Australia to build ‘top-secret’ cloud for intelligence agencies in $2bn deal with Amazon
Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?
June 2024
AI drive brings Microsoft’s ‘green moonshot’ down to earth in west London
Apple push into AI could spark smartphone upgrade ‘supercycle’
May 2024
Change by degrees
Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres
Amazon Web Services chief to step down, veteran named successor
The head of Amazon’s most profitable and fastest-growing division will leave the company on 3 June after three years
Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’
Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outage
April 2024
Amazon sales soar with boost from artificial intelligence and advertising
Revenue at Amazon Web Services increases to $25bn as retail giant releases earnings report surpassing Wall Street expectations
November 2023
The networker
Preserving our digital content is vital. But paying $38,000 for the privilege is not
John Naughton
Cloud service firms lock customers in while nickel-and-diming them
October 2023
The AI race
Humanity at risk from AI ‘race to the bottom’, says tech expert
MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s future
Business live
WTO slashes world trade forecast as manufacturing slowdown bites – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as WTO warns that global economic fragmentation is hurting trade growth
CMA to investigate UK cloud computing market amid Microsoft and Amazon concerns
Media watchdog refers £7.5bn sector to competition regulator after being ‘particularly concerned’ about position of market leaders
July 2023
Observer business agenda
Artificial intelligence boom generates optimism in tech sector as stocks soar
The rush into AI has given the flagging technology industry a share price lift, but some investors still remain cautious
June 2023
America's dirty divide
‘We’re mowed over’: colossal data centers are taking over the US countryside
New developments for cloud computing could threaten civil-war era and post-emancipation historical sites in rural Virginia
May 2023
Microsoft appeals against UK watchdog’s veto of Activision Blizzard takeover
CMA says it is defending cloud gaming market, but Microsoft says moves ‘discourages tech innovation and investment’ in UK
April 2023
Amazon and Microsoft face referral to UK regulator over cloud services market
Amazon Web Services to invest $13bn in expanding Australian cloud computing
October 2022
Pushing Buttons newsletter
Pushing Buttons: Why did Google Stadia fail?
Google Stadia had good tech but it’s become the latest casualty in the cloud-gaming realm. Plus, the creators of Monument Valley are back with a gorgeous game of feelings-dodgeball
September 2022
Ofcom to investigate tech giants’ dominance of cloud computing
Regulator’s inquiry will also focus on messaging and smart devices as three ‘hyperscalers’ face scrutiny
