Google to invest $15 billion to build data center hub in India; largest outside of the U.S.

cnbc - Google plans to invest $15 billion to build artificial intelligence data center capacity in Southern India, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said.

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Google’s Nano Banana AI image editor is coming to search, Photos, and NotebookLM

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - After more than 5 billion AI image edits, Nano Banana is expanding.

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Salesforce bets big on agents with platform overhaul

Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Salesforce Inc. is going all-in on artificial intelligence agents with this week’s announcement of Agentforce 360, an enterprise-wide platform that infuses agents into nearly every application the company delivers. Salesforce calls the platform an attempt…

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AWS Debuts Quick Suite as a Secure, Lower-Cost Rival to Copilot and Gemini Enterprise

PYMNTS / pymnts - Amazon Web Services on Thursday (Oct. 9) launched Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform designed to act as a virtual teammate for employees. Quick Suite as an enterprise-grade system that helps workers find information, analyze data, and automate tasks a…

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OpenAI’s trillion-dollar tab comes due by 2027

Marcus Schuler / implicator - OpenAI signed $1 trillion in compute deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle—obligations stretching to 2029 that dwarf its current revenue. The company burns $5B annually while chipmakers now hold equity and expect payment. The tab comes due by 2027.

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 5:22 pm / permalink 15013 / 5 stories in 4 months

Oracle’s High Cost of Nvidia Chips Squeezes its AI Cloud Profits

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Oracle has reportedly thin AI cloud margins due to costly Nvidia chips, raising investor concerns despite its key role in the $400B+ Stargate project.The post Oracle’s High Cost of Nvidia Chips Squeezes its AI Cloud Profits appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming Could Soon Be Free—But You’ll Watch Ads First

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Microsoft is preparing to roll out a free, ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The Verge reports that Microsoft has already begun internal testing, letting employees stream certain games withou…

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Satya Nadella Hands Over Some Duties to Focus on Engineering

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Going forward, Satya Nadella will focus on Microsoft’s “highest ambition technical work.”The post Satya Nadella Hands Over Some Duties to Focus on Engineering appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14948 / 6 stories in 5 months

UK government again trying to get backdoor access to Apple's user data

appleinsider - The UK government is continuing its bid to access Apple's user data, this time with a demand to routinely access iCloud backups of its citizenry.UK Houses of ParliamentIn August, the UK government seemingly backed down from its backdoor access mandate, ap…

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Meta inks $14.2bn deal with CoreWeave for its compute power

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The social media giant also plans to acquire chip start-up Rivos to strengthen its own semiconductor abilities.Read more: Meta inks $14.2bn deal with CoreWeave for its compute power

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Google launches AI ransomware detection in Drive desktop, trained on millions of attack samples

techspot - Google believes that the constantly evolving ransomware threat requires a novel approach to prevention and detection. To that end, the company has announced a new AI-powered anti-ransomware feature for its Drive desktop utility, designed to stop file-encr…

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AI Hyperscaler CoreWeave Signs $14.2 Billion Deal With Meta

PYMNTS / pymnts - Artificial intelligence hyperscaler CoreWeave announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Meta days after reporting a deal with OpenAI. “Future AI innovations will be far bigger than they are today, so we’re building for them now,” CoreWeave said in a …

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Microsoft is Bringing “Vibe Working” to Office Apps

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Microsoft today introduced “vibe working” with Agent Mode in Office Apps and Agent Mode in Copilot Chat.The post Microsoft is Bringing “Vibe Working” to Office Apps appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Cloudflare unveils NET Dollar stablecoin secure transactions for the agentic web

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Cloud connectivity provider Cloudflare Inc. today announced plans to introduce NET Dollar, a new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin that will enable instant, secure transactions for the agentic web. Cloudflare is aiming to make NET Dollar a core feature of a n…

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OpenAI expands high-stakes contract for AI compute capacity

OpenAI has expanded its partnership with CoreWeave by signing an additional $6.5 billion contract—pushing the total deal value to over $22 billion. The expanded agreement secures crucial data center compute capacity amid skyrocketing demand for AI-powered applications and reinforces the fierce competition in the tech infrastructure race.

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Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services

Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is blocking the Israeli military’s access to cloud and AI services that have been used in the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced the decision in an internal memo to employees on Th…

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Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Security Updates Free in Europe, Bowing to Regulatory Pressure

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft reverses its Windows 10 End-of-Life policy, offering a free, unconditional year of Extended Security Updates (ESU) in the EEA after pressure from consumer groups.The post Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Security Updates Free in Europe, Bowing to Regu…

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Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Databricks is on the hook to pay at least $100 million to OpenAI in this deal, even if customer usage falls short. It's a bet, but one that Databricks has already hedged.

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