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Deutsche Telekom is forming a strategic partnership with Quantum Systems, the provider of autonomous surveillance drones.

The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million fine on Apple for abusing a dominant position.

The co-founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, announced that he would issue personal guarantees on behalf of Paramount Skydance in an effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

ByteDance signed binding deals with investors led by Oracle to transfer control of its TikTok US operations.

Hrvatski Telekom and the Croatian Financial Agency (Fina) have entered into a strategic partnership to digitalize financial processes.

The European Council agreed to enable the introduction of a digital euro by better clarifying the legal tender status of euro cash.

This year, for the 30th time, Siemens is awarding the title “Inventor of the Year” to outstanding researchers working in Germany, the United States, China, and Switzerland.

President Donald Trump's administration warned that the US could impose fees or restrictions on European service providers.

NVIDIA acquired SchedMD, the leading developer of Slurm, an open-source workload management system for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI.

The US administration suspended technology-related negotiations with the UK government.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) board of directors rejected a Paramount Skydance bid worth $108.4 billion to buy the entire company.

The US administration unveiled a two-year program aimed at hiring 1,000 employees across various government agencies.

15 prominent women in the UK founded a task force to address gender disparities in the tech sector.

Netflix reiterated its commitment to its agreed transaction with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).

Orange signed an agreement to buy out its partner in the Spanish venture MasOrange.

Shortly after Australia’s controversial under-16 social media ban went into effect, Reddit filed a lawsuit against the country.

High demand from Chinese companies led Nvidia to consider increasing capacity for its H200 AI chip.

The Walt Disney Company agreed to a $1 billion investment in OpenAI.