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Microsoft Inks $750 Million Cloud Deal With AI Firm Perplexity
AI startup Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com Inc.
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AI Startup Perplexity Signs $750 Million AI Cloud Deal With Microsoft: Report
AI startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million agreement with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud service, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Microsoft Introduces Maia 200 Chipset for AI Inference, Will Power OpenAI’s GPT-5.2
Microsoft introduced Maia 200, a next-generation AI inference chipset built on TSMC 3nm technology, with over 140 billion transistors, high-bandwidth memory and scalable networking. Maia 200 aims to accelerate large-scale AI workloads in Azure with improved performance per dollar and support for demanding models such as GPT-5.2, and comes with an S...
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Amazon's AWS Interconnect Preview Announced With Support for Private Links Between Cloud Services
Amazon’s new AWS Interconnect tool preview has been launched by the US-based tech giant. The new tool will help customers establish private, secure, and high-speed connections between different cloud services. The company will soon start onboarding new cloud service providers as partners. However, currently, it has only partnered with Google Clou...
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Microsoft Azure Services Restored After Global Outage: What Caused the Issue, How It Was Resolved
Microsoft on Thursday announced that its Azure services have been restored to almost normality across affected regions. The cloud computing platform was reported to be experiencing a major global outage on Wednesday, affecting not only Microsoft-owned platforms like Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook, and Xbox Live, but also Alaska Airlines, Starbuc...
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New Butterfly Species 'Iryna's Azure' Named After Murdered Ukrainian Refugee
The small, light-blue insect, native to South Carolina, has been officially named "Iryna's Azure" by researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Honor Magic 8, Honor Magic 8 Pro Launching Today: Know Price, Features and Specifications
Honor Magic 8 series is all set to be launched today (October 15) in China. The upcoming lineup is expected to comprise two models — Honor Magic 8 and Honor Magic 8 Pro. In the days leading up to the launch, the China-based OEM has been teasing details about the smartphones. The Honor Magic 8 series will be available in golden clouds at dawn and ...
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Microsoft Azure Unveils Nvidia GB300 NVL72 Cluster Built for OpenAI’s AI Workloads
Microsoft Azure has launched the NDv6 GB300 VM series, the first supercomputing-scale cluster of Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems. Designed for OpenAI’s demanding AI workloads, it features 4,600 GPUs, high-speed NVLink/NVSwitch connectivity, and 37TB of memory per rack. The system supports agentic and multimodal AI workflows, enabling model training in...
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"Proudly Made In India, Made For The World": Zoho Co-Founder On Data Hosting
Zoho has dismissed misconceptions about its data hosting, development practices and global operations.
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Satya Nadella Welcomes Grok 4 To Azure AI Foundry, Elon Musk Responds
Microsoft has added Grok 4, the latest language model from Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, to its Azure AI Foundry platform.
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Microsoft Inks $750 Million Cloud Deal With AI Firm Perplexity
AI startup Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com Inc.
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AI Startup Perplexity Signs $750 Million AI Cloud Deal With Microsoft: Report
AI startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million agreement with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud service, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Microsoft Introduces Maia 200 Chipset for AI Inference, Will Power OpenAI’s GPT-5.2
Microsoft introduced Maia 200, a next-generation AI inference chipset built on TSMC 3nm technology, with over 140 billion transistors, high-bandwidth memory and scalable networking. Maia 200 aims to accelerate large-scale AI workloads in Azure with improved performance per dollar and support for demanding models such as GPT-5.2, and comes with an S...
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Amazon's AWS Interconnect Preview Announced With Support for Private Links Between Cloud Services
Amazon’s new AWS Interconnect tool preview has been launched by the US-based tech giant. The new tool will help customers establish private, secure, and high-speed connections between different cloud services. The company will soon start onboarding new cloud service providers as partners. However, currently, it has only partnered with Google Clou...
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Microsoft Azure Services Restored After Global Outage: What Caused the Issue, How It Was Resolved
Microsoft on Thursday announced that its Azure services have been restored to almost normality across affected regions. The cloud computing platform was reported to be experiencing a major global outage on Wednesday, affecting not only Microsoft-owned platforms like Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook, and Xbox Live, but also Alaska Airlines, Starbuc...
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New Butterfly Species 'Iryna's Azure' Named After Murdered Ukrainian Refugee
The small, light-blue insect, native to South Carolina, has been officially named "Iryna's Azure" by researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Honor Magic 8, Honor Magic 8 Pro Launching Today: Know Price, Features and Specifications
Honor Magic 8 series is all set to be launched today (October 15) in China. The upcoming lineup is expected to comprise two models — Honor Magic 8 and Honor Magic 8 Pro. In the days leading up to the launch, the China-based OEM has been teasing details about the smartphones. The Honor Magic 8 series will be available in golden clouds at dawn and ...
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Microsoft Azure Unveils Nvidia GB300 NVL72 Cluster Built for OpenAI’s AI Workloads
Microsoft Azure has launched the NDv6 GB300 VM series, the first supercomputing-scale cluster of Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems. Designed for OpenAI’s demanding AI workloads, it features 4,600 GPUs, high-speed NVLink/NVSwitch connectivity, and 37TB of memory per rack. The system supports agentic and multimodal AI workflows, enabling model training in...
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"Proudly Made In India, Made For The World": Zoho Co-Founder On Data Hosting
Zoho has dismissed misconceptions about its data hosting, development practices and global operations.
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Satya Nadella Welcomes Grok 4 To Azure AI Foundry, Elon Musk Responds
Microsoft has added Grok 4, the latest language model from Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, to its Azure AI Foundry platform.
