Alibaba Cloud cuts prices again, this time for international customers as AI generates surging demand

Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit has slashed prices for international customers by up to 59 per cent, as the tech giant fights to woo users amid a global race for computing resources driven by rapid artificial intelligence (AI) development. The international cloud business of Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, is facing … Read more

Microsoft’s AI Fights Phone Scams, Puts You in Control

Microsoft wants to give its artificial intelligence (AI) the ability to analyse telephone conversations to detect and protect you from telephone scams. Dubbed Azure Operator Call Protection, the service is capable of analysing and scanning all exchanges between you and the other caller. In a new blog post, Yousef Khalidi, CVP of Azure for Operators, … Read more

Google, Amazon Ask UK’s CMA To Take Action Against Microsoft’s Anticompetitive Business Practices

Google has reportedly reached out to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) through a letter, requesting the competition regulator to clamp down on the “anticompetitive” business practices Microsoft adopts in cloud computing. A new letter posted on CMA’s website indicates Amazon has shown its support for the search giant’s criticism of Microsoft’s business practices … Read more