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OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Cloud Giant AWS

This is Beirut, 03/11 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal Monday with Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, as the artificial intelligence company continues on a major partnership spree that has also included Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and chip-making juggernaut Nvidia. Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will ...

Amazon Says Cutting 14,000 Jobs Globally

This is Beirut, 28/10 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday that it is eliminating 14,000 jobs to streamline its operations as it invests in artificial intelligence, without saying where the cuts will come. Amazon said in a statement the reductions were a "continuation" of its efforts "to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and ...

Antitrust Cases Against US Tech Giants

This is Beirut, 03/09 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major antitrust cases from the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice are proceeding against major American technology companies. These cases represent a significant shift in antitrust enforcement in the United States, with regulators taking a more aggressive ...

Pestalotiopsis microspora: The Fungus That Eats Plastic

Bélinda Ibrahim, 31/07 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In 2011, during a scientific expedition in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Yale students stumbled upon an unusual fungus. Hidden within the tissues of certain plants in Yasuní National Park, Pestalotiopsis microspora revealed a unique ability: it can break down one of the most common types of plastic, the polyurethane, even in completely ...

Amazon Satellite Launch Scrubbed Due to Weather

This is Beirut, 10/04 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network. "Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window," read a liveblog update from operator United ...

Amazon’s Grip on James Bond: A New Era or the End?

This is Beirut, 24/02 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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James Bond in the hands of an American company: shock horror! Amazon's takeover of Britain's iconic Bond franchise has Her Majesty's subjects worried, with some wondering whether 007 still has a future. After months of wrangling between the films' producers and Amazon MGM Studio, extensively reported in the British press, the final blow fell on ...

Biden in Historic Amazon Trip as Trump Return Sparks Climate Fears

This is Beirut, 2024-11-17 19:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Joe Biden began an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change amid fears that Donald Trump will roll back his green policies. Biden landed in the Brazilian city of Manaus, in the heart of the world's largest jungle, on the last leg of a valedictory South American before ...

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