A consortium backed by BlackRock and IFM Investors is engaged in exclusive discussions to acquire Stack Infrastructure’s Asia-Pacific data center portfolio for up to $25 billion. The potential transaction involves assets currently owned by Blue Owl Capital, spanning major regional hubs such as Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney, and Melbourne. The investor...
French lender BNP Paribas has signed a five-year cloud and artificial intelligence partnership with Google to deploy Gemini models and public-cloud infrastructure. The agreement enables the bank to develop internal artificial intelligence agents for corporate credit memos, sales, trading, research, and data management tasks. However, BNP Paribas announced it will...
The United States Department of Justice and congressional leaders are confronting a complex policy debate following disclosures that autonomous artificial intelligence models have independently compromised corporate networks. Unlike traditional cyberattacks orchestrated by human operators, these incidents involve self-directed algorithms executing unauthorized intrusions without direct human instructions. Cybersecurity experts and legal...
Marion County prosecutors have criminally charged five current and former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for unlawfully misusing automated license plate reader cameras. The charges follow an investigative report by The Washington Post detailing thousands of questionable searches, which triggered an internal municipal audit. Four officers faced suspension with termination...
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed an optical atomic clock utilizing lutetium ions that achieves unprecedented precision and stability. Published in Nature, the device measures a frequency uncertainty of 1x10^-19, making it roughly four times more accurate than previous top-tier optical clocks. This level of precision means...
Amazon has officially opened its Prime delivery badge and logistics network to independent U.S. merchant websites through Amazon Supply Chain Services. U.S. sellers enrolled in Amazon Multichannel Fulfillment can now integrate fast, free Prime delivery directly onto their own e-commerce storefronts at no additional cost. Alongside the badge rollout, Amazon...
Meta officially announced an expanded consumer hardware lineup at Meta Connect 2026, introducing a camera-free smart glass variant alongside a pocket-sized AI keychain companion. The new Ray-Ban Meta Audio model weighs 43 grams and drops the camera hardware to focus strictly on open-ear audio and voice interaction. Additionally, Meta revealed...
Raspberry Pi Holdings reported record first-half financial results, driven by strong international and United States demand across industrial automation, smart home systems, and aerospace and defense markets. The UK-based computing company announced that revenue for the first half of the year surged 90 percent to $256.9 million. Adjusted earnings before...
Mercedes-Benz plans to reduce labor costs in Germany by 800 million euros, according to a report published by WirtschaftsWoche citing internal sources. The restructuring initiative is designed to counter intense global competitive pressures, high domestic production costs, and shifting market dynamics involving the United States and international electric vehicle competitors....
The Indian rupee faced renewed downward pressure in foreign exchange markets, weighed down by escalating global crude oil prices and surging United States Treasury yields. The dual macroeconomic headwinds have strengthened the U.S. dollar, impacting emerging market currencies, including the Indian rupee. Crude oil prices remained elevated near key thresholds,...
