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€3 Billion Fuels Europe’s Largest AI Bet on Data Sovereignty
European AI developer Mistral secured €3 billion in a Series D, pushing its valuation past €21 billion and setting a record for a European tech company.
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JFrog Artifactory Hacked in 24‑Day Campaign; Rust Backdoors Survive Patching
Multiple threat actors compromised self‑hosted JFrog Artifactory build servers over a 24‑day window, installing persistent Rust backdoors after chaining two patched authentication vulnerabilities.
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Lambda SnapStart Comes to Container Images, Ending a Packaging Tradeoff
AWS extends Lambda SnapStart to container‑packaged functions, eliminating the startup‑time penalty for large Python dependencies.
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Positron AI Raises $875M to Prove Commodity Memory Can Beat HBM in Inference
Reno-based AI hardware startup Positron AI closed an $875 million Series C financing round, arguing commodity LPDDR5X memory can match Nvidia’s high‑bandwidth memory for inference workloads.
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Announcing second‑generation single‑rack AWS Outposts
AWS has announced the general availability of second‑generation single‑rack Outposts, a compact 42U rack that brings compute, storage and networking to on‑premises locations with low latency requirements.
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ShinyHunters publishes physical access codes for US cell towers in American Tower breach
The cybercriminal group exposed over 5 million records, including plaintext physical access codes to American Tower’s cell‑tower sites, raising new security concerns for critical infrastructure.
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China's AI chipmakers raise prices as high‑bandwidth memory shortage bites
Huawei and Cambricon sharply increased prices for their AI accelerator cards amid a global HBM shortage, underscoring supply‑chain pressures in the AI chip market.
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The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE
Elon Musk’s tunneling firm secured a $3 billion Series D, boosting its valuation to $23 billion and expanding its Middle East tunnel plans.
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OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand
OpenAI paused new Pro plan sign‑ups as demand for its Astra model strained infrastructure, underscoring the rapid adoption of next‑generation AI models and the need for scalable services.
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Data centre upstarts evoke earlier broadband craze
A Breakingviews analysis argues that the current wave of AI‑driven data‑centre operators mirrors the broadband boom of the early 2000s, with neoclouds competing against hyperscalers for GPU‑heavy workloads.
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Microsoft September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 966 flaws, 2 zero‑days
Microsoft released the largest security update ever, patching 966 vulnerabilities—including two actively exploited zero‑days—using an AI‑powered discovery system.
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European Investment Bank loans Elia €1 billion for Princess Elisabeth energy island
The EIB provided a €1 billion credit to Belgian grid operator Elia for its offshore Princess Elisabeth island project, a key infrastructure investment to connect future wind farms to the national grid.
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AWS Details Open-Source HyperPod InstantStart Control Plane for Agent Ops – Unite.AI
Amazon Web Services unveiled HyperPod InstantStart, an open‑source control plane that combines EKS orchestration with SageMaker HyperPod capabilities to streamline AI cluster operations.
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OpenAI says working with Samsung on next-generation chips, deepening cooperation
OpenAI is expanding its partnership with Samsung Electronics to develop its own AI chips, boosting its in-house chip production and strengthening ties across semiconductors and enterprise AI services.
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Jarvislabs.ai Launches Managed Endpoints to Cut Weeks from Enterprise AI Deployment
Jarvislabs.ai introduces a service that automates model setup, validation and inference optimization, enabling faster AI deployment for enterprises.
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Boards prepare for digital infrastructure shocks, survey says
A Capgemini survey shows 86% of large organisations report significant exposure to digital sovereignty risks, prompting increased board oversight and contingency planning for critical digital infrastructure.
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ASML to work with major chipmakers to use latest tools for larger chips
ASML announced plans to collaborate with its major customers to produce advanced lithography tools capable of printing larger data‑center chips, a move that could boost chip manufacturing capacity for companies like Nvidia and Intel.
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Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion in Samsung‑Led Round, Valued at €21 Billion
Paris‑based AI model builder Mistral AI secured €3 billion from Samsung and other investors, boosting its valuation to over €21 billion and expanding its computing infrastructure.
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Hackers exploit RouterOS flaws to hijack MikroTik devices without authentication
CERT Polska revealed a chain of RouterOS vulnerabilities that allow attackers to take full control of MikroTik devices with SSH exposed to the internet, prompting urgent patches.
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Hyperscale Data halts Michigan Bitcoin mining to repurpose 20MW for an AI customer
The company shut down its Michigan data center’s Bitcoin mining operations to prepare the site for a long‑term AI cloud‑computing customer, shifting 20MW of power to AI workloads.