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Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27

Apple announced that Siri AI will not be available in the European Union with the launch of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, citing the Digital Markets Act as the reason for the delay.

“Due to the Digital Markets Act, Apple will not be able to ship Siri AI in the European Union with the release of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.” — Apple

Apple expands App Store capabilities to help developers grow and reach new users

Apple announced new App Store features aimed at giving developers more tools for marketing, user acquisition, and subscription management.

AMD Commits up to £2 Billion to Accelerate AI Innovation and Research in the United Kingdom

AMD announced a £2 billion investment over five years to expand AI research and development in the UK. The funding will support new supercomputing centers and partnerships with universities.

How the UK Is Turning Sovereign AI Ambition Into Action With NVIDIA Technologies

NVIDIA and UK partners are advancing sovereign AI infrastructure, with AI cloud providers doubling their UK deployments. Key projects include Isambard-AI, the UK's most powerful computer using NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, and startups like Cosine, Cursive, and Doubleword leveraging this compute for AI innovation.

“Access to Isambard enables the project, full stop.” — NVIDIA

NVIDIA and LG Group Build an AI Factory to Advance Physical AI, Mobility and AI Infrastructure

NVIDIA and LG Group are collaborating to build an AI factory that will provide accelerated computing infrastructure for AI applications across LG's businesses, including robotics, autonomous driving, and data centers. The partnership integrates NVIDIA's AI and digital twin technologies with LG's manufacturing expertise to develop autonomous manufacturing ecosystems and smart factory standards. LG Electronics is also developing home robots like CLoiD using NVIDIA's Isaac robotics frameworks and G

NVIDIA and Doosan Group Collaborate to Advance Physical AI and AI Factory Infrastructure

NVIDIA and Doosan Group are expanding their collaboration to advance physical AI, robotics, and AI factory infrastructure. The partnership integrates NVIDIA's accelerated computing platforms with Doosan's capabilities in industrial automation, power generation, and electronics materials. Doosan Robotics is adopting NVIDIA's physical AI technologies to enhance its Agentic Robot OS, while other Doosan units explore AI factory power solutions and PCB materials.

NVIDIA, KRAFTON, NC and Reigning ‘League of Legends’ Champions T1 Celebrate RTX Spark at Korea’s PC Bangs

NVIDIA unveiled the RTX Spark superchip, designed for Windows PCs in the era of personal AI agents. CEO Jensen Huang introduced it in South Korea, where game developers KRAFTON and NC are bringing titles to RTX Spark systems. The chip enables 1440p gaming at over 100 fps with ray tracing and supports all RTX technologies.

“Gamers can play AAA games at 1440p resolution and over 100 frames per second with NVIDIA ray tracing, DLSS and Reflex technologies.” — NVIDIA

Related: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

What Arm-based innovations happened in May 2026?

Arm's May 2026 updates include Arm Performix for profiling AI and cloud workloads, the Arm AGI CPU for agentic AI, integration of SME2 and KleidiAI into Google AI Edge and LiteRT for on-device generative AI, and the launch of Arm Create, a unified developer experience. These developments aim to improve performance analysis, orchestration, and deployment of AI across cloud, edge, and data center environments.

“more than 2x faster audio generation and roughly 4x lower DiT submodel memory usage” — Arm

Postcard from Computex 2026: New Intel® Core™ Series 3 laptops for Everyday Creation and All-day Productivity

Intel announced six new thin and light laptop designs at Computex 2026, powered by its Core Series 3 processors (codenamed Wildcat Lake). Over 70 design wins are expected from OEMs including Acer, ASUS, Dell, and MSI, with battery life up to 17 hours.

“as much as 17 hours” — Intel

Seoul Purpose: How NVIDIA and South Korea Are Building the Future of AI

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited Seoul to meet with partners and discuss AI infrastructure, robotics, and gaming. He highlighted the success of the Grace Blackwell system and the production of Vera Rubin, emphasizing the importance of AI supply chain alignment for the second half of the year.

“Grace Blackwell, our system, is doing very well, and Vera Rubin is in full production — so we are going to be very busy the second half [of the year].” — NVIDIA