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Google, Microsoft, and AWS trade blame as UK watchdog investigates cloud competition
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are all defending their business practices, which are under investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), by subtly point the finger at one another. By blaming each other, the three companies are hoping to deflect attention and avoid further investigations and punitory action from…
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Meta in EU antitrust crosshairs for classified advertising practices
Meta is potentially facing a significant fine over its alleged attempts to dominate the classified advertising market. The classified ad practices of the corporation have come under fire for linking free Marketplace services with the Facebook platform, which ‘undermines rivals’, according to the EU regulators. It’s not clear how much…
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Slack’s latest AI boost will give you notes from even the smallest meetings
Keeping track of what was said in even the briefest workplace chats and meetings could soon get a lot easier thanks to a new update from Slack. The online collaboration platform has revealed its “huddles” – quick-starting meetings designed for spontaneous chats and catch-ups – will now be able to…
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Top Microsoft Office apps are getting a major AI upgrade — PowerPoint, Outlook and even Teams get a Copilot boost
Despite our protestations, Microsoft is determined to make AI tools in the workplace accessible and appealing with a raft of new improvements across its Microsoft 365 (M365) suite of productivity tools. In an announcement on the M365 blog, the tech giant announced ‘wave 2’, rolling out (mostly) in September 2024,…
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Temu denies data breach — but hacker claims to have leaked 87 million strong database
A cybercriminal claims to have breached Temu and stolen millions of customer records, but the ecommerce giant is vehemently denying the claims. A hacker with the alias ‘smokinthashit’ took to BreachForums, one of the most popular underground forums out there, and advertised a new database, allegedly stolen from the company.…
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$200 million supercomputer will be scrapped within weeks — ORNL’s Summit could be a bargain for someone with very deep pockets, lofty ambitions (and some serious real estate to park it all)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee has announced plans, via X/Twitter, to retire its Summit supercomputer in November 2024. After six years of service and over 200 million node hours of research, Summit’s decommissioning marks the end of the road for what was, in 2018, the world’s most powerful…
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