New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order enacting a one-year moratorium on construction of new hyperscale artificial intelligence data centers across the state, making New York the first U.S. state to legally restrict AI infrastructure growth. Hochul cites the enormous electricity demand and millions of gallons of...
Washington officials have accused Beijing-based Moonshot AI of large-scale intellectual property theft from U.S. artificial intelligence developer Anthropic, according to a formal announcement by senior White House technology staff. Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said federal authorities have specific information that Moonshot...
Advantech has introduced new server and network platforms built on AMD’s EPYC 9006 Series processors, aiming to speed deployment of artificial intelligence infrastructure from core data centers to edge environments. Announced on Friday, July 24, 2026, the systems use 6th Generation EPYC CPUs manufactured on a 2-nanometer process with Zen...
On July 23, 2026, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC, a Malibu, California-based research and development institution jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. After the transaction closes, Boeing and General Motors will continue operational partnerships with IBM...
The White House on July 23, 2026, formally accused Chinese artificial intelligence laboratory Moonshot of violating United States export control regulations in the development of its advanced Kimi K3 model. Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, alleged in a public social media statement...
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeff Bezos has directed a major redesign of Amazon’s Prime Video service to place artificial intelligence at the core of the user experience, according to four people with direct knowledge of the initiative. The internal project, known as Lighthouse, is intended to showcase the hundreds of billions...
Washington, United States – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday advanced the bipartisan Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026, a measure intended to tighten restrictions on Chinese automakers entering or operating in the U.S. market. The legislation sets a 15% Chinese ownership threshold for automakers, seeking to limit vehicles...
Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission has upheld strict credit requirements that could force Oracle to post more than $7 billion in financial collateral to guarantee electricity supply for a massive new artificial intelligence data center. The ruling stems from tariff rules that apply to exceptionally large energy users and require companies...
OAKLAND, California – News Corp filed a countersuit on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in federal court in Oakland, accusing Brave Software of what it calls “flagrant theft” and “tacky tech trafficking” for allegedly scraping and reselling millions of copyrighted articles to artificial intelligence developers without authorization. The complaint focuses on...
Samsung Electronics is in advanced talks to invest up to €1 billion in French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI as part of a Series D fundraising round that could value the Paris-based company at about €20 billion, according to a Financial Times report dated July 22, 2026. The prospective deal...
