Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it’s no longer detecting issues with its Azure cloud platform after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut, Engadget reported. Microsoft said its Azure cloud platform has returned to normal service after an incident of cut underwater cables that played out over Saturday. The tech giant reported “undersea fiber cuts” in the Red Sea
In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books, The New York Times reported. The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases. Anthropic will pay $3,000 per
The European Commission has waged a €2.95 billion fine against Google for “abusing its dominant position” in advertising technology. In its announcement, the Commission claims that Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices have increased costs for advertisers and publishers, potentially raising prices for consumers as a result, The Verge reported. The Commission has ordered Google to come up with a plan to
Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Company Co., a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash, CNBC reported.
Alphabet shares popped 8% in extending trading as investors celebrated what they viewed as minimal consequences from a historic defeat last year in the landmark antitrust case, CNBC reported.
WLFI, the native token of World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance project backed by the Trump family, has started trading on crypto exchanges and changed hands at over $0.30 shortly after its launch, implying a fully diluted valuation of over $30 billion based on a total supply of 100 billion tokens, according to The Block’s price page, The Block reported.