Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face Deal: The Confirmed Numbers vs. Jensen Huang’s Promises
Nvidia confirmed a $12.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face on September 3, 2026, but the company's pledge to keep the…
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Cross-beat data-industry correspondent. Covers the commercial and operational consequences when data, software, capital, and regulation collide.
Nvidia Pays $12.93bn for Hugging Face — and for the Neutrality Question That Comes With It
Nvidia's confirmed $12.93bn purchase of the model-hosting hub used by 18 million developers turns the chipmaker from Hugging Face's biggest…
DOJ Sides With OpenAI, Says Headline. The Article Underneath It Doesn’t.
The Next Web published a two-line headline on September 2, 2026 claiming the Justice Department backed OpenAI in a publishers'…
Moonshot Seeks 30% Cut From Microsoft, Amazon, Google to Host Kimi K3
Reuters reported August 26, 2026 that China's Moonshot AI is in early talks with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and…
Nasuni Buys DryvIQ, Its Second 2026 Deal, to Bundle Data Governance
Nasuni acquired unstructured-data governance vendor DryvIQ on August 31, 2026, its second acquisition of the year after buying sync-and-edge vendor…
Appen (ASX:APX) Touts AI-Data Rebound While Its Own Shares Slide 7.7%
Kalkine's August 28, 2026 coverage frames Appen's training-data business as benefiting from renewed AI infrastructure momentum, but the same reporting's…
Deloitte Buys Wavicle’s Databricks Shop; Terms Undisclosed
Deloitte announced August 31, 2026 that it acquired substantially all assets of Wavicle Data Solutions, a Databricks-focused data-engineering firm, to…
Bolt’s Breslow Raises Up to $27M Pay-to-Play Bridge to Avoid Collapse
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27 million in convertible-note bridge financing for Bolt, structured with a punitive pay-to-play clause…
EFF Fights ‘Market Dilution’ Theory as AI Copyright Rulings Diverge Worldwide
The digital rights group tells U.S. courts that letting rightsholders block AI tools for merely competing with human art would…
Apple’s MacBook Evidence Against OpenAI Hinges on an AI Agent, Not Just a File
Apple filed new forensic evidence on August 31, 2026, alleging former engineer Chang Liu downloaded a confidential circuit schematic, ran…