Tech companies are racing to build out their infrastructure as their increasingly resource-intensive AI products gobble up capacity, clean out chipmakers’ supply, and require more power. Google, once dubbed the “King of the Web,” is one of those companies, and a high-level exec for The Big G is reported to have told staff that the […]
Neato Robot Vacuums Return to Dumb Mode After Company Cuts Cloud Services
You know what sucks? Not Neato vacuums. According to an email sent to users that was obtained by The Verge, the popular robot vacuum from the now-defunct Neato Robotics will permanently go offline following a decision by its parent company to shut down cloud services, rendering the app no longer functional and, by extension, the […]
Amazon Gives Trump’s Government a Billion-Dollar Discount
Donald Trump’s tariffs might be slowing trade with other nations, but the favor-trading between Big Tech and the Trump administration is going strong. According to a report from Reuters, Amazon Web Services is giving the federal government a $1 billion discount in its cloud computing services, including adoption, modernization, and training programs. Sounds like a […]
The New Internet Sheriff Takes a Shot at Google
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince didn’t make his biggest AI announcement in a press release or earnings call. He made it one X reply at a time. Earlier this month, Cloudflare launched what it called “Content Independence Day,” a policy change that blocks AI companies from scraping the websites it protects unless they compensate content creators. […]
DOGE Replacing Magnetic Tape Archives With Digital Is a Dangerous Move, Critics Say
“The @USGSA IT team just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records,” the post reads. While the move may at first seem like a logical decision to modernize government services, critics were quick to point out the benefits of magnetic tapes […]