Topic: tech giants
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Apple, Microsoft Hit $4 Trillion on AI and Cloud Boom
Apple and Microsoft have each achieved a $4 trillion market capitalization, driven by innovation in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and strong product sales like the iPhone series. Microsoft's growth is fueled by its strategic partnership with OpenAI and the expanding Azure cloud platfo...
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Google's Gmail Update: A Choice for 2 Billion Users
Confusion around Gmail security highlights a widespread user misunderstanding of cloud data practices, placing the onus on individuals to manage their own privacy across all major platforms. Despite clarifications that recent Gmail headlines were based on old data or misinformation, the cycle rev...
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Big Tech's Emissions Battle Puts Greenhouse Gas Protocol in Crossfire
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is considering mandatory hourly tracking of electricity emissions, a change strongly supported by tech giants like Google and Microsoft to more accurately measure the carbon footprint of energy-intensive operations such as AI and data centers. This potential policy shi...
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Tech Giants Stop Releasing Diversity Reports
Google, Microsoft, and Meta have ceased publishing annual diversity reports, reducing transparency into their workforce demographics and the impact of DEI initiatives. This decision creates an information gap that hinders tracking progress on diversity and challenges advocacy groups that rely on ...
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How AI Data Centers Are Reshaping the US Economy
Major tech companies like Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are projected to spend nearly $370 billion on AI data centers in 2025, an unprecedented investment that is reshaping the U.S. economy and contributing significantly to GDP growth. AI-related stocks have driven the majority of S&P 500...
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Tech Giants Triple Down on AI Investment Race
Major tech companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Google are significantly increasing their capital expenditures to scale AI infrastructure, signaling a strategic shift in their business priorities. Meta has raised its 2024 capital expenditure forecast to $70-72 billion, supported by strong fin...
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AI's Growth Tests Data Center Sustainability, Says GlobalData
The rapid expansion of data centers is driven by AI workloads and the need for sustainable operations, leading to environmental challenges like high electricity use and water consumption. Investment in data center infrastructure has reached historic levels, with major tech firms like Microsoft an...
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US Told to Exempt Big Tech from Digital Services Act
US regulators oppose the EU's Digital Services Act, arguing it threatens free speech and digital security for American users under First Amendment protections. The FTC warns that compliance with foreign regulations like the DSA or GDPR must not weaken encryption or lead to censorship, as this cou...
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Top Companies Competing to Develop Quantum Chips
Multiple approaches to quantum chip development are emerging, with companies exploring diverse technologies like photonics (Akhetonics, PsiQuantum), trapped ions (Atom Computing, QuEra), and superconducting designs (Alice & Bob, Rigetti Computing) to overcome scalability challenges. Tech giants l...
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Bank of England: AI Stock Bubble Echoes Dotcom Peak
The Bank of England and prominent figures like Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos are warning that the AI stock surge may be forming a market bubble, risking a sharp downturn due to overinflated valuations. Current U.S. stock valuations resemble those of the dotcom bubble era, with AI companies holding an...
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OpenAI's Audio Push: Silicon Valley's Screen-Free Future
OpenAI is consolidating teams to develop advanced audio AI models, supporting a new screen-free personal device launch within a year as part of an industry shift toward voice interfaces. Major tech companies like Meta and Google are enhancing audio capabilities in products, while startups are exp...
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UK Regulator Labels Google Search a "Strategic Market" Power
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has granted Google strategic market status for its core search and search advertising services, enabling regulators to impose targeted interventions to protect competition and consumers. This decision, part of the UK's new Digital Markets Regime, exclude...
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AI Skills Boost Salaries by 43%—Even Outside Tech
The demand for AI skills is driving significant salary premiums, with roles requiring even one AI skill paying an average of 28% more than those without. AI expertise is sought across diverse sectors beyond technology, including marketing, public relations, and scientific research, with skills va...
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Can We Trust AI to Build a Smarter Home?
Ambient computing aims to create intuitive, seamless smart homes, but current systems often remain fragmented and intrusive. AI and machine learning are advancing smart homes by enabling contextual awareness, such as interpreting events and predicting needs, though privacy and infrastructure chal...
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Alibaba's Qwen AI Hits 10 Million Downloads in First Week
Alibaba's Qwen AI assistant achieved 10 million downloads in its first week, significantly outpacing initial adoption rates of competitors like ChatGPT, highlighting its rapid success in China's isolated AI market. The app offers comprehensive features including deep research, coding, and AI-driv...
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Apple TV Gains Google Cast as Netflix Drops It
Apple TV now supports Google Cast on Android, allowing users to easily stream content from their devices to TVs, enhancing accessibility. This move contrasts with Netflix removing the feature and aims to attract Android users, making Apple's service more competitive beyond its own ecosystem. The ...
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Pall Mall Process: Defining Responsible Cyber Intrusion
The Pall Mall Process, a joint UK-France initiative with 27 governments and major tech firms, aims to establish international standards for the commercial cyber intrusion industry to curb dangerous practices while acknowledging legitimate security needs. The process is currently consulting with i...
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AI's Data Center Dilemma: Balancing Growth and Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI is driving unprecedented growth in data center construction, creating a need to balance computational demands with energy efficiency and reduced ecological impact. Investment in data center infrastructure has reached historic levels, with major tech companies like Micros...
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Microsoft and Amazon Forge Major Ad Partnership
Microsoft is discontinuing its Microsoft Invest DSP and partnering with Amazon DSP as its primary transition partner, effective February 28, 2026, to focus on its core advertising offerings. Advertisers using Microsoft Invest will migrate to Amazon DSP, gaining access to Amazon's audience insight...
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Massive 300TB Archive of Spotify's Top Songs Leaked
A massive 300-terabyte dataset of Spotify metadata and audio files has been publicly released by Anna's Archive, claiming to capture over 99% of listens and be the largest open music metadata collection. Spotify confirmed unauthorized scraping of public data and DRM circumvention, disabling the a...
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