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  • The Register: LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/llm_providers_extinction/ Source: The Register Title: LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite Feedly Summary: Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era Gartner says the market for large language model (LLM) providers is on the cusp of…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Announces ‘Hyperlight Wasm’: Speedy VM-Based Security at Scale with a WebAssembly Runtime

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/30/0627205/microsoft-announces-hyperlight-wasm-speedy-vm-based-security-at-scale-with-a-webassembly-runtime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Announces ‘Hyperlight Wasm’: Speedy VM-Based Security at Scale with a WebAssembly Runtime Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the innovative Hyperlight open-source Rust library developed by Microsoft’s Azure Core Upstream team, designed to execute functions quickly and securely within virtual machines (VMs). This…

  • Slashdot: Satya Nadella Says DeepSeek Is the New Bar For Microsoft’s AI Success

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/27/1714214/satya-nadella-says-deepseek-is-the-new-bar-for-microsofts-ai-success?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Satya Nadella Says DeepSeek Is the New Bar For Microsoft’s AI Success Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s remarks on DeepSeek’s R1 AI model highlight its significant impact on the company’s AI strategy. The model’s success in the app store demonstrates a shift…

  • The Register: Big Red and Microsoft roll out Azure database services for more mainstream Oracle users

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/oracle_microsoft_enterprise_db_azure/ Source: The Register Title: Big Red and Microsoft roll out Azure database services for more mainstream Oracle users Feedly Summary: Enterprise Edition to be offered on OCI inside Redmond’s cloud Oracle is expanding its database services on hyperscale clouds outside of its muscle-car Exadata system.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Oracle’s…

  • Slashdot: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/19/1027251/ai-crawlers-havent-learned-to-play-nice-with-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SourceHut is experiencing service disruptions due to aggressive web crawling by AI companies collecting data for training large language models (LLMs). They have implemented mitigations, including blocking certain cloud providers due to…

  • Hacker News: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/ai_crawlers_sourcehut/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SourceHut reports that excessive crawling by AI companies’ web crawlers is disrupting its services. These crawlers, primarily for training large language models (LLMs), have compelled SourceHut to implement several mitigations,…

  • Cloud Blog: Google + Wiz: Strengthening Multicloud Security

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-announces-agreement-acquire-wiz/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google + Wiz: Strengthening Multicloud Security Feedly Summary: Today, Google Cloud announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz to better provide businesses and governments with more choice in how they protect themselves. Together with Wiz, we are excited about the potential to provide customers with…

  • The Register: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/ai_crawlers_sourcehut/ Source: The Register Title: AI crawlers haven’t learned to play nice with websites Feedly Summary: SourceHut says it’s getting DDoSed by LLM bots SourceHut, an open source git-hosting service, says web crawlers for AI companies are slowing down services through their excessive demands for data.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Hacker News: Alphabet in Talks to Buy Cloud Security Firm Wiz for $33B

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    Source URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/alphabet-in-talks-to-buy-cloud-security-firm-wiz-for-33-billion Source: Hacker News Title: Alphabet in Talks to Buy Cloud Security Firm Wiz for $33B Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Alphabet Inc.’s potential acquisition of cloud security company Wiz for $33 billion highlights a strategic move to enhance Google Cloud’s cybersecurity capabilities amidst stiff competition from Amazon and…

  • The Register: How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/collapse_of_ukcloud_hurt_govt/ Source: The Register Title: How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government Feedly Summary: And that was on top of a £17.5 million underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud The collapse of a relatively small “local" cloud hosting service caused "real business continuity issues" in the UK’s…