators act before problems spread. Spark Capital led the round. Affiliates of […]

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Meta’s policy chief Joel Kaplan will leave the company in 2027

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Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, will leave the company in 2027 after more than 15 years, Bloomberg reported. He will stay through the US midterm elections. No successor was named, but president Dina Powell McCormick and chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney are taking on more policy work. Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs […]

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OpenAI pulls back from China chip controls, Politico reports

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OpenAI has stopped pushing for strict US limits on selling advanced chips to China, according to Politico. For much of last year the company openly called for such limits. Capitol Hill aides and lobbyists with direct knowledge of its position now say it has gone quiet. TNW has not independently verified the report. The shift […]

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Anthropic to rewrite part of its leaked AI bill after safety backlash

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Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of its own draft AI safety bill. The leaked text drew days of criticism from the AI safety community. The confidential draft was published by Politico on Friday. Anthropic has been circulating it on Capitol Hill. Critics say the bill is weaker than the main AI […]

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US Army picks a bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, its plan for autonomous AI agents

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Army Cyber Command has picked one company’s bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, a programme for AI agents that hunt down targets in computer networks. The command’s technology centre and the Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CFIC) made the choice on 8 October, according to CFIC’s website. A statement of work and contract will follow, it says. CFIC does […]

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Amazon plans to make a €16bn investment in Germany in 2027

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Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, expanding its cloud computing, AI, logistics, satellite internet, and TV production businesses. The company announced the investment today at the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin. The two-day event, hosted by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, aims to attract investment to the country. […]

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Germany signs AI partnership with Nvidia at Berlin investment summit

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At the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, the German government entered into an agreement with Nvidia on Monday, when Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the two-day event by addressing Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO. The economy ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the chipmaker but has provided no further details; the agreement comes […]

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Four European carriers to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum

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Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum in Europe. The four companies announced it on Monday in a joint release. The spectrum is for mobile satellite services (MSS), the radio frequencies that link satellites with mobile devices. The bid would be for […]

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