Regulation

Apple has blocked two key Russian apps—VKontakte and Max—from its App Store, effectively making them unavailable for new installations on iPhones in Russia.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Elon Musk's acquisition of Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers, according to a regulatory filing.

Securitize, a leading tokenization platform, expects to raise $400 million in gross proceeds as it prepares for its public debut through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT), a special purpose acquisition company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald.

In a series of pointed observations published on June 26, 2026, Ball highlights two critical vulnerabilities: the narrowing profit window for frontier models and the unrealistic market assumptions behind the multibillion-dollar AI data center buildout.

Jansen Teng, CEO of Virtuals, has outlined a vision in which AI agents evolve from conversational tools into autonomous economic actors capable of earning, spending, and coordinating with minimal human oversight.