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Big Tech's dominance on the S&P 500 is becoming more extreme; the eight biggest tech stocks account for 60% of the gains since the market bottomed in April 2025 (George Steer/Financial Times)

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Commission courts top investors for up to €5B tech fund

Isaac Hammouch6 months ago02 mins

Shorouk Express It could range from €3 billion to €5 billion, depending on how much investors contribute. The investors invited to meet with the Commission on Tuesday are Danish investment company Novo Holdings, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Spanish CriteriaCaixa and Santander, Italian Intesa Sanpaolo, Dutch pension fund APG Asset Management, Swedish Wallenberg…

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EU leaders paper over splits on US tech reliance

Isaac Hammouch7 months ago02 mins

Shorouk Express “We don’t really have a shared vocabulary to define what digital sovereignty is. But we do have a shared understanding of what it means not to have digital sovereignty,” said Yann Lechelle, CEO of French AI company Probabl. Berlin isn’t the only capital trying to convince Europe to ensure its digital sovereignty remains…

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Your workplace tech may be affecting your health – and not in a good way

Isaac Hammouch7 months ago03 mins

Poor tech is causing stress and leading to sick days, survey claimsProving productivity by metrics isn’t workingSlashing the number of tools isn’t the solution Nearly two-thirds (63%) of workers say technology has actually negatively impacted their lives over the past year, with many workers dissatisfied with the tech solutions being provided to them by their…

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Despite AI-related job loss fears, tech hiring holds steady – and here are the most in-demand skills

Isaac Hammouch7 months ago04 mins

NeoLeo/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Tech hiring for the next quarter is steady compared to a year ago.AI may be driving much of the continuing demand for tech talent.Those demands might be driving a rise in contract work. The conventional wisdom is that artificial…

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UK deploys anti-drone tech to Denmark after airports hit

Isaac Hammouch7 months ago02 mins

Shorouk Express The Danish government concluded that the drones flown over its airports in recent days are the work of a “professional actor”, but said there was no evidence of Russian involvement, after such activity disrupted its airspace twice in the space of a week. Aalborg airport was forced to shut down for several hours…

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Labour takes fight to Reform on diversity as Kendall backs scheme for women in tech

Isaac Hammouch7 months ago03 mins

Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Labour is taking the fight to Trumpian critics of diversity and equality, with the tech secretary vowing to “smash the glass ceilings” holding women…

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US tech firms pour £30 billion into UK as Trump lands

Isaac Hammouch8 months ago02 mins

Shorouk Express Those data centers will be powered by Nvidia chips and the company said it would ship up to 120,000 advanced GPUs to British data centers in total, funded by investments from Microsoft, Nscale, OpenAI and CoreWeave. Around half of those GPUs will go to British data center firm Nscale, which is partnering with…

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OpenAI unveils Grove, a five-week mentorship program for nascent tech entrepreneurs, hosted in its San Francisco HQ, with ~15 participants in its first cohort (Jaures Yip/CNBC)

Isaac Hammouch8 months ago02 mins

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Spotify says EU must enforce tech rules or users may lose out

Isaac Hammouch8 months ago01 mins

Shorouk Express The product has been “enthusiastically embraced” by users stateside, Spotify’s global director of competition policy, Avery Gardiner, said at a Brussels event this week. Gardiner explained that Spotify cannot directly tell its European users how to buy goods like Audiobooks under the current conditions of its contract with Apple. On the other hand,…

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