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Microsoft released Aurora 1.5, an open-source update to its Earth system foundation model that adds 22 weather variables, hourly forecasts, and probabilistic ensemble forecasting. The model, available…

The Linux Foundation launched Akrites on June 25, 2026, a shared Security Incident Response Team and coordinated vulnerability disclosure process backed by 19 organizations including AWS, Google, Micr…

Investors are selling off long-dated bonds tied to AI infrastructure as Big Tech's $159 billion borrowing binge in 2025-2026 tests market appetite. The selloff reflects growing selectivity about durat…

Microsoft has launched hosted agents for its Azure AI Foundry platform to general availability, offering a managed, framework-agnostic runtime for deploying AI agents across more than 20 Azure regions…

Goldman Sachs raised AMD's price target to $640, citing surging demand for AI chips driven by agentic AI systems. AMD stock has gained over 100% year-to-date as analysts project sold-out capacity and …

The Agentic AI Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, announced the Model Context Protocol Associate (MCPA), the first official certification for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The vendor-neutra…

AI companies' massive demand for RAM and storage components has drained consumer supply, causing shortages and price hikes across devices from Apple and Microsoft to Nintendo and Sony. The trend, dubb…

Microsoft laid off 4,800 employees, including 1,600 from Xbox, while receiving approval for 2,273 H-1B visas, sparking backlash over corporate priorities. The cuts are part of a broader shift toward A…

AI hype is being used by companies as a cover to replace stable employment with precarious gig work, according to research and interviews. The trend accelerates gigification as laid-off tech workers t…

Microsoft released GPT-5.6 with Work IQ across Copilot Chat, Cowork, M365 apps, GitHub, and Foundry, bringing stronger reasoning and multi-step agentic capabilities. The integration aims to embed adva…

The New York Times and other media outlets are urging a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, alleging the company hid and destroyed evidence in a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit over h…

SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in the largest foreign listing in US history, driven by AI demand for memory chips. AI-driven shortages are raising consumer prices on electronics and contributing to inf…

Microsoft integrated OpenAI's GPT-5.6 as the default model for its 365 Copilot suite on July 9, 2024, enhancing complex multi-step tasks across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The deployment raises trans…

Lidiane Jones, former CEO of Bumble and Slack, has been appointed CEO of Integral Ad Science (IAS), succeeding Lisa Utzschneider, as the company navigates the challenges of AI-generated content and ad…

SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipts are indicated to open at $180, a 21% premium above its $149 IPO price, in the largest foreign listing in US history. The South Korean chipmaker raised $26.5 bil…

Microsoft's annual sustainability report reveals a 29% increase in greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 to 2023, driven largely by the construction of AI data centers, complicating the company's goal of…

The five largest US tech companies—Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle—have doubled their combined debt to $350 billion over five years to fund AI data centers, with interest payments more t…

Dartmouth Tuck School of Business has introduced a mandatory AI requirement for its MBA First-Year Project, requiring students to research, build, and test AI-driven solutions for real-world clients. …

Microsoft is expanding its use of AI tools to identify vulnerabilities earlier, warning that customers will see a higher volume of security updates as a result. The company has set up dedicated cloud …

Microsoft released version 1.0 of its Agent Framework orchestration package, introducing five coordination patterns including Magentic, which uses a manager agent to plan, assign, and monitor multi-ag…