The ChatGPT maker has lost a string of senior leaders in 2026, including former operating chief Brad Lightcap, applications CEO Fidji Simo, chief revenue officer Denise Dresser, and executives overseeing marketing, enterprise products, science, and ethics.

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Anthropic has reached a $1.5 billion copyright settlement with thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to train its Claude AI chatbots, with Bloomsbury Publishing set to receive roughly $19 million of that total.

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The government of French Polynesia plans to challenge an American startup’s proposal to explore the waters just beyond its maritime borders for seabed mining.

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The hackers managed to infiltrate the wallets despite clients having a physical hardware key associated with their accounts, which was supposed to provide nearly impenetrable security.

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OpenAI’s attempt to boost its image by hiring influencers collided against a harsh reality: that it’s already become a fundamentally uncool company.

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US sales growth inched up just 2.6%, the company’s slowest growth in almost six years in what was otherwise a positive earnings report. With Walmart often seen as a bellwether for the broader US economy, economists worry that consumer spending may finally be starting to dwindle.

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As corporate AI bills spiral out of control, many companies are beginning to ask themselves a simple question: why pay a pretty penny for the US’s leading AI models when Chinese ones are far cheaper? blog.ecomtechnology.com/2026/0…

The SpaceRISE consortium and the European Commission have now joined forces, signing an implementation agreement for IRIS².

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While American pioneers like OpenAI and Anthropic favor a closed-source approach — keeping their proprietary model code locked behind a commercial interface — Chinese AI labs are aggressively releasing open-source models.

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Microsoft-owned Xbox will slash about one-fifth


One of the biggest names in gaming could use an infinite money glitch right now. With revenue falling and a string of acquisitions not paying off, Microsoft-owned Xbox will slash about one-fifth of its staff and divest from some development studios

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The US Court of International Trade upheld President Trump’s closure of the “de minimis loophole,” which had allowed shipments worth $800 or less to be imported to the US tax-free.

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Amazon is scaling back the ambitions of most of its Nova AI models and reorganizing its AI development teams as part of an effort to narrow its focus on “highest priority” goals, after its power-hungry large language models turned out to be a bust.

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OpenAI’s attempt to boost its image by hiring influencers collided against a harsh reality: that it’s already become a fundamentally uncool company.

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It’s like if your uncle who insists on holding on to his 1970s suits agreed to a garage sale. The company Strategy, whose business model is buying Bitcoin with money raised from investors and vowing to never sell it…sold $216 million of the cryptocurrency at a loss recently.

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Google has promised to cover up to $44bn of rent on data centres


Google has promised to cover up to $44bn of rent on data centres it does not own, if the tenants stop paying. Nine months ago that promise was worth $6.5bn. The guarantee is how Google sells chips against Nvidia, and it is the clearest measure yet of an AI build-out being financed by moving risk off the books rather than putting money down.

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Instagram is reportedly banning videos filmed on Meta smart glasses that feature harassment of strangers in public places.

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have long raised privacy concerns because they allow people to record others clandestinely and harass strangers in public.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping's advocacy for a people-centred approach to artificial intelligence (AI) – emphasizing that AI should be a trusted, human-controlled tool for the positive, for good and for all – has won broad international support and acclaim.

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If you need a little help paying for four years of beer pong higher education, getting it could be more challenging. New rules that began yesterday will cap the amount you can borrow and increase some monthly repayments.

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AI race is quickly vanishing


The head start that the US companies enjoyed in the AI race is quickly vanishing. Chinese competitors are now nipping at their heels, and it’s causing a wave of anxiety in the American sector.

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innovation might not actually maximize efficiency


The company that revolutionized manufacturing with the assembly line just found out that the latest business innovation might not actually maximize efficiency.

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U.S. pulling ocean sensors a ‘shock’ for Canadian research


For the scientists who built and operated the system — and the researchers, educators and students who rely on its data — the timing feels particularly punishing.

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Microsoft-owned Xbox will slash


One of the biggest names in gaming could use an infinite money glitch right now. With revenue falling and a string of acquisitions not paying off, Microsoft-owned Xbox will slash about one-fifth of its staff and divest from some development studios.

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europesays.com/3165331/ 75% of Poles Favor Security Cooperation With Ukraine Against Russia Over Historical Disputes — UNITED24 Media #Russia

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Small-time Influencers


If your dream career involves a ring light, but you can’t get millions of people to like and subscribe, your moment has arrived. Big brands are increasingly looking to do business with small-time influencers, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions at Covid hearing, calls Sen. Rand Paul ‘unhinged’
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Trust in the news has fallen to an all-time low globally


Trust in the news has fallen to an all-time low globally - the lowest since annual reports by the Reuters Institute began more than a decade ago (2015).

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Chinese AI Labs


In the span of just a few weeks, Z.ai released GLM 5.2, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, and Alibaba released the latest version of its Qwen line, all with open weights, all benchmarking close to the best Western models, and all optimized for the agentic coding tasks that have become the year's dominant AI trend.

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Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano accused his students of using AI to cheat


In the scandal heard ’round the Ivy League, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano accused his students of using AI to cheat on a take-home exam, and said the school was “meek” when presented with evidence.

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Alberta could use that leverage to help Canada in this trade war


Trump’s latest tariffs leave oil, potash, fish, and critical minerals untouched, and that’s no accident, says Gil McGowan with the Alberta Federation of Labour. Alberta could use that leverage to help Canada in this trade war. But Danielle Smith won’t. blog.rgrichardson.ca/smith-had…

Next Generation Police Coastal Patrol Vessels


The federal government has awarded Ocean Pacific Marine a $74.7 million contract to design and build three Next Generation Police Coastal Patrol Vessels (NG-PCPV) for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s West Coast Marine Services.

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This is a major win for regional economic development and local manufacturing. Awarding a $74.7 million federal contract to a regional firm like Ocean Pacific Marine not only strengthens Canada's domestic shipbuilding capacity, but also ensures that specialized trades, apprenticeships, and supply chain investments remain directly within British Columbia's coastal communities.

The European Commission fined Google €890 million


The European Commission fined Google €890 million on Thursday for breaking the Digital Markets Act, the first time Brussels has penalized the company under the rulebook it built to rein in the largest technology platforms

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