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Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a new division focused on integrating brand advertisements directly into gameplay across its portfolio. The announcement was made on 15 June. EA estimates that more than 120 million players access its games every month during fiscal year 2026, representing the platform’s target audience. The platform builds on existing EA […]

A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly liable for incorrect answers given by its AI observation feature. The decision could have significant consequences for tech companies that operate AI-powered search services. The ruling was handed down by the 26th Civil Chamber of the Munich Regional Court, which handles press and defamation

Microsoft has updated the Windows 11 Native AI documentation to confirm that language model APIs can now run on PCs that are not equipped with Copilot+ but have supported GPUs. Previously, these APIs were only available on CoPilot+ PCs that had dedicated NPU hardware. The change is currently targeted for developers and is not yet

Visa has integrated its payments infrastructure with ChatGate, allowing AI agents to recommend retail products, review vendor catalogs, and complete purchases without user intervention during checkout. This connection uses Visa’s payments network to process transactions at any compatible merchant, rather than limiting AI-powered purchases to a specific retailer. Previously, AI retail integrations were primarily limited

OpenAI has filed preliminary IPO paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, joining the likes of Anthropic and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the wave of artificial intelligence companies preparing to go public. The company announced a confidential S-1 filing on Monday. Anthropic submitted its confidential filing on June 1, and SpaceX recently launched an

Apple announced new AI-powered features for Safari at WWDC 2026, using Apple Intelligence to enhance tab management, password protection, browser customization, and page monitoring. Apple emphasizes that these features are designed with privacy in mind and do not share browsing data with Apple or third parties. Automatic password correction and AI tab organization in Safari

Microsoft has launched new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds for both the Beta and Experimental channels on June 8. The update introduces a new 26H1 build train and allows users to extend the Windows Update pause as many times as needed. Several bugs have also been resolved in this release. New build structure for Windows

Chrome Canary builds briefly included a flag that redirected all Google search address bar queries to AI mode instead of standard search results. Google’s vice president of search engineering, Rajan Patel, confirmed that the flag was an error and said that the company is not planning to make AI mode the default for Chrome searches.

Microsoft has fixed a Windows Update caching issue that caused driver updates to install on managed devices without notification, bypassing policies set to prevent automatic updates. The issue was acknowledged on June 2 and confirmed as resolved in Wednesday’s update to Admin Center incident report MO1332784. The issue affected enterprise-managed Windows devices enrolled in Intune

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has instructed Google to provide tools to publishers to avoid using their content in AI observations and other AI search features. The CMA described it as a “world first” step and said it would give publishers a stronger position when negotiating content deals with Google. Google has nine