Nvidia refutes claims of a new China GPU design hub, as CEO Jensen Huang highlights its 30-year Shanghai R&D presence amid US export control challenges.

Microsoft discontinues its Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grants for non-profits from July 2025, a change impacting budgets and feature access.

Ollama launches its new custom engine for multimodal AI, enhancing local inference for vision and text with improved reliability and performance, moving beyond direct llama.cpp dependency.

Meta Platforms has asked a judge to dismiss the FTC's antitrust case mid-trial, claiming no proof of monopoly via Instagram/WhatsApp buys; a pivotal moment for the tech giant's future and potential divestiture.

An internal Microsoft review finds no Gaza civilian harm from its tech, yet admits oversight gaps; activists criticize the report as a 'PR stunt' and plan more protests.

Microsoft offers new EU commitments for unbundling Teams from Office, with potential global price alignment, to settle a major antitrust case and enhance user choice.

Apple blocks Epic Games' Fortnite from the U.S. App Store, rendering it offline worldwide on iOS—including EU third-party stores—escalating a critical dispute over app store control.

AI coding startup Windsurf, amid a reported $3B OpenAI acquisition, launches its SWE-1 AI models, targeting the full software engineering lifecycle.

Microsoft has discontinued its innovative Surface Laptop Studio 2 with no replacement planned, continuing a trend of streamlining its hardware and impacting options for creative professionals.

Anthropic has formally apologized after its Claude AI model fabricated a legal citation used by its lawyers in a copyright lawsuit, highlighting ongoing AI reliability issues in professional settings and the critical need for human oversight.

Meta Platforms delays its flagship "Behemoth" AI model to late 2025, citing internal development and performance issues, impacting its AI strategy and reflecting wider industry challenges.

OpenAI commits an additional $4 billion to CoreWeave for AI cloud infrastructure through 2029. This deal highlights soaring GPU demand and fuels CoreWeave's major expansion.

European privacy group noyb has issued Meta a cease & desist over EU AI data use, demanding GDPR opt-in consent and threatening significant legal action including multi-billion Euro fines.

Microsoft faces a major UK class-action lawsuit alleging it abused market dominance and overcharged for Office & Windows by restricting pre-owned license sales since 2015.

Former President Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he disapproves of more India iPhone production, pushing for U.S. manufacturing amid trade debates and Apple's supply chain shifts.

Covered California faces a lawsuit & federal scrutiny after an investigation found the state health marketplace sent sensitive user data, like SSNs & pregnancy status, to LinkedIn via web trackers.

Meta enhances its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new AI-powered accessibility features, including more detailed environmental descriptions and an expanded "Call a Volunteer" service with Be My Eyes, significantly aiding blind and low-vision users globally.

Google now leads in U.S. patent applications for both generative and agentic AI, surpassing IBM, according to new IFI Claims data, signaling a significant shift in the AI innovation landscape and intense global research focus.