Technology
Microsoft Shares Rise as Azure Growth and $18.6 Billion Free Cash Flow Ease AI Spending Fears
Microsoft reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $92.28 billion, up 19% year on year, as Azure revenue grew 48% to $33.17…
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Business
Asian Stocks Rally as Anthropic IPO Filing and Big Tech Earnings Revive AI Optimism
Asian markets advanced on October 27 as investors responded to renewed AI optimism and prepared for major US technology earnings.…
Technology
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Exit Program to 60,000 Employees as AI Spending Rises
Microsoft has introduced a Voluntary Exit Offer for eligible employees in selected teams across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada…
Technology
AI Data Center Boom Creates New Energy and Water Challenges for the Technology Industry
The AI infrastructure boom is colliding with the physical limits of electricity grids, cooling systems and local water supplies. Data-center…
Climate
Carbon Removal Market Expands as Amazon Reforestation Draws New Capital
Brazilian carbon-removal company Mombak is targeting $150 million for a second Amazon reforestation fund as Salesforce joins Google, Microsoft and…
Technology
Data Centers Are the Next Multi-Trillion-Dollar Business: Inside the $7 Trillion Race to Own Compute
AI is turning data centers from back-end technology infrastructure into one of the largest capital investment themes of the decade.…
Technology
The Cloud Drinks 1.5 Billion Litres a Day: The Hidden Water Cost of the World’s Servers
The world’s data centers are estimated to consume about 560 billion litres of water a year, or roughly 1.53 billion…
Technology
Wikipedia After 2021: The User Gap, Traffic Decline and AI-Era Pressure Reshaping the World's Encyclopedia
Wikipedia is still one of the world's largest websites, but since 2021 its growth engine has changed. Registrations, editor recruitment…
Technology
Microsoft Expands AI Infrastructure in India as Hyderabad Becomes a Strategic Cloud Hub
Microsoft's new India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad is now fully operational, anchoring a $20.5 billion investment in India's…
Technology
The Hidden Harms of Artificial Intelligence: An Investigative Analysis
Artificial intelligence is creating digital and physical risks, from cyberattacks and deepfakes to autonomous-system failures, workplace injuries and weaponization.
Technology
SpaceX Buys Cursor for $60 Billion, Turning Elon Musk’s Rocket Company Into an AI Software Powerhouse
SpaceX has completed its $60 billion acquisition of Cursor parent Anysphere, bringing one of the fastest-growing AI coding platforms into…
Technology
The AI Revenue Race: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Kimi and the Real Economics of the Next AI War
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, xAI and Chinese AI labs are generating radically different kinds of AI revenue. We separate real…