Turbulence in U.S. Politics: Greene Alleges Threats After Trump Withdrawal of Support

Microsoft is struggling to convince enterprises to widely adopt its AI chatbot Copilot, as many customers say it doesn’t provide enough value to justify its monthly cost. While Microsoft dominates in cloud AI infrastructure, competition from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other vendors is pushing companies to consider alternatives. Despite skepticism, some major organizations like Land O’Lakes and Pearson are expanding Copilot use, and Microsoft continues to add more AI model

EU ministers will press U.S. officials to enforce more parts of the July trade deal, especially reducing tariffs on European steel and removing duties on wine and spirits. Washington’s delay in approving tariff changes, along with new and expanded U.S. tariffs on metals and derivative products, is causing concern in the EU. Both sides will also discuss cooperation on regulations, energy purchases, and economic security in response to Chinese export controls.

A nationwide strike in Belgium has forced all departing flights to be cancelled at major airports, disrupting travel for hundreds of UK passengers and affecting Eurostar services. Brussels-Zaventem Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport are halting operations, while rail and public transport services are also reduced. The strike is in response to government plans to reform pensions and benefits to reduce national debt.

Google Labs has introduced CC, an experimental AI assistant that delivers a personalized daily productivity briefing via email using data from Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and the web. Powered by Gemini AI, CC summarizes key tasks, schedules, and reminders and allows users to interact by replying to emails to manage to-dos and generate actions. The service is currently available in early access for users in the US and Canada, mainly for paid Google AI subscribers.

Recent outages at Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure disrupted millions of users worldwide, highlighting growing dependence on a few major cloud providers. Cloudflare said its incident stemmed from a configuration file bug that caused a system crash, while experts note these issues are common despite advanced infrastructure. Though outages aren’t occurring more frequently, their impact feels larger because more websites and apps rely on the same providers.

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