2026-07-09
The John Deere repair win isn’t about tractors. It’s about software lock-in
John Deere owners can finally fix their own machines. The US Federal Trade Commission and five states have reached a settlement with the tractor giant that forces it to share the software and tools needed for repairs, the Associated Press reported. It is the largest right-to-repair win in the US so far. The fight was […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
Oracle’s Mark Hura: your AI advantage is your data, not the model
The pitch for enterprise AI usually starts with the model. Mark Hura, Oracle‘s president of global field operations, wants to flip that. He spoke on stage at the RAISE Summit in Paris. The companies winning with AI, he argued, are not shopping for an AI stack at all. They are chasing an outcome. Take a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
Ollama raises $65M as its open-model runner hits nearly 9M developers
Ollama has raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures. Benchmark, 8VC, Y Combinator and others joined. The round takes the company’s total funding to $88M, three years after it launched, and Ollama set out the plan in a blog post on Thursday. Founder and chief executive Jeff Morgan gave the details to TechCrunch, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
Lithuania’s Oxylabs raises $130M from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6bn valuation
Oxylabs has raised $130M from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. It is the company’s first outside investment since it launched in 2015. The deal values the Vilnius-based data infrastructure firm at around $3.6bn. Oxylabs announced the raise on Thursday. The figure is striking for a firm that bootstrapped its way to the top. Oxylabs says […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-09
France plans to triple penalties for AI-driven election disinformation
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced a bill to sharply increase penalties for spreading false content during elections. He set out the plan in the Senate on 8 July, according to Public Sénat, in response to a question about AI in the coming presidential campaign. Lecornu argued that current penalties are “not sufficiently deterrent”. He […]<br /> This story continue [...]
2026-07-09
DJI drones are saving Mount Everest from being the 'world's highest garbage dump' — FlyCart 100 removes over 10,000kg of waste to save Sherpas from an eight-hour trek across a hazardous icefall
DJI's FlyCart 100 delivery drone hauled over 10,000kg of supplies and waste between Everest Base Camp and Camp 1 this season, replacing a dangerous eight-hour Sherpa trek through the Khumbu Icefall with an eight-minute flight [...]
