July 21, 2026 - SiliconANGLE

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France to become first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15

By James Farrell Jul 21, 2026

French lawmakers today voted in favor of banning social media use for children under the age of 15, making it the first nation in the European Union to introduce an age limit in line…

Infra

Nvidia Vera Rubin: Inside the agentic AI factory that rewrites the CPU playbook

By Zeus Kerravala Jul 21, 2026

On the surface, this week’s Vera Rubin launch is another major platform moment for Nvidia Corp., as the company maintains a steady drumbeat of artificial intelligence infrastructure innovation. Nvidia is positioning Vera Rubin as…

AI

Mistral AI strikes multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft to build out Azure infrastructure in Europe

By Mike Wheatley Jul 21, 2026

French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI SAS has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft Corp. to expand its computing infrastructure in Europe and increase the availability of its top large language models in the…

AI

SkyPilot nabs $20M to ease AI infrastructure management

By Maria Deutscher Jul 21, 2026

Infrastructure automation startup SkyPilot Inc. launched today with $20 million in seed funding. Lux Capital led the raise with participation from several other institutional backers. The funds were joined by Databricks Inc. Chief Executive…

AI

US Treasury Secretary Bessent threatens sanctions against Chinese AI model makers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 21, 2026

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that the White House is going to examine some of the highest profile “open-weight” models from China to see if their creators have stolen the intellectual property…

Infra

AI server maker Supermicro’s stock gains on $60B order backlog and stronger margins

By Mike Wheatley Jul 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence server maker Super Micro Computer Inc. told investors in a preliminary earnings forecast today that it has secured more than $60 billion worth of new orders for its products in its fiscal…

Infra

Intel to manufacture firewall chips for Fortinet, its first public foundry customer

By Maria Deutscher Jul 21, 2026

Intel Corp. today announced that it will produce processors for Fortinet Inc. firewalls. The deal marks a major milestone for the chipmaker’s foundry business. The unit, which makes processors for other companies based on…

AI

Block launches Buzz, an open-source workspace for humans and AI agents

By Duncan Riley Jul 21, 2026

Financial services company Block Inc. today launched Buzz, a free open-source workspace built for teams of humans and AI agents. The agents are full members with their own accounts, not chatbots answering prompts. Buzz…

AI

OpenAI says its own AI models broke out of testing and hacked Hugging Face

By Duncan Riley Jul 21, 2026

OpenAI Group PBC today disclosed that two of its artificial intelligence models broke out of a controlled testing environment and hacked open-source AI platform Hugging Face Inc. to cheat on an internal benchmark in what…

AI

AMD capitalizes on AI momentum with systems strategy for open-source and hybrid technologies

By Mark Albertson Jul 21, 2026

For Advanced Micro Devices Inc., artificial intelligence has provided a significant tailwind in the server processor market. Five years ago, AMD’s slice of the x86 server processor business stood at 8%. Today, the chipmaker…

Day: July 21, 2026

Nvidia Vera Rubin: Inside the agentic AI factory that rewrites the CPU playbook

Mistral AI strikes multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft to build out Azure infrastructure in Europe

SkyPilot nabs $20M to ease AI infrastructure management

US Treasury Secretary Bessent threatens sanctions against Chinese AI model makers

AI server maker Supermicro’s stock gains on $60B order backlog and stronger margins

Intel to manufacture firewall chips for Fortinet, its first public foundry customer

Block launches Buzz, an open-source workspace for humans and AI agents

OpenAI says its own AI models broke out of testing and hacked Hugging Face

AMD capitalizes on AI momentum with systems strategy for open-source and hybrid technologies

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