AWS hits capacity wall
Amazon boss blames chips and power for lagging GenAI performance
Amazon supremo Andy Jassy does not appear to be sweating over whether his outfit can keep pace with Microsoft and other AI-obsessed cloud vendors.
Microsoft hits $4 Trillion market cap
Redmond rides GenAI gold rush
Software King of the world, Microsoft's share price briefly cracked the $4 trillion mark on Thursday, making it only the second outfit in history to do so, before it promptly slid back to $3.96 trillion.
Opera sings to Brazilian watchdog over Edge’s browser bullying
Microsoft accused of kicking rivals out of Windows with dodgy tactics
Browser minnow Opera has lodged an antitrust complaint in Brazil claiming Microsoft’s Edge is being unfairly shoved down users' throats.
AI chips face energy crisis as startups take on Nvidia
Cloudflare, Groq and Positron chase greener inference alternatives
Chip boffins are scrambling to cut the soaring energy costs of artificial intelligence, with a new generation of startups targeting Nvidia’s grip on the market by building faster, leaner, and more efficient inference silicon.
Alphabet rides AI wave
ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow
Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.
Musk hunts for another $12 billion to fuel xAI’s AI arms race
Looking down the back of the sofa
Elon Musk is scraping together yet more billions to keep xAI from falling behind in the blood-soaked artificial intelligence arms race.
AI search traffic jumps as brands scramble to keep up
Chatbots chip away at Google’s dominance
AI-powered chatbots are fast becoming a go-to for online answers, eating into the long-standing grip of traditional search engines and giving marketers another headache.
Nvidia’s first Windows on Arm chip rumoured to slip to 2026
N1X SoC delayed thanks to Microsoft, weak demand, and design tweaks
Nvidia’s big leap into Windows on Arm is already hitting speed bumps.
Microsoft can’t keep EU data out of US paws
Cloud Act clashes with Europe’s fantasy of digital sovereignty
Software King of the World, Microsoft has admitted it cannot keep French citizen data safe from the reach of US authorities, even when it is locked up in EU data centres.
Microsoft Sharepoint flaw triggers global cyber attack spree
Hackers breach government agencies, universities and energy firms while waiting for a fix
A CrowdStrike senior vice-president of cybersecurity has warned that anyone running a hosted SharePoint server is staring down the barrel of a major security nightmare.