Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (31/08/2026-04/09/2026)
This week’s roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover topics including AI learning initiatives, cloud expansions, military AI, network automation, satellite testing, subsea cable faults, e-commerce evolutions, AI outages, GPU investments and driverless transportation.
Here are our highlights:
monday
Elisa and Nokia team up to teach children about AI
Finnish telco Elisa and kit vendor Nokia, alongside non-profit outfit Foundation PS, are launching a project with the aim of improving children’s understanding of AI in Finland.
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Alibaba Cloud launches its first cloud region in Brazil
Two new data centres will offer cloud services along with a suite of agent-based AI services for local businesses.
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tuesday
The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok
The Pentagon has launched versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools that have been tailored to “warfighter needs.”
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Nokia partners with Saudi Arabia on network automation R&D
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has opened a new research and development center in Saudi Arabia, in support of the Saudi Vision 2030 strategy.
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Wednesday
USDA to test satellites, AI to try to improve crop estimates amid farmer criticism
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot project that relies more heavily on technology as part of an effort to improve its closely watched U.S. crop acreage and yield estimates, Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday, in the face of mounting criticism over the reliability of government data.
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Four of Vietnam's subsea cables suffer faults, leading to fresh connectivity outages for country
Vietnam has once again been plagued by multiple subsea cable outages.
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thursday
Chinese e-commerce moves to next phase after delivery price war changes shopping habits
China's meal-delivery subsidy war may have ebbed but its biggest legacy could be a shift in consumer expectations, as electronics, flowers and even medicine can now be delivered within an hour of ordering.
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ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok hit by simultaneous outages
Three of the largest AI chatbots experienced an apparently simultaneous outage today, 3 September.
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Friday
Amazon to buy another 2 million Nvidia GPUs
Despite planning to spend $220 billion on AI compute infrastructure this year, Amazon still wants more.
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Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in one
Londoners are able to hail the UK's first robotaxis - as Uber today becomes the first company to launch a self-driving minicab.
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