Visual Studio Ships Requested Change After Years of Requests

The European Commission states that Apple chose not to launch its AI-enhanced Siri in the EU after requesting an 18-month exemption from DMA interoperability rules, a request the regulator rejected.

Apple omitted the keynote from downloadable sessions in its Developer app, directing viewers to YouTube for an offline copy.

Microsoft published a short guidance piece on its education blog framing how artificial intelligence might reshape schooling.

China plans a $295 billion AI infrastructure program while US data-center construction accelerates.

A report from AI researchers urges the continent to launch its most ambitious effort yet to stay in the technology competition.

Pierre Ferragu cites growth expectations, capital spending plans, and a Musk premium in his valuation of the company after its record-breaking IPO.

Craig Federighi says the updated Siri will avoid the engagement tactics common in competing chatbots.

Apple’s third-generation Apple Foundation Models consist of five variants, with some running locally, others in Apple’s cloud, and one hosted on Google servers with Nvidia hardware.

Equal AI raised $30 million for an AI call-screening service that now counts more than one million monthly active users in India.

Avataar’s new model targets lower costs and cultural fit for large-scale use in India.

Infineon will open a €5 billion German chip factory built with EU subsidies to expand European semiconductor output.

RLWRLD CEO Junghee Ryu discussed a Nvidia partnership to create DexBench, a benchmark for measuring humanoid robot hand performance on manipulation tasks.

Bloomberg’s market-close program flagged the SpaceX IPO pricing as the largest first-day valuation on record, yet supplied no further numbers or terms.

Podcast hosts share first impressions of overhauled Apple Intelligence features and platform updates announced at the event.

Apple says EU rules would force it to hand any AI system broad, autonomous access to user devices without ongoing controls.

Brand Industrial Services reported sharply lower first-quarter earnings after costs rose during its shift into data-center work.

MediaTek shares near a record quarter as investors bet its AI chip push can offset weakness in legacy mobile and consumer products.

Google is seeking Samsung Foundry to manufacture the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units, a report indicates.

Three planned Amazon facilities are already adding at least $10.60 a month to local electricity rates, a new study finds.

Microsoft has completed the rollout of a special mode that improves interface responsiveness and application startup times.

A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI claims he was fired after raising internal concerns about the safety of the company’s Grok chatbot.