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Worldwide AI spending could hit $1.5 trillion by the end of 2025

Getty Images/BlackJack3D Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Global AI spending has been on an upward trajectory. These expenditures will top $2 trillion in 2026. GenAI smartphones, AI-optimized servers lead spending. The AI boom has triggered widespread interest in AI adoption to optimize business processes and individual workflows. This demand has also been a catalyst for large-scale investments in AI infrastructure to support those goals, and a ne

India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subs

Forget carriers: your next phone plan could come from an app

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR AT&T is partnering with Gigs, a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler, to let companies integrate prepaid services into existing apps and platforms. Early adopters include fintech companies like Klarna and OnePay, which are adding mobile service to their financial apps. Unlike most prepaid brands, Gigs-powered services can openly advertise that they run on AT&T’s network. Carriers are increasingly making it easier for independent companies to launch their o

CPI for all items rises 0.4% in August, 2.9% YoY; shelter and food up

Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (ET) Thursday, September 11, 2025 USDL-25-1356 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 * [email protected] * www.bls.gov/cpi Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * [email protected] CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - AUGUST 2025 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in August, after rising 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last

Google hit with $3.45 billion antitrust EU fine amid U.S. trade tensions

Google was on Friday hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine from European Union regulators for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative advertising technology business. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, accused Google of distorting competition in the so-called adtech market by unfairly favoring its own display advertising technology services to the detriment of rival adtech providers, advertisers and online publishers. It also ordered Googl

Updating restrictions of sales to unsupported regions

Anthropic's Terms of Service prohibit use of our services in certain regions due to legal, regulatory, and security risks. However, companies from these restricted regions—including adversarial nations like China—continue accessing our services in various ways, such as through subsidiaries incorporated in other countries. Companies subject to control from authoritarian regions like China face legal requirements that can compel them to share data, cooperate with intelligence services, or take ot

As a cell phone expert, I’m worried about the future of prepaid carriers

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Once dismissed as the domain of teenagers, bad credit consumers, or even shady activity, prepaid wireless has transformed into a real competitor in the smartphone age. Today, the prepaid market offers everything from ultra-budget choices to services that deliver an experience nearly indistinguishable from premium postpaid service. But this evolution comes with a new concern: over-saturation. There are now well over a dozen reputable prepaid carriers, along w

LegalZoom Promo Codes and Deals: 20% Off Services

LegalZoom is one of those online legal services that in most cases can handle basic legal tasks for you. I recently tried it out to make an LLC for my cosmic country band, Steel Fringe (shameless plug), and it appears to have worked just fine (we’re still waiting on a full evaluation from legal experts for a future guide to these services). If you use a LegalZoom promo code right now, you will get a discount on the service. I found it super easy to set up my LLC, and after about $500 and 30 min

Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US Government contract

Microsoft, the latest tech firm to agree to big software discounts for the US government, is digging even deeper into its bargain bin than the competition by offering a year of free Copilot access to government agencies willing to put up with its other problem products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced its new deal with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a "strategic partnership" that could save the federal government as much as $3.1 billion over the next year. The GSA di

The best web hosting services of 2025: Expert tested and recommended

GoDaddy has offered as wide an array of services as possible for individuals and small businesses needing an internet presence. Why we like it: It's widely known as a brand and many customers enjoy the service. GoDaddy is a great option if you prefer to stick with a well-known web hosting provider, or you're looking to open an e-commerce store. It's also recently introduced AI-based services to help you find the right domain name and to assist you with branding. The comprehensive domain name s

Private equity snaps up disability services, challenging regulators

Cash Cow David vs. Goliath State Solutions Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates.People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project.“Private equity

Private Equity Snaps Up Disability Services, Challenging Regulators

Cash Cow David vs. Goliath State Solutions Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates.People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project.“Private equity

Blogging service TypePad is shutting down and taking all blog content with it

In the olden days, publishing a site on the Internet required that you figure out hosting and have at least some experience with HTML, CSS, and the other languages that make the Internet work. But the emergence of blogging and "Web 2.0" sites in the late '90s and early 2000s gave rise to a constellation of services that would offer to host all of your thoughts without requiring you to build the website part of your website. Many of those services are still around in some form—someone who really

One-time WordPress competitor TypePad ends its slide into obscurity by shutting down

In the olden days, publishing a site on the Internet required that you figure out hosting and have at least some experience with HTML, CSS, and the other languages that make the Internet work. But the emergence of blogging and "Web 2.0" sites in the late '90s and early 2000s gave rise to a constellation of services that would offer to host all of your thoughts without requiring you to build the website part of your website. Many of those services are still around in some form—someone who really

Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here's Who's Affected

Primary shipping services, including the European branch of DHL, multiple European state postal services, Australia Post, Japan Post and Taiwan's state postal service, have stopped shipping consumer goods of varying amounts (over $100 in some cases) to the US. The pause is currently expected to be temporary as countries respond to the latest US tariff measures, but could have a significant impact on US businesses selling anything from Taiwanese GPUs and Japanese card packs to European electronic

Healthcare Services Group data breach impacts 624,000 people

The Healthcare Services Group (HSGI) is alerting more than 600,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in a security breach last year. The healthcare services provider stated that it detected unauthorized access to its network on October 7, 2024, and subsequently discovered that the intrusion had begun on September 27. The investigation that followed revealed that the intruders had exfiltrated data from the systems they had accessed. “The investigation determined that an u

Trump Accuses Other Countries of Making Silicon Valley the ‘Piggy Bank’ of the World

Tariff-obsessed President Donald Trump is threatening to slap even more tariffs and restrictions on chip exports against countries that implement a digital services tax. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said on Monday that these taxes are “designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology” while giving a “complete pass to China’s largest Tech Companies.” A digital services tax is a tax on the revenues that large companies, like Google or Meta, earn from providing digital services.

Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor

nitro, a tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor Overview Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux. There are four main applications it is designed for: As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes As init for a Linux initramfs As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes) As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update In April of this year we announced Thunderbird Pro, additional subscription services from Thunderbird meant to help you get more done with the app you already use and love. These services include a first ever email service from Thunderbird, called Thundermail. They also include Appointment, for scheduling meetings and appointments and Send, an end-to-end encrypted filesharing tool. Each of these services are open source, repositories are linked down below. Th

Fast and observable background job processing for .NET

BusyBee 🐝💨 Fast and observable background job processing for .NET BusyBee is a high-performance .NET background processing library built on native channels. It provides a simple, configurable, and observable solution for handling background tasks with built-in OpenTelemetry support and flexible queue management. Installation dotnet add package BusyBee Quick Start Register BusyBee in your DI container and start processing background jobs: // Program.cs builder . Services . AddBusyBee ( ) ;