Amazon’s Cloud Boss Likens Generative AI Hype to the Dotcom Bubble
As CEO of Amazon’s dominant cloud computing platform AWS, Adam Selipsky is one of the most powerful people in computing at a time when the industry is racing to adopt …
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Alibaba (BABA) Q3 2023 earnings report for December quarter
Alibaba is operating in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 29, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Alibaba fell Wednesday, as the company missed market expectations …
The Holy Grail of Quantum Computing Is Finally Here. Or Is It?
Andersen and Lensky of Google disagree. They do not think the experiment demonstrates a topological qubit, because the object cannot reliably manipulate information to achieve practical quantum computing. “It is …
Google workers, others hold ‘die-in’ over Project Nimbus contract with Israel
Hundreds of protesters rallied in San Francisco this week against Google’s Project Nimbus cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government. About a dozen protesters outside Google’s offices on Market Street laid …
A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener
Earlier this month, one corner of the internet got a little bit greener, thanks to a first-of-its-kind geothermal operation in the northern Nevada desert. Project Red, developed by a geothermal …
Alibaba (BABA) shakes up cloud unit management after scrapping IPO
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Alibaba has begun an overhaul of its cloud computing unit, bringing in veterans to new leadership …
Amazon launches European ‘sovereign’ cloud as EU data debate rages
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo, a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies, and governments, displayed during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March …
Alibaba plans to IPO its logistics unit Cainiao
An Alibaba Group sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Alibaba plans to list its logistics unit Cainiao on …
Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT developer OpenAI
The regulator was concerned with Amazon’s dual role as both a marketplace and a competitor to merchants selling on its platform. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images E-commerce giant Amazon on …
Google Mourns Veteran Engineer Luiz André Barroso Who Invented the Modern Data Center
Google’s first data center consisted of 40-foot, server-filled shipping containers, which enabled advanced cooling and fewer construction headaches. It opened its own data center campus in Oregon in 2006, resembling …