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TL;DR Eoptolink, a Chinese maker of high-speed optical transceivers, has filed for a secondary Hong Kong listing that could raise up to $5bn, above the $3bn floated in April. The angle: it is the AI boom’s unglamorous “picks and shovels” winner, its 800G/1.6T optical modules wire
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? European Union regulators are forcing Google to change how Android handles artificial intelligence, ordering the company to open up the operating system and its search data to competing AI services. Under
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Across Europe, “tech sovereignty” is rising up the agenda. For business leaders, however, the implications are practical rather than political. At its core, sovereignty is about control, resilience and trust in the systems that underpin modern operations. The European Commission’s recently announced technology sovereignty package reflects this shift. With
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It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want
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SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help
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Step back three decades to 'a period when software teams were willing to color outside the lines' Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, its short-lived 1990s experiment in turning Internet Relay Chat (IRC) conversations into comic strips – and, for many users, their first encounter with Comic Sans. Microsoft Comic
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* Streaming giant Netflix has revealed that 300 movies and shows used generative AI in 2026 * The news was shared in a shareholder letter, obtained by the website Kotaku * Generative AI was used to “enhance crowds, historical battle sequences, and worldbuilding establishing shots.” Netflix has recently admitted to using AI tools
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* 1Password unveils Claude partnership, letting Anthropic’s AI authenticate on users’ behalf via zero‑exposure architecture * Users approve each login with biometrics * New Agentic Mode in the browser extension locks down the interface when AI agents take over Top password manager company 1Password has launched a new tool that allows
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * iOS 27 brings some much-needed changes to the Control Center. * The Photos app is getting a new folder for photos and videos. * Apple's iOS 27 is currently available to test in public beta.
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OS PLATFORMS More a rewrite really, and of a very early version: Linux 0.11 – in Rust Earlier this week, Linux project leader Linus Torvalds told AI haters to fork off, and invited anyone who didn't like his comments to fork the kernel. Well, here you go: linux-0.
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The question of where data lives has become considerably more fraught over the past few years. A mix of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical tensions across the Atlantic, and the related unease about the concentration of infrastructure power among the hyperscalers have all combined to push data sovereignty up the executive agenda.
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Step back three decades to 'a period when software teams were willing to color outside the lines' Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, its short-lived 1990s experiment in turning Internet Relay Chat (IRC) conversations into comic strips – and, for many users, their first encounter with Comic Sans. Microsoft Comic
