Following our recent look at Alibaba’s bold AI cloud ambitions, attention has now shifted to the West. In just the past week, Google Cloud and Oracle have unveiled eye-catching forecasts and results that highlight how AI infrastructure is transforming from a technical necessity into a financial juggernaut. Together, these developments... read more →
Sep
10
Sep
03
Alibaba has spent the past week reminding the market, and its rivals, that its future lies in the cloud. In a rare display of technical openness, the company lifted the curtain on how its in-house engineers have quietly reinvented the plumbing that keeps its services online. And just a day... read more →
Aug
29
In just the past week, headlines have included a data breach said to affect 2.5 billion Gmail users following a massive cyberattack that compromised a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform, a leak involving the Church’s redress scheme for abuse survivors, an incident “involving a third-party application” at TransUnion... read more →
Aug
21
The UK Environment Agency grabbed headlines recently after suggesting that deleting old emails could help ease the strain on water and energy resources. While the idea drew ridicule, the underlying issue is anything but trivial. Data has a footprint—and ignoring it comes at both an environmental and financial cost. Helen... read more →
Aug
14
The global conversation on data centre growth is getting louder — and for good reason. Most analysts expect the number and size of data centres worldwide to continue climbing sharply this decade. With that growth comes a surge in electricity demand that is already reshaping energy forecasts. The International Energy... read more →
Aug
07
From Age Gates to Bans and Blacklists — How Online Freedom Is Being Redefined There was a time when the surfing the web felt like a digital Wild West — chaotic, creative, and uncontrolled. A space where communities thrived on anonymity, memes could shift culture overnight, and anyone with a... read more →