Friday April 24, 2026
Summary: Europe’s effort to protect children online has collided with its own privacy architecture. The ePrivacy derogation allowing voluntary CSAM scanning expired on April 3 ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
In short: X-Energy raised $1.02 billion in the largest nuclear IPO on record, pricing at $23 (21% above range) on the Nasdaq, with shares surging ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
In short: The US government’s 9.9% stake in Intel, acquired for $8.9 billion last August by converting CHIPS Act grants and Secure Enclave funds into ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Summary: SoftBank Corp. plans to convert part of the former Sharp LCD factory in Sakai, Osaka into one of Japan’s largest battery production lines for ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Summary: Google is investing up to $40 billion in Anthropic ($10B cash now at $350B valuation, $30B conditional on performance targets) plus five gigawatts of ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Erdŏgan has 15 days to sign the bill into law. The legislation enters into force six months after publication in the Official Gazette. The main ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Q1 revenue of $13.6 billion beat the $12.4 billion consensus by 9.4%. Data Centre and AI revenue rose 22% to $5.1 billion. Non-GAAP EPS of ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Two parallel moves in 24 hours mark a significant escalation of the US-China AI war from chips and exports into capital and models. China plans ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
X-Energy sold 44.3 million Class A shares at $23 each, above the $16–$19 marketed range, and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XE on ... Continue Reading »
Friday April 24, 2026
Cohere’s shareholders will receive approximately 90% of the combined entity; Aleph Alpha’s shareholders approximately 10%, making this effectively a Cohere acquisition in merger framing. The ... Continue Reading »
