OpenAI Offers U.S. Government 5% Stake in Exchange for GPT-5.6 Approval
The proposal landed days after the request to delay. Sam Altman has offered the U.S. government a 5% stake in OpenAI as a “national interest safeguard,” in exchange for a…
T-Mobile and Tesco Move Off VMware as Broadcom Fallout Spreads
The check was for $5.28 million, and T-Mobile wanted to pay it. The wireless carrier had a contract giving it the right to renew support for its VMware software for…
India Opens Investigation Into Breach at Tata Electronics Tied to iPhone 18 Pro
The documents surfaced on the dark web with the precision of a corporate filing: supplier confidentiality lists, component specifications and a map of which vendor builds which part of a…
Nvidia Buys Into Security Camera Maker Verkada at $5.8 Billion Valuation
The investment, announced Wednesday, extends Nvidia’s reach into a business it does not usually touch: video surveillance. Verkada, a ten-year-old company that sells security cameras and the software that runs…
SoftBank Restarts $10 Billion Loan Talks, Offering Guarantee on OpenAI Stake
SoftBank Group has resumed negotiations with a consortium of banks over a $10 billion margin loan, this time with a concession designed to address the lenders’ concerns: the company is…
Anthropic Restores Fable 5 Access After Weeks of Talks With Washington
The model is back online, and the terms are stricter. Anthropic this week restored access to Fable 5, its most capable artificial-intelligence model, which had been shut down after U.S.…
Microsoft Forms Standalone Company to Deploy AI Inside Enterprises
The plan, reported exclusively by TechCrunch and confirmed by people familiar with it, is a new structure for a familiar ambition: Microsoft has created a wholly owned subsidiary focused on…
U.S. Orders Equipment Halt for Chinese Foundry Hua Hong
The export license that Hua Hong Semiconductor needed for new chip-making equipment will not be coming. The U.S. government has ordered equipment makers to stop shipping certain tools to Hua…
ChatGPT to Deploy on U.S. Military’s GenAI.mil Platform in Early July
The laptop an Air Force analyst opens in a few weeks will have a new icon on its desktop. ChatGPT is arriving on GenAI.mil, the U.S. military’s artificial-intelligence platform, in…
iPhone 18 Pro Photos Surface on Dark Web After Breach at Apple Supplier
Photographs of an unreleased Apple iPhone appeared on the dark web last week, the visible aftermath of a ransomware attack on Tata Electronics, the Indian manufacturer that assembles a growing…
