Next Featured

Auto Added by WPeMatico

NVIDIA takes warrants for $500m in Corning stock as fibre-optics partnership goes structural

The deal pairs a 15-million-share warrant at $180 with a pre-funded warrant for 3 million more, against a Corning commitment to build three new US optical-connectivity plants and grow capacity tenfold. Corning shares closed up roughly 14 per cent. NVIDIA is taking an equity-linked stake of $500m in fibre-optics manufacturer Corning as part of a […]

This story continues at The Next Web

NVIDIA takes warrants for $500m in Corning stock as fibre-optics partnership goes structural Read More »

SpaceX files for a $55bn Texas semiconductor fab, with combined chipmaking investment reaching $119bn

The Terafab project sits alongside the existing Bastrop packaging operation. Combined, the two facilities could anchor a $119bn Texas chipmaking footprint. SpaceX has not yet disclosed the process technology Terafab will run, or the construction timeline. SpaceX has filed paperwork for a semiconductor fabrication facility in rural Texas with a planned investment of approximately $55bn. […]

This story continues at The Next Web

SpaceX files for a $55bn Texas semiconductor fab, with combined chipmaking investment reaching $119bn Read More »

Chinese chamber of commerce puts a $432bn price tag on the EU’s cybersecurity overhaul

A KPMG-conducted study commissioned by the CCCEU estimates that phasing Chinese suppliers out of 18 critical EU sectors between 2026 and 2030 would cost €367.8bn. Reuters’ headline rounds that down. The actual figure is materially higher. China’s chamber of commerce in the EU has put a number on the cost of the European Commission’s plan […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Chinese chamber of commerce puts a $432bn price tag on the EU’s cybersecurity overhaul Read More »

LiveEO raises €28m to take its civil-infrastructure satellite stack into European defence

The Berlin geospatial-AI company has closed the first slice of a new round, with defence VC Helantic alongside Nordic Ninja, MMC, and the EIC. Most of the money funds the same product. The strategic shift is who else gets to buy it. European defence-tech rounds, in 2026, are no longer being raised on a pure-defence […]

This story continues at The Next Web

LiveEO raises €28m to take its civil-infrastructure satellite stack into European defence Read More »

Peter Sarlin’s Qutwo hits $380m valuation in an angel round

After selling Silo AI to AMD for $665m, the Helsinki entrepreneur is doing it again. Qutwo’s angel round prices a quantum-classical orchestration layer with no quantum hardware shipping yet, and customers already paying tens of millions for it. There is a particular kind of European startup story that is not supposed to happen at this […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Peter Sarlin’s Qutwo hits $380m valuation in an angel round Read More »

Samsung Electronics crosses $1tn, joining TSMC, as the AI memory cycle pulls Korea into a record

Samsung’s stock has more than quadrupled in a year. The KOSPI broke 7,000 for the first time. Two Korean chipmakers now account for 42% of the index. The supercycle that built this rally is, by Samsung’s own forecast, not yet at its peak. There is a particular type of market moment that does not happen […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Samsung Electronics crosses $1tn, joining TSMC, as the AI memory cycle pulls Korea into a record Read More »

Apple settles the consumer Siri lawsuit for $250m. The shareholder case is still live.

iPhone 16 and 15 Pro buyers in the US between June 2024 and March 2025 will get $25–$95 per device. Apple admits no fault. The settled action covers consumers; the parallel securities-fraud case Apple is still trying to dismiss is structurally separate. On Tuesday afternoon, Apple agreed to pay $250m to settle a US federal […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Apple settles the consumer Siri lawsuit for $250m. The shareholder case is still live. Read More »

China’s humanoid robot boom faces reality check as 150 companies chase a market where only 23% of buyers are satisfied

China has more than 150 humanoid robot companies. It shipped roughly 90 per cent of the world’s humanoid robots in 2025. Its two largest makers, Unitree and AgiBot, are preparing initial public offerings that would value them at a combined 13 billion dollars. Morgan Stanley doubled its delivery forecast for the Chinese market this year […]

This story continues at The Next Web

China’s humanoid robot boom faces reality check as 150 companies chase a market where only 23% of buyers are satisfied Read More »

AI-native spending surged 94 per cent. Traditional SaaS grew at eight. The enterprise software industry is watching the clock.

The enterprise software industry spent two decades selling seats. Buy a licence for every employee who needs access, multiply by the number of employees, and the revenue model was as predictable as the quarterly earnings calls that reported it. Then AI agents arrived, and the arithmetic broke. In the first quarter of 2026, AI-native spending […]

This story continues at The Next Web

AI-native spending surged 94 per cent. Traditional SaaS grew at eight. The enterprise software industry is watching the clock. Read More »

The designer whose Tropicana rebrand crashed sales 20 per cent is now branding the US government. He has two months.

The United States government now has a chief brand architect. Peter Arnell, the designer whose four-decade career includes creating the DKNY brand identity, redesigning the Pepsi logo in a project accompanied by a 27-page strategy document that referenced the Mona Lisa and the Parthenon, and overseeing the Tropicana packaging redesign that caused a 20 per […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The designer whose Tropicana rebrand crashed sales 20 per cent is now branding the US government. He has two months. Read More »

Shopping Cart