2025-07-18

Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool

Eliza McNitt is no stranger to new media. Her 2017 project, Fistful of Stars, was a fascinating look at stellar birth in virtual reality, while her follow-up Spheres explored black holes and the deat [...]

2025-07-18

European cloud providers claim success over Microsoft in latest CISPE court battle

CISPE members will now be able to offer Microsoft software on non-Microsoft clouds without paying extortionate fees. [...]

2025-07-17

Slack is getting a host of new AI tools

Slack, the cloud‑based team messaging juggernaut, is charging ahead with further integration of AI into users’ day‑to‑day experience. The company is introducing a series of tools aimed at impr [...]

2025-07-17

OpenAI expands cloud partnerships, taps Google for ChatGPT infrastructure in multiple countries

OpenAI will start using Google’s cloud infrastructure for ChatGPT and its API in several countries, including the US, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, and the UK.<br /> The article OpenAI expan [...]

2025-07-17

OpenAI to move to Google Cloud infrastructure to boost ChatGPT computing power

As OpenAI's exclusive deal with Microsoft comes to an end, Google Cloud joins Oracle, CoreWeave and more to provide cloud infrastructure. [...]

2025-07-17

Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name

The Unicode Consortium has announced that it's adding what's essentially a Bigfoot emoji to the open Unicode standard this fall. The famous cryptid will appear as "Hairy Creature" [...]

2025-07-17

Blaxel raises $7.3M seed round to build ‘AWS for AI agents’ after processing billions of agent requests

Blaxel raises $7.3M seed funding to build specialized cloud infrastructure for AI agents, challenging AWS with purpose-built platform for autonomous AI systems. [...]

2025-07-17

Slack expands AI features with enterprise search, translation, and smart summaries

New offerings will be able to draft documents and answer questions based on knowledge housed in Slack and linked cloud systems. [...]

2025-07-16

More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program

Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending. [...]