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Cloud Giants Set Nearly $595B Capex Pace As AI Capacity Lags

Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft now point to roughly $595 billion in 2026 capital-spending measures as AI demand keeps cloud capacity tight, though The Register notes the figures use different accounting bases.

#AI infrastructure #cloud capex #AWS

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Sandisk And SK Hynix Open HBF Spec For AI Memory Capacity

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Sandisk And SK Hynix Open HBF Spec For AI Memory Capacity

Tom’s Hardware put Sandisk and SK hynix’s OCP High Bandwidth Flash specification at up to 512GB per package, with bandwidth grades reaching 3.0 TB/s for AI inference systems.

#High Bandwidth Flash #AI inference #Sandisk

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Mashreq CFO Series Builds Peer-Led B2B Marketing Channel

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Mashreq CFO Series Builds Peer-Led B2B Marketing Channel

Campaign Middle East reported that Mashreq’s Masterclass campaign generated 11.3 million video views and tied a CFO-focused content platform to inbound enquiries and sector revenue growth.

#Mashreq #B2B marketing #Campaign Middle East

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Bending Spoons Airtable Deal Expands Its Enterprise Software Roll-Up

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Bending Spoons Airtable Deal Expands Its Enterprise Software Roll-Up

The Next Web reported that Bending Spoons agreed to buy Airtable for $1.285 billion, moving its acquisition playbook from consumer apps into enterprise workflow software.

#Bending Spoons #Airtable #enterprise software

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UK Bossware Plan Would Put AI Monitoring Through Worker Consultation

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UK Bossware Plan Would Put AI Monitoring Through Worker Consultation

The UK government is weighing whether employers should consult workers before deploying workplace monitoring tools, including AI productivity scoring, biometric systems and keystroke tracking.

#AI policy #workplace monitoring #UK regulation

August 4, 2026Read More →

Temus Investment Gives Thinking Machines A Southeast Asia AI Route

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Temus Investment Gives Thinking Machines A Southeast Asia AI Route

Back End News reported that Temus invested in Philippine AI company Thinking Machines Data Science to expand enterprise AI deployment across Southeast Asia. The report cited Thinking Machines' OpenAI partner status, more than 10,000 trained professionals and hundreds of production deployments, while investment terms and named joint customers remain undisclosed.

#Temus #enterprise AI #Southeast Asia AI

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ChatGPT Takes Early Lead In Congress AI Spending

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ChatGPT Takes Early Lead In Congress AI Spending

CNBC found ChatGPT captured about 88% of identifiable House AI-vendor spending in the year to 31 March 2026, even as Congress weighs AI purchasing and regulation.

#ChatGPT #OpenAI #Congress

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Samsung Advances Floating AI Data Centre Units With Texas Developer

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Samsung Advances Floating AI Data Centre Units With Texas Developer

Data Center Knowledge reported that Samsung Heavy Industries signed an engineering agreement with Texas-based Mousterian Corporation for moored floating data centre units aimed at AI workloads. The plan centres on 50 MW units, initial Texas deployments and a reported commercialisation target in the second quarter of 2028, while customers, sites and firm orders remain undisclosed.

#Samsung Heavy Industries #floating data centres #Mousterian Corporation

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EU AI Act Article 50 Makes AI Transparency A Compliance Duty

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EU AI Act Article 50 Makes AI Transparency A Compliance Duty

AI News reported that Article 50 of the EU AI Act has entered into force, requiring AI providers and deployers to disclose machine interaction and mark certain generated content across the bloc.

#EU AI Act #Article 50 #AI transparency

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SoftBank Earnings Put OpenAI Funding Commitments Under Investor Test

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SoftBank Earnings Put OpenAI Funding Commitments Under Investor Test

The Next Web reported that SoftBank faces investor questions over how it will finance more than $60 billion in OpenAI and AI-infrastructure commitments while debt maturities and Arm-backed borrowing stack up.

#SoftBank #OpenAI #Masayoshi Son

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Alibaba Qwen Release Puts Open-Model Pressure Back On US AI Labs

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Alibaba Qwen Release Puts Open-Model Pressure Back On US AI Labs

The Register reported that Alibaba launched Qwen 3.8-Max as a downloadable open-weight model while DeepSeek refreshed V4 Flash, sharpening the price and performance challenge facing US AI labs.

#Open models #Alibaba Qwen #DeepSeek

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UAE Adds Aani And Jaywan To Federal Fee Payments

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UAE Adds Aani And Jaywan To Federal Fee Payments

Economy Middle East reported that the UAE Ministry of Finance has adopted Aani and Jaywan for federal service fees and fines, positioning itself as the first federal body to put the two national payment channels into operation. The rollout follows Cabinet Resolution No. (176M/4M) of 2026 and gives other federal entities and collection banks a procedure-led path to add the systems.

#UAE Ministry of Finance #Aani #Jaywan

August 4, 2026Read More →