The Information Technology week,distilled.

Askya Investment Partners has launched the Askya AI Growth Platform, a six-week hybrid program designed to scale African artificial intelligence startups.

On September 2, 2026, several startups including Félix, HyImpulse, Lasso, and PeopleX were reported as receiving funding.

Nvidia has invested $3.5 billion in MediaTek through convertible bonds, representing approximately 90% of MediaTek's $3.9 billion offshore bond offering.

Swiss-based email security company xorlab has raised €5 million in a Series A+ funding round led by Spicehaus Partners.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Egypt in September 2026 to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations.

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp has announced a tender offer to take Dentsu Soken Inc private.

Republic Clothing signed a 15-year direct lease for 81,000 square feet at 1411 Broadway in New York City.

Gary Moss, who has been blind for five years, experienced a test ride in a Tesla Cybercab in San Francisco, California, on September 6, 2026.

Meta is testing robotics hardware from companies including ABB, Kinova, and Watney Robotics to automate maintenance tasks in its data centers.

Diraq is deploying a silicon spin quantum computer with eight qubits at an Equinix data centre in Sydney, Australia.

Tesla has officially launched its Cybercab, a fully autonomous robotaxi featuring no steering wheel or pedals, for public rides in Austin, Texas.

Amazon has introduced a new feature for its Alexa for Shopping assistant in the United States.

Tesla is launching its purpose-built Cybercab robotaxi in Austin, Texas, on September 3, 2026.

Uber has launched the first commercial robotaxi service in London, utilizing autonomous driving technology developed by the UK-based startup Wayve.

Wayve and Uber have launched a self-driving taxi service in London, with the first autonomous vehicles becoming available via the Uber app as of Thursday, August 27, 2026.

Dell Technologies reported a fiscal second-quarter AI-server backlog of $95 billion, up from $51.3 billion in the previous quarter.

ByteDance Ltd. has secured a $29.6 billion loan, marking the second-largest USD-denominated borrowing in Asia this year.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported a 34% year-over-year revenue increase to $12.2 billion for the third quarter of 2026, exceeding the estimated $11.9 billion.

Dell Technologies reported Q2 revenue of $46.97 billion, a 58% year-over-year increase, surpassing the estimated $44.92 billion.

Gap Inc. shares rose following the appointment of a new Old Navy leader and quarterly profits that exceeded analyst expectations.

Palo Alto Networks reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $3.41 billion, representing a 34% year-over-year increase and exceeding analyst estimates of $3.35 billion.

On 1 July 2026, the technology company Bending Spoons, founded in Copenhagen and based in Milan, completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Microsoft has disclosed its Azure cloud revenue for the first time, reporting $29.4 billion for the most recent quarter and $101.9 billion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

Huawei is facing a criminal trial in a Brooklyn court five years after the release of its finance chief Meng Wanzhou from detention in Canada.

Anthropic has reached a settlement requiring the company to pay $3,000 per pirated book used to train its AI chatbot.

A US federal judge, Leonie Brinkema, ruled that Google will not be required to divest its online advertising exchange, AdX, following an antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice.

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The Trump administration has filed a statement of interest in the ongoing copyright lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI, which was originally filed in December 2023.

Apple has filed new evidence in its lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former employee Chang Liu stole trade secrets and used confidential circuit schematics for his work at OpenAI.

On August 31, 2026, the US Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company manipulated ad auction pricing to overcharge 1.2 million advertisers.

The Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 22 U.S. states filed a lawsuit against Amazon in a Washington state federal court on August 31, 2026.

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Meta Platforms reached an $18 billion settlement on August 26, 2026, to resolve allegations regarding the impact of Facebook and Instagram on young users.

The Indian government's National Quantum Mission (NQM) has allocated ₹6,003.65 crore (~$626.8 million) over eight years to develop domestic quantum infrastructure and support startups.

Former members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) revealed to University of Cambridge researchers that the group has been using commercial generative AI models to develop tactical solutions for battlefield challenges in northeastern Nigeria.

A survey of 1,000 UK consumers by the MACH Alliance reveals that shoppers set an average trust threshold of £149.12 for autonomous AI purchases.

PwC released its Global Data Center Outlook on September 2, 2026, projecting $31.6 trillion in cumulative global data center investment through 2050.

A new report by PwC projects that global capital expenditure on AI infrastructure will reach $31.6 trillion by 2050.

A survey conducted by the Washington Post reveals that 27% of U.S. adults use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for personal, emotional, or social queries.