Expansion
LTTS Bets Big on Europe’s AI Manufacturing Boom With New Munich Innovation Hub
The facility is designed to help enterprises move beyond AI experimentation and deploy scalable, real-world industrial applications.
The Left Shift Bureau
Storage
Dell’s New PowerStore Elite Promises 3x Faster AI Storage and Smarter Cyber Defense
The platform supports block, file, virtual machine and container workloads while allowing mixed-generation clustering, enabling existing PowerStore customers to upgrade without downtime or disruption.
Big Tech
The 8 Biggest Announcements from Google I/O 2026
Google completely redesigned Search with AI at its core. Instead of typing keywords and scrolling through blue links, users can now interact with Search conversationally using text, images, files, videos and even Chrome tabs.
Internet
Google Just Turned Search Into an AI Agent That Works for You 24/7
At the centre of the update is a redesigned Search box that Google describes as its biggest interface upgrade in over 25 years.
Acquisition
Mistral AI Acquires Emmi AI to Expand Industrial Engineering Push in Europe
Emmi AI’s co-founders and more than 30 researchers and engineers will join Mistral AI’s Science and Applied AI teams in May 2026.
Lay Offs
Meta’s AI Overhaul Triggers 8,000 Layoffs, 7,000 Role Shifts
The move is part of Meta’s broader push to accelerate its position in the rapidly evolving generative AI market.
Acquisition
Anthropic Acquires Stainless to Strengthen AI Agent Connectivity
Founded in 2022, Stainless has been closely linked with Anthropic’s developer ecosystem, powering the generation of official Claude SDKs since the early days of the API platform.
AI Startups
OpenAI Debuts Personalised Finance Assistant Inside ChatGPT
The feature is rolling out initially to a limited group of ChatGPT Pro users on web and iOS.
AI Agents
Okta Expands AI Agent Security Platform With AWS Integration and Cross-Identity Support
Okta also introduced support for non-Okta identity providers, enabling enterprises to manage AI agents without replacing their existing identity infrastructure.
Developer's Corner
OpenAI Brings Codex Programming Assistant to Mobile Devices
Previously, developers who stepped away from their desktops had no way to respond to Codex prompts, causing tasks to stall until they returned.
Cybersecurity
Google Warns of AI-Powered Cyber Threat Surge as Hackers Weaponise Generative Models
The report also highlighted growing attacks targeting AI systems and software supply chains themselves.
Partnerships
Arinox AI, Langoor Partner to Bring Sovereign AI Deployments to Regulated Enterprises
The collaboration combines Arinox’s CommandCore™ and Kogo OS private AI infrastructure with Langoor’s marketing transformation expertise.