Google has been issued a fine of €403 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Infobip Shift wants to preserve its identity as a conference shaped by the developer community rather than corporate marketing. This year’s edition gathered around 3,000 visitors, which the organisers see as the upper limit of the current Zadar format. The next stage may bring a tighter focus on specific AI topics and smaller international editions in the United States, Asia and London.

US President Donald Trump has unveiled plans to establish a specialized "AI Force" and appoint a dedicated "Tsar" to oversee the industry.

The global smartphone market is projected to contract by 14.3% year-on-year in 2026, according to a forecast by Counterpoint Research.

The GSMA has issued a warning that escalating smartphone component costs, fueled by the massive demand for AI infrastructure, risk widening the global digital divide and making mobile internet increasingly unaffordable in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Burra was created as a platform for consolidating IT services companies in Southeast Europe, with a commercial focus on Western Europe and the United States. Its first members, Devōt, Tacta and CoreLine, continue to run their existing businesses while integration is planned gradually, primarily through new projects. Sven Marušić says the aim is not to turn founders into corporate employees, but to build a larger organisation in which they remain shareholders and drivers of growth.

At a high-profile event in the UK hosted by King Charles III, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s chip sales are projected to double in 2027.

Artificial intelligence agents are poised to become a significant "invisible" network user category by the end of the decade, according to new research from Ericsson ConsumerLab.

Microsoft has officially published a code of conduct for its artificial intelligence models, establishing a framework to ensure that increasingly powerful systems remain under human oversight and do not resist correction, interruption, or shutdown.

The convergence of massive AI infrastructure investment and the deep embedding of AI into software services is driving global spending to unprecedented levels, according to Gartner.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have agreed to link their respective supercomputing platforms to accelerate the development of fusion energy through the use of AI.

Qualcomm has entered into a significant agreement with Amazon to develop customized silicon for large-scale AI data center infrastructure.

Global semiconductor revenue reached a new record of $425 billion in the second quarter of 2026, marking an unprecedented 31.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) growth rate, according to Omdia.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) anticipates raising more than $100 billion through a series of planned spectrum auctions scheduled over the next two years.

SES has outlined strategic plans to establish direct-to-device (D2D) satellite manufacturing capabilities and a specialized supply chain within Europe in partnership with Elveo Mobile.

Telecom operators are no longer using AI only for network optimisation and routine operations. They are applying it to faster product development and customer conversations. Matija Ražem says AI enables prototypes in hours, quicker market testing, and automation of many standard support questions. The next step may be a world where personal digital agents interact with agents from telecoms, banks and other large organisations.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has initiated a formal investigation into Apple, Samsung, and Google regarding allegations that the companies have utilized patented audio technology without authorization.

Sales organizations now face the risk of "AI agent sprawl" unless they fundamentally overhaul their current approaches to data, automation, and user experience.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has unveiled comprehensive plans to restrict children’s access to social media platforms through the proposed EU Kids Act.