Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars

Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia announced a collaboration with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU. Stellantis supplies L4-ready platforms, Wayve its AI Driver and Nvidia its Hyperion system. Uber is also invo…

Nscale sued in Norway over a data centre engineer’s dismissal
Nscale sued in Norway over a data centre engineer’s dismissal

An engineer at Nscale’s Stavanger data centre has sued the AI cloud firm and subcontractor CloudBrothers, Bloomberg reported. He claims Nscale directed his work like an employer and that he was fired after raising pay concerns. The case comes as Nscale…

Anthropic and Hg reportedly plan AI consultancy for European firms
Anthropic and Hg reportedly plan AI consultancy for European firms

Anthropic is planning to back a new European AI consultancy with Hg, the London-based private equity firm, the Financial Times reported. The independent company will place AI engineers and consultants inside businesses to help them build and deploy the…

Madrid is getting its first quantum computer from Telefónica and IQM
Madrid is getting its first quantum computer from Telefónica and IQM

Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers will install an IQM Spark at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid before the end of 2026. It will be the first quantum computer in the Community of Madrid, the two companies said when they announced the deal on Fri…

OpenAI signs AI safety research deal with Poland’s NASK institute
OpenAI signs AI safety research deal with Poland’s NASK institute

OpenAI has partnered with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute to research AI safety and security, as concerns grow over AI agents behaving in ways their developers did not intend. The company announced the agreement today, saying the two organisa…

Greece passes law banning social media for children under 15
Greece passes law banning social media for children under 15

Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from using social media, with the restrictions set to take effect on January 1, 2027. Parliament approved the bill late on October 22, following a debate that lasted more than 16 hours, state broadcaste…

Nvidia launches Minerva to catch failing parts in giant AI data centres
Nvidia launches Minerva to catch failing parts in giant AI data centres

Nvidia has launched Minerva, AI operations software that combines data from GPUs, networks, storage and workloads to spot failing parts in large AI data centres early. It groups alerts into single incidents and has an AI assistant. IREN uses it, and La…

Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch
Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch

Zurich-based Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth with a $30M pre-seed round from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It builds robots that sense force and touch through their motors, not only cameras. Founder Manuel Yves Galliker…

Millions of PHP2Shell attempts so far, but officials see no break-in
Millions of PHP2Shell attempts so far, but officials see no break-in

Hackers have made millions of attempts to exploit PHP2Shell since Wednesday’s disclosure, Cloudflare’s chief executive, Matthew Prince, said on X. Officials in Germany, the Netherlands and Japan say they have not seen one succeed. Some stats on #php2sh…

Nebius borrows $3.5bn from Citi as it says AI compute prices keep rising
Nebius borrows $3.5bn from Citi as it says AI compute prices keep rising

Nebius has signed a $3.5 billion loan facility with Citi to build more data centres and buy GPUs. The Amsterdam-based AI cloud company announced the deal on Thursday. The secured facility runs for 364 days. Interest starts at the Term SOFR benchmark ra…