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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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Separate reports today by Canalys and Synergy Research Group show that spending on cloud infrastructure is going up by about 35% a year to US$40 billion in the first quarter of 2021.
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Data centre operators, services firms and developers now have free access to hundreds of patents from three of the world’s largest tech companies under the Low-Carbon Patent Pledge, which is committed to tackling climate change.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week, and from Chanel vs Huawei to DCs for Bees, it's been a surreal seven days.
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Microsoft is to build its first data centre in Malaysia as part of a $1 billion investment in the country over the next five years.
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Building infrastructure in any emerging market takes time and patience. As IXAfrica breaks grounds in Kenya, Guy Willner, CEO and chairman of IXcellerate tells Abigail Opiah that construction on the continent is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ venture.
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TIM Brasil has selected Oracle and Microsoft to migrate all of its on-premises workloads to the cloud.
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Nokia has partnered with Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft for a series of new projects to advance its 5G portfolio.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced its plan to bring a new Azure Region to North China in 2022 through its local operating partner, 21Vianet.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced its Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative, which will see the company establish its first data centre region in Indonesia.
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US chip manufacturers had their wishes granted yesterday when President Joe Biden pledged US$37 billion in funding to boost manufacturing.
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Microsoft is to use its progress on sustainability goals as a factor in determining executive pay, starting in the next fiscal year.
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As the number of data centres continues to climb, new research has confirmed what many suspect: Amazon, Microsoft and Google are saturating the hyperscale market.
