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ByteDance Set to Order 50,000 AI Inference Chips from Shanghai Startup Iluvatar CoreX
ByteDance is finalizing a deal to purchase at least 50,000 AI inference GPUs from Iluvatar CoreX, a Shanghai-based chip company that listed in Hong Kong in January. The move adds a third domestic supplier to ByteDance's growing Chinese chip lineup as US export controls tighten.
France Pledges €655 Million for AI and Drops Palantir for Domestic Rival ChapsVision
Prime Minister Lecornu announced a €655 million AI investment package on June 16 as France hosts the G7, while the country's intelligence agency terminates its Palantir contract in favor of French company ChapsVision. A Mistral-powered chatbot will be deployed to over one million public servants.
SoftBank and OpenAI Launch AI Cybersecurity 'Patching as a Service' for Japan's Critical Infrastructure
SoftBank Group and OpenAI jointly announced a new enterprise AI security product on June 16, targeting Japan's 3,000 most critical companies with AI-powered vulnerability assessment and remediation. The service marks the most concrete commercial product to emerge from their $40 billion Stargate partnership.
Check Point VPN Zero-Day CVE-2026-50751 Exploited by Ransomware Gangs — CISA Gives Agencies 3 Days to Patch
A CVSS 9.3 authentication bypass in Check Point's IKEv1 remote access VPN lets attackers open VPN sessions without credentials. Exploited in the wild since May 7, linked to Qilin ransomware, and on CISA's KEV list with a June 11 deadline.
NEURA Robotics Raises Up to $1.4B at $7B Valuation — Nvidia, Amazon, and Tether Bet on Europe's Humanoid Champion
The German robotics maker closed one of the largest physical-AI rounds ever, led by Tether with Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, and Bosch participating. The milestone-based Series C makes NEURA Europe's best-funded humanoid company.
Broadcom, Apollo, and Blackstone Launch $35B Platform to Build 20 Gigawatts of AI Compute for Anthropic and OpenAI
The new AI XPV Platform starts with a $35 billion debt tranche led by Apollo and targets more than 20 gigawatts of Broadcom XPU capacity through 2028. First up: over 1 gigawatt for Anthropic at Fluidstack sites starting mid-2026.
Google Ships Gemini 3.5 Live Translate: Real-Time Voice Translation in 70+ Languages That Keeps Your Voice
Google's new speech-to-speech model translates conversations continuously across 70+ languages while preserving the speaker's tone, tempo, and pitch. It's rolling out globally on Android and iOS, with every output watermarked by SynthID.
Microsoft's Biggest Patch Tuesday Ever: 198 CVEs, Three Zero-Days, One Actively Exploited Defender Flaw
June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 198 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-41091, a Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation flaw already exploited in the wild and now in CISA's KEV catalog. Three CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated RCEs demand immediate patching.
China Readies $295 Billion Plan for a Nationwide AI Data Center Network Built on Domestic Chips
Beijing is preparing a 2-trillion-yuan, five-year program to build a unified national AI computing network operated by China Mobile and China Telecom. Huawei and other domestic suppliers are expected to provide at least 80% of the technology.
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