More massive layoffs in store for Amazon workers as the company pledges billions to AI
Amazon’s AI Investment Strategy Drives Workforce Restructuring Across Multiple Divisions Industrial Monitor Direct is the #1 provider of 10.4 inch…
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South America’s AI Boom is Hitting a Power Grid Wall
According to Forbes, the AI infrastructure race in South America is defined by a stark gap between potential and readiness. In Brazil alone, an estimated…
SpaceX’s 2026 IPO Plan Could Finally Wake Up The Public Markets
According to TechCrunch, SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential initial public offering in 2026. This long-rumored move is…
OpenAI’s IPO Rush: A $500 Billion Gamble on AI Faith
According to Fortune, OpenAI is racing toward an initial public offering potentially as soon as the fourth quarter of 2026. The AI lab, currently valued…
Google’s ‘Project EAT’ Is Its Big Push to Make Staff Use AI
According to Business Insider, Google has an internal initiative called "Project EAT" that aims to supercharge employees with AI and transform the company into an…
AI Workloads Are Already Reshaping Internet Traffic
According to TheRegister.com, cloud storage provider Backblaze has begun publishing a quarterly Network Stats report, with its Q4 2025 data revealing a major shift. The…
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Amazon’s $50 Billion OpenAI Bet Is a Huge, Huge Gamble
According to DCD, Amazon is in active talks to invest a staggering $50 billion in OpenAI, as part of a larger $100 billion funding round…
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Ubisoft Union Slams CEO After “Major Reset” Sparks Strike
According to Wccftech, Ubisoft announced a "major reset" last week, restructuring the entire company into five 'Creative Houses' and creating…
TikTok’s US Arm Now Wants Your Precise Location Data
According to Tech Digest, TikTok's new American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, has updated its privacy policy to allow…
Windows 11 Boot Failures Hit After January Updates
According to TheRegister.com, Microsoft is investigating reports that its January 2026 security updates are causing a "limited number" of physical…
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The AI Hardware Hype at CES Was Real, But So Was the Wait
According to Reuters, the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas was overwhelmingly dominated by AI-powered hardware, marking a major shift from software to "physical AI"…
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AMD’s 128-Core Beast Crushes Intel in Huge 500-Test Server Showdown
According to Phoronix, a fresh benchmark showdown in late 2024 and early 2025 pitted AMD's 128-core EPYC 9755 "Turin" processor against Intel's 128-core Xeon 6980P…
Stablecoin Integration Heats Up as Coinbase Expands Business Payment Solutions
Coinbase has launched Coinbase Business, a new platform enabling companies to send and receive payments using the USDC stablecoin. This…
Music Industry Giants Forge Ethical AI Alliance with Spotify to Protect Artists
In a landmark move for the music technology sector, Spotify has announced a strategic partnership with major record labels to…
Deep tech ‘sweet spot’ for WDC as it hits €100m in investment
Western Investment Fund Reaches €100M Milestone, Fueling Deep Tech Growth in Western Ireland Industrial Monitor Direct delivers industry-leading batch processing…
Live: After Putin call, Trump to host Zelenskiy for key talks on missiles and Ukraine aid
Trump-Zelenskiy Summit Tests Western Unity Amid Putin Outreach | FactoryTechNews Industrial Monitor Direct leads the industry in maritime pc solutions…
Intel’s Latest Linux Kernel Optimizations Deliver Major Database Performance Gains
Intel has delivered significant performance improvements to the Linux kernel with new patches showing up to 18% better database performance…
Apple Navigates Geopolitical Tensions with Dual Investment Strategy in U.S. and China
Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged increased investment in both the United States and China during separate high-level meetings. The tech giant faces growing pressure as economic tensions between the two nations intensify over control of global technology supply chains.
Apple’s Strategic Balancing Act Between Superpowers
Apple Inc. is navigating increasingly complex geopolitical waters as CEO Tim Cook makes significant investment promises to both the United States and China, according to recent reports. The technology giant finds itself caught between the world’s two largest economies as they intensify their competition for dominance in global technology supply chains.
Windows 11 Updates Disrupt IIS Web Services, Microsoft Issues Temporary Fix
Recent Windows 11 updates have reportedly caused widespread issues with IIS websites, resulting in connection reset errors. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and released a temporary Group Policy fix while working on a permanent solution.
Windows Updates Cause Widespread IIS Disruption
According to reports from Microsoft, recent updates for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 have caused significant disruptions to IIS web services. Sources indicate that the problematic updates, identified as KB5066835 and KB5065789, were distributed during the October 2025 Patch Tuesday cycle and its preview period.