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Europe's privacy regulators have told AI companies how web scraping must fit inside the GDPR. At its July plenary, announced by the European Data Protection Board on July 8, 2026, the EDPB adopted Guidelines 03/2026 on web scraping in the context of generative AI and opened a public consultation…
Fox Corporation agreed to acquire Roku on June 15, 2026, in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the streaming-platform company at roughly $22 billion in enterprise value, the companies announced. Roku holders receive $160.00 per share — $96.00 cash plus 0.9693 FOX Class A shares — with closing…
Siri AI is Apple's rebuilt assistant, previewed on June 8, 2026 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, and it will arrive as a beta in English later this year, per Apple's announcement (announced). The new assistant answers questions about on-screen content, searches across apps using…
Apple previewed iOS 27 and an entirely new Siri AI at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8, 2026, in Cupertino (announced). The company's press release also promises up to 30 percent faster app launches and 70 percent faster photo loading in the fall releases, which Apple says will ship…
Gigaton, a London startup spun out of UCL and the University of Cambridge, has raised $26 million in Series A funding led by Plural, the company announced on June 3, 2026. The round, with participation from 2150, Semapa Next and existing investors, brings total funding to more than $35 million.