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    • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
      UK financial regulation
      UK regulators propose more robust oversight of banks’ cloud providers

      Bank of England launches consultation on new rules governing tech groups supplying critical IT services

      City of London skyline
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Amazon Web Services
      Amazon cloud boss takes swipe at Microsoft over OpenAI turmoil

      Adam Selipsky says companies ‘don’t want a cloud provider that’s beholden primarily to one model provider’

      Someone holds a mobile phone displaying the Amazon Web Services logo with Manhattan seen over the East river from Brooklyn in the background
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Alibaba goes back to the future with reversal of cloud spin-off

      Chinese tech group’s shock change in direction represents gamble by new chief in face of US curbs

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    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Alibaba
      Alibaba ditches plans to spin off cloud business and list supermarket

      Shares fall 10% after Chinese ecommerce group says US export controls have created ‘uncertainties’

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      News in-depthMicrosoft Corp
      Microsoft launches AI chips as developers seek Nvidia alternatives

      New processors designed for OpenAI’s GPT models will be deployed in its Azure data centres next year

      Microsoft logo and the new Maia chip
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Tech giants pour billions into cloud capacity in AI push

      Google, Microsoft and Amazon boost investment by half over three years to a combined quarterly total of $32bn

      Montage of Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon logos
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon reports robust sales while cloud growth remains steady

      Artificial intelligence presents ‘gigantic’ opportunity, says chief executive

      Amazon’s Midtown office in New York
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      LexMicrosoft Corp
      Microsoft: early investment in generative AI pays off Premium content

      Rapid cloud expansion meant it exceeded predictions of slowing growth across the business

      The Microsoft logo at the Microsoft store in New York City
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft’s edge in AI pays off while Google tries to catch up in the cloud

      Big tech giants deliver contrasting performances in latest earnings reports

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    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Inside BusinessRichard Waters
      Cloud busting will mean a messy time for tech regulators

      Tackling the lopsided competition in the industry will probably require micromanaging

      Microsoft, Amazon and Google logos
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      Ofcom calls for UK antitrust probe into Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud dominance

      Customers ‘may face significant barriers’ to switching between providers, says communications watchdog’s study

    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      LexArtificial intelligence
      Amazon/AI: tech arms race continues with Anthropic investment Premium content

      Longer team, the deal offers a good fit with ecommerce group’s chipmaking ambitions

      Anthropic logo on a smartphone screen
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Amazon to invest up to $4bn in AI start-up Anthropic

      Amazon Web Services lures Claude chatbot maker, which was valued at nearly $5bn earlier this year

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    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Alibaba
      Alibaba sales growth beats forecasts and boosts shares

      US move to ban investment in Chinese tech sectors poses threat to prospects for ecommerce group’s cloud unit

      Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, in the eastern Zhejiang province
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon’s online sales lift earnings and send shares higher

      Slowdown in growth at ecommerce company’s cloud division proves less severe than anticipated

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Technology sector
      Microsoft and Alphabet’s core businesses resilient as they brace for AI costs

      Tech companies flag higher spending ahead as they prepare for expected boom in demand for artificial intelligence tools

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Gillian Tett
      A new threat to financial stability lurks in the cloud

      Regulators are getting nervous about the risks emanating from data storage and processing platforms dominated by a handful of big companies

      Illustration of cartoon cloud with a safe door on  the front with a rotary combination lock
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      LexGames industry
      Gaming: cloud upstarts need top content to dethrone consoles Premium content

      Users won’t pay $15 per month or watch ads to play the same old thing

      People play video games on phones
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Lex
      Evroc/cloud computing: challenger aims to break US dominance in big data Premium content

      Taking on such a strong oligopoly will require plenty of time and capital

      Erik Mattias Aström, chief executive of evroc, during a Bloomberg interview in London, UK
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      Sony Corp
      Sony chief warns technical problems persist for cloud gaming

      Promise of technology remains unfulfilled after more than a decade of development

      Sony chief Kenichiro Yoshida
    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      LexAmazon.com
      Amazon: cashing in on AI investments will take time Premium content

      First-quarter results illustrate how artificial intelligence has yet to produce much in the way of rewards

      Amazon logo behind toy shopping cart
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon says cloud growth slowed as customers cut costs

      Ecommerce giant’s warning knocks out a rally in its shares after earnings report

      Amazon sign
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      LexAlphabet Inc
      Alphabet: with ad sales down, Google’s head is in the Cloud Premium content

      Cost-cutting and AI competition has forced tech group to redouble its efforts to turn research into services

      The Google logo with the outline of people in front
    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Microsoft and Amazon face UK probe on cloud computing

      Communications watchdog Ofcom ‘particularly concerned’ over practices of tech giants that dominate cloud market

      The Ofcom logo seen attached to the front of its headquarters
    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      LexJapanese business & finance
      GIC/Works Human: Japan’s reliance on floppy disks creates a need for cloud cover

      The pace of digital transformation could be set to pick up

      Two old floppy disks lying side by side on an ageing computer keyboard
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