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  1. Google said its GFiber unit is combing with Astound Broadband and forming a independent fiber provider.
  2. Amazon asked the FCC for a waiver or 24-month extension to meet a July 2026 deadline to deploy 1,600 internet satellites.
  3. Atlassian said it's cutting 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 jobs, as it restructures to fund investments in artificial intelligence and enterprise sales.
  4. Shares of Micron have skyrocketed 370% over the past year, while Sandisk is up more than 1100%.
  5. Oracle bought 15% of TikTok's U.S. operations in January after China's ByteDance was forced by U.S. law to divest.
  6. The next generation of Microsoft's video game hardware will first land in the hands of developers next year.
  7. The UK-based startup hit a valuation of $75 billion in 2025 and is one of Europe's most valuable private tech companies.
  8. Oracle CEO Clayton Magouyrk said on an earnings call the company's model of having customers provide data chips for new data center builds is working.
  9. Meta's latest generations of its MTIA series of in-house chips for artificial intelligence will help support the company's massive data center expansion plans.
  10. The announcement comes a week after Nvidia unveiled partnerships with Lumentum and Coherent, investing $2 billion in each company.