AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.
AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.

The AI pricing model is shifting. Major software vendors are moving away from per-seat subscriptions toward token consumption or outcome-based pricing for AI features. The flat-rate subscriptions that attracted early adopters were loss leaders. Now tha…

Orange is building a €3bn French data centre business, funded from New Zealand
Orange is building a €3bn French data centre business, funded from New Zealand

Orange and Morrison announced an exclusivity agreement on Monday to create a jointly controlled data centre company in France, backed by a €3 billion investment programme combining Orange assets, Morrison equity, and debt. The venture targets 400 megaw…

Angola just raised $321m selling shares in a telco it seized from Africa’s richest woman
Angola just raised $321m selling shares in a telco it seized from Africa’s richest woman

Angola raised roughly $321 million on Monday by selling a 15% stake in Unitel, the country’s dominant mobile operator, in what Bloomberg reported as the largest initial public offering the nation has ever run. The proceeds go towards financing the stat…

Paramount’s Paused Merger Doesn’t Ease Creators’ Fears–But The ‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Story Should.

Paramount just paused its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Independent creators are scared. An entertainment attorney explains what they already own, and why the Obsession and Backrooms story should give them hope.

Paramount’s Paused Merger Doesn’t Ease Creators’ Fears–But The ‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Story Should

Paramount just paused its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Independent creators are scared, but after ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms,’ they have more ownership.

Microsoft pursues Supreme Court appeal in £270 million software resale case
Microsoft pursues Supreme Court appeal in £270 million software resale case

Microsoft is seeking permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court after losing twice in the ValueLicensing case over whether businesses can legally resell surplus on-premise software licences. The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled in 2025 that resale a…

New U.S.-Canada Bridge Opens After Years Of A Soap Opera

A new U.S.-Canada bridge finally opened to traffic on Monday, July 27, after years of clashes, construction and trade tensions

Climate Scientist Fleeing Wildfires: ‘We’re In A Race Against Time’

Professor Stefan Rahmstorf escapes out-of-control wildfires in France, and warns fossil fuel inaction is supercharging climate disasters.

ASML shares fell 6.5% after a report that China has started mass-producing DUV lithography tools
ASML shares fell 6.5% after a report that China has started mass-producing DUV lithography tools

ASML shares fell as much as 6.5% in Amsterdam on Monday after The Information reported that a Shanghai-based company has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet lithography tools. The machines are the type that ASML has been restricted from sel…

Marvel Picks The ‘Doomsday’ Hero That ‘May Be Able To Stop’ Doctor Doom

Marvel has deemed on specific hero as the strongest chance at taking on Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday. An unlikely one.