2026-02-26 Briefing
A significant battle is underway over US AI regulation, with Super PACs pouring $265 million into the debate, favoring development over restrictions. Forty-one organizations are challenging Google's new Android developer registration policy, arguing it harms open innovation. Meanwhile, Dwelly secured £69 million to modernize UK real estate with AI, while Skild AI, valued at over $14 billion, aims to revolutionize robotics with a general-purpose AI brain. Apple is preparing to launch Apple Pay in India by 2026, and Virgin Media O2 has launched Europe’s first satellite-to-mobile service, while the popular Scrapling tool, enabling website scraping, faces countermeasures from Cloudflare.
