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AWS profits and revenue rise as public cloud giant plots AI infrastructure investments

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reported a 19% year-on-year (YoY) increase in revenue, and a 72% uptick in operating income in its second quarter results, and pledged to grow its artificial intelligence (AI)-related datacentre investments. The quarter covers the three months to 30 June 2024, which also saw Amazon.com report a total revenue of $148bn,…

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tvOS 18 makes Apple TV app even better with these 3 new features

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tvOS 18 is Apple TV’s upcoming software update, which will launch alongside iOS 18. Once again, 2024 looks like a packed year for Apple TV users, as Apple is working on several new functions for its set-top box.While I recently wrote about the 10 best tvOS 18 features coming to your Apple TV, there are…

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Microsoft outages: The implications of downtime on the delivery of critical public services

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It quickly became clear the problem was not an issue with Microsoft’s Azure service, as it first appeared, but an issue with a single software provider – named CrowdStrike – who released a faulty update to their software, which was then distributed rapidly around the world via the Azure global networks.As reported by Computer Weekly,…

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Natural History Museum partners with AWS to restore and protect urban nature

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Now, the museum is turning its attention to the future, unveiling its new gardens in July as a centre piece of the Urban Nature Project. The project is the NHM’s response to a growing need to monitor and record changes to UK urban nature and support its recovery in the face of challenges such as…

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iRobot has so many new models, but the Roomba s9+ is still my top pick

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It goes without saying that iRobot is one of the biggest names in the robot vacuum market. So many of the company’s Roomba robot vacuums have received high praise from reviewers, including myself. But there’s one model that has always stood out to me more than anything else. I consider the Roomba s9+ to be…

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UK competition watchdog scrutinises Alphabet and Anthropic tie-up

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Alphabet’s partnership with Anthropic is anti-competitive. There appears to be an arms race going on in the tech sector for artificial intelligence (AI) talent and capabilities, which is leading the UK regulator to consider whether partnerships between major tech firms and AI startups are healthy…

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Apple releases tvOS 17.6 to Apple TV users

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Ahead of the tvOS 18 release, Apple just made tvOS 17.6 available to all Apple TV users. As the tvOS 17 cycle seems to be nearing its end, Cupertino isn’t adding new features despite the usual “bug fixes and security improvements” release notes.While tvOS 17 started as a big update, tvOS doesn’t get new features…

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Cloud databases: Base jumping for the bigger picture

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The way organisations store, manage and analyse data will always be a challenging issue given the constant assault of data on corporate IT systems. It’s as though IT teams are always playing catch-up. According to Veritas, the average company stores around 10PB (petabytes) of data – equating to around 23 billion files – 52% of…

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CMA cloud licensing: Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of ‘muddying’ anti-trust debate

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Microsoft’s response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) ongoing investigation into its cloud licensing practices has seen it accuse arch-rivals Amazon and Google of “muddying the waters” with their contributions to the probe. The software giant has issued a 27-page response to a working paper the CMA published in June 2024 that detailed the…

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Apple says it will follow the Biden administration’s AI safety guidelines

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Apple has agreed to comply with a set of voluntary safeguards for AI created by President Joe Biden’s administration. As Bloomberg reported, this guideline aims to help the better development of this technology while protecting consumers.Cupertino joins OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and others in committing to testing their AI systems to protect Americans’ privacy,…

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