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Apple announces changes to iOS in Brazil

Apple has announced modifications to iOS apps in Brazil following an agreement with the country's competition regulator, CADE.

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At Cannes Lions, NVIDIA Partners Reshape Advertising and Marketing With AI

At Cannes Lions, NVIDIA partners like Alembic, AWS, Criteo, and Taboola showcase AI applications for advertising and marketing. Alembic uses NVIDIA DGX Vera Rubin systems for causal AI modeling. Criteo achieved a 2x speedup in model training on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

“Alembic will be the first Causal AI company to use NVIDIA DGX Vera Rubin SuperPODs for enterprise-scale causal modeling” — NVIDIA

Sync and Stream: GeForce NOW Connects to Members’ Game Libraries Across Devices

GeForce NOW enables cloud gaming across devices, syncing progress from supported game stores like Steam, GOG, Ubisoft+, and EA app. GOG single sign-on and library syncing are coming this summer. Annual membership discounts are available: $35 off Performance and $70 off Ultimate tiers.

“One of the coolest benefits of GeForce NOW is I can take the same copy of the game I own on Steam and carry it to my iPhone … it’s super awesome being able to play a game on a multitude of devices without having to buy it again.” — NVIDIA

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France Advances Europe’s AI Future With NVIDIA Technologies

France's AI infrastructure is expanding with new data centers and computing capacity. Mistral is building a 44-megawatt data center in Bruyères-le-Châtel, and a consortium has bid to host a European AI gigafactory. NVIDIA technologies, including the Blackwell platform and Vera Rubin NVL72 systems, are being deployed to support AI factories and cloud services.

“Mistral is building a new 44-megawatt data center in Bruyères-le-Châtel, a commune in northern France.” — NVIDIA

CEO Letter: 2025-26 Intel Corporate Responsibility Report

Intel's CEO discusses efforts to revitalize core businesses and rebuild trust, emphasizing an engineering-first approach. The letter is part of the company's 2025-26 Corporate Responsibility Report.

Intel Advances Responsible Business Practices and AI-Driven Growth in 2025–2026 Corporate Responsibility Report

Intel published its 2025–2026 Corporate Responsibility Report, detailing progress in people, sustainability, and technology amid rising AI computing demand. The report covers operational performance and long-term execution across its value chain.

Hands Free, AIs Forward: NVIDIA XR AI Brings Agents to AR Glasses

NVIDIA has released the public beta of XR AI, a framework for developing multimodal AI agents tailored for augmented reality glasses and extended reality devices.

Coherent Breaks Ground on Expanded Texas Facility, Scaling AI’s Optical Backbone

Coherent has broken ground on an expanded manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, to scale production of indium phosphide wafers used in optical interconnects for AI infrastructure. The company received a $50 million CHIPS Act grant for the expansion, which is expected to support over 550 direct jobs at full capacity. NVIDIA and Coherent have a multiyear strategic partnership involving a $2 billion investment and a multibillion-dollar purchase commitment.

“When we get to full capacity, this site will support more than 550 direct jobs — and thousands of jobs, direct and indirect.” — NVIDIA

Intel Foundry Details Process Milestones and Future Innovation at VLSI Symposium

Intel Foundry announced at the 2026 VLSI Symposium that Intel 18A-P, a performance-enhanced version of its Intel 18A process, has entered risk production as scheduled.

“Intel 18A‑P, the first performance enhancement in the Intel 18A family, has entered risk production, meeting the timeline first shared with customers and partners last year.” — Intel

HPE AI Factory With NVIDIA Expands for the Era of Agents

NVIDIA and HPE are expanding their AI factory collaboration with the introduction of the NVIDIA Vera CPU, available with HPE Private Cloud AI in 2027. The NVIDIA Agent Toolkit is also now available with HPE Private Cloud AI, and NVIDIA Confidential Computing extends across HPE AI Factory solutions. Additionally, the HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a has achieved certification for NVIDIA Confidential Computing.

“The HPE ProLiant Compute DL394 Gen12 with the NVIDIA Vera CPU will be available in 2027 with HPE Private Cloud AI” — NVIDIA