This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover topics including subsea cables, British power supply, data centres, ransomware, facial recognition technology, network sharing, India's semiconductor projects, agentic AI and cybersecurity.
Here are our highlights:
monday_____________________________
FCC fast-tracks subsea cable approvals in bid to open market beyond hyperscalers
Licence applications will be processed faster, compliance burdens reduced, and cost overheads lowered.
Read the full story here.
Musk's Tesla applies to supply power to British homes
Elon Musk's electric car and energy company Tesla has applied for a licence to supply electricity to British homes.
Read the full story here.
tuesday_____________________________
Spanish government to force data centers to publish energy consumption data
The proposed regulation is in accordance with EU's EED.
Read the full story here.
US government seized $1M from Russian ransomware gang
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday it has seized the servers and $1 million in bitcoin from the prolific Russian ransomware gang behind the BlackSuit and Royal malware.
Read the full story here.
Wednesday___________________________
Government expands police use of facial recognition vans
More live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be rolled out across seven police forces in England to locate suspects for crimes including sexual offences, violent assaults and homicides, the Home Office has announced.
Read the full story here.
VodafoneThree starts automatic network sharing to boost UK coverage
India supercharges semiconductor ambitions with $19bn in new projects
NTT Data and Google Cloud team up for agentic AI push
Read the full story here.
Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount
Virgin Media O2 Enlists Ethical Hacker to Show How Easily Passwords Can Be Stolen
VMO2 has enlisted an ethical hacker able to access passwords in minutes to show how cybercriminals operate.
Read the full story here.
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