Key Takeaways: Alibaba Group Holding will issue HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) in new shares, dedicating all the proceeds to its expanding artificial intelligence business. Announced on Sunday, the transaction gives Alibaba substantial additional capital for infrastructure, computing capacity, models and applicat
Key Takeaways: Columbus GA Indivisible brought residents and a city official together Saturday at Columbus Technical College to debate a potential data center in Muscogee County, highlighting the increasingly local resistance facing digital infrastructure projects. District 8 City Councilman Walker Garrett answere
Key Takeaways: Cloud computing gives startups access to infrastructure, AI services, and data platforms without buying servers or signing long data-center contracts. The strategic value is not merely lower capital e...
Key Takeaways: A law firm, accounting practice, or consultancy sells expertise. Its technology still has to work like operational infrastructure, especially when staff are dispersed across offices, client locations,...
Key Takeaways: A small-scale UK power generator was forced to suspend operations for four days following a cyberattack attributed in media reports to Iranian-affiliated hackers. The July 2026 incident is believed to...
Key Takeaways: A California court dispute between Do Big Studios and Mementum Lab is turning an absurdist internet meme into a consequential test of commercial rights in AI-generated content. Do Big Studios created Steal a Brainrot, a hit game on Roblox in which players collect and steal characters associated with
Key Takeaways: Apollo Global Management has confirmed that attackers gained unauthorized access to some of its cloud platforms during a broader social engineering campaign targeting financial institutions and professional-services businesses. The unauthorized access occurred between July 6 and July 10, according t
Key Takeaways: A manufacturing plant can rebuild its servers after ransomware and still be unable to produce anything. Scheduling applications may remain offline. Operators might lack trusted credentials. Engineering workstations could be restored but not considered safe. Even when machines are functional, the bus
Key Takeaways: The Taiwanese semiconductor investment in Socorro gives New Mexico another foothold in the continuing effort to expand U.S. chip production and reduce exposure to concentrated overseas supply chains. It also extends the state’s semiconductor story beyond Intel’s established presence in Rio Rancho. F
Key Takeaways: Rillet has raised $100 million in a Series C led by ICONIQ, reaching a post-money valuation of $1 billion as it tries to replace accounting systems from NetSuite, SAP, Workday, Oracle Fusion, and Microsoft’s Great Plains. Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Oak HC/FT, Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoi