OpenAI kills Sora, becomes product assassin
…OpenAI tidied up those messes and then signed a deal with Disney that saw the House of Mouse promise to inject $1 billion into the AI upstart and explore using its tools…
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Washington reportedly moves to put AI chips on tighter leash
…that foreign tech companies spend in the US or face punitive import tariffs. According to the FT's sources, the scheme would also allow Washington to approve GPU export deals along the…
Brit rent-a-GPU biz Nscale picks up $2B, hires Nick Clegg
…He also criticized the US-UK Tech Prosperity Deal announced in September, arguing it puts more emphasis on encouraging American tech giants to build on British soil instead of investing in homegrown…
Oracle may slash jobs to keep AI datacenter plans on track
…The bank estimates the OpenAI deal alone is going to require $156 billion in capital spending. Last year, when Big Red raised its capex forecasts for 2026 by $15 billion to $50…
Microsoft's GitHub suspends Copilot account sign-ups
Devops Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we've got a new deal that's better…
Trump-branded datacenter fails to make itself great, again
…The 5,263-acre site where most of the construction is happening is owned by the Texas Tech University System and sits beside the Panhandle-Hugoton Gas Field, which is one of…
Western Union zaps VMware and moves to Nutanix
…assurances. “That made us feel comfortable with the longevity of the deal,” he said. Western Union also felt Nutanix offered technical advantages, including greater flexibility for workload placement. That matters because Western…
Microsoft, Nvidia claim AI speeds approval of nuclear plants
…Not to build it, but to offer AI-driven tools to deal with all the red tape, help with the design work, and optimize operations for nuclear projects. Announcing the move on…
US cloud giants not invited to Euro digital dosh project
…At the same time, Europe is also highly dependent on US tech giants for cloud compute services. Data from Synergy Research last year showed that local cloud providers make up just 15…
Apple and Samsung lead race to the bottom on repairability
…These include TechNet and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). MORE CONTEXT Apple signs meaningless deal to make some less-important parts in America Apple iOS 26 set to dump 75M iPhones on…