google cloud Google Cloud Expands Western US Footprint With New Las Vegas Region Google Cloud officially opens its Las Vegas data center region, bringing its total global presence to 23 regions. The new location provides low-latency access and features gambling tech firm Aristocrat as its launch partner.
comet.ml Comet AI Raises $4.5M to Streamline Machine Learning Model Management Comet.ml secures $4.5 million in funding to expand its infrastructure-agnostic machine learning platform. The company's tools help data scientists track, explain, and optimize AI models across various computing environments.
covid-19 Tech Giants and US Government Unite Supercomputing Power for COVID-19 Research A new public-private consortium led by IBM, the White House, and the Department of Energy brings together massive computing resources from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to accelerate COVID-19 research.
google cloud Google Cloud Reaches $10B Annual Revenue Run Rate Amid Strong Platform Growth Google Cloud achieves a $10 billion annual revenue run rate after posting $2.614 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, marking a 53 percent year-over-year increase. The rapid expansion is driven primarily by accelerating growth in the Google Cloud Platform and larger enterprise deals.
eu European Commission Unveils Ambitious Five-Year Digital Strategy The European Commission reveals a sweeping digital strategy focused on AI regulation, minimum broadband speeds, and data control. The plan aims to guide new legislation despite a mixed historical track record on tech regulation.
jedi cloud Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract Amid Amazon Lawsuit A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction against the JEDI cloud contract while Amazon argues that President Trump exerted undue political influence to steer the award to Microsoft.
jedi cloud Federal Judge Halts Pentagon's $10 Billion Microsoft JEDI Cloud Contract A federal court issues an injunction pausing the JEDI cloud contract while reviewing Amazon's legal challenge. The Pentagon argues this delay poses a direct risk to national security and military AI capabilities.
cortex labs Cortex Labs Simplifies Machine Learning Model Deployment for Data Scientists Cortex Labs provides open-source tooling that helps data scientists easily deploy machine learning models into production without needing infrastructure expertise. The startup eventually plans to offer a multi-cloud managed service to compete with AWS SageMaker.
google Google's Dataset Search Exits Beta With New Mobile Features Google officially launches Dataset Search out of beta, giving researchers access to 25 million publicly available data sets. The updated tool introduces a mobile-friendly interface and new filtering options to help users find specific data types.
atlassian Atlassian Introduces Forge, a Serverless Cloud Platform for Developers Atlassian launches Forge, a new serverless development platform designed to help users easily build enterprise-ready cloud apps for its product ecosystem. The toolkit includes a FaaS computing layer, a secure UI builder, and a command line interface.
google cloud Google Cloud Launches Transfer Service for Massive Enterprise Data Migrations Google Cloud introduces Transfer Service, a new managed tool that simplifies moving billions of files and petabytes of data from on-premise servers to the cloud. The service automatically handles network bandwidth and data validation to streamline large-scale migrations.
salesforce Salesforce Elevates Bret Taylor to President and COO Role Salesforce expands Bret Taylor's executive duties by naming him president and COO, placing him in direct line to report to Marc Benioff. Industry experts suggest this major promotion signals a long-term succession plan for the CRM giant.
google cloud Google Cloud Launches E2 Compute Instances to Cut Costs by 31 Percent Google Cloud introduces the E2 family of general-purpose virtual machines, promising significant savings over older models. The new instances use a custom scheduler to maximize hardware efficiency without throttling performance.
aws AWS Pushes Enterprises to Accelerate Cloud Migration at re:Invent At its recent re:Invent conference, AWS expresses frustration with the slow pace of enterprise cloud adoption and urges corporate leaders to drive faster transformation. The company also places major strategic bets on artificial intelligence and edge computing to capture remaining market share.
nfl NFL Teams Up With AWS to Tackle Head Injuries Using Machine Learning The NFL and AWS announce a new partnership to use machine learning and decades of game data to reduce head injuries. The initiative aims to improve helmet design and inform rule changes to better protect players.