2026-07-27
Nvidia may guarantee $250bn so OpenAI can afford the data centre that will house its chips
Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The backstop would let OpenAI lease a 10-gigawatt campus in southern Ohio that SoftBank’s energy subsidiary is developing. The reason such a guarantee is needed is straightforward: OpenAI […]<br /> This story continues [...]
2026-07-27
AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.
The AI pricing model is shifting. Major software vendors are moving away from per-seat subscriptions toward token consumption or outcome-based pricing for AI features. The flat-rate subscriptions that attracted early adopters were loss leaders. Now that enterprises are dependent on the tools, vendors need them to generate revenue. “We believe software value should align directly […]<br /> [...]
2026-07-27
Orange is building a €3bn French data centre business, funded from New Zealand
Orange and Morrison announced an exclusivity agreement on Monday to create a jointly controlled data centre company in France, backed by a €3 billion investment programme combining Orange assets, Morrison equity, and debt. The venture targets 400 megawatts of capacity, close to ten times what Orange operates today. Orange would contribute five French data centres […]<br /> This story con [...]
2026-07-27
Angola just raised $321m selling shares in a telco it seized from Africa’s richest woman
Angola raised roughly $321 million on Monday by selling a 15% stake in Unitel, the country’s dominant mobile operator, in what Bloomberg reported as the largest initial public offering the nation has ever run. The proceeds go towards financing the state budget and, officials hope, towards making Angola’s thin capital market look like a functioning […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]
2026-07-27
Fujifilm is raising camera prices by up to €500. The AI memory crisis has reached photography.
Fujifilm is raising list prices on at least five camera models from September 1, blaming the global DRAM crisis for rising production costs. The X100 VI climbs €200 to €1,999 ($2,119). The X-E5, X-T50, and X-S20 each go up €100. The steepest hike lands on the medium-format GFX100 II, which jumps €500 to €8,499, putting […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-27
The FDA just picked its first company to sell an unauthorised device to Medicare patients
The US Food and Drug Administration named Dexcom as the first manufacturer selected for its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes pilot on Tuesday. The programme, known as TEMPO, allows digital health devices to be offered to Medicare patients before the agency has authorised them for that use. The mechanism is enforcement discretion. Rather than granting approval, the FDA […]<br / [...]
2026-07-27
YouTube Premium will include Peacock at no extra cost from early 2027. It is Peacock’s largest distribution deal.
Peacock Premium will be included with YouTube Premium in the US at no extra cost starting in early 2027. The deal, announced on Sunday by NBCUniversal and YouTube, is Peacock’s largest wholesale distribution partnership to date and immediately expands its reach to millions of existing YouTube Premium subscribers. Peacock Premium currently costs $10.99 per month […]<br /> This story conti [...]