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Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center
A CGI image of what the complete microgrid-connected AVK and Pure DC facility will look like in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo: Pure Data Centres Group) (Photo: Pure Data Centres Group) Just outside Ireland’s capital, Dublin, a data center has become the first in Europe to turn to an independent, so-called “islanded,” microgrid to keep its servers […]
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Anduril expands into space as defense tech angles to support Trump’s Golden Dome
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, during a Bloomberg Tech interview at Anduril’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, Oct. 10, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anduril acquired missile tracking and intelligence firm ExoAnalytic Solutions as it extends its reach into U.S. defense interests in space, the company announced on Wednesday. Through the […]
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AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD
As AI chipmaker Cerebras angles for an eventual IPO, the company appears to have landed a significant cloud-computing customer: Oracle. On a conference call with analysts on Tuesday following Oracle’s quarterly earnings, Clay Magouyrk, one of the software vendor’s two CEOs, indicated that his company’s infrastructure includes Cerebras chips, alongside graphics processing units (GPUs) from […]
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Microsoft backs Anthropic in Pentagon blacklist battle, urges temporary restraining order
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Microsoft threw its support behind Anthropic on Tuesday, saying a judge should issue a restraining order that would block the Pentagon’s designation of the artificial intelligence giant as a supply chain risk […]
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Oracle stock jumps 7% on earnings beat and increased guidance as cloud revenue climbs 44%
Oracle shares rose 8% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software vendor reported quarterly results that surpassed Wall Street projections and boosted its revenue guidance for fiscal 2027. Management said is now forecasting $90 billion in fiscal 2027 revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated $86.60 billion. Oracle sees $1.92 and $1.96 in adjusted […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI wins permit to build power plant in Mississippi despite pollution concerns
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI scored a victory in Mississippi, where regulators on Tuesday authorized the artificial intelligence company to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in the town of Southaven to power its nearby data centers. The Mississippi Department of […]
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Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab
Mira Murati, then-chief technology officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California, Oct. 17, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia has made a “significant investment” in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab as part of a new multiyear strategic partnership, the companies announced […]
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Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity’s AI shopping agent
The Perplexity app in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Washington, June 1, 2025. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge temporarily blocked startup Perplexity from accessing Amazon‘s site with its Comet artificial intelligence browser, according to court filings. Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging the startup took steps […]
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Meta gets into social networks for AI agents with acquisition of viral Moltbook platform
The front page of the social media website Moltbook on a computer monitor in Washington D.C., U.S., February 2, 2026. Raphael Satter | Reuters Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral social media platform for artificial intelligence agents, the company confirmed Tuesday. The deal brings Moltbook CEO Matt Schlict and COO Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence […]
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Google deepens Pentagon AI push after Anthropic sues Trump administration
People walk near a sign outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images A day after Anthropic sued the Trump administration for designating the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk, Google is deepening its relationship with the Defense Department and expanding the role of its […]
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