Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS
Two days to go: TNW’s Amsterdam gathering on what it takes to win in AI-native SaaS

If you have been meaning to register for the TNW, Oneflow & Flexas Gathering Amsterdam and have not got round to it, this is the moment. The event takes place on Wednesday 3 June at De Weesper on Weesperstraat, and the guest list is nearly full. Ti…

Meta’s employee mouse-click tracking tool is collecting EU data it said it would not collect
Meta’s employee mouse-click tracking tool is collecting EU data it said it would not collect

Internal documents show the Model Capability Initiative captures emails and chats US employees exchange with European colleagues, putting the AI-agent training programme on a collision course with GDPR. Meta’s Model Capability Initiative, the surveilla…

Revolut, Mistral and Wayve founders back Balderton’s ‘Built in Europe’ push
Revolut, Mistral and Wayve founders back Balderton’s ‘Built in Europe’ push

European tech has a confidence problem that has little to do with its results. The companies are there, the exits are there, and yet the dominant story has long been one of catching up to Silicon Valley. Balderton Capital wants to change the register. …

China just told its tech giants to stop fighting on price and start investing in AI
China just told its tech giants to stop fighting on price and start investing in AI

A top-level Communist Party publication has signaled a shift in how Beijing intends to govern its largest internet platforms. A draft commentary set to appear in the Qiushi journal on Monday says the focus will be on balancing support for growth with e…

Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.
Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.

When Apple launched the Apple Watch in 2015, the mid-tier wristwatch market had a handful of dominant companies. Swatch Group sold watches under Tissot, Hamilton, and Longines. Fossil Group sold under Michael Kors, Armani, and Kate Spade. Movado sold u…

Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record.
Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record.

Tesla has 42 autonomous vehicles authorised for driverless ridehailing in Texas. Waymo has 577. The figures were published in an online database on 28 May as a new Texas law took effect giving the state greater oversight of commercial driverless vehicl…

The people who trained Tesla’s self-driving AI won’t ride in it
The people who trained Tesla’s self-driving AI won’t ride in it

Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data labelers and a former self-driving engineer about their views on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode. Seven of the nine data specialists said they would not ride in a Tesla operating on FSD. One said they would not…

20 Snap alumni launched an angel fund for the next generation of social media. They think “social” and “media” have split.
20 Snap alumni launched an angel fund for the next generation of social media. They think “social” and “media” have split.

Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, an angel fund backing the next generation of social media and consumer AI startups. The fund has invested in at least five companies and plans to deploy remaining capital into at least 15 more within the n…

A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.
A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday establishing a “higher bar for data center development” in the state. The order is effective immediately. It follows months of community outrage over the Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre hyper…

SoftBank is investing €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centres in France. It’s Son’s biggest European bet.
SoftBank is investing €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centres in France. It’s Son’s biggest European bet.

SoftBank plans to invest as much as €75 billion ($87 billion) to build 5 gigawatts of AI data centre capacity in France. It is the Japanese conglomerate’s biggest AI infrastructure commitment in Europe. CEO Masayoshi Son and President Emmanuel Macron a…