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• AI data-center boom could destroy Big Tech's net-zero plans

  Big Tech has pledged to fight climate change and says it is striving to be sustainable in all aspects of its business.

  

• Amazon loses AWS generative AI boss as tech talent shuffle heats up

  Amazon is working to bolster its reputation in AI development, after rivals like OpenAI, and Google have taken an early lead, particularly with consumer-focused models.

  

• Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says

  ​​He said one of the key lessons Apple learned was that it needed to use the most cutting-edge tools available to design its chips, including the latest chip design software from electronic design automation (EDA) firms.

  

• US Senate confirms Republican congressional aide to serve on FCC

  The vote comes as President Donald Trump has pressured Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr to strip CBS, which is owned by Paramount Global, of its broadcast licenses. Trump sued CBS News seeking $20 billion over its editing of a "60 Minutes" interview in October 2024 with then-Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

  

• FCC says China Mobile could face US fines for failing to cooperate in probe

  The FCC citation issued to China Mobile disclosed the commission has been probing the company's U.S. operations since November 2022. In February, the FCC sent China Mobile a supplemental letter asking additional questions.

  

• Trump urged EchoStar, FCC chair to cut a deal on spectrum: Report

  On Thursday, Trump met with Ergen and he telephoned Carr, who came to the White House to join the meeting, Bloomberg reported.

  

• AMD turns to AI startups to inform chip, software design

  "This will be a very thoughtful, deliberate, multi-generational journey for us," said Vamsi Boppana, senior vice president of AI at AMD.

  

• Chip-maker Micron expands US investment to $200 bn backed by Trump

  The announcement is part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to secure major investment commitments from technology companies and strengthen US industrial capacity.

  

• Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

  Google is offering the buyouts while awaiting a federal judge to determine its fate after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly as part of nearly five-year-old case by the US Justice Department. The company is also awaiting remedy action in another antitrust case involving its digital ad network.

  

• Amazon to spend $20 bn on data centers in Pennsylvania, including one next to a nuclear power plant

  One data center is being built next to northeastern Pennsylvania's Susquehanna nuclear power plant. The other will be in Fairless Hills at a logistics campus, the Keystone Trade Center, on what was once a U.S. Steel mill.

  

• Apple opens its AI to developers but keeps its broader ambitions modest

  In an early demonstration of this at work, the company added image generation from OpenAI's ChatGPT to its Image Playground app, saying that user data would not be shared with OpenAI without a user's permission.