On Friday last week, on the same day he commissioned a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all federal agencies to immediately cease using technology from Anthropic. The decision follows a high-stakes standoff in which the $380 billion AI startup refused to remove ethical guardrails that prevent its "Claude" models from being used for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weaponry. By desi

Last week, NVIDIA Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress dealt another blow to PC gamers and console manufacturers, confirming that the global shortage of gaming chips is expected to last until the end of the year. Despite reporting a record-breaking fiscal year, the company warned that supply for its GeForce RTX line will remain "very tight" for several quarters as manufacturing capacity is diverted to satisfy the explosive demand for high-margin AI processors. Editorial cred

Bus-2 UK watchdog slaps Reddit with £14.47m penalty over age verification failures The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined Reddit £14.47 million ($19.6M) on February 24, 2026, for failing to implement robust age verification. The regulator found that for years, the platform processed the data of hundreds of thousands of children under 13 without a lawful basis, potentially exposing them to harmful material. The fine marks a major escalation in the UK's enforcem

AI-4 UK National Power Grid can't keep pace with AI expansion, Ofgem warns Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, issued a stark warning last week, revealing that the surge in AI-driven data center applications has reached a critical "tipping point." According to new figures, approximately 140 proposed projects are seeking a combined 50 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, a staggering amount that exceeds the UK's current national peak demand of roughly 45 GW. Editorial credit: Casimir

The Trump administration and a coalition of America’s largest tech firms, including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Oracle, OpenAI, and xAI, are set to formalize a massive private energy initiative. During his State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, President Trump announced the "Ratepayer Protection Pledge," a policy framework that effectively mandates tech giants to "build, bring, or buy" their own independent electricity supplies for all new AI data centers. The