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Musk's mobile plan comes down to Earth with tower talk

SpaceX is in talks with Crown Castle and other towercos to gain access to 80,000 mobile sites to build a terrestrial network, reports Bloomberg.

Crown Castle bullish on carrier spectrum deployment, says it can support SpaceX's terrestrial dreams

As the tower company sees an opportunity to support SpaceX's terrestrial rollout

iPhone Duo hits stores

Apple shrugged off widely-reported delays to shipments of iPhone Duo models by delivering the first units to eager customers worldwide.

Burkina Faso Moves Towards Online Issuance of Civil Status Certificates

Burkina Faso is moving towards the online issuance of civil status certificates under a decree governing the digitisation of civil registration records and related administrative…

Google's fiber unit to snap up dark fiber leasing contract from Ting Fiber in Colorado Springs

As Ting Fiber set for Colorado Springs exit in late March 2027

Orange Tunisia Reaches 120 Young People with Digital Safety Initiative

Orange Tunisia has partnered with the Tunisian Federation of School and University Sports (FTSSU) to promote responsible digital use among young people through the second…

The power behind AI: Data centers drive the demand for qualified electricians

Want to build a UK datacenter? Please hold while Whitehall transfers you

Minister insists responsibilities are clear as construction, telecoms, and energy fall under separate departments

Georgia's Silk Cloud deploys Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs

UK-based Fuse Energy also brings GPU compute online for customers

SpaceXAI facing $6.1m fine in Mississippi for building data centers without securing correct permits

Elon Musk's firm will also be back in court over problematic gas turbines

Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more

Google has an answer to some of the electricity supply problems that data center construction is causing: It has signed an agreement with energy supplier Voltus to build what it’s calling a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant, expanding on an…

Hyperscalers allow more scrutiny of controversial data center plans

Hyperscalers are getting decidedly twitchy about citizens’ reactions to their secretive data center construction plans, and are looking for ways to de-escalate some of the conflicts.

Financial services leaders believe AI impact will be bigger than Big Bang

KPMG survey reveals belief that artificial intelligence will shake up the finance sector more than the 1986 financial Big Bang

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."

AI coding agents hijacked using AGENTS.md file in Downloads folder

Researchers found a malicious AGENTS markdown instruction file in a customer's Downloads folder that tricked an AI coding agent into installing a rogue npm package.

The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you should know about

We compiled a list of all the hottest AI wearables, including Muse Charm, Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.

Former Unit 8200 Officers Raise $34 Million for Agentic SecOps Startup Mave

Founded in 2025 by Unit 8200 alumni, Tel Aviv-based Mave uses AI agents to investigate alerts across existing security stacks.

OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication

OpenAI has announced plans to conduct frontier model training with no live internet access, as it resumes reinforcement learning (RL) training and internal inference of its most advanced AI models.

Security-Aware Layer Mapping Reduces Fault Vulnerability In 3D Compute-In-Memory (ASU, U. of Maryland)

Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Maryland published “SEAL: Multitenant Security-Aware Layer Mapping for Heterogeneous 3-D CiM Accelerators.” Abstract: “Heterogeneous 3-D compute-in-memory architectures can combine…

‘Cyberselfish’ author takes aim at techno-libertarianism as her book returns from the dead

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world."

Unpatched Tailscale SSH Flaws Could Let a Hacked Device Reach Root on Other Servers

A single hacked device on a Tailscale network can be used to gain root access to other servers it can reach, according to a security researcher who published the findings this week.

PHP2Shell Exploitation Hits Government Entity Amid Global Scanning and Signs of AI-Assisted Hacking

Threat actors have been observed using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for post-exploitation activity following the abuse of the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

Brotli Decoder Flaw Behind Node.js RCE Also Affects Bun, Python and Other Widely Used Software

A memory-corruption flaw in Google's Brotli decoder sits in many programs that unpack Brotli-compressed data, among them Bun, the Python Brotli and brotlicffi packages, and Envoy proxies set up to decompress Brotli.

Leaked LiteLLM Master Key Let Attackers Steal GitHub Tokens and Hijack Release Pipeline

LiteLLM on Friday revealed that an Agent Platform master key accidentally published to a public GitHub repository in late May 2026 ultimately allowed the threat actor to push a malicious version of the popular Python package.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors

Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.

Vertical Semiconductor awarded $73m in CHIPS Act funding to support vGaN transistor development

The agreement will see the Department of Commerce take a minority stake in the company

Aleria to deploy Nvidia Blackwell and Vera Rubin GPUs in US and UAE

Neocloud partners with DDN on deployment

US Department of Commerce commits up to $389m in R&D funding to power semiconductors for fusion and advanced computing

Google-backed CFS and Microsoft-backed Helion to receive R&D funding

US pumps $400M into semiconductor R&D

The US Commerce Department awarded $389 million in R&D funding to four companies working on semiconductor development, under the government’s CHIPS and Science Act.

Intel makes construction move on delayed US chip plant

Intel heralded a construction milestone at a long-planned semiconductor manufacturing facility in the US state of Ohio after installing the first major structural truss years after it was announced.

AVEVA connects industrial data to drive smarter energy operations

Nayef Bou Chaaya explains how connected industrial data, predictive analytics and digital twins can help energy and marine companies improve…

Midmarket AI gap: Small IT teams are being asked to do enterprise-sized jobs

AI has created a paradox that comes up in almost every conversation I have with midmarket IT leaders. Smaller companies arguably have more to gain from AI than any other group.

ZWSOFT and Logicom Saudi Arabia partner to expand access to professional CAD solutions in the Kingdom

Through this partnership, ZWSOFT and Logicom aim to expand the availability of professional design software across Saudi Arabia and strengthen support for the country’s growing engineering and construction industries.

At Capital One Arena, a winning goal for the network

Behind the scenes at a Washington Capitals game, a Cisco partnership ensures a dazzling fan experience. More RSS Feeds: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/rss-feeds.html

The limited-edition ROG XBOX Ally X20 bundle is now available in the UAE

Priced at AED 10,999, through the ASUS UAE eShop and leading retailers, the 20th anniversary collection combines handheld gaming with a wearable big screen experience.

PNY brings enterprise-grade computing power to Dubai AI Festival

The PNY team, represented on-site by Abdulkader MANDO will be available throughout the two-days event to meet with visitors, discuss upcoming projects, and provide a closer look at the systems on display.

IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced

Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued

Omdia lifts lid on edge IoT deployments

A majority of businesses are prioritising edge computing in IoT deployments, with the approach now at a tipping point in terms of delivering tangible benefits, research by Omdia showed.

SEALSQ’s sister company WISeSat.Space completes business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation

WISeSat.Space ordinary shares have begun trading on Nasdaq under the ticker SAIQ, establishing a separately listed company focused on post-quantum-secure satellite IoT connectivity.

Telna opens Brazilian IoT door to Aeris

Physical AI and IoT connectivity platform provider Aeris chose Brazil as the beachhead for a core network tie-up with global mobile infrastructure player Telna intended to create a repeatable deployment scenario in a nation where permanent…

Aeris extends IoT eSIM orchestration for the Physical AI era

New SGP.32 orchestration, Single SKU eSIM and eIMaaS bring speed, simplicity and scale to global IoT deployments on the Aeris IoT Accelerator platform.