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The Financial Times
Microsoft’s $13bn OpenAI tie-up cleared by UK competition regulator
Microsoft’s $13bn investment in OpenAI has been cleared by the UK’s competition regulator, weeks after the artificial intelligence start-up struck a new partnership with SoftBank that reduces its ...
Reuters
UK says Microsoft/OpenAI partnership does not need anti-trust investigation
Britain's competition authority said on Wednesday that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI Inc does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.
PYMNTS.com
Klarna CEO: SaaS Companies to Consolidate as Customers Seek ‘Hub of Knowledge’ - PYMNTS.com
Klarna CEO: SaaS Companies to Consolidate as Customers Seek ‘Hub of Knowledge’  PYMNTS.com
CNBC
Okta pops more than 24% on strong earnings and guidance beat, posts best day in more than two years
Okta shares soared on Tuesday after the identity and access management company delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings and beat on guidance.
CNBC
Okta pops more than 20% on strong earnings and guidance beat, posts best day in more than two years
Okta shares soared on Tuesday after the identity and access management company delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings and beat on guidance.
CNBC
Okta pops more than 20% on strong earnings and guidance beat
Okta shares soared on Tuesday after the identity and access management company delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings and beat on guidance.
TechCrunch
Klarna CEO doubts that other companies will replace Salesforce with AI - TechCrunch
Klarna CEO doubts that other companies will replace Salesforce with AI  TechCrunch
MIT Technology Review
Customizing generative AI for unique value
Since the emergence of enterprise-grade generative AI, organizations have tapped into the rich capabilities of foundational models, developed by the likes of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Mistral, and others. Over time, however, businesses often found these models limiting since they were trained on vast troves of public data. Enter customization—the practice of adapting large language models…
Reuters
Google urges DOJ to reverse course on breaking up the firm, Bloomberg reports
Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump's Department of Justice to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar ...
SiliconANGLE
Open-source vector database Qdrant expands enterprise cloud AI features
High-performance open-source vector database Qdrant has added new enterprise-level security and management tools to its cloud offering, allowing companies to deploy and scale up artificial ...
CNBC
China's Oppo taps Google for privacy AI push, taking a page from Apple's playbook
Oppo on Monday announced it's using cloud privacy technology from Google to protect users' sensitive conversations from its own AI products.
CNBC
FCC chair says U.S. will defend interests of its tech giants as European rules stoke tension
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Monday vowed to defend the interests of America's technology companies against "excessive" European regulation.
CNBC
Microsoft unveils new voice-activated AI assistant for doctors
Microsoft announced a new health-care AI assistant called Dragon Copilot that builds on its existing offerings.
CNBC
Microsoft resolves global outage that left tens of thousands unable to access email and other apps
Microsoft said service was restored following an outage that left tens of thousands of users unable to access their Outlook email accounts and other programs.
CNBC
Reported global Microsoft outage leaves tens of thousands unable to access email and other apps
Tens of thousands of users reported outages in various Microsoft programs on Saturday, according to Downdetector.
LA Times
More tech layoffs hit Bay Area as HP and Autodesk announce job cuts
The companies announced the job cuts during the week they released their quarterly earnings.
SCMP
IBM shuts China research arm after lay-offs and revenue decline
IBM (China) Investment was established in 1992 to oversee local research and development operations.
TechCrunch
Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI - TechCrunch
Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI  TechCrunch
NPR
Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset
Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.
The Verge
All of the announcements from Amazon’s Alexa Plus event
Some of the new abilities coming to Alexa Plus include the ability to do things for you — you’ll be able to ask it to order groceries for you or send event invites to your friends. Amazon says it will ...
PYMNTS.com
Expensify CEO Says Company Is Gunning for ‘AI Supremacy’ in FinTech - PYMNTS.com
Expensify CEO Says Company Is Gunning for ‘AI Supremacy’ in FinTech  PYMNTS.com
The Financial Times
Microsoft to shut down video-calling pioneer Skype
Tech giant to retire service it acquired for $8.5bn after being overtaken by upstarts such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom ...
SiliconANGLE
Nvidia’s fine! Besides, who else is going to power all these new AI models?
Indeed, IBM is getting busier with AI, buying DataStax and debuting new Granite AI models. On the cloud front, it also just closed its $6.4 billion HashiCorp acquisition. No wonder CEO Arvind Krishna ...
Bloomberg
Dell Gives Strong Profit Outlook With AI Server Backlog Climbing - Bloomberg
Dell Gives Strong Profit Outlook With AI Server Backlog Climbing  Bloomberg
CNBC
Dell forecasts $15 billion of AI server sales this year
Dell said that it sold about $10 billion of AI-optimized servers in its fiscal 2025, and expects to sell about $15 billion in AI system sales this year.
VentureBeat
OpenAI releases GPT-4.5 claiming 10X efficiency over GPT-4, but says it’s ‘not a frontier model’
The API pricing appears shockingly high, costing developers $75 and $180 for 1 million tokens in and out, respectively.
TechCrunch
Workhelix taps years of research to help enterprises figure out where to apply AI - TechCrunch
Workhelix taps years of research to help enterprises figure out where to apply AI  TechCrunch
Bloomberg
AppLovin Bulls Say Short-Report Selloff Is a Buying Opportunity
AppLovin Corp has found support from multiple Wall Street analysts who have called the short report related selloff a buying opportunity.
AppLovin Bulls Say Short-Report Selloff Is a Buying Opportunity
The Guardian
Ocado to cut 500 technology and finance jobs as AI reduces costs - The Guardian
Ocado to cut 500 technology and finance jobs as AI reduces costs  The Guardian
CNBC
Snowflake gains more than 4% on earnings beat as company expands AI push - CNBC
Snowflake gains more than 4% on earnings beat as company expands AI push  CNBC