Monday • 1 June 2026
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30 May 2026
SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers
SoftBank is pledging up to €75 billion to build out 5 gigawatts of data center capacity in France, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure investments in Europe to date. The move underscores how the AI boom is reshaping global energy and real estate markets, with Europe increasingly becoming a battleground for compute sovereignty.
30 May 2026
‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot is moving to token-based pricing, sparking backlash from developers who say the change makes costs unpredictable and erodes the tool’s value proposition. The move reflects the mounting pressure on AI companies to recoup the staggering costs of running frontier models — a trend likely to ripple across the entire AI SaaS ecosystem.
30 May 2026
I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
TechCrunch’s hands-on with Gemini Spark finds Google’s 24/7 AI assistant surprisingly useful for automating mundane tasks like inbox triage and event planning. The product hints at Google’s vision for ambient, agentic AI — though questions remain about why it exists separately from the main Gemini app.
30 May 2026
Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant
Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant, doubling down on a hardware strategy that already includes Ray-Ban smart glasses. The wearable AI race — with rivals like Humane having stumbled — is heating up as Big Tech bets that ambient AI devices will replace some smartphone use cases.
31 May 2026
Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy
Famed environmental activist Erin Brockovich is turning her attention to the secrecy surrounding AI data centers, particularly their water and energy consumption. As hyperscalers race to build out AI infrastructure, organized community pushback could become a major regulatory and PR headwind for the industry.
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