Microsoft joins Lightstorm-led consortium to build an India-Southeast Asia subsea cable

Microsoft has joined a consortium led by Singapore-based Lightstorm to build a new subsea cable connecting India with Singapore and Malaysia, the companies announced on Thursday. T he I-2SEA system wi [...]

Nvidia offers AI startups compute now, payment later

Instead of just selling chips, Nvidia is offering AI clouds a revenue-sharing and credit-support model built to get GPUs into the hands of companies that could not otherwise afford them. Nvidia is cha [...]

Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine. [...]

Meta reportedly wants to start a cloud computing business to compete with AWS, Azure and others

Facebook's parent company could be launching a new Meta Compute business to sell excess capacity to other hyperscalers and startups. [...]

Over 500,000 websites wrongly blocked in Spain as La Liga anti-piracy campaign backfires

Spain’s aggressive anti-piracy campaign to protect La Liga football broadcasts has accidentally blocked over 500,000 legitimate websites. A new OONI report highlights the massive collateral damage, [...]

HP's new OmniBook is a smart buy in this economy - here's what convinced me

HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 combines a sleek design and OLED display with the kind of performance professionals appreciate. [...]

Ford’s Q2 US sales fell 10.3% as EV sales dropped 40.7% and an aluminium shortage hit F-Series trucks

Ford reported a 10.3% decline in US new vehicle sales for the second quarter, selling 549,200 vehicles compared with 612,095 a year earlier. Pure EV sales plunged 40.7% year on year. F-Series truck sa [...]

Why the next leap in AI video is teaching avatars to see and listen

For the past few years, progress in generative video and AI avatars has been measured almost entirely in fidelity, with each new model making significant progress in delivering sharper detail, better [...]

Microsoft is deploying 6,000 engineers for customers to accelerate AI adoption

The new unit, called Microsoft Frontier Company, will send engineers into customer operations to build and run AI systems at scale [...]