Amazon Quick desktop app ships for macOS and Windows with EU sovereign cloud gap
Amazon has made its Quick desktop assistant generally available on macOS and Windows, AWS said, and added an activity feed to the iOS and Android versions that pools email, calendar, CRM and messaging into one list. Amazon pitche...
UAE commits €40 billion to Germany with about 1 GW of data center capacity targeted
The United Arab Emirates is preparing a €40 billion commitment to Germany, framed at $46.4 billion, with artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, and energy as its focus, according to a joint announcement during UAE Presid...
Microsoft links passkey-themed phishing to ShinyHunters and Helix extortion crews
Microsoft says threat actors tied to the ShinyHunters, Helix and other extortion gangs have used passkey- and single sign-on-themed social engineering since May 2026 to compromise corporate Microsoft accounts and steal data from M...
SemiAnalysis acquires Citrini Research; founder plans new fund
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the independent investment-research firm to SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor and AI research shop, for an undisclosed sum, according to Bloomberg. Sources told the outlet that van G...
CFTC opened three previously unreported Polymarket insider-trading probes
Documents obtained by WIRED through a Freedom of Information Act request show the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved at least three previously unreported investigations into trading on prediction market Polymarket. CFT...
OpenAI pauses $200 ChatGPT Pro sign-ups, citing Astra demand
OpenAI has stopped selling the $200 tier of ChatGPT Pro, saying demand for its Astra model is straining its systems, according to TechCrunch reporting cited by The Next Web. Existing subscribers keep their plans, and the $100 Pro...
