American AI startup Poolside launches free, high-performing open model Laguna XS.2 for local agentic coding

The AI race lately has felt a bit like a game of tennis: first, Anthropic releases a new, pricey state-of-the-art proprietary model for general users (Claude Opus 4.7), then, a week or so later, its r [...]

The next era of SaaS efficiency: Where sustainability becomes a core metric

Move beyond cloud spend to master carbon per workload for a smarter, sustainable software business. [...]

Megaport raises A$827M to build a distributed AI cloud and chase the inference market

Megaport spent a decade as a company you used to connect to other people’s clouds. On Wednesday it announced a plan to become one. The Australian networking firm secured four new AI infrastructure c [...]

Google CEO says Pichai says people "love" AI Overviews and keep coming back to search more

Alphabet is investing up to $190 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure through 2026, and the company says spending will rise "significantly" again in 2027.<br /> The article Google CE [...]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI success is "more about getting intense users and intense usage" than seat counts

Microsoft is posting record profits and strong cloud growth, but just like Google, the company is saying little about how its generative AI business is actually performing.<br /> The article Mic [...]

Xsight Labs Raises $300M for Programmable AI Network Silicon

Xsight Labs said it has closed a funding round of more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion post-money valuation, capital the fabless chip designer will spend pushing its programmable Ethernet switches [...]

Apple says its AI is still private, even when it's running on Google's servers

Some models run in Google's cloud, but without giving Google any kind of access. [...]

Hidden IT problems are quietly creating risk, shadow IT, and lost productivity

Presented by TeamViewerEnterprise technology failures are largely invisible. Research from TeamViewer, based on a global survey of 4,200 managers and employees, finds that the majority of digital dysf [...]

Nebius paid $643 million for 20 people because inference is where the money is

Nebius Group, the Dutch cloud computing company that split from Russian internet provider Yandex in 2024, has agreed to acquire Eigen AI for approximately $643 million in stock and cash. The deal, ann [...]