Slack suffered a significant outage on Monday, November 10, with thousands of users reporting connection problems. The platform acknowledged investigating a “new incident” as workplaces relying on the service faced communication disruptions.
Google is expanding emoji reactions in Meet to include the full library, giving users more ways to express themselves during video calls. The feature comes with several limitations and will roll out gradually through December.
Smartsheet is dramatically expanding its channel partner program with new incentives, global systems integrator tracks, and AWS collaboration. The move comes after the company’s $8.4 billion acquisition by private equity firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company has committed to spending $1.4 trillion on data centers over eight years while denying any government bailout requests. The company expects $20 billion in annual revenue this year and may launch its own AI cloud service, potentially competing with current partn
Google has launched Ironwood, its most powerful TPU yet, delivering 10x the performance of TPU v5p and scaling across thousands of chips. The company also introduced Axion Arm-based virtual machines promising up to double the price-performance of comparable x86 instances for AI workloads. Early adop
Grab discovered that running over 200 Mac Minis in the cloud was costing them millions. Their move to physical hardware in a Malaysian datacenter delivered massive savings and better performance. This shows cloud computing isn’t always the most cost-effective solution at scale.
Vast Data and CoreWeave have inked a massive $1.7 billion partnership that layers Vast’s AI operating software over CoreWeave’s GPU infrastructure. The deal creates what they’re calling “a new class of intelligent data architecture” for continuous AI training and real-time inference. This comes as b
Google is pushing deeper into Arm-based computing with its new N4A instances, promising significant cost savings over traditional x86 infrastructure. The move targets general-purpose workloads like web servers and microservices as cloud competition intensifies.
OpenAI’s string of massive AI infrastructure deals has investors worried. Oracle’s stock surged then crashed as doubts grew about OpenAI’s ability to pay. The trillion-dollar promises might be too good to be true.
Microsoft is making another huge move in the UAE with a 200-megawatt data center project through partner G42. This expansion supports the country’s goal to double its digital economy contribution to GDP. The infrastructure will start coming online before the end of 2026.
