https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/business-tech-news/ en-us The latest news on the technology businesses, technology business, technology companies and tech business news. Sending data centers into space. Building them at the bottom of the ocean. Converting California fairgrounds—and San Francisco's Cow Palace—into massive buildings filled with servers. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-experts-dont-centers-ai.html Business Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:00:05 EDT news705735193 With billions of users around the world, Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming children in a new trial in the United States this week, which experts describe as social media's Big Tobacco moment. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-meta-tobacco-moment-court.html Business Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:38:46 EDT news705724705 A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed a complaint with the country's competition authority over Google's new AI-generated search-result summaries, fearing the feature will erode traffic to their websites. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-french-newspapers-google-ai-summaries.html Business Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:20:08 EDT news705664325 You know the feeling. Your account is suspended, your refund request is refused, or you're still being charged for a canceled subscription. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-complaints-online-platforms-ai-solution.html Business Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:20:03 EDT news705658442 A new study by University of Mannheim researchers Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein examines how the assessment of carbon emissions affects incentives for producing electrolytic hydrogen. They found that even stringent accounting rules generally provide sufficient investment incentives. However, they do not necessarily guarantee low-carbon hydrogen. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-carbon-accounting-hydrogen-investment-emissions.html Business Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:20:02 EDT news705595802 In the last decade, scientists have shown that fusion energy can work as a physical process. Next question: Can it work economically? A study co-authored by MIT professors Dennis Whyte and Andrew W. Lo proposes a framework for understanding what's needed to make fusion energy commercially viable in the marketplace. The method considers the physical inputs needed to sustain controlled fusion energy production, as well as the cost of building power plants that can compete in energy markets. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-economic-realities-fusion-power-framework.html Business Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:04 EDT news705595681 If you're buying literature in translation online, buyer beware. You may unknowingly be buying low-quality AI-assisted translations presented as the work of a professional. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-ai-online-poor.html Business Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:20:02 EDT news705572282 A legal battle between Apple and OpenAI over the ChatGPT maker's secretive device project escalated this week when the artificial intelligence (AI) developer called the iPhone maker's allegations "baseless" and asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-apple-openai-escalate-legal-devices.html Business Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:20:01 EDT news705380941 The EU's tech chief called on Meta and TikTok to "act decisively" to stem disinformation at times of crisis, saying the European Commission held talks with both platforms Friday following last week's Ceuta migrant surge. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-eu-meta-tiktok-boost-fact.html Internet Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:10:56 EDT news705381037 OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has speculated about how long it will take for artificial intelligence to replace senior leadership teams in organizations. "Shame on me," Altman told the Conversations with Tyler podcast in November 2025, "if OpenAI is not the first big company run by an AI CEO." https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-companies-ai-ceo.html Business Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:00:08 EDT news705238982 Google rolled back a new feature Friday allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service's satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-source intelligence experts about the potential for disinformation. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-google-satellite-image-ai-tool.html Business Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:05 EDT news704770945 Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming modern finance, powering applications ranging from stock market forecasting to investment advice. But does making more accurate predictions necessarily lead to better investment decisions? According to two recent studies by researchers from Pusan National University and international collaborators, the answer may be no. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-rethinking-ai-investment-decisions.html Business Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:00:01 EDT news704645461 AI companies and evangelists frequently use terms such as copilot, coworker, cocreator and co-scientist to imply these rapidly developing systems can happily coexist with us humans. Their inference is clear: People should always be in the loop—the AI is never in charge. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-industry-fond-prefix-expert.html Business Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:03 EDT news704623202 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-humanoid-robots.html Business Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:10:01 EDT news704517888 Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-elon-musk-money-visa-debit.html Business Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:17:16 EDT news704517417 Improving how crowdsourced information is shared across mobile platforms by incorporating a user penalty-and-reward system could curb long lines caused by inefficient human queuing behavior, a new study suggests. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-rewarding-consumer-choices-advance-gen.html Consumer & Gadgets Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:40:01 EDT news704475181 Moving away from oil and gas and toward solar, wind and hydropower: that is the energy transition. To stop global warming, we must shift our energy infrastructure toward renewable sources in the coming years. The large-scale construction of solar cells and wind turbines requires, among other things, minerals and metals. At the same time, the existing fossil fuel infrastructure is becoming obsolete. So, could we recycle parts of our old energy system to build a new one? Researchers from Empa's Technology and Society laboratory investigated this question in a study. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-recycling-fossil-fuel-infrastructure-trillions.html Business Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:40:06 EDT news704456761 Artificial intelligence has triggered a new gold rush. This time, companies are competing not for land or minerals, but for access to electricity. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-power-problem-energy-opportunity.html Business Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:20:01 EDT news704387942 China's leading memory chipmaker CXMT became the most valuable company in mainland China after soaring more than 500% on its market debut Monday, underscoring how AI demand is boosting the semiconductor sector. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-china-memory-chipmaker-cxmt-soar.html Business Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:00:01 EDT news704339252 As retailers increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous vehicles, a new retail model is beginning to emerge: mobile stores that drive directly to customers instead of waiting for customers to come to them. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ready-mobile-wheels-outperform-traditional.html Business Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:40:22 EDT news704110981 A series of recent AI security lapses—including the OpenAI–Hugging Face breach—is raising a fundamental question: Can tech companies safely govern the powerful AI systems they build, or is stronger outside oversight now essential? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-openai-breach-reveals-ai-failures.html Business Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:20:05 EDT news704093942 The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-eu-google-billion-fine-play.html Business Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:20:06 EDT news704031076 In an increasingly competitive job market, some applicants are quietly trying to outsmart AI hiring tools. Now, new research focused on rooting out the practice of "prompt injection" shows how widespread this tactic is. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-thwarting-hidden-resume-hacks-ai.html Business Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:20:07 EDT news703947962 Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bed sheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-india-domestic-workers-online-instant.html Business Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:57:17 EDT news703911420 South Africa's mining industry risks increased inequality through the adoption of fourth industrial revolution technologies unless automation is matched by stronger governance and workforce support, according to a review published in the International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering. The fourth industrial revolution refers to the growing use of digital technologies to improve industrial operations. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-effects-automation-industry-south-africa.html Business Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:40:04 EDT news703856926 Generative AI is built on the work of humans, but these creatives are rarely paid. If we don't protect them now, entire categories of labor risk being obliterated. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-human-remixes-pay-creatives-ai.html Business Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:00:07 EDT news703856904 A new modeling study finds that weak AI regulation may be worse than no regulation at all when it comes to the safety of AI products and services. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-weak-ai-worse.html Business Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:20:03 EDT news703784881 The more Yoriko Kitagawa learns about a massive data center to be built near her home in Hino, on the outskirts of Tokyo, the more she worries. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-opposition-centers-cramped-urban-japan.html Business Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:40:01 EDT news703514966 Consumers are more likely to buy cryptocurrencies when they see them as easy to use, trustworthy and beneficial, according to research published in the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies, which used the Technology Acceptance Model as a framework to examine perceptions and adoption. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-factors-consumers-buy-cryptocurrencies.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:00:02 EDT news703427447 The European Union issued two new rules for Google on Thursday to force it to share search data and open up its Android operating system to rival AI companies. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-eu-google-android-rival-ai.html Business Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:40:04 EDT news703418725