Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending

Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.

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Microsoft CEO speaks of global cloud factory as Azure stalls

Alongside Microsoft's posted cloud revenue of $49bn was a configuration error that caused a global outage affecting many customers

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Nvidia, Nokia ‘pioneer’ AI platform for 6G comms

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Global comms tech provider and AI leader establish a strategic partnership to enable accelerated development and deployment of next generation AI native mobile networks and AI networking infrastructure

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Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm

Japanese IT supplier managed to grow its UK public sector business last year despite the fallout from the Post Office scandal

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The Microsoft Azure Outage Shows the Harsh Reality of Cloud Failures

The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure’s downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes.

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AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers

A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off.

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How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World

As temperatures increase, trains and subways are becoming unendurable. Potential solutions include everything from cooling tunnels with water to painting rolling stock—but there’s no magic fix.

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Ex-L3Harris Cyber Boss Pleads Guilty to Selling Trade Secrets to Russian Firm

Peter Williams, a former executive of Trenchant, L3Harris’ cyber division, has pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing trade secrets and selling them to an unnamed Russian software broker.

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Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza

A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than 1s and 0s.

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Donald Trump Is the First AI Slop President

How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates.

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