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Google opens Argon to all businesses as it pushes back into the frontier AI race
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Google opens Argon to all businesses as it pushes back into the frontier AI race
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Microsoft closes land deal for Woodward data center
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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to compete for AI developers
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Nvidia takes minority stake in Doctolib
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Broadcom CEO's 'gamblers' remark rattles chip stocks, Meta unveils Wonder AI models, Sony, Nvidia, Google - Big Tech Report
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BT deepens Microsoft tie-up to bolster cyber defences
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Microsoft warns AI is accelerating cyberattacks worldwide
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Meta claims frontier status for new Wonder AI models
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What is the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index?
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Memory chip stocks tumble as China closes the technology gap
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to compete for AI developers
Nvidia takes minority stake in Doctolib
Microsoft warns AI is accelerating cyberattacks worldwide
Meta claims frontier status for new Wonder AI models
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Memory chip stocks tumble as China closes the technology gap
Investors are waking up to the fact that China's chipmakers are no longer playing catch-up.
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Firmus shelves $5 billion Australian IPO
The Nvidia-backed AI data-centre builder has pulled its planned Australian stock listing and will instead seek private funding amid investor doubts over its valuation.
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Google opens Argon to all businesses as it pushes back into the frontier AI race
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Microsoft closes land deal for Woodward data center
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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to compete for AI developers
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Nvidia takes minority stake in Doctolib
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BT deepens Microsoft tie-up to bolster cyber defences
AI News
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Microsoft warns AI is accelerating cyberattacks worldwide
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Meta claims frontier status for new Wonder AI models
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Memory chip stocks tumble as China closes the technology gap
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White House orders AI firms to report rogue agent incidents
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Amazon weighs $7 billion deal for AI startup Decart
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Individuals still hold most Bitcoin despite Wall Street buying spree
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Gigabyte BIOS update signals Intel Raptor Lake Next launch for early 2027
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Tesla entering 'golden age' of autonomy and robotics, says Yorkville Ives
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Uber pays $2.3bn for catering platform ezCater in push to close gap with DoorDash
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Robinhood bets on round-the-clock trading and AI agents that never sleep
Crypto
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Hacker steals $340m from Liquid Network, then gives most of it back
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Cloudflare wants AI software to pay websites directly for the data it takes, a fraction of a penny at a time
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Vlad.fun suspends operations over "internal integrity issue"
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Robinhood built its own crypto network. The market says meh
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What BNB Chain's new AI-trading blockchain actually means
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Google opens Argon to all businesses as it pushes back into the frontier AI race
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Microsoft closes land deal for Woodward data center
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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to compete for AI developers
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Nvidia takes minority stake in Doctolib
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Broadcom CEO's 'gamblers' remark rattles chip stocks, Meta unveils Wonder AI models, Sony, Nvidia, Google - Big Tech Report
AI News
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to compete for AI developers
Google has released its flagship Gemini 4 Argon model worldwide to developers and businesses, aiming to win back ground in the generative AI race.
Tech Giants
Google opens Argon to all businesses as it pushes back into the frontier AI race
Google's most capable AI model is now available on Google Cloud, two weeks after a restricted launch to cybersecurity partners.
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Salesforce buys Israeli analytics startup Loops for Tableau
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Loops, a Tel Aviv-based AI analytics startup, in a deal estimated at $30 million, folding its technology and team into Tableau.
Gaming
EA's leveraged buyout hits bondholder resistance
Electronic Arts' record-setting take-private deal is facing demands from bondholders for more cash as part of its financing structure.
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Anthropic expands startup programme as IPO race heats up
The AI company is opening its Claude Startups scheme to more businesses, offering credits and discounts worth up to $45,000.
Fintech
Individuals still hold most Bitcoin despite Wall Street buying spree
River's 2026 Bitcoin adoption report finds ordinary holders control about two-thirds of all Bitcoin ever mined, undercutting assumptions that institutions now dominate supply.
Crypto
Hacker steals $340m from Liquid Network, then gives most of it back
The attacker exploited a withdrawal bug in the Bitcoin settlement network, kept roughly 600 bitcoins as a fee, and returned the rest once Blockstream patched the flaw
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