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AI Dominates The Microsoft Conversation, But Not The Company’s Business For those of us who grew up watching Microsoft DOS on X86 PCs transform into the Windows Server platform along with applications, databases, and middleware, the modern Microsoft – a cloud innovator and an AI

The overwhelming response to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's comments on Wednesday was that he would go easy on inflation. Investors who drove up bond yields in response should be careful. Looking closely at what he said, Warsh may not be as dovish as widely believed. If i

DETROIT — General Motors plans to launch a proprietary in-vehicle artificial intelligence system that's better tailored for its customers later this year. The new GM AI assistant is expected to be more integrated with the vehicle as well as its capabilities and telematics informa

One of the first schools to shut down after students were found making AI nudes of female classmates is now asking a court to toss a lawsuit filed by victims who claimed that the school stayed silent for months while the emboldened boys targeted many more girls. In a motion to di

Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 31, 2026 — XCENA, providing memory-centric computing solutions for AI infrastructure, today introduced MX1, its production memory lineup built to break through the capacity, utilization and data-movement now limiting AI infere

After a whipsaw two days of price action, bulls and bears are facing off again at a key technical level in the S&P 500. At the same time, an increasingly popular volatility-based measure of market breadth leans bearish. Options traders and market makers in Chicago were quick to b

Off the Wire Press Releases LONDON, July 31, 2026 — nVent Electric plc, a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, today announced the lease of additional manufacturing space at a second location in Blaine, Minnesota. The new 160,000 square-foot site will

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN JOSE, Calif., July 31, 2026 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. has announced a comprehensive portfolio of racks engineered specifically for mission-critical, high-density AI data center deployments. The ORv3 standard allows Supermicro to offer customers

Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells. But we’ve been able to make devices that give us a visual representation of what’s happening in

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WEKA announced that Andromeda, the platform that connects AI teams with high-performance compute across an open market of providers, is integrating WEKA NeuralMesh as a core data storage layer for its managed GPU clusters. Andromeda customers can choose between a dedicated Neural

While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math is often challenging. For many materials, it can be hard to compete with virgin materials on a cost basis. Fast-moving technologies like electric vehicles

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though a

Google DeepMind unveiled a new model this week that gives humanoid robots finer control over how they interact with objects around them. Promotional videos show a robot doing complicated tasks like tying a trash bag and screwing a small lightbulb, suggesting we’re a step closer t

China’s tech giants are deepening their push into AI for businesses as they look for profitable revenue streams. TikTok owner ByteDance, which boasts the highest annual AI revenue projection among its peers, announced a restructure this week to bring its workplace tool closer to

Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today. During an earnings call, Tao said there are “various reasons” for Sony’s decision, with the biggest being that the “digi

A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess that show “refugees near the Mexican border” and a bomb crater

Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco - Published Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge,

Coinbase shares dropped in extended trading on Thursday after the crypto platform posted a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter, underscoring the continued troubles resulting from a deepening crypto winter despite its efforts to diversify revenue. Here's how Coinbase p

How Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In broke the UK's singles chart record - Published It's a song that has become inescapable, whether you're scrolling on TikTok, listening to the radio or even filling up your trolley on the weekly shop. And now Rein Me In, the melodic love

Pricing data from June indicated that outside of some select items where costs continue to grow, inflation is trending back towards the Federal Reserve's inflation goal. So-called trimmed mean measures, which exclude outliers in both price increases and decreases, showed inflatio

The Scoop T-Mobile’s US executives have told its controlling shareholder, Deutsche Telekom, that they no longer support a proposed $300 billion merger between the two companies, citing both shareholder and potential regulatory concerns, according to people familiar with the matte

Gold and silver prices retreated on Friday, 31 July, as a rebound in the US dollar and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials weighed on investor sentiment. The pullback came after both precious metals posted strong gains in the previous session on the back of a weaker d

U.S. lawmakers have requested information from food delivery company DoorDash on its use of Chinese artificial intelligence models, CNBC has learned, as scrutiny around American businesses' use of systems developed by China ramps up. In a letter obtained by CNBC, the chairmen of

U.S. lawmakers have requested information from food delivery company DoorDash on its use of Chinese artificial intelligence models, CNBC has learned, as scrutiny around American businesses' use of systems developed by China ramps up. In a letter obtained by CNBC, the chairmen of

Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no longer reward fully AI-generated videos, as it seeks to prioritize human-made content. Snapchat announced the update on Friday, stating that its recommendation systems wil

The approvals were granted at the company’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), where shareholders also cleared the implementation of the “Truly Yours” Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) for eligible employees of Zee and its subsidiaries. Under the preferential issue, Zee will is

Listen to this article in summarized format SEBI also said it barred the company's CEO Punit Goenka and founder Subhash Chandra from the securities market for one year for violating the securities law. (What's moving Sensex and Nifty Track latest market news, stock tips, Budget 2

The Scoop Last summer, YouTube ran an experiment: It had AI select segments of videos to answer users’ searches, like for the “best beaches in Hawaii,” and stitched them into slideshows. In traditional YouTube searches, viewers would see a simple list of videos based on a wide va

Several record labels, including the big three — Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group — have proposed rules regarding chart eligibility for AI songs. In short, they wouldn’t be. The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts To be eligible for

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Big tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructure — additional $745 billion expected to be added to the figure in 2026 alone Would these massive investments return an even greater profit? Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have spent more than a trillion dollars on AI i

AI - OFF-PREM Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowingCloud revenue now north of $143 billion a quarter, and growth is accelerating - DEVOPS Dev who

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2026 — When will meaningful applications of quantum computers arrive? The standard answer has been at least five to ten years, while we wait for fully fault-tolerant hardware with millions of qubits. A new study disagrees, sayin

Apple shares plunged nearly 10% on Friday after a disappointing forecast showed the iPhone maker struggling to secure enough components as the AI-driven data centre boom strains global supply chains, putting Nvidia on track to reclaim its title as the world’s most valuable compan

The latest payment, together with the Rs 776.47 crore already deposited by the NSE, completes the Rs 1,491.21-crore settlement amount agreed under the revised settlement terms. The payment comes a day after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) gave its in-principle a

Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Netflix was accused of waiting a week to warn the production company, Op-F

KIOXIA has introduced the CM10 Series, the company’s first PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD and its first enterprise drive built on BiCS FLASH generation 10 TLC memory. The drives cover E3.S, E1.S, and 2.5-inch form factors, with capacities ranging from 1.60TB to 61.44TB and endurance opt

Storage News Ticker - 31 July Open data mover and connector supplier Airbyte has a new workspaces feature added to its Airbyte Agents Platform which delivers finite controls for organizing users, data connectors, and AI agents – providing organizations with a new level of governa

Listen to this article in summarized format The stock jumped $31.77 from its previous close of $235.50 to an intraday high of $272.04, marking one of its sharpest single-day gains. Amazon Web Services posted its fastest growth in more than four years, signalling renewed demand an

Americans think robots will start taking people’s jobs in the next five years — but not their jobs. That’s the finding of a new nationwide survey, shared exclusively with Semafor, by advisory firm Breakwater Strategy and YouGov. It offers an early snapshot of Americans’ attitudes

In his final earnings call as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook said that the company’s long-awaited Siri AI upgrade could come with some paywalled limits. While Cook conceded that these plans are not set in stone, he envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via its existi

Like retail itself, retail crime is shifting online, with phone scams and e-commerce or digital fraud increasing at most major retailers surveyed by the National Retail Federation, according to a report released Thursday. Theft and fraud related to gift cards and returns are also

Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. The Data Center’s Hidden Attack Surface: Why OT Security Can’t Wait Data centers face growing risks from cyber-physical systems. Operational technology security is critical for preventing outages and ens

What’s new in AI infrastructure and orchestration this month Alex Barrett Editor, Google Cloud blog At Google, AI is a soup-to-nuts endeavor. Obviously, we make leading AI models like Gemini and Nano Banana. We incorporate AI into the tools you use every day (think Gmail, BigQuer

Mudryk free to play after doping ban case resolved - Published Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk is available to return to playing immediately after resolving his doping case with the Football Association. The Ukraine international, 25, has not played a competitive match since Novem