VMware introduces private AI cloud platform for on-premises workloads
VMware and owner Broadcom introduced VMware Private AI Cloud and its AI Factory model-as-a-service offering at VMware Explore 2026. The platform builds on VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with validated AI-ready hardware nodes, support f...
SpaceX reportedly agrees to acquire Cursor developer Anysphere
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind AI coding platform Cursor, in a transaction valued at $60 billion, according to the Times of India article. The article says SpaceX had an option, announced in April, to ...
AWS signs deal to acquire DuckDB developer DuckLabs
Amazon Web Services said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Amsterdam-based DuckLabs, the company behind DuckDB, an open-source analytical database. AWS said DuckDB will remain open source under its independent founda...
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion in MediaTek and expands NVLink collaboration
Nvidia said it invested $3.5 billion in MediaTek convertible bonds as the companies expanded their semiconductor collaboration across AI infrastructure, local computing and automotive platforms. MediaTek will adopt Nvidia's NVLink...
FTC and 22 states sue Amazon over ad-auction pricing
The FTC and 22 states filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of secretly raising prices in its advertising auctions. The complaint alleges that, starting in 2019, Amazon added a hidden soft reserve price to Sponsored Products auctions an...
California legislature passes AB 1709 restrictions on under-16 social-media features
The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709, which the Electronic Frontier Foundation says would restrict social-media services from offering recommendation algorithms and certain user inputs, including follows and likes,...