2026-06-30
Rakuten satellite project to get up to $926m Japanese government grant
Japan has decided it does not want to depend on Elon Musk to keep its phones connected from space. The government is set to provide up to ¥150 billion, roughly $926 million, in subsidies to a consortium led by Rakuten Group to build a homegrown low-Earth-orbit satellite communications network. A project Tokyo frames explicitly as […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-30
EU opens antitrust probe into Align over Invisalign and scanner tying
The European Commission has decided to look closely at how you straighten teeth, or more precisely, at the machine a dentist uses to scan them. Brussels has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Align Technology, the American company behind Invisalign, over suspicions that it illegally ties its iTero intra-oral scanners to its clear aligners across […]<br /> This story continues at [...]
2026-06-30
Irish court tells regulator to reconsider TikTok’s China data-transfer ban
The High Court upheld TikTok’s GDPR liability and its €530m fine, but sent the order suspending transfers to China back to the regulator for review. TikTok lost the argument that mattered most and won itself some breathing room on the rest. Ireland’s High Court has upheld the Data Protection Commission’s findings that the company breached […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]
2026-06-30
Bank of England’s Breeden warns AI agents could trigger market meltdowns
Deputy governor Sarah Breeden says autonomous trading agents could amplify volatility if they all react the same way at once, and may demand new rules. The nightmare a central banker describes is rarely a crash. It is a feedback loop. Speaking at the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, the Bank of England’s […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-30
Jon and Mindy Gray bet $55M on AI to catch cancer before it starts
A new institute at Penn’s Basser Center will use artificial intelligence and biomarkers to intercept hereditary cancers at their earliest stages, before they become disease. The idea behind the gift is unusual enough to need its own word. Most cancer philanthropy funds treatment, the long campaign that begins once a tumour has announced itself. Jon […]<br /> This story continues at The N [...]
2026-06-30
Meituan's LongCat-2.0 shows China can train massive AI models without Nvidia
Meituan trains a 1.6 trillion parameter AI model entirely on Chinese chips, no Nvidia required.<br /> The article Meituan's LongCat-2.0 shows China can train massive AI models without Nvidia appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-06-30
San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000
San Francisco's AI boom is driving up the cost of living so fast that even couples earning $365,000 a year can't find an affordable apartment. Median rent sits at $3,827, and homes cost $1.7 million on average. The expected IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic could make things even worse for those not profiting from the AI boom.<br /> The article San Francisco's AI boom is pricing ou [...]
