The EU has published its long-awaited white paper on networks and infrastructure, ‘How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs’.
The AI boom is raising concerns over the water consumed by data centres. Researchers from the University of California suggest that demand for services powered by artificial intelligence would drive up water withdrawal to between 4.2 and 6.6 billion cubic metres by 2027.
Apple and Microsoft have won exemptions from new rules under the Digital Markets Act after appealing to competition regulators.
The Mongolian government is in talks with SpaceX to launch the country’s first national telecommunications satellite, designed to improve connectivity and develop Mongolia’s ‘domestic space economy’.
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into the partnerships between the Big Tech cloud providers and generative AI companies.
Apple is under pressure to reveal more information about the company’s artificial intelligence risks.