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Meta Fired 8,000 Workers. Now, Zuckerberg Signals 'Cloud War' With Amazon
Earlier this month, Meta laid off around 8,000 employees. The cuts were not random. Meta has been redirecting money toward AI infrastructure.
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Microsoft's $1 Billion Kenya Data Centre Project Halts Over Payment: Report
Microsoft and its Abu Dhabi-based partner G42 had sought commitments from the Kenyan government to guarantee annual payments for a fixed amount of computing capacity.
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OpenAI, Amazon Announce Multi-Year Strategic Partnership as Microsoft’s Exclusive Deal Ends
Hours after OpenAI and Microsoft revealed the amended non-exclusive partnership, the ChatGPT maker has started forging new partnerships. On Monday, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) giant announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Amazon and its cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The multi-faceted deal brings the l...
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OpenAI, Microsoft Make Major Changes to Partnership, Remove the AGI Clause
OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive partnership is now officially over. On Monday, both companies announced several changes to their existing deal, removing key exclusivity clauses. Additionally, the amended partnership has also ended the vaguely worded artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which dictated several “if-this-then-that” scen...
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Microsoft Rolls Out Copilot 365 AI Assistant For Accenture's 7 Lakh Employees
Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed by the companies. It is a major boost for Microsoft as just a little more than 3% of its over 450 million 365 enterprise users pay for the $30-a-month offering.
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Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ Tier Leak Hints at Limited Access, Discord Nitro
Microsoft has taken several steps to regain favour with its Xbox community since the appointment of Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma. The company slashed prices for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC tiers. It has also recently reinstated the Xbox branding, which replaces the broader Microsoft Gaming identity, as part of its renewed strategy. Now, a fr...
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Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement To 8,750 Employees In US
About 7% of the US workforce will be eligible for the buyouts, according to a person familiar with the planning. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss an internal matter.
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Google Unveils New Gemini-Powered Features, Workspace Intelligence and More at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google has introduced new AI-powered features for Google Workspace at Google Cloud Next 2026. The update includes Workspace Intelligence, expanded “Take Notes for me” in Google Meet, and enhanced Google Sheets with interactive canvas tools. Google also added automation “skills,” improved Google Vids avatars, and deeper Gemini integration. N...
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Adobe Introduces CX Enterprise, an Agentic AI Platform to Automate Customer Experience for Businesses
Adobe has introduced CX Enterprise at its Summit 2026 conference, an AI-driven platform designed to manage customer experience workflows using agents, reusable skills and data integration. Built on Adobe Experience Platform, the system supports enterprise use cases such as marketing automation and personalisation, with interoperability across major...
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Adani Group Announces $100 Billion Plan for Hyperscale AI-Ready Data Centres by 2035
Adani Group has announced a $100 billion (roughly Rs. 9,07,300 crore) investment to develop renewable-powered hyperscale data centres for AI workloads by 2035, during the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The company said the programme could generate another $150 billion (roughly Rs. 13,61,100 crore) in related investments across servers, manufacturing,...
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Microsoft Reportedly Considering Merging Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass Tiers
Microsoft is said to be considering merging its PC Game Pass and Game Pass Premium plans to streamline its game subscription offerings. The Xbox parent revamped Game Pass tiers in October when it introduced two new plans and hiked the prices of its subscription service. PC Game Pass is currently priced higher than Game Pass Premium and comes with d...
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Amazon Ready to Take on Microsoft with AI Content Licensing Hub: Report
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) content marketplace to provide a common ground for publishers and AI developers. As per the report, the project could be headed by the Seattle-based tech giant’s cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS). The project is said to be at the discussion stage currently, a...
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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 Will Reportedly Launch Ad-Supported Free Xbox Cloud Gaming Tier This Year
Microsoft is set to expand Xbox Cloud Gaming further but bringing a free game streaming service supported by ads. The Xbox parent will reportedly launch a cloud gaming service separate from Game Pass in 2026. Currently, Xbox Cloud Gaming is offered with Game Pass subscription.
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Meta Fired 8,000 Workers. Now, Zuckerberg Signals 'Cloud War' With Amazon
Earlier this month, Meta laid off around 8,000 employees. The cuts were not random. Meta has been redirecting money toward AI infrastructure.
-
Microsoft's $1 Billion Kenya Data Centre Project Halts Over Payment: Report
Microsoft and its Abu Dhabi-based partner G42 had sought commitments from the Kenyan government to guarantee annual payments for a fixed amount of computing capacity.
-
OpenAI, Amazon Announce Multi-Year Strategic Partnership as Microsoft’s Exclusive Deal Ends
Hours after OpenAI and Microsoft revealed the amended non-exclusive partnership, the ChatGPT maker has started forging new partnerships. On Monday, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) giant announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Amazon and its cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The multi-faceted deal brings the l...
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OpenAI, Microsoft Make Major Changes to Partnership, Remove the AGI Clause
OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive partnership is now officially over. On Monday, both companies announced several changes to their existing deal, removing key exclusivity clauses. Additionally, the amended partnership has also ended the vaguely worded artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which dictated several “if-this-then-that” scen...
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Microsoft Rolls Out Copilot 365 AI Assistant For Accenture's 7 Lakh Employees
Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed by the companies. It is a major boost for Microsoft as just a little more than 3% of its over 450 million 365 enterprise users pay for the $30-a-month offering.
-
Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ Tier Leak Hints at Limited Access, Discord Nitro
Microsoft has taken several steps to regain favour with its Xbox community since the appointment of Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma. The company slashed prices for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC tiers. It has also recently reinstated the Xbox branding, which replaces the broader Microsoft Gaming identity, as part of its renewed strategy. Now, a fr...
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Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement To 8,750 Employees In US
About 7% of the US workforce will be eligible for the buyouts, according to a person familiar with the planning. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss an internal matter.
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Google Unveils New Gemini-Powered Features, Workspace Intelligence and More at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google has introduced new AI-powered features for Google Workspace at Google Cloud Next 2026. The update includes Workspace Intelligence, expanded “Take Notes for me” in Google Meet, and enhanced Google Sheets with interactive canvas tools. Google also added automation “skills,” improved Google Vids avatars, and deeper Gemini integration. N...
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Adobe Introduces CX Enterprise, an Agentic AI Platform to Automate Customer Experience for Businesses
Adobe has introduced CX Enterprise at its Summit 2026 conference, an AI-driven platform designed to manage customer experience workflows using agents, reusable skills and data integration. Built on Adobe Experience Platform, the system supports enterprise use cases such as marketing automation and personalisation, with interoperability across major...
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Adani Group Announces $100 Billion Plan for Hyperscale AI-Ready Data Centres by 2035
Adani Group has announced a $100 billion (roughly Rs. 9,07,300 crore) investment to develop renewable-powered hyperscale data centres for AI workloads by 2035, during the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The company said the programme could generate another $150 billion (roughly Rs. 13,61,100 crore) in related investments across servers, manufacturing,...
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Microsoft Reportedly Considering Merging Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass Tiers
Microsoft is said to be considering merging its PC Game Pass and Game Pass Premium plans to streamline its game subscription offerings. The Xbox parent revamped Game Pass tiers in October when it introduced two new plans and hiked the prices of its subscription service. PC Game Pass is currently priced higher than Game Pass Premium and comes with d...
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Amazon Ready to Take on Microsoft with AI Content Licensing Hub: Report
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) content marketplace to provide a common ground for publishers and AI developers. As per the report, the project could be headed by the Seattle-based tech giant’s cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS). The project is said to be at the discussion stage currently, a...
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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 Will Reportedly Launch Ad-Supported Free Xbox Cloud Gaming Tier This Year
Microsoft is set to expand Xbox Cloud Gaming further but bringing a free game streaming service supported by ads. The Xbox parent will reportedly launch a cloud gaming service separate from Game Pass in 2026. Currently, Xbox Cloud Gaming is offered with Game Pass subscription.
