DMV outage temporarily hits offices nationwide, impacting driver's license services, permit tests
A nationwide outage hit DMV offices early Thursday, temporarily impacting various services from driver license renewal to permit tests.
Rumble makes major announcement in effort to combat censorship, ensure 'free and open internet'
Video-streaming company Rumble announced it is launching a new cloud service that won't engage in "viewpoint discrimination" or censorship.
IBM deploying Adobe Firefly generative AI tool for marketing, design teams
IBM announced Wednesday that it is deploying the Adobe Firefly generative AI tool across its design and marketing teams for internal projects as well as consulting clients on its use.
AWS rolls out Amazon Q, an AI assistant for businesses
Amazon Web Services announced its generative AI assistant for businesses, Amazon Q, at a recent conference and is rolling out its availability across its platforms.
Google’s ad business beat expectations but Cloud miss knocks stock in after-hours trading
Google released its Q3 earnings on Tuesday that largely beat Wall Street's expectations, although a miss on cloud revenue sent its stock sliding in after hours trading.
AI and the cloud to unlock billions in annual productivity gains for small and medium businesses: report
Amazon Web Services and Accenture released a report finding that U.S. small and medium businesses can unlock nearly $80 billion in annual productivity gains with the cloud and AI.
Microsoft and Google AI race in spotlight amid dueling earnings calls
The generative AI arms race between Google and Microsoft was in focus Tuesday as the two tech giants held dueling earnings calls that featured their AI initiatives prominently.
US aims to restrict China's cloud computing development, close AI chip loopholes: report
The Department of Commerce is expected to roll out sweeping restrictions on cloud computing services in Chinese markets, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Tech sector continues to shed jobs as Dropbox lays off 500
Dropbox announced Thursday that it will lay off 500 employees and shrink its workforce by 16% as the cloud storage firm deals with slow growth and looks to emphasize AI.
Companies turn to AI to avoid ‘cloud sprawl’
Companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify overlapping cloud computing services and excessive data storage to find savings on IT systems.
Tech giants’ cloud pains aren’t shared equally
Amazon’s CEO has cited reduced mortgage volume and cryptocurrency trading as factors affecting usage of the company’s AWS cloud service in the recent quarter.
IBM reports highest annual revenue growth in a decade
IBM faces recession worries as a tech company focusing heavily on the cloud. Cloud revenue grew 2% while it took a $1 billion hit from foreign exchange rates.
Thoma Bravo to take Coupa Software private in $8B deal
The cloud-based business-spend management platform said Monday that its shareholders will be paid $81 a share, which represents a 77% premium to Coupa’s closing price Nov. 22.
IBM launches its most powerful quantum computer with 433 qubits
Quantum computers are one day expected to speed up certain calculations millions of times faster than the fastest super computers today. IBM is calling the system Quantum System Two.
Amazon outage disrupts lives, surprising people about their cloud dependency
Kyle Lerner and his girlfriend sensed something was amiss when they came home Tuesday and found their two Persian-Himalayan cats meowing nonstop.
Another Amazon Web Services outage remains possible, internet expert warns
Doug Madory, with network intelligence firm Kentik, warned that “it is really hard to completely remove the possibility of an outage” even though cloud providers take an “enormous amount of steps to try and ensure resiliency.”