The Cloud on Cloud Companies

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There’s one notable corner of the tech world that hasn’t yet been touched by the euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence in the stock market. If generative AI really does represent the next big sales opportunity for the … Read more

Tribunal finds Cloud Imperium Games discriminated against disabled employee with return-to-office policy

A British employment tribunal has ordered this Star burger Developer Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) must pay almost £30,000 ($38,000) in damages for discriminating against a disabled employee. The studio was taken to court by senior programmer Paul Ah-Thion (the plaintiff) after he implemented a return-to-office policy that did not meet his needs as a disabled … Read more

Are there rainy days ahead for cloud computing? – BBC news

Image source, David Heinemeier Hansson Image caption, David Heinemeier Hansson saved his company a lot of money by leaving the cloud Article information Author, Sean McManus Role, Technology reporter 9 hours ago This year, software company 37signals expects to see a profit increase of more than $1 million (£790,000) by moving away from the cloud. … Read more

Rainy days ahead for cloud computing? – BBC News

Image source, David Heinemeier Hansson Image caption, David Heinemeier Hansson saved his company a lot of money by moving away from the cloud Article information Author, Sean McManus Role, Technology reporter 6 hours ago This year, software company 37signals will see a profit increase of more than $1 million (£790,000) from moving away from the … Read more

Microsoft has surprisingly partnered with Amazon to deliver Xbox Cloud Gaming

Xbox cloud gaming on Fire Stick

What you need to know Xbox Cloud Gaming is a $15-per-month service bundled with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which lets you stream hundreds of games to mobile, PC, and the web. To get Xbox Cloud Gaming on a TV, you’ll currently need a connected Xbox console (which can run games natively anyway), or own an … Read more

The Xbox that never was: our first detailed look at the ‘Keystone’ console design for cloud streaming

Xbox Keystone patent

What you need to know A newly discovered Microsoft patent has given us a closer look at the canceled Xbox Keystone streaming console. The device is designed to sit under a TV and stream games via Xbox Game Pass. Keystone was canceled after Microsoft couldn’t price it fairly. In 2021, Microsoft announced that it was … Read more

Very Large Payload: Replica of the Space Shuttle lands in St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD – A St. Cloud resident’s replica space shuttle landed here this weekend after a weeklong trip from Florida to Minnesota. The journey took the 25-ton hulk over winding roads and often through small towns, with each state’s respective troopers riding in front and behind the transport vehicle due to its sheer size. “Each … Read more

Pilot reveals what it’s like to fly a ‘mile high club’ plane over Vegas

By Sophie Foster, deputy travel editor for Mailonline 09:01 June 22, 2024, updated 09:01 June 22, 2024 Captain Anthony Blake is a pilot for Love Cloud Vegas in the United States The small airline offers a ‘mile high experience’ in a twin-engine Cessna 414 Would you like to join the Mile High Club? Scroll down … Read more

Microsoft CEO says FBI catches Chinese spies in Exchange Online cloud is working as intended

Lawmakers on Thursday questioned Microsoft President Brad Smith about the Windows giant’s businesses trading in China — and the supercorp’s repeated security lapses — at a time when Beijing-backed spies are accused of breaking in in Microsoft-hosted email accounts of US government officials. A hearing was held in the U.S. House of Representatives in response … Read more

Microsoft extends Azure to Oracle cloud to comply with OpenAI

Oracle has revealed that the cloud will be used by Microsoft to run workloads for OpenAI. Big Red described the deal as a sign that Redmond will extend the Azure Al platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to provide additional capacity for OpenAl. The latter outfit’s CEO, Sam Altman, came up with a canned quote … Read more