As geopolitical tensions mount and AI reshapes the digital landscape, governments worldwide face an urgent new reality: true national sovereignty now depends as much on controlling digital infrastructure as it does on physical borders, according to GlobalData.

The European Commission has informed Amazon and Microsoft of its preliminary view that they should be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for their cloud computing services.

Infobip has partnered with Floward, the online flower and gifting company covering the Middle East and the UK, to transform customer service using AI agents on Infobip’s AgentOS platform.

Samsung is planning to invest KRW100 trillion ($646 billion) in its home market of South Korea over the next decade.

Huawei announced that its patent licensing royalty rate for Wi‑Fi 7 technologies would be set at $0.5 per unit for Wi‑Fi 7-compliant devices.

Samsung developed the industry’s fastest Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 5.0 solution, which will help enable seamless and highly efficient AI services on future mobile devices.

Nearly one in three consumers in Western markets now purchase products they first discover on social platforms, according to NIQ.

The Five Eyes intelligence agency called for urgent action to respond to the evolving AI landscape.

IBM unveiled a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1-nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom, node.

A new study by Juniper Research expects that the conversational AI market will show substantial growth over the next five years, climbing over 250% from $2.4 billion in 2026 to $8.5 billion in service revenue by 2030.

Orange is determined to drive the commercial growth of French startups.

VMO2 and VodafoneThree announced they would use the technology designed to disable smartphones stolen from their retail stores.

IBM joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, bringing advanced frontier AI capabilities into security operations to help enterprises counter machine-speed threats.

Nokia and Lenovo agreed on another multi-year patent cross-licensing deal.

The global entertainment and media (E&M) industry will hit $4.2 trillion in revenues in 2030, growing at a CAGR of 3.4%, as AI-powered advertising and in-person, live experiences power growth in the industry, according to PwC.

Ericsson, Telia, and other partners have opened a test center in Sweden that would focus on the development of AI, 5G, and 6G technologies.

Infobip announced a partnership with Digitas, the Marketing Transformation arm of the Publicis Groupe.

NVIDIA powers more than 400 of the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers, 81% of the TOP 500, according to the latest rankings.

Global TV shipments increased 8% YoY in April 2026, according to Counterpoint Research.