Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Exclusive: Meta scales back AI mouse clicks tool, citing employee concerns

Meta is dialing ​back elements of its ‌plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and ​other actions for ​use as AI training data, ⁠it said in ​an internal memo on Tuesday, ​following weeks of angry pushback from staffers....

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US sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchange over IRGC links

The United States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
US Treasury issues new Iran sanctions targeting crypto exchanges

The United ‌States issued new Iran-related sanctions on ​Tuesday, targeting individuals and ​crypto exchanges, a notice ⁠on the ​Treasury Department website ​showed....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Trump signed order to promote advanced AI innovation and security, White House says

U.S. President Donald Trump signed ​an AI-related executive order aimed ‌at promoting advanced artificial intelligence innovation and security, the White House ​said on Tuesday....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
How a nudge from Nvidia propelled frugal Micron into the AI boom and a $1 trillion market cap

Micron Technology's march toward a $1 trillion valuation is nothing ​if not dramatic: a year ago it was a little over $100 billion....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Microsoft expected to showcase new PC, cloud AI tools at developer conference

Microsoft will hold its annual software developer conference on Tuesday, where the company is expected to showcase ​new tools for developers building AI software for PCs and ‌the cloud....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Microsoft reveals new quantum chip made with AI, says it will have systems by 2029

Microsoft ​on Tuesday unveiled a new quantum computing chip that it redesigned with the help of AI, saying it now believes ‌it will have commercially useful quantum machines by 2029....

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Impulse Space raises $500 million at $4.26 billion valuation as space investing surges

Impulse Space, a startup building spacecraft that can ferry satellites and other ‌payloads around in orbit after launch, said on Tuesday it has raised $500 million in a Series D funding round....

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Turkish lira-pegged stablecoins most widely used after dollar tokens, Zodia says

Stablecoins pegged to the Turkish lira were the second-most widely used stablecoins among clients at Standard Chartered's crypto subsidiary ​last year, although volumes remain small compared to dollar-pegged tokens, ‌Zodia Markets said on Tuesday....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
AI demand, earnings optimism lift tech giants' market value in May

The world's most valuable technology companies with the exception of Alphabet added billions of dollars in ​market value in May, as upbeat earnings outlooks ‌and strong demand for AI chips fuelled a rally in their shares....

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Sweden weighs social media age limit of 15

Sweden should introduce a minimum age of 15 for the use of social ​media, a government-appointed commission recommended on Tuesday....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Retail investors fuel record buying in US software ETF as AI trade broadens

The largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking U.S. software stocks clocked the biggest single-day buy-in by retail investors on ​record on Monday, data from Vanda Research showed....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Exclusive: UK adopts SpaceX's Starshield for military operations, sources say

Britain has begun using SpaceX's militarised satellite network Starshield, according to two people familiar ​with the matter, making it among the first countries outside the United States to adopt Elon Musk's government-focused variant ‌of Starlink....

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Cisco rolls out software tools to protect IT systems from AI agents

Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced a new suite of software tools that businesses can use to build their own ​armies of bots known as AI agents, to protect their IT ‌infrastructure against cybersecurity threats....

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Morningstar values SpaceX at $780 billion, half its IPO target

Morningstar analysts pegged SpaceX's valuation at $780 billion, less than half of what the Elon Musk-led company is reportedly targeting in its initial ​public offering, ahead of a planned roadshow this week....

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Poland to ban phones in schools, restrict access to pornography

Poland wants to ban under-16s from using mobile phones in schools from September 1 and plans to introduce stricter age verification ​rules to access pornography, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on ‌Tuesday....

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STMicro weighs Crolles fab expansion as AI optics demand rises, CEO says

STMicroelectronics is likely to decide on ‌a further expansion of its Crolles chipmaking site in France by the end ​of 2026, as demand for ​silicon photonics used in AI data ⁠centres accelerates, its chief executive ​said on Tuesday....

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Honeywell's Quantinuum eyes $14.3 billion valuation in upsized US IPO

Honeywell's Quantinuum is ​targeting a valuation of up ‌to $14.3 billion in its upsized U.S. initial public offering, underscoring robust investor appetite ​around quantum computing....

Reuters Global 02.06.2026
Exclusive: EU cloud rules to curb Amazon, Google access to strategic tenders, draft document shows

Europe plans to propose ​strict criteria for cloud computing services ‌in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon , Microsoft and Google from ​such projects, according to documents seen ​by Reuters....

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Sen. Warren calls for Trump to close "loophole" allowing AI chips to be sent to overseas units of Chinese firms

Democratic Senator ​Elizabeth Warren is ‌calling on the Trump administration to ​close a "loophole" ​that has potentially allowed ⁠advanced American AI ​chips to be ​sent to overseas units of Chinese firms, ​according to a ​statement seen by Reuters. ‌Warren, ⁠who serves as ranking member on the Senate Banking ​Committee, ​also ⁠urged Commerce Secretary Howard ​Lutnick to testify ​on ⁠the issue....

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AI-driven labor displacement risks to remain low in near term, Bridgewater says

Risks of widespread job losses from AI are expected to remain limited ​this year, according to Bridgewater Associates, ‌with constraints on computing capacity and a resilient economy blunting the technology's near-term impact on ​employment....

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Florida becomes first state to sue OpenAI over child safety risks

Florida sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Monday, accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its ChatGPT platform, which the lawsuit said has harmed children by ​providing information to school shooters, offering guidance on self-harm and addicting young ‌users....

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AI giant Anthropic confidentially files for US IPO

AI giant Anthropic ​said on Monday it ‌has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, ​teeing up what ​could become the watershed moment ⁠for Wall Street's ​AI frenzy....

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Alphabet to raise $80 billion in equity capital for AI spending

Alphabet said on ​Monday it aims to ‌raise $80 billion in equity offerings, which will include an investment ​deal with Berkshire ​Hathaway ....