US military buys OpenAI tech
Published in AI
Thursday, 31 October 2024 10:21

US military buys OpenAI tech


Africa Command deems OpenAI Technology "Essential"

A procurement document obtained by The Intercept reveals that US Africa Command (AFRICOM) considers access to OpenAI's technology "essential" for its operations.

OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 09:26

OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom


No longer wants custom foundaries

OpenAI has decided to shelve its plans to build custom foundries. Instead, the company will partner with semiconductor giant Broadcom to develop its first batch of custom AI chips.

Vole finds ways to trap phishers
Published in News
Monday, 21 October 2024 11:09

Vole finds ways to trap phishers


Automatically waste their time

The software king of the world, Microsoft has been using its Azure cloud platform "to hunt phishers at scale" and waste their time.

EU regulators look at Microsoft's Azure
Published in Cloud


Claims that Vole is nibbling at rivals again

Microsoft's Azure cloud business has been targeted by the European Union's antitrust arm, amid concerns the US software firm is leveraging its market power to squeeze out rivals. 

Cloud sales starting to slow
Published in Cloud
Monday, 24 April 2023 10:15

Cloud sales starting to slow


Analysts expecting the slowest growth for a decade

Demand for cloud-computing services is slowing and Microsoft and Amazon are expected to report the slowest revenue growth for their cloud-computing businesses since the firms started breaking out performance last decade.

Nvidia teams up in Microsoft Azure pact
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 11:35

Nvidia teams up in Microsoft Azure pact


Nvidia cloud based services 

The maker of graphics cards named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia has teamed up with the software King of the World, Microsoft.

Microsoft about to fire 10,000 employees
Published in News
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:19

Microsoft about to fire 10,000 employees


Decimation possible 

Software King of the World Microsoft is rumoured to lay off 10,000 staff today. 

Microsoft buys a share of the London Stock Exchange
Published in News


Means they will buy into Vole's cloud 

Software King of the World Microsoft has bought a four per cent share in the London Stock Exchange as part of a partnership which will see the LSEG move to Vole's Azure and Cloud.

Azure gets two next-gen VMs with AMD 4th gen EPYC processors
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Microsoft gets its foot in the door 

After AMD announced its 4th gen EPYC processors, Microsoft has unveiled its two HX-series and HBv4-series -- next-gen Azure VMs.

Microsoft offers password-free smartphone authentication
Published in Mobiles

Azure Active Director certificate-based authentication 

Software king of the world Microsoft is now offering a public preview of Azure AD CBA on devices running Apple's iOS and Android that uses certificates on Yubico's YubiKey hardware security key.