Technology

A stock briefing post lists Intel up 5%-plus and Nvidia up 0.8%, attributing semiconductor gains to an agreement on US–China AI talks.

Tech Funding News reports that Balderton led the round, with Base10 Partners, Y Combinator and Fortino Capital also participating.

New region live with three availability zones for AI/cloud workloads and sovereign data needs, with seismic resilience and zero-water cooling. Reflects Microsoft's ~$20.5 billion India commitment.

Amazon cut off Meta's Muse agentic AI citing unauthorized access, lack of notice, non-identification as agent, credential concerns, and privacy/security risks. Users report ToS violations and canceled orders. Meta states Muse does not access passwords.

The Petal cable, expected online in 2029, spans ~7,000 km using multi-core fiber to achieve 1 petabit per second—double today's best transoceanic cables. Built with NEC, Sumitomo Electric, and Orange to support AI and internet traffic.

Grok 4.7 (~2.1 trillion parameters) emphasizes agentic tasks, self-verification, and safeguards. Priced at $2/$6 per million tokens, available via API, Cursor, and Grok Build. Positioned as capable and affordable for coding workflows.

AMD shares surged approximately 10% intraday reaching ~$615–616 on strong AI and data-center demand, joining Nvidia and Broadcom in the trillion-dollar club. The stock is up over 180% year-to-date.

The DPC found Google infringed GDPR rules on lawfulness, fairness, transparency, and retention for Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy features between 2018–2020. Google must comply within six months.