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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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Telus Corp has confirmed the conditions around its IPO as it moves to separate its telecoms business from Telus International.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is targeting a raise of £300 million as it lists on the specialist fund segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Jio Platforms saw its average revenue per user (ARPU) increase for the fifth consecutive quarter according to its latest financial results, and further confirmed a 5.3% increase in revenue.
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Eugenio Santagata is to take on the role of CEO of Telsy Spa, TIM's cybersecurity arm, effective 1 April.
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Cradlepoint has named Darryl Brick as its vice president of partner sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the firm expands its partner programme across the region in 2021.
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IBM and Intel have published their fourth quarter and FY 2020 earnings, which show that although digitalisation is driving growth, hackers still stole the show.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from across the ICT infrastructure industry.
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The PTC 2021 conference keynote talks OTTs, Trump and politics.
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Deutsche Telekom and Spanish mast operator Cellnex Telecom are to merge their mobile infrastructure operations in the Netherlands, to create Cellnex Netherlands BV (Cellnex NL).
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Softline Group has strengthened its presence in India by acquiring Embee Software Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
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Telia Company has beaten its own third quarter operational cash flow forecast by a significant margin, recording SEK 12.1 billion ahead of its year-end report.
