Start-up inks deal worth tens of billions to secure computing power

Anthropic has struck a deal to grab hold of one million Google Cloud chips to train and run its artificial intelligence models, tightening its bond with one of its biggest investors.

Big tech lines up behind grand White House makeover.

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is listed among several major tech companies donating to fund President Donald Trump’s 90,000‑square‑foot White House ballroom.

Routine update tiggered AWS meltdown

The world’s biggest online retailer managed to knock out a sizeable chunk of the internet this week after a routine software tweak went sideways.

Zuck’s Horizon TV chases couch potatoes in VR

Meta has built the telly Mark Zuckerberg once teased, only this one lives inside a headset and is dubbed Horizon TV.

US economy is now running on the fumes of AI infrastructure

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street might want to send a thank-you card to Silicon Valley, because without data centres and AI servers, US economic growth in 2025 would have been dead in the water.

Vole needs a bit of leverage

Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided it no longer wants to live under the silicon thumb of AMD or Nvidia and wants to rely more on its home brew chips.

Generative AI shoved into Echos, Fire TVs and doorbells

Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ across a pile of its hardware, effectively welding generative AI into daily life whether people want it or not.

Bezos’s empire fancies more cash from your telly habits

Amazon is preparing to ditch Android on its Fire TV gadgets and shove in a home-grown Linux-based system codenamed Vega OS.

Nvidia price slide continues

While Nvidia's RTX 50 series finally has enough cards in the wild, prices are dipping with some falling below their original MSRP.

Bias baked into medical models 

Artificial intelligence tools touted as the saviours of overstretched hospitals could end up doing the opposite for women and ethnic minorities, according to new research.