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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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Microsoft has revealed plans to extend its global data centre footprint to Perth, Western Australia, with an Azure Extended Zone set to launch by mid-2025.
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In the latest twist in Elon Musk’s existential legal battle with OpenAI, lawyers for the Tesla billionaire have filed an injunction aimed at preventing OpenAI and backer Microsoft from engaging in “anticompetitive conduct.”
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What does it truly mean to be a leader? Influencer, thought leader, and leading expert: Tags like these are applied throughout the tech industry, and beyond, almost like stickers, with businesses looking to wheel out what they perceive to be one of their true stars to showcase to the public.
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Microsoft has unveiled its first in-house developed DPU, or data processing unit, to equip its cloud servers with an extra performance boost.
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BICS has partnered with Microsoft to enable roaming for private networks.
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New data from Synergy Research Group shows that fourth-quarter enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services exceeded US$61 billion worldwide.
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Microsoft confirms the third phase of its long-term partnership with OpenAI through an undisclosed multiyear, multibillion dollar investment.
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Microsoft confirms the acquisition of Fungible, a provider of composable infrastructure aimed at accelerating networking and storage performance in data centres.
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Lumen Technologies has hired former Microsoft executive Ashley Haynes-Gaspar as executive VP for customer success, wholesale and international.
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Spainish infrastructure company Ferrovial has been instructed by Microsoft to build its data centre near Madrid.
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Microsoft and Viasat, the satellite company that is hoping to buy Inmarsat, have formed a partnership to help deliver the internet access to 10 million people.
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Microsoft has bought Lumenisity, a UK-based start-up that makes hollow-core fibres that allow light to travel faster than along standard fibres.
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An estimated US$5-6 billion will be invested in carrier-neutral data centres in Africa in the next three to five years according to Console Connect’s Africa Interconnection report.
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MTN Group and Microsoft have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate digital and cloud transformation across Africa.
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Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has launched a metaverse-ready networks project group aimed at enhancing opportunities to deliver experiences across various industries.
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Meta has revealed it will bring new content to its metaverse hardware as a result of a deeper partnership with Microsoft.
