💰 OpenAI Foundation funds workers hit by AI

📱 Meta launches paid subscriptions across its apps

💰 Dell wins $9.7B military software contract

🌐 The Netherlands blocks US buyout of cloud firm

📡 TP-Link unveils first Wi-Fi 8 router

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OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit that owns 26% of OpenAI's for-profit arm, committed an initial $250M to grants, partnerships, and direct work helping workers and communities navigate AI-driven disruption.

The money targets three goals: tracking AI's economic impact, retraining workers facing near-term job loss, and building long-term security through ideas like taxing capital over labor and sovereign wealth funds.

OpenAI plans to announce its first initiatives later this year. With layoffs already spreading and worker anxiety climbing, $250M against an economy-wide upheaval feels like a down payment on a much bigger bill.

Meta is rolling out consumer subscriptions globally for Instagram Plus ($3.99/mo), Facebook Plus ($3.99/mo), and WhatsApp Plus ($2.99/mo), unlocking extras like profile customization, super reactions, story insights, and custom app icons.

The company is also testing Meta One AI plans at $7.99 and $19.99/mo, plus creator and business tiers up to $49.99/mo, all eventually folding under one "Meta One" subscription brand.

These plans squeeze more revenue from apps that already hit global saturation, so growth has to come from existing users. After years of free scrolling, Meta is finally asking billions of people to chip in.

The Department of Defense awarded Dell a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion deal to supply Microsoft 365, cloud subscriptions, and licensing across the military, intelligence community, and U.S. Coast Guard.

Officials say Dell won a competitive process based on pricing and value, and the consolidated agreement should save the Pentagon about $422 million annually by cutting redundant licensing.

The win lands after Michael Dell pledged $6.25 billion to fund "Trump accounts" and joined Trump's tech advisory council. Trump even told a White House crowd to "go out and buy a Dell."

The Hague blocked US provider Kyndryl from acquiring Dutch cloud specialist Solvinity, citing security risks to public interest. Solvinity runs DigiD, the authentication platform millions of Dutch citizens use to access government services.

Dutch officials say the country-neutral review found the deal could weaken national control over critical cloud infrastructure. Kyndryl called the decision politicized and said it was "extremely disappointed" by the intervention.

The block lands as the EU readies a "Tech Sovereignty Package" to boost local cloud providers. As US and European tech drift apart, "foreign buyers welcome" now comes with a long list of exceptions.

TP-Link unveiled Archer 8, its first Wi-Fi 8 router, promising lower lag, steadier connections, and stronger coverage even with many devices connected and while you move around your home.

TP-Link's tests against Wi-Fi 7 show Archer 8 holds faster speeds 33% better at long range, improves single-device connections across floors by 30%, and gains 10-20% in crowded multi-device setups.

Here's the catch: the Wi-Fi 8 standard won't be finalized until March 2028, but Archer 8 targets an October 2026 release. TP-Link is selling the future a year and a half early.

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