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Huawei's cloud computing revenue dropped in 2025 as Chinese AI lagged U.S. rivals

When including internal customers, the telecommunications giant said cloud computing revenue grew from a year ago.

Your AI sycophant will see you now

A gaming company CEO asked his lawyers if he could avoid a payout of upwards of $250 million to the studio he had acquired. They told him the plan would trigger lawsuits. He asked an AI chatbot the same question. It gave him a step-by-step playbook. He followed the chatbot. A Delaware court recently ruled that he breached the contract.

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say

Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns

Apple UK Age Verification Chaos: Users Face Failed Scans, Rejected Passports, and Forced Content Filters

A 67-year-old retired teacher who's owned Apple products since 2009 now has her web browsing filtered because she pays for everything with a debit card.

Microsoft hit with UK competition regulator probe over software business

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority had "concerns around Microsoft's licensing practices in cloud", Chief Executive Sarah Cardell, said.

America Needs to Get Serious About Drones

The new age of war is already here, swarming over Barksdale Air Force Base.

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

The Drama review

A woman’s confession on the eve of her nuptials causes uproar in this insouciantly offensive provocation from the director of Dream Scenario

Love on the Spectrum proves that we still crave wholesome reality TV

A new season of Netflix’s dating show about neurodivergent singletons is a welcome antidote to grim reality TV headlines

The twilight zone: Nocturnes, from piano to perfume and Russia to Richter

The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today

European defense startups eye commercial deals and hiring push in the Middle East amid the Iran war

A crop of emerging defense companies in Europe are fielding increasing interest from Middle East militaries as conflict continues in the region.

Veronica Ryan review

Whitechapel Galery, London The Turner prize-winner has spent her career exploring organic forms, with often beautiful results – but the most recent work obscures it with what looks remarkably like rubbish