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Tech Across the Globe

HPE cooperates with activist: Hewlett Packard Enterprise signed a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management, which has a more than $1.5 billion stake in the company. The deal with the activist investor included the appointment of a director and the creation of a new strategic committee. 

Google’s Pixels: Google has scheduled a product event for Aug. 20, when it’s expected to unveil new Pixel-branded smartphones and a smartwatch ahead of Apple’s usual September iPhone unveiling.

Amazon’s emissions: The e-commerce and cloud company’s carbon emissions increased for the first time in three years, growing 6% in 2024. The increased output was driven by data center construction and fuel consumption from delivery providers.

Revalued

Shares of ASML, the Dutch maker of equipment to manufacture high-end computer chips, dropped 11% in Amsterdam, their biggest decline in nine months, after the firm dialed back its annual sales forecast, blaming trade disputes, economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions.

Must Read

Microsoft released its first consumer AI tools within months after OpenAI’s ChatGPT started the age of artificial intelligence, Matt Day reports in today’s Tech In Depth. But that quick start hasn’t meant much. Like chatbots from rivals such as Google and AI startup Anthropic, the use of Microsoft’s consumer Copilot is trailing far behind ChatGPT, he writes.

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This Week in Cyber Bulletin

European officials are wondering whether millions of dollars the US had committed to help Ukraine protect its cybersecurity defenses will finally be released, Ryan Gallagher reports in this week’s Cyber Bulletin. The money was put on hold following Donald Trump’s inaugural in January pending a review. But officials in Europe hope the US president now will send the funds, Gallagher writes.

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