Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data
Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data

Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are putting $1.8bn into data to train AI models that predict how cells behave. Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are joining with $300M between them, Biohub announced on …

Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source
Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source

The Dutch tax and customs administration has dropped its move to Microsoft 365 in the cloud. Its office software will instead run on servers it controls, together with European open source tools. State Secretary for Finance Eelco Eerenberg set out the …

Anduril to build $3.7bn Baltimore shipyard for US Navy submarine parts
Anduril to build $3.7bn Baltimore shipyard for US Navy submarine parts

Anduril will invest $3.7bn in a new shipyard near Baltimore to build parts for the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines, the defence company said on Tuesday. The Navy has also awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $2.9bn, with payments tied to demonstr…

Germany backs EU approval of Tesla’s driver-assistance software
Germany backs EU approval of Tesla’s driver-assistance software

Germany will push for fast EU-wide approval of Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system, transport minister Steffen Bilger said on Tuesday. Elon Musk thanked him in German on X a day later, as Tesla tries to win over a bloc where it is so far cleared …

EU considers bigger levy on large companies to tax Big Tech
EU considers bigger levy on large companies to tax Big Tech

The European Commission is looking to collect more money from Apple, Meta, Google, and other US tech companies, according to the Financial Times, which spoke with six officials who are familiar with the discussions. The Commission plans to do this by i…

Sierra announces Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard for personal AI agents
Sierra announces Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard for personal AI agents

Sierra and Meta are developing Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard defining how personal AI agents authenticate with businesses and what those businesses let them do, with Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart. A v0.1 specificati…

AMD’s chief says demand is outrunning supply, and that AI should police itself
AMD’s chief says demand is outrunning supply, and that AI should police itself

AMD’s Lisa Su said chip demand is running ahead of supply and will stay very high for years, and urged the AI industry to work together as an ecosystem on safety rather than naming any regulator. The European Commission has been able to inspect models,…

Lucid production falls 38% as the EV maker clears inventory
Lucid production falls 38% as the EV maker clears inventory

Lucid built 2,954 vehicles in the third quarter, its lowest quarterly output since early 2025 and a 38% fall from the second quarter, while delivering 3,806 as it cleared inventory. The company has outstanding commitments for 25,000 driverless cars wit…

Google accused of overcharging 20 million UK consumers over Play Store fees
Google accused of overcharging 20 million UK consumers over Play Store fees

Google is defending a £1.2B claim at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal brought for about 20 million British consumers who say Play Store commissions of up to 30% were passed into the prices they paid since October 2015. It settled an equivalent clai…

Revolut’s commercial real estate lending chief exits
Revolut’s commercial real estate lending chief exits

Duncan Batty, hired from M&G Investments in January 2025 to build Revolut’s commercial real estate lending business, has left the company, with his departure appearing in Companies House filings and confirmed by a spokesperson. Neither a reason nor…