North America Cloud Services Trends
North America Cloud Services Trends
Cloud Service trend intelligence tracks cloud computing market trends, AI infrastructure demand, hybrid cloud adoption, edge deployment, platform competition, and data centre capacity pressure in North America, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.
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Microsoft is testing Start menu ads in Windows 11
Microsoft has begun testing ads in the Start menu of Windows 11, a change that will roll out to users in the US Beta channel.
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US entertainment union Sag-Aftra asks for AI protection for artists
US entertainment union Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) has reached a tentative agreement with major record labels such as Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment that includes raising the minimum wage and preventing the…
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Chipmaker Marvell touts new AI business but market doesn’t care
Marvell Technology said on Thursday it won new business helping large US cloud-computing companies customise chips for artificial intelligence, but the company noted that its customisation business had lower margins than its other businesses. Marvell’s profit Shares fell 2.7%…
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US Rep proposes bill forcing AI companies to disclose training data
Adam Schiff, a Democrat representative from California, proposed a new bill on Tuesday that would force AI companies to disclose data used to train their models before releasing the system. The bill, officially called the “Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act”, requires that…
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104 Employees in the US Apple petition to unionise
OUR TAKEThe report of employees petitioning to unionise could reflect the worse global employment environment to some extent that employees must be unionised to maintain their rights and interests. However, according to a [2022] statement to Bloomberg News, the salary and…
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Who is Michelle Zatlyn? Co-founder of Cloudflare
Michelle Zatlyn is the co-founder and chief operating officer of cybersecurity firm Cloudflare. She brought cyber protection to vulnerable institutions from K-12 schools to local elections, while leading Cloudflare to its first US$1 billion year. She works with the White House on…
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Samsung to get US$6-7 billion in chip subsidy next week
Biden administration allocates $6B+ to Samsung for Texas chip plant, part of efforts to boost domestic semiconductor production.
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Italy’s state-owned bank to invest US$1B in AI over 5 years
The venture capital arm of CDP, Italy’s national bank, will invest €1 billion ($1.1 bln) in AI and cybersecurity over the next 5 years.
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Top tech news stories today: April 9, 2024
TSMC wins $6.6 bln US subsidy for Arizona chip production, Microsoft to launch AI hub in London and other tech news.
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The UK and US agree to create safety checks for AI
The UK and US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on rigorous testing for advanced AI systems. The partnership aims to align scientific approaches and develop robust evaluation methods for AI models, systems, and agents. Industry experts see this…
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Amazon’s free credits for startups now cover the use of AI models
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will now allow its free credits programme for startups to cover the use of major AI models from other providers, including Meta, Mistral AI, and Cohere, in addition to its own AI platform Bedrock. US$4 billion investment in Anthropic Amazon closed its $4…
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US and UK sign AI safety testing memorandum
The United States and United Kingdom signed a memorandum to align AI safety testing through their national AI Safety Institutes, including shared model-evaluation methods and at least one planned joint test.
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US and UK announce partnership on science of AI safety
The U.S. and UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, which will see them work together to develop tests for the most advanced AI models, following through on commitments made at the AI Safety Summit last November. The new partnership Following commitments…
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Google Podcasts in the US may be discontinued soon
Google is discontinuing its Podcasts app in the U.S., prompting users to switch to YouTube Music for uninterrupted access to their favorite podcasts. Migration deadline announced The company has commenced notifying users of the app that they are required to transfer their…
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Microsoft is supposedly developing ‘Stargate’ to carry OpenAI forward
Microsoft plans to build a $100 billion supercomputer, “Stargate,” to power OpenAI’s next generation of AI systems, marking the final phase of Microsoft and OpenAI’s US supercomputer project. the Origin of Stargate Stargate, a 1994 science-fiction film, explores an interstellar…
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US federal agencies now required to have chief AI officer
All U.S. federal agencies are required to have a designated “Chief AI Officer” who oversees AI technology used by the agency.
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Banks told to expand risk management to cover AI
A report from the US Treasury has called on banks to bolster their risk management frameworks to avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and cybercriminals. Cybersecurity concerns are raising The report, which was the result of an executive order issued by Joe Biden in…
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Huawei posts 9.63% rebound in sales for 2023
Huawei Technologies reported a rebound in sales growth in 2023, with revenues rising 9.63% to 704.2 billion yuan (US$97 billion) in 2023, boosted by its high-end 5G products in the Mate 60 series. Profit of the year Net profit for the year was 87 billion yuan, up 144.5%…
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Amazon loses court case to suspend EU tech rules’ ad clause
On March 27 in Brussels, Amazon sided with EU regulators at Europe’s highest court, saying the EU’s interests outweighed the US online retailer’s material interests. It lost its battle to get a stay on EU tech regulations for its online advertising requirements. Why CJEU rejected…
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US offers $10 million bounty for information on ‘Blackcat’ hackers
The State Department announced Wednesday it would provide a $10 million reward for information about the Blackcat ransomware group that hacked UnitedHealth Group in February. The cyberattack Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group that manages payment systems for…