Key highlights include Microsoft’s provisional approval for the takeover of Activision, Amazon’s significant investment in AI start-up Anthropic, Getty Images launching an AI image-generating tool, Iran’s ambition to lead in ‘clerical AI’, and the rapid decline in the value of most NFTs. Additionally, the article discusses Microsoft’s integration of small modular reactors for data center energy needs and Gambia’s plans for a new fiber optic submarine cable by 2025.