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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0819 GMT – SAP's slower-than-expected rollout of agentic AI is limiting monetization…

Jio Prime Membership Return, Price Lock Signal Imminent Tariff Hikes for Indian Telecom Users

Reliance Jio's strategic reintroduction of its Jio Prime membership, offering a price lock until September 2027, is widely interpreted by industry analysts as a clear signal of impending tariff hikes across the competitive Indian telecom market.

The US Wants to Get into Venezuelan Telecom (and Push China Out) | Caracas Chronicles

On August 21, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a couple of new general licences related to Venezuela's telecommunications sector. Both General Licenses 61 and 62 will now allow the Venezuelan Government (including…

COL Group, CP Group Strike 360-Degree Partnership to Grow Thailand's Short-Form Drama Industry

COL Group and CP Group are teaming on a partnership aimed at building up Thailand's short-form drama business, linking creative training, local content production and distribution under a single initiative. The deal centers on a talent incubation…

Exclusive | Google Moves AI-Responsibility Team Out of DeepMind Lab in Latest Shake-Up

Google is moving a team focused on the risks and societal impact of artificial intelligence out of Google DeepMind, the research lab developing its frontier AI models, according to an internal email viewed by the Journal. The change in reporting…

Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as 'peanuts'

Meta agreed to impose daily limits on children's social media use and pay nearly $18 billion in settlements with nearly every US state today, cutting short a trial in which Meta said several of the states were demanding over $1.4 trillion. The…

What does it take to build India's future TV infrastructure?

For decades, television was a relatively simple proposition. Content creators made programmes, broadcasters put them on channels, distributors delivered those channels to homes, and advertisers bought access to the resulting audience. Whether a…

Five Factors For Effective AI-Enabled Enterprise Transformations

Igor Rikalo is President at o9 Solutions. ​For more than 60 years, industry experts, futurists and even science fiction authors have made predictions about the future of the workplace—and society at large. Some of the predictions from…

Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads

A federal appeals court yesterday blocked a Trump administration decision that could have resulted in even more political advertisements appearing on broadcast television during the upcoming elections. The Federal Communications Commission recently…

Industrial outdoor storage developer buys Framingham site for $12.3M

A Pennsylvania-based firm specializing in the development of outdoor storage sites has purchased a Framingham property containing a 68,000-square-foot warehouse for $12.25 million. An entity associated with Alterra Industrial Outdoor Storage…

​How AI Will Rewrite Enterprise Strategy In The Coming Years

Mohan Subrahmanya, Country Leader & Executive Director, India at Insight Enterprises. AI is fast transitioning from a supplementary productivity tool to the core infrastructure driving modern enterprises. By integrating AI into the heart of their…

US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting Nasa, Fed and Senate

The Justice Department and the FBI said on Wednesday that they seized two Chinese state-sponsored online platforms that targeted US critical infrastructure and other critical networks, including Nasa, the Federal Reserve and the US Senate.

IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories to Accelerate the Future of Quantum

The combination brings together complementary expertise in quantum computing, sensing, materials science, and advanced technologies to accelerate future innovation ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 26, 2026 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has…

Latin America's democracy will also be built by its engineers

Aug. 26 (UPI) -- As a telecommunications student in Chile, I have usually viewed technology from a technical perspective: infrastructure must function, networks must connect, systems must run efficiently. But lately I have begun to see another side…

Microsoft Is Leaving Investors Flying Blind on Its AI Businesses