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IBM is in talks to buy Confluent for $11bn to advance its cloud and AI plans. Confluent’s platform gives AI agents steady data and aligns with IBM’s shift from large AI data centres. Talks between IBM and Confluent appear to be entering the final stretch, with reports pointing to an acquisition worth about $11 billion. ...
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If you've been unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken Windows, offering no meaningful improvements beyond AI and aesthetics, then, well, not much can be done about that. But, at least you can disable all the AI features that seem to have populated every corner of the OS, with a simple script from GitHub. Read more ›
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday its largest-ever investment in Asia -- $17.5 billion over four years starting in 2026 -- to expand cloud and AI infrastructure across India, fund skilling programs, and support ongoing operations in the country. The commitment adds to a $3 billion investment the company announced in January 2025 that is on track to be spent by the end of 2026. A new hyperscale cloud region in Hyderabad... Read more ›
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Qualcomm’s recent acquisition of Arduino has introduced the Arduino Uno Q, a board that combines a Linux SBC powered by Qualcomm’s Dragonwing with an STM32 microcontroller. But are two brains better than one? Read more ›
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 just got a fairly bizarre expansion inspired by the Netflix show Stranger Things. If you've ever wanted to fly over a fictional Indiana town in the 1980s, this is the update for you. That's right. The game now lets folks fly over Hawkins, Indiana and check out more than 40 iconic locations from the series, including Starcourt Mall, the junkyard, the government lab and, of course,... Read more ›
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The new Australian law restricts some social media platforms, but other services and AI chatbots are exempt. Read more ›
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Accenture and Anthropic are the latest firms to partner as corporations rush to use AI tools to serve both staff and clients. Read more ›
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American AI giants are backing a new effort to establish open standards for building agentic software and tools. Read more ›
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Dylan Field had no management experience before cofounding Figma. He had to learn a "whole new skillset," he said. Read more ›
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Prosecutors alleged the network hid Nvidia hardware behind bogus paperwork and fake companies to bypass export rules and ship them to China. Read more ›
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David Sacks said the Trump administration's effort to restrict state AI regulation won't "force communities to host data centers they don't want." Read more ›
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Apple has ordered 22 million OLED panels from Samsung Display for the first foldable iPhone, signaling a significantly larger production target than the display industry had previously anticipated, ET News reports. In the now-seemingly deleted report, ET News claimed that Samsung plans to mass-produce 11 million inward-folding OLED displays for Apple next year, as well as 11 million accompanying external displays. With Samsung Display serving as the exclusive supplier of... Read more ›
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With the online world constantly changing, effective compliance and security protocols are vital for mitigating risks and enabling successful digital adoption. Yet as digital services scale up, cyber threats become more pervasive, legislative landscapes change, and competitors get easier for customers to find. Compliance and IT security simply can’t be sidelined if a company is ... Read more ›
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Nvidia shows gains for Moonshot AI while AMD and Cerebras ready rivals. Labs are shifting to serving MoE models, raising pressure on Nvidia. New data from Nvidia is drawing attention to how the company hopes to stay ahead in a market that is changing fast. The update focuses on mixture-of-experts models, or MoE models, which ... Read more ›
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The Kyndryl and Microsoft study shows rising use of predictive and agentic AI in Singapore. Many are moving beyond quick wins by forecasting resource and climate risks. Singapore companies are moving faster on sustainability than many of their global peers, according to new findings from the third Global Sustainability Barometer Study. The research, produced by ... Read more ›
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Internet outages in APAC spread fast because many rely on the same cloud platforms. One error can disrupt payments, healthcare, transport, and public services. When major online services fail, the disruption no longer stays in one corner of the internet. Payments slow, travel plans stall, medical systems freeze, and business operations falter – sometimes all ... Read more ›
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The ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone sold out in hours, then triggered backlash—revealing consumers want AI autonomy more than they’re ready for it Despite leading global AI adoption, Asia-Pacific faces the same challenge: high-autonomy AI weakens consumer trust When ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone prototype sold out within hours of launch on December 2, it seemed like ... Read more ›
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