Marvell bets the farm on AI connectivity with $115bn Lumentum buy
US chipmaker Marvell is massively upping its bet on the AI connectivity space by merging with data center optics company Lumentum.
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Telecom & 5G
All stories →T-Mobile rolls out 5-Gig fiber, with 10-year price lock
T-Mobile has introduced a $90 per month 5-Gig fiber broadband plan that features a ten-year price lock. #pressrelease
HKT pulls out of US under FCC pressure – report
Another Chinese telco is reportedly leaving the US as Hong Kong-based HKT is said to be withdrawing from the country after pressure from the FCC, which has in the past placed prohibitions on major Chinese telcos on the grounds of national…
Comcast state-level layoff warnings start to roll in
WARN filings show that show Comcast is laying off 634 people in Philadelphia, 159 in Washington, 119 in New Jersey and 82 in California. About 25% of the cuts in Washington are construction jobs, but won't impact the pace of network builds.
BT has finished SWAN-ing about in Scotland
BT said it has completed its upgrade of the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) ahead of schedule.
What will an AI crash look like? (Analyst Angle)
The AI infrastructure boom could end in a crash resembling telecoms’ late-1990s fibre bust, leaving investors nursing huge losses but potentially handing utilities and infrastructure funds cheap assets to power…
KT calls time on 3G sign-ups
Korea Telecom (KT) followed rival SK Telecom (SKT) is suspending new subscriptions for 3G, commencing the process to bring the curtain down on the service 23 years after its commercial launch.
Cloud & Data Centers
All stories →Green to develop a new data center campus in Birr, Switzerland
The site in Grossacher and Grändel was previously owned by ABB
DCD Studio: Building bespoke utility power agreements for data centers with Lon Huber, Xcel Energy
Zachary Skidmore speaks with Lon Huber of Xcel Energy discuss the complexities of grid planning, increased demand from AI and data centers and cleaner energy
Plans announced for 45MW data center campus in Oman
The project is targeted for operations by Q2 2028
Virgin Media O2 to cut thousands of jobs in cost-savings push - report
Sky News reports that up to 4,000 roles could be impacted
Beyond the grid: the maintenance challenges putting the data center boom at risk
Building maintenance needs more attention
Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.
Artificial Intelligence
All stories →Why power regulators now decide where AI data centres go
A paused 1GW campus in Australia, a split approval in Alberta and the UK's new grid covenant point to the same shift: the deciding say over AI data centres is moving from local planners to energy regulators and central government.
UiPath urges Gulf enterprises to prioritise measurable AI outcomes
Karl Crowther discusses how orchestration, human accountability and workforce upskilling can help organisations scale agentic automation Gulf enterprises are moving…
Abu Dhabi, OpenAI sign four AI agreements across government, energy and investment
Agreements involving ADNOC, Mubadala and Inception42 aim to accelerate AI deployment, strengthen digital sovereignty and advance Abu Dhabi’s ambition to…
AI Reshapes Memory Architecture as Macronix Expands Flash Portfolio
AI-driven high-bandwidth memory demand is reshaping memory markets, boosting mature flash products as Macronix expands its portfolio for AI workloads.
India floats AI plan under which ‘The model travels to the data, rather than the data travelling to the model’
Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything
Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’ for AI contributions
Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’
Cybersecurity
All stories →Google Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device Android Botnet, Says TV Box Maker Sold Criminal Access
A botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, lost control of its servers in late October in a takedown led by Google.
Telenor flags Nordic cybersecurity need
Telenor warned Nordic businesses could be caught out by a major cyberattack after its research showed a less than 50% rate of preparedness regarding critical services.
Malicious Claude Code Extension Served in Cursor Supply Chain Attack
The extension performed host reconnaissance and attempted to create a reverse SSH tunnel.
Synology warns of C3RB3R ransomware attacks targeting NAS devices
Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker Synology warned customers to update their devices immediately due to a surge in C3RB3r ransomware attacks.
Attackers Pose as IT Support on Microsoft Teams, Abuse AD CS to Steal Company Data
Attackers posing as IT support on Microsoft Teams talked employees into giving them remote control of their PCs.
Ivanti Patches Two More Zero-Days Exploited in Connect Secure Attack Chain
CISA has added CVE-2026-111357 and CVE-2026-118527 to its KEV catalog after the Ivanti VPN flaws were chained in zero-day attacks.
Semiconductors
All stories →Intel says Israel fab explosion will cost company $600m in losses, as Q3 ‘26 revenue hits $16.5bn
Intel Foundry operating losses down QoQ, with chipmaker claiming 14A customer announcements are coming soon
PC chip plunge wipes out a quarter of Intel’s value
CEO predicts massive datacenter CPU boom, coming soon, but production problems mean Chipzilla may not cash in
Cerebras chips have shorter lifespans than statements suggest, short-seller report claims
Culper research claims the lifespan “undermines the entire business”
Canadian Startup Aims to Be Quantum’s ‘Picks’ and ‘Shovels’
Toronto-based Meissner Technologies uses AI and laboratory testing to discover superconducting materials that could cut cooling costs and help quantum computers scale.
IBM connects quantum chips with ‘quantum channels’ at 99% accuracy
IBM has reached a critical milestone for scaling quantum computers, the company announced.
Apple takes powerful M6 chip to the MacBook Pro, iMac
6th-gen M-series silicon promises more cores, faster memory, a fatter NPU, and better connectivity, now in more form factors
Enterprise IT
All stories →Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use
A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession
Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titan
How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot
Why CIOs must prepare for hybrid quantum computing
For IT leaders mapping out the next five to ten years of computational strategy, the true business value of quantum will not be unlocked by independent quantum processors operating in a vacuum.
Building digital trust is key to unlock Middle East’s next phase of growth: Mastercard
Across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, digital transformation is well underway. Digital wallets, instant payments, national digital ID…
Kenya ICT Authority Pushes Stronger National-County Collaboration on Digital Transformation
Kenya’s ICT Authority participated in the Second ICT Sector Intergovernmental Consultative Forum in Naivasha, where national and county government officials discussed measures to accelerate digital…
ADIPEC 2026 set for record-breaking opening with 40 ministers and 2,260 exhibitors
More than 239,000 attendees from over 170 countries are expected in Abu Dhabi as global energy leaders focus on energy…
IoT & Smart Cities
All stories →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.