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Brazil’s Senate has approved a shorter maximum working week without salary cuts. Promulgation and a staged transition come next. For employers, the practical question is how to cover the same work with fewer scheduled hours.
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China has begun temporary registration for covered technology exports while consulting on new restrictions spanning AI, biomedicine and solar technology. The distinction between transferring know-how and providing an AI service matters more than a blanket-ban headline.
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The UK competition watchdog proposes strategic market status for Microsoft’s business software. Its next question is how to expand buyer choice without losing the discounts and integration that make bundles attractive.
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GlobalFoundries announced a $2 billion manufacturing agreement with TSMC for US-made silicon interposers, with volume production expected to ramp in the first half of 2028. It addresses a component gap, not the whole route to a finished AI chip.
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Paramount’s completed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition puts HBO Max and Paramount+ under common ownership. Streaming unification comes later; the useful test is what happens to prices, programming and subscriber retention.
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BT has acquired TalkTalk and PlatformX. Its estimated £400 million cash impact includes losses and unreceived Openreach payments, while a public-interest review must weigh service continuity against competition.
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PHP has released fixes for two critical flaws. CISA says organisations unable to update immediately should take PHP-based systems offline until patched. The remaining business problem is finding the runtime, deploying the fix and validating service.
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