2026-07-13
Nadella says you pay for AI twice, and Microsoft helped build the trap
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says every firm using AI is paying for it twice, once in cash, and once in the secrets it hands over to make the thing useful. He calls it the Reverse Information Paradox. He also runs the company that helped build the trap. Satya Nadella has a warning for everyone buying AI. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-13
AI is ending older workers’ careers early, and it is coming for the well-paid ones first
The debate about AI and jobs has focused on graduates. New research suggests it should also be looking at people in their late fifties, CNBC reports. Workers aged 55 and over in AI-exposed occupations are now exiting work at higher rates than before ChatGPT launched. The finding comes from Geoffrey Sanzenbacher at Boston College’s Center for […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]
2026-07-13
The web is now mostly bots. Cloudflare is rebuilding its defences around that
For the first time, bots generate more than half of all web traffic. Cloudflare Precursor, the company’s new tool, stops checking IDs at the door and starts watching how visitors behave once they are inside. The internet just passed a strange milestone. Bots now generate more web requests than people do. By Cloudflare’s count, automated […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-13
Valarian raised $50m to help governments use US cloud without losing control of it
A London startup co-founded by a former Palantir executive has raised $50m to help governments and companies use American cloud and AI without letting America reach inside. The fear driving it stopped being hypothetical this year. Valarian, a London-based sovereignty startup, has raised a $50m (£37m) Series A led by the US venture fund NEA, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-13
The EU has stopped sanctioning Russian hackers and started sanctioning the machine that makes them
The European Union and the United Kingdom have jointly sanctioned Russia’s cyber apparatus for the first time. The EU listed nine individuals and four entities, while the UK went further with 24, Politico reports. The language is what matters here. The EU’s High Representative Kaja Kallas denounced not a group but an ecosystem, spanning intelligence services, […]<br /> This story cont [...]
2026-07-13
Helsing raises $1.8bn at an $18bn valuation, and its cap table tells a story
Munich’s Helsing has raised $1.8bn at an $18bn valuation, making it Europe’s largest defence startup. The round is a bet on sovereign AI. A lot of the money paying for it is American. Europe’s biggest defence startup just got a lot bigger. On Monday Helsing said it had closed a $1.8bn Series E that values […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
