CMA dithers as Microsoft's cloud meter runs on your dime
… Ultimately it signals uncertainty and a lack of commitment in the CMA's mission to promote competition and consumers. …
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Microsoft to face CMA scrutiny over cloud software licensing
… MORE CONTEXT CMA dithers on cloud probe as Microsoft's meter runs on taxpayer dime Cloud inquiry chair quits UK competition watchdog over glacial pace of reform Ex-Amazon UK boss lined up to chair Britain's competition watchdog Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with 'strategic marke… …
Microsoft shivs OpenAI with new AI models for speech, images
… The models include: MAI-Transcribe-1, a speech recognition model that delivers "enterprise-grade accuracy across 25 languages at approximately 50 percent lower GPU cost than leading alternatives"; MAI-Voice-1, a speech generation model that can supposedly produce 60 seconds of audio in less than a … …
Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing
AI + ML Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users Perks fall short as third-party AI models rack up costs with minimal notification Complaints about Microsoft's startup credits and Azure AI Foundry keep mounting, with users reporting surprise credit card charge… …
Musk makes the Macrohard joke again
… As for the xAI-Tesla project, Musk said: "This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 $650 paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. …
Nutanix thinks some Azure cloud desktops belong on-prem
… In response to some of the negative comments in the thread, a Cisco employee with the handle “Jarias” fired back. “The code on NFVIS 4.18.2a was ready earlier than the commercial offer and that was understandably frustrating...for us as well,” Jarias wrote. “We decided to still publish the technica… …
Apple's chips are winners, but Windows fails help it most
… Right now, with supply chains choking critical component costs everywhere except Cupertino, there is no Windows laptop that can duke it out with the Macbook Neo at the same price point on two vital points - the quality of the hardware, and what happens when you switch it on. …
AI has made the CLI more important and powerful
… Three years ago Microsoft stuffed its Copilot AI software into every one of those apps, believing that after constantly adding apps to its suite without significant price rises it had finally delivered the next generation of office automation and found a way to meaningfully increase the cost of sub… …
Memo: Red Hat Global Engineering plans to lean in to AI
… It carries the heading "Engineering that's evolved and amplified for the AI era," and for any AI skeptics in the developer teams at Red Hat, the tone of the email may raise alarm bells. …
The AI divide putting open weights models in spotlight
… "I think there's a spectrum of solutions available, everything from fully private on-prem to sort of dedicated at the point of use in colocation datacenters, dedicated in the public cloud, to a shared environment for cost savings if your workload or prompts are not sensitive," Buss said. ® ai and m…