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Hogan Lovells and Norton Rose Fulbright secured leading advisory positions for the combination of HICL Infrastructure with The Renewables Infrastructure Group to form Britain's largest publicly traded infrastructure investment entity. The transaction merges HICL's diverse holdings in social...

A network of female general counsel has issued guidance urging organizations to expand workplace accommodations for employees navigating fertility treatments. The Eagle Club developed recommendations through input from 18 legal leaders with personal or indirect experience of the demanding...

Fitness franchise operator Xponential Fitness appointed Gavin O'Connor as chief legal counsel and administrative officer following the departure of Andrew Hagopian from the company. O'Connor arrives from European Wax Center, where he served as general counsel and chief administrative officer...

Geradin Partners appointed competition law expert Ilkka Aalto-Setälä as partner-elect from rival Finnish practice Borenius, where he previously led the competition division. The addition strengthens the firm's Helsinki location, which opened with two partners following recruitment from Roschier...

British legal practice Ashurst plans to combine operations with American counterpart Perkins Coie in a transaction creating a top-20 global firm by revenue with 3,000 attorneys across more than 50 locations. The partnership, expected to finalize during the third quarter of 2026 pending approval...

Cloudflare attributed a major service disruption affecting roughly one-fifth of global internet traffic to a database query malfunction that generated excessive duplicate entries within its bot detection infrastructure. Chief executive Matthew Prince disclosed that modifications to a ClickHouse...

Technology publication The Verge positioned the Pixel 10 as the optimal Android smartphone choice for most consumers after comprehensive testing, citing its $799 price point, Tensor G5 processor, and integrated magnetic wireless charging capabilities. The device distinguished itself through...

Microsoft and Nvidia invested a combined $15 billion in Anthropic, valuing the artificial intelligence startup at approximately $350 billion, while public markets continued selling technology stocks for a fourth consecutive session. The arrangement includes commitments from Anthropic to purchase...

Hugging Face chief executive Clem Delangue warned that excessive investment in large language models has created market conditions likely to collapse within months, though he characterized the anticipated correction as beneficial rather than destructive for the artificial intelligence sector...

Chinese retailers have slashed prices on Intel's Arrow Lake desktop processors by as much as 46 percent below launch values, with the entry-level Core Ultra 5 225 dropping from 2,149 yuan to 1,159 yuan. The flagship Core Ultra 9 285K fell 25 percent to 3,599 yuan, while mid-range options like...

PlayStation launched promotional pricing for the holiday shopping period, offering $100 reductions on both its console and virtual reality headset. Additional hardware markdowns include $30 off the DualSense Edge controller, $20 discounts on standard DualSense controllers and the Portal handheld...

Epic Games Store launched a promotional event featuring premium game editions at discounts reaching 85 percent for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers. The sale includes deluxe versions of titles such as Hogwarts Legacy Digital Deluxe Edition and Dead Space Digital Deluxe Edition at heavily...

Electronic Arts will forgo a standalone Formula 1 release next year, instead offering a paid expansion for the current title to cover the 2026 season before resuming annual releases with an overhauled entry in 2027. The publisher described the move as a strategic reset following a strong...

Graphics card manufacturers AMD and Nvidia may discontinue production of budget and mid-range gaming GPUs as memory shortages drive up costs for GDDR modules, according to a Korean media report. The companies could prioritize higher-margin products as rising bills of materials make lower-tier...

A robot vacuum inflicted severe damage to an Apple Watch Series 7 after its owner accidentally left the device on the floor overnight, according to a post shared on the social media platform Reddit. User wongjoo explained that the automated cleaning machine scratched and grooved the watch...

Court filings claim that Krafton chief executive Changham Kim consulted ChatGPT while searching for methods to avoid paying a $250 million performance bonus to Unknown Worlds developers after the studio achieved its sales targets. The pre-trial documents allege that Kim viewed the potential...

Nvidia has secured a partnership with Anthropic that includes a one-gigawatt commitment for Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin computing systems, while the graphics chip manufacturer pledges to invest up to 10 billion dollars in the artificial intelligence company. Microsoft will contribute an...

Apple captured a quarter of all smartphone sales in China during October, marking its strongest performance in the market as the iPhone 17 lineup drove sales up 37 percent year over year, according to Counterpoint Research. The base iPhone 17 model led the momentum compared with the previous...

Xbox has revealed an additional nine titles joining Game Pass through early December, with seven requiring the Ultimate subscription tier. The lineup includes two launch arrivals, Marvel Cosmic Invasion and Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, alongside existing releases such as The Crew Motorfest...

Abxylute has revealed its 3D ONE gaming handheld, featuring what the manufacturer describes as glasses-free stereoscopic rendering across an 11-inch display with 2560x1600 resolution. The device launches through a crowdfunding campaign with early purchasers paying $1,499 compared to the standard...