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CoinDeskfinance1 day ago
Hut 8 Signs $9.8 Billion Texas Lease, IREN Lands $2.8 Billion AI Contracts
Hut 8 signed a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease for the second phase of its Beacon Point AI data center in Texas. IREN announced $2.8 billion in new multiyear cloud services contracts. Shares of several bitcoin miners repositioned as AI providers rose sharply.
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news.ycombinator.comai2 days ago
Seven Developing Countries Integrate Chinese AI Weather System Mazu
Pakistan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Jordan, Mongolia, the Solomon Islands and Sri Lanka have integrated the system into daily operations. The public cloud version has been tested by 40 Global South countries.
macworld.comtechnology3 days ago
macOS Malware Steals Browser and Wallet Data via Fake CAPTCHA Prompt
Forbes reported that ClickLock malware terminates applications on macOS and traps users in password prompts lasting up to 83 hours. The attack begins with a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA that leads victims to paste commands into Terminal. It has struck at least 100 users across 33 coun…
cloud.google.combusiness3 days ago
Backblaze Signs $335 Million Storage Deal With CoreWeave
Forbes reported three separate AI data infrastructure announcements. Backblaze agreed to supply CoreWeave with HDD capacity. Meta deployed Panmnesia CXL chips and Cloudera partnered with Vast Data.
cloud.google.comtechnology4 days ago
General Compute Secures $400 Million Loan Using Inference Chips as Collateral
General Compute received a $400 million loan from Upper90 using inference-specific chips as collateral. The deal follows the startup's $15 million seed round in May and its plans to build an inference neocloud with SambaNova silicon.
finance5 days ago
Fireworks raises $1.5 billion at $17.5 billion valuation after reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue
Fireworks, a cloud startup that hosts open-source AI models, raised $1.5 billion at a $17.5 billion valuation. The company, backed by Nvidia, reported more than $1 billion in annualized revenue, five times the level from last year.
io9.gizmodo.comtechnology5 days ago
Astronomers Detect Sugar Molecule in Interstellar Cloud
Researchers identified erythrulose, a four-carbon monosaccharide, in a molecular cloud 26,000 light-years from Earth. The detection marks the first time a sugar molecule has been found in interstellar space.
app.buzzsumo.comai6 days ago
SpaceXAI Disabled Grok Build CLI Uploads and Said It Will Delete Uploaded Code
SpaceXAI's Grok Build tool sent entire code repositories to cloud servers, including restricted files. Researchers at Cereblab identified the behavior on Monday, after which the company disabled the upload function. Elon Musk said previously uploaded data will be deleted.
app.buzzsumo.combusiness7 days ago
SpaceX and Amazon Compete in Cloud AI and Satellite Markets
Fortune reported the companies hold a combined $4.5 trillion market value. Amazon posted $716.9 billion in 2025 revenue while SpaceX recorded an operating loss.
world7 days ago
Astronomers Detect Four-Carbon Sugar in Giant Molecular Cloud Near Milky Way Center
Researchers identified the four-carbon sugar erythrulose in molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 using radio telescopes in Spain. The finding, published in Nature Astronomy, places the molecule among the most complex sugars observed in interstellar space.
nypost.comsports9 days ago
Natasha Cloud Signs With Chicago Sky Two Weeks Into Training Camp
Natasha Cloud joined the Chicago Sky after a shortened free agency period that followed the March 20 CBA agreement. The 34-year-old guard had remained unsigned until two weeks into camp.
bleedingcool.comsports10 days ago
Natasha Cloud Signs With Chicago Sky After Compressed 2026 Free-Agency Window
The 34-year-old guard joined her fourth team in four seasons after remaining unsigned at the start of camp. Chicago added Cloud along with Skylar Diggins, DiJonai Carrington and Azura Stevens during a roster overhaul led by general manager Jeff Pagliocca.
ai11 days ago
Anthropic's Web Crawl-to-Referral Ratio Fell to 2,800-to-1 in Early July, Still Highest Among Peers
Cloudflare data for July 1-7, 2026, showed Anthropic leading AI companies in web crawls relative to referrals sent back. OpenAI, Perplexity, Microsoft and Google followed in that order.
The Vergeai12 days ago
FL Studio 2026 Released With Rebuilt Flex Instrument, Expanded AI Assistant, and New Audio Logger
Image Line released FL Studio 2026 on July 9, 2026. The update lets Gopher execute production tasks such as drum patterns while adding a rebuilt Flex instrument, cloud backups, and an audio logger.
app.buzzsumo.comai12 days ago
JPMorgan Chase Partners With SambaNova Systems for On-Premise AI Hardware
JPMorgan Chase is partnering with SambaNova Systems to deploy on-premise AI hardware instead of relying on third-party cloud services. SambaNova recently raised $1 billion, reaching an $11 billion valuation.
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Science Newsscience12 days ago
Simulations show marine cloud brightening weakens El Niño events
Computer models indicate that injecting aerosols over the eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean can brighten clouds and reduce the intensity of strong El Niño events. The approach remains far from deployment due to engineering and governance questions.
coindesk.comai13 days ago
Cloudflare Introduces Paywall Letting Sites Charge AI Crawlers for Content Access
Cloudflare introduced a system letting its customers set prices for AI crawlers accessing their sites. The move addresses rising automated traffic that now exceeds half of all web requests on its network.
espn.comworld15 days ago
Italy plans changes to national cloud company
Italy is preparing to restructure its national cloud company while Leonardo and Poste seek greater control, according to sources familiar with the matter. The moves come as the government reviews ownership stakes in the strategic technology asset.
cnet.comworld17 days ago
Astronomers Map Milky Way Spiral Arm Distances With X-Ray Rings
A team measured distances to dust clouds in the Milky Way using X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra and ESA’s XMM-Newton telescopes. The geometric method relied on rings created by gamma-ray bursts reflecting off the clouds. Results indicate the most distant arm dust cloud spans about…
ai17 days ago
France and India seek AI data center investment from tech firms
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have met with technology executives this year to discuss data center and cloud infrastructure projects. The two leaders hosted separate events that produced investment commitments from several companies.
news.sky.comscience18 days ago
QuEra Plans Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer Libra for 2028
QuEra aims to deliver Libra, a fault-tolerant system with 256 logical qubits, through AWS cloud access in 2028. The machine is projected to run one million operations at low error rates. @NewScientist reported the timeline and technical targets.
Engadgettechnology18 days ago
Cloudflare to Block Mixed-Use Web Crawlers Serving AI Companies
Cloudflare will automatically block web crawlers that both index sites for search engines and train AI models. The change gives website owners more control over how their content is used by AI systems.
ai19 days ago
SoftBank to Begin Renting AI Computing Resources to U.S. Companies Next Year
SoftBank Group and SoftBank Corp. will launch SB Neo this month to supply AI chips and cloud services. The venture targets 10 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030 and could raise annual operating income to ¥3 trillion to ¥4 trillion.
wccftech.comai19 days ago
Meta Shares Rise Nearly 10 Percent After Report on Potential Sales of Excess Computing Power
Meta shares rose nearly 10 percent Wednesday after reports that the company will sell excess computing power through a new cloud business. The plan aims to offset part of the hundreds of billions spent on AI infrastructure.
enr.comai19 days ago
Meta to Sell Excess AI Compute Capacity
Meta is building a cloud computing business to sell excess compute capacity to other companies, Bloomberg reported July 1. The company's shares rose more than 10 percent after the report.
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benzinga.comai19 days ago
Cloudflare to Block Mixed AI Crawlers from Ad-Supported Pages Starting September 2026
Cloudflare will block mixed-use web crawlers from ad-supported pages by default starting September 15, 2026. The change requires AI companies to distinguish search crawlers from those used for training and agents.
pymnts.comai20 days ago
Anthropic to Restore Global Access to Claude Fable 5 on July 2 While Mythos 5 Stays Limited to Preapproved Users
The company said the Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Access will return first on Claude platforms before expanding to cloud services.
theverge.compolitics20 days ago
EU Tech Regulator Signs U.S. Supply-Chain Pact While Advancing Sovereignty Plan
Roberto Viola, the European Commission’s chief tech regulator, signed the EU onto the Trump administration’s Pax Silica initiative during a visit to Washington last week. He also outlined a June 3 package aimed at expanding European capacity in semiconductors, cloud computing, an…
Cnbcai21 days ago
Amazon Web Services to Invest $1 Billion in Forward-Deployed AI Engineers
Amazon Web Services announced Tuesday a $1 billion investment to create a unit of forward-deployed engineers who will embed with customers to accelerate artificial intelligence deployments. The initiative makes AWS the first major cloud provider to launch such a program. Existing…
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Google Cloud Reports Record $20B Revenue While Managing AI Capacity
Google informed Meta around March that it could not supply the full computing capacity requested for Gemini models. The shortfall delayed some Meta AI projects and prompted efficiency measures at the company. Google Cloud revenue reached $20 billion for the quarter.
ai24 days ago
Cloudflare Cuts 20% of Workforce While Engineering Headcount Rises 45%
Cloudflare grew its engineering staff from 1,308 in December to 1,894. CEO Matthew Prince linked the change to AI's effect on job categories within the company.
Usa Todayscience24 days ago
Study Proposes Cloud Seeding With AI to Alter Hurricane Tracks
A June 24 study in PLOS Water outlines using existing cloud-seeding methods plus real-time data and AI models to shift or weaken extreme weather systems. Usa Today reported the proposal and reactions from researchers. The work draws on past events including Superstorm Sandy and t…
ai24 days ago
Amazon Web Services raises AI cloud prices 20 percent starting in July
Amazon Web Services will increase hourly rates for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by about 20 percent beginning in July. The company raised the same rates 15 percent in January, citing supply and demand for memory chips.
wallstreetpit.comai26 days ago
Rippling Launches Data Cloud for HR Analytics and AI Usage Tracking
Rippling introduced Rippling Data Cloud, which combines data movement, storage, transformation and visualization inside its human capital management system. The product is already used by 560 companies and generates $5 million to $7 million in monthly revenue.
forbes.comfinance26 days ago
EU Regulators Propose Designating Amazon and Microsoft Cloud Services as Gatekeepers
European Union regulators have recommended that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure be classified as gatekeepers under the bloc's digital competition rules. The designation would apply additional obligations to the cloud computing services.
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New York Postai27 days ago
Largest cloud firms raise future data-center lease commitments above $850 billion
Meta and Microsoft each added tens of billions of dollars in new lease obligations during their most recent quarters. Total commitments among major cloud providers now exceed $850 billion and will be paid over the next two decades.
Euronewsai27 days ago
EU Draft Law Would Bar Non-European Firms from Defence and Healthcare Contracts
The European Commission introduced measures to strengthen domestic control over chips, cloud services and AI. Public surveys show strong support in northern EU states for reducing reliance on U.S. and Chinese providers.
Gristscience28 days ago
Seven States Send $50 Billion Wish List as Federal Deadline for Colorado River Cuts Nears
The Trump administration faces a September deadline to set water-use restrictions after talks among seven Western states collapsed. Governors proposed more than $50 billion in supply projects while the Interior Department reviews options including desalination and cloud seeding.
Japan Timesai28 days agoUpdated
SoftBank Founder Says AI Race Will Be Decided by Earth Data Centers, Not Orbital Projects
Masayoshi Son said space-based facilities offer little advantage because electricity is a minor cost compared with chips and hardware. SoftBank will instead expand terrestrial data centers and launch a U.S. neocloud service in 2026.
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New York Postai28 days ago
Nvidia Releases Rubin Data Center Design Using Full Liquid Cooling
The design cuts water consumption to near zero by running servers at higher temperatures. It applies to all Rubin-generation builds by major cloud operators.
videocardz.comtechnology31 days ago
NASA selects Relativity Space to launch 2028 Mars mission
Relativity Space will provide the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations for NASA's Aeolus payload under a public-private partnership. The mission will collect daily global data on Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds.
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Kazakhstan Signs $10 Billion Deal for AI Data Center Project
Kazakhstan will invest up to $10 billion to build a Data Center Valley in the northern Pavlodar region. The project involves Nvidia and an Armenian-American cloud company and forms part of the country's Digital Qazaqstan strategy through 2029.
Benzingafinance33 days ago
Canada Pension Plan Commits Up to $715 Million for India Data Centers
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest up to $715 million in CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. to expand data center capacity in India. The funds support construction of hyperscale facilities serving cloud and AI customers.
martechseries.comai34 days ago
HSBC and Google Cloud Form AI Partnership for Banking Services
HSBC and Google Cloud announced a multi-year agreement to integrate artificial intelligence across HSBC's global operations. The partnership aims to develop more than 200 AI use cases over the next two years.
office365itpros.comfinance34 days ago
Microsoft secures alternative cloud capacity for AI demand; Oracle maintains security boundaries
Microsoft was in talks to lease Oracle Cloud capacity, but walked away from the deal on security concerns - Insider. $MSFT $ORCL Microsoft was recently in talks with Oracle about leasing the company's cloud infrastructure, but the deal fell through due to security and compliance…
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finance35 days ago
Three Tech Executives Commissioned as Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonels
Dane Knecht of Cloudflare, Sam Pullara of Sutter Hill Ventures, and Serkan Piantino of Facebook AI Research joined Detachment 201. They will advise the Army on AI, cyber, and modernization.
finance.yahoo.combusiness35 days ago
JYSK to Install Vusion Electronic Shelf Labels in 2,500 Stores by 2027
Vusion will upgrade 450 Nordic stores and equip 750 additional European locations with its electronic shelf labels and VusionCloud platform.
South China Morning Postsports37 days ago
Chinese Companies Supply Trains, Buses and Cloud Services for 2026 World Cup in Mexico
Chinese companies provided 115 light-rail trains, 1,000 new-energy buses and cloud and AI services for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted in Mexico. The support comes as Mexico balances ties with Beijing amid U.S. pressure.
ndtv.comai38 days ago
Huawei Considers Using New Ascend AI Chips in Latin America Cloud Services
Mark Chen, president of Huawei Cloud Latin America, confirmed the company is evaluating deployment of its newest Ascend AI chips in regional cloud and AI services. The statement came after his presentation at the Rio Web Summit on June 12, 2026.
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New York Postbusiness39 days ago
Tuya Smart and Zeroth Announce Partnership to Equip Home Robots with Coordinated Device Control
Tuya Smart and Zeroth announced a partnership on June 12, 2026, to integrate AI cloud services with robotics for home environments. The collaboration targets whole-home device orchestration and adaptive robot behavior.
Benzingaai39 days ago
OpenAI Acquires Cloud Startup Ona
OpenAI bought Ona to give Codex secure, customer-controlled cloud infrastructure. The move targets long-running AI agents that keep working after devices shut down.
technology40 days ago
Deezer Offers Free Tool to Flag AI-Generated Tracks on Other Streaming Services
The French streaming service released an online detector Thursday that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and SoundCloud. The tool flags tracks created with generative models such as Suno and Udio.
forbes.comfinance40 days ago
Oracle Shares Decline After Cloud Revenue Misses Forecasts in Q4 Results
@YahooFinance reported that Oracle posted weaker-than-expected cloud revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter, sending shares lower.
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forbes.compolitics40 days ago
Smals Selects Google Cloud as Primary Public Cloud Provider
Smals, the joint IT organization serving Belgian public institutions focused on social security, has chosen Google Cloud as its main public cloud provider. The agreement was awarded to SoftwareOne in partnership with Google Cloud under the GÉANT OCRE24 framework.
ai40 days ago
Oracle Reports Record Q4 Revenue of $19.2 Billion, Up 21 Percent
Oracle Corporation posted fourth-quarter revenue of $19.2 billion, a 21 percent increase from the prior year. Cloud infrastructure revenue rose 93 percent while cloud applications grew 10 percent.
The Guardianai41 days ago
China Switches On an Underwater Data Center Off Shanghai, Powered by Offshore Wind
The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, a joint effort between HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction, launched in May with 24 megawatts capacity.
business42 days ago
Salesforce Cuts 86 Jobs Across Agentforce, Mulesoft, and Marketing Cloud as Agentforce Tops $1B ARR
A California WARN notice listed the reductions in sales, administration, and technology roles. The company had eliminated fewer than 1,000 positions in January.
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Apple Extends Siri AI with Google Gemini Models and Nvidia Hardware While Expanding Private Cloud Compute Privacy Safeguards
Apple detailed at WWDC how its new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features will run partly on Google Cloud servers while maintaining privacy protections through an expanded Private Cloud Compute system.
Cnbcai42 days ago
Apple Unveils Conversational Siri at WWDC but Will Run Its Most Advanced AI Model on Nvidia GPUs in Google Cloud
Apple unveiled a conversational Siri and new cloud models at its Monday developers conference in Cupertino. Executives said the features run on Nvidia GPUs inside a privacy-focused extension of Private Cloud Compute.
flipboard.comai42 days ago
Apple to offer private cloud computing on Google Cloud with Nvidia chips
Apple announced a partnership with Google and Nvidia to deliver private cloud computing services through Google Cloud. The arrangement was disclosed by an Apple executive during the company's annual developer conference.
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