Musk-Altman rift widens as judge approves court battle January 16, 2026 OpenAI and Microsoft have lost their final bid to avoid a courtroom battle with Elon Musk, with a US judge ruling that the Tesla and xAI founder can proceed to trial over claims that the start-up breached its original charitable mission. The case, set for a jury trial in late April at the District Court [...]
Big Tech wants to access your health records January 16, 2026 OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT Health this month is set to capitalise a behavioural pattern that has already taken hold. Millions of people use AI chatbots to make sense of symptoms, test results and medical jargon, often even before speaking to a qualified clinician. The difference is that now, as of just last week, the technology [...]
Sadiq Khan’s AI fearmongering will set London back January 16, 2026 Sadiq Khan's warnings about AI has made London look like a city anxious, rather than ambitious, about AI, and investors will take note.
HOLYWATER Raises Record $22 Million to Turn Microdramas into Mainstream Entertainment in the U.S. January 16, 2026 The financing marks the largest confirmed funding round in the emerging microdrama market outside of Asia, cementing HOLYWATER as the category leader among Western players in an $11 billion global market.
Cloudflare Strengthens Content Offering to AI Companies with Acquisition of Human Native January 16, 2026 Acquisition will help create a new business model for the Internet by transforming original content into high-quality, AI-ready data and facilitating transparent value exchange in the AI era
Rising Fraud Puts Half of UK Retailers at Risk of Closing or Scaling Back in 2026, New Research From payabl. Finds January 16, 2026 Rising fraud is putting significant pressure on UK retailers, with half of businesses at risk of closing or scaling back in the year ahead, new research finds. The research from leading European financial technology provider payabl.’s Fraud in Europe report shows that the impact of fraud on retailer operations, margins and customer trust has become [...]
Morningstar Launches First Pure-Play Generative AI Index January 16, 2026 New perpetual benchmark tracks the performance of pure-play private companies driving GenAI innovation across the corporate lifecycle.
KiddeFenwal Launches NATURA™ Micro, Offering Enhanced, Compact Object Fire Protection for Vital Commercial and Industrial Assets January 16, 2026 Unveiling coincides with the introduction of sound- and vibration-dampening acoustic nozzles and additional NATURA™ “total flood” inert gas system enhancements at Intersec
Announcement Regarding the Launch of an Open-Ended Aircraft Fund January 16, 2026 – Providing investors with a more liquid aircraft investment opportunity, a new frontier in alternative investments – – The first initiative of its kind by a Japan-based asset manager –
AWS Launches AWS European Sovereign Cloud and Announces Expansion Across Europe January 16, 2026 AWS announces the general availability of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud and plans to expand across Europe with new AWS Local Zones in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal Amazon plans to invest more than €7.8 billion in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany and support an average of 2,800 full-time equivalent jobs annually