Amazon has lodged a formal complaint against utility PacifiCorp, alleging it hasn’t met power obligations dating back to 2021. One AWS campus reportedly has insufficient power, another has none at all, and two more campuses can’t even get through the contracting process.
Scientists at the LHC have observed one of the rarest events in physics – a single top quark produced with W and Z bosons. This tWZ process occurs only once in every trillion proton collisions. Even more intriguing, the observed rate is slightly higher than Standard Model predictions.
Amazon is building a massive new transatlantic subsea cable called Fastnet that will connect County Cork to Maryland. The 320 terabits per second cable is scheduled to become operational in 2028, creating a direct digital bridge between Ireland and the US East Coast.
FreeBSD has achieved official support in the OCI runtime specification version 1.3. This marks a significant milestone for FreeBSD’s cloud-native capabilities. Organizations can now deploy containerized applications on FreeBSD using standardized industry tools.
Microsoft confirmed the Visio Data Visualizer add-in for Excel will be removed from the store in December 2025 and fully retired by March 2026. The tool, which converts spreadsheet data into diagrams without a Visio license, will stop working completely, making embedded visuals inaccessible.
Emirates is investing over $23 million to expand facial recognition across Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3. The system uses 200+ biometric cameras to identify travelers from one meter away, eliminating the need for passports or boarding passes at key checkpoints. This represents a major step toward compl
UK regulators are conducting an in-depth investigation into the Getty-Shutterstock merger. The deal faces scrutiny over potential price hikes and reduced quality for content buyers across media and creative industries.
As quantum computing transitions from theory to practical application, Britain’s software-focused startups are positioning themselves as essential partners rather than hardware competitors. Their capital-efficient approach could create lasting value in a field dominated by US tech giants.
The UBS chairman’s warning about systemic risk in insurance private credit holdings echoes pre-2008 crisis patterns. With $2 trillion in private credit assets and opaque ratings, the insurance sector could become the epicenter of the next financial shock.
China is dramatically escalating the global AI competition with massive energy subsidies for domestic data centers. The move comes as OpenAI commits $38 billion to Amazon Web Services and Palantir delivers blockbuster earnings, signaling an intensifying AI infrastructure race.
