Tag: Amazon
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The Register: Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with ‘strategic market status’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/cma_aws_microsoft_sms/ Source: The Register Title: Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with ‘strategic market status’ Feedly Summary: Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published Britain’s competition regulator says Microsoft and AWS are using their dominance to harm UK cloud customers and proposes to designate…
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The Register: Datacenter lobby blows a fuse over EU efficiency proposals
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/datacenter_lobby_eu_efficiency/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter lobby blows a fuse over EU efficiency proposals Feedly Summary: Green rules risk short-circuiting AI ambitions, warns group including AWS, Microsoft and Google A trade body representing datacenter operators in Europe worried about standards for efficiency imposed by the EU has published a report to ensure its…
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Slashdot: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/138232/ai-boom-sparks-fight-over-soaring-power-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the escalating electricity demands driven by AI data center construction in the U.S., highlighting tensions between tech companies and utility providers regarding the financial responsibilities for grid upgrades. This situation…
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Slashdot: Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/25/1613250/microsoft-used-china-based-support-for-multiple-us-agencies-potentially-exposing-sensitive-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s use of China-based engineering teams for maintaining cloud services for various U.S. federal departments, highlighting concerns over data security in sensitive environments. Following scrutiny, Microsoft…
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The Register: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/amazon_q_ai_prompt/ Source: The Register Title: Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped Feedly Summary: Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS ‘security theater’ The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user’s home directory and…
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The Register: AWS closes China AI research center, citing boilerplate ‘business priorities’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/aws_closes_shanghai_ai_lab/ Source: The Register Title: AWS closes China AI research center, citing boilerplate ‘business priorities’ Feedly Summary: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang just had a win with his argument that the world needs China’s AI brains, now this Amazon Web Services has closed its AI lab in Shanghai, China.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…