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The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI. -
Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
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Tech Mahindra has opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) powered by Nvidia AI Enterprise and Omniverse platforms.
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Huawei has told its suppliers that it plans to order enough components for "70 million to 80 million smartphones this year", marking a 60% decline on the 189 million smartphones it shipped last year.
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Staff scientist Margaret Mitchell has been fired from Google, the two confirmed on Friday.
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The European Commission has published its draft decision on the data adequacy agreement setting out how personal data flows to the UK.
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Val Milshtein has been appointed CTO of Stack Infrastructure – making him the first chief technology officer in the company's history.
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Season 2, episode 6 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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India’s federal cabinet has approved plans to promote local manufacturing and export of telecoms and networking gear, in a strategy valued at US$1.68 billion.
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Despite facing costs of €545 million as a result of the Covid crisis, Orange has reported "solid" full year financial results and released the name of its towerco.
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It's possible the full impact of Covid-19 won't be felt in the data centre space until 2022. James Hart, CEO at BCS Group explains how that could shape the next 12 months
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Sponsored Content: Companies with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles built into their business strategies can mitigate risk and yet drive profitable growth. To be real, they no longer have any choice, because no organization wants to be known for issuing sparkling quarterly reports at the expense of our planet.
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The European data centre market could see as much as €9 billion in capex over the coming 24 months, but the funds won't be concentrated in the usual markets.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, which aimed to raise £300 million for a digital infrastructure investment trust, has exceeded its target, announcing gross proceeds of £370 million.
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It's an outcome many have observed, but few have been able to quantify: the pandemic has driven cloud to become a critical tool for businesses across the world.
