Jaguar Land Rover reported a staggering £485 million loss after a cyber attack forced complete production shutdowns. The incident reversed 11 consecutive profitable quarters and knocked 0.17% off UK economic output.
Anthropic says it thwarted what it calls the first documented large-scale cyberattack orchestrated predominantly by AI. The company identified the threat actor as a Chinese state-sponsored group that manipulated its Claude Code tool to target about 30 global organizations.
Apple’s brief Mac clone era from 1995 to 1997 allowed companies like Power Computing to sell licensed Macs. The experiment backfired spectacularly, leading to price wars and market share erosion. Steve Jobs ultimately pulled the plug when he returned to Apple.
Shell is selling a “substantial portion” of Volta’s EV charging business to Jolt Energy. The move comes just over a year after Shell acquired Volta and follows significant layoffs at the company. It signals ongoing challenges in making public EV charging profitable.
Microsoft has begun forcibly updating Windows 11 PCs running older versions to the new 25H2 release. This affects systems running 23H2, 22H2, and even 21H2 that have reached end of support. The only protection appears to be for Windows 10 ESU subscribers who remain safe from forced upgrades.
Facebook Marketplace is getting a major social upgrade that lets friends join your shopping conversations. Meta AI will now suggest questions to ask sellers and provide detailed vehicle insights. The changes aim to make Marketplace more collaborative and informative.
AI workloads don’t draw power steadily – they surge and fluctuate thousands of times per second. This creates EKG-like load profiles that are destabilizing local power infrastructure never designed for such rapid swings.
In a surprising twist, NCSoft says they’re eager to bring Horizon Steel Frontiers to PS5 but can’t make that call themselves. The decision appears to rest entirely with Sony, leaving PlayStation fans wondering why a Horizon game isn’t coming to PlayStation.
Salesforce is acquiring Israeli startup Doti to enhance AI-based enterprise search capabilities through Slack. The move comes as the enterprise search market is projected to grow from $5 billion in 2022 to $12.2 billion by 2032.
European IT spending is projected to grow 11% to reach $1.4 trillion next year, driven by massive investments in AI and a push toward sovereign cloud solutions. Geopolitical uncertainty is causing 61% of tech leaders to favor local cloud providers over global alternatives.
