Databricks says LTAP unifies transactional and analytical workloads around one authoritative storage layer for AI-agent-era applications. The technical dispute is whether Lakebase, Reyden and object storage amount to one operational copy or several internal representations that still need careful synchronisation.

#Databricks #LTAP #Lakebase

July 3, 2026Read More →

PixVerse Raises $439 Million As Video AI Valuation Tops $2 Billion

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PixVerse Raises $439 Million As Video AI Valuation Tops $2 Billion

TechCrunch reported that Singapore-based PixVerse has raised a total of $439 million in a Series C extension and crossed a $2 billion valuation. The video-generation startup lists more than 150 million registered users, but has not named paying-user totals, enterprise revenue or independent benchmark results.

#PixVerse #video generation #world models

July 14, 2026Read More →

Railway Raises $100 Million As AI Coding Pushes Cloud Deployment Claims

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Railway Raises $100 Million As AI Coding Pushes Cloud Deployment Claims

Railway raised $100 million in a Series B round led by TQ Ventures, with the cloud startup citing more than 10 million deployments each month and two million developers, VentureBeat reported. Railway described sub-second deployment, customer cost-saving claims and its own data-centre buildout, but public detail did not include audited benchmarks, full enterprise contract values or customer-by-customer deployment scope.

#Railway #cloud deployment #data centres

July 13, 2026Read More →

Intel Lists Starfire Space AI Chip At 75 TOPS As Radiation Data Stays Pending

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Intel Lists Starfire Space AI Chip At 75 TOPS As Radiation Data Stays Pending

Tom's Hardware reported that Intel has listed Starfire, a space-grade system-on-chip for the U.S. government, with up to 75 TOPS and Intel 18A CPU and NPU tiles. The sell sheet says samples are planned for Q3 2026, while radiation qualification data and final specifications remain pending.

#Intel Starfire #space grade chips #Intel 18A

July 14, 2026Read More →

FCC Router Ban Docket Adds Vantiva Approval And CTIA Waiver Request

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FCC Router Ban Docket Adds Vantiva Approval And CTIA Waiver Request

Light Reading reported that the FCC router-ban docket now includes Vantiva’s conditional approval, new CTIA and WNC waiver petitions, and multiple approvals running into 2027 and 2028, while several requests remain pending.

#FCC router ban #Vantiva #CTIA

July 13, 2026Read More →

CISA Tightens GitHub Controls After May AWS Key Leak

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CISA Tightens GitHub Controls After May AWS Key Leak

CISA said privileged AWS GovCloud keys from a contractor appeared in a public GitHub repository in May, prompting secret rotation, repository monitoring and new incident playbooks. The agency said logs showed no customer or mission data exposure, but it did not name the contractor, repository, exposure window or exact AWS permissions.

#cybersecurity #CISA #AWS GovCloud

July 11, 2026Read More →

GM Battery Pilot Line Puts Lower-Cost EV Chemistry on a 2028 Clock

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GM Battery Pilot Line Puts Lower-Cost EV Chemistry on a 2028 Clock

General Motors is using a new Battery Cell Development Center near Detroit to move lower-cost EV battery chemistry from research into production planning. The 500,000-square-foot facility supports GM’s $900 million EV battery push and is tied to a plan to cut EV costs by nearly 10%. The practical question is whether LMR battery cells can scale through the pilot line before GM targets vehicles on the road by 2028.

#devices consumer tech #GM #EV batteries

June 6, 2026Read More →

AICB Survey Says 44% Of Malaysian Banks Are Developing AI Readiness

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AICB Survey Says 44% Of Malaysian Banks Are Developing AI Readiness

TechNode Global, citing source-owned material from AICB, reported that AICB’s Malaysian banks AI readiness survey put 44% of banks and development finance institutions in the developing stage of AI readiness. AICB said the survey drew on responses from 87 senior leaders, but the public source record did not name individual banks, provide production deployment counts, publish institution-level budgets or customer-impact metrics, or set out a timetable for closing the governance gaps.

#Malaysian banks AI #AICB #AI governance

July 13, 2026Read More →

Open USD Names 140-Plus Partners But Leaves Reserve Fees Undisclosed

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Open USD Names 140-Plus Partners But Leaves Reserve Fees Undisclosed

Open Standard says more than 140 partners including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, Adyen and BNY are backing Open USD, but the consortium has not disclosed reserve details, fee percentages, partner voting rules or first merchant deployments.

#fintech #digital payments #stablecoins

July 3, 2026Read More →

Nadella Warns Enterprises Pay Twice For Proprietary AI Models

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Nadella Warns Enterprises Pay Twice For Proprietary AI Models

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned companies using proprietary AI models may pay with both tokens and internal knowledge, according to TechCrunch. Solo.io, Vercel and OpenRouter supplied evidence of interest in on-premise and open models, while customer-level cost savings and security outcomes remain undisclosed.

#enterprise AI #Satya Nadella #Microsoft

July 14, 2026Read More →

Meeza Delivers 4MW Qatar Hyperscaler Expansion Nine Months Early

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Meeza Delivers 4MW Qatar Hyperscaler Expansion Nine Months Early

Meeza completed a 4MW Qatar data-centre expansion for an unnamed global hyperscaler nine months ahead of schedule, Data Center Dynamics reported. The project follows a QAR 350 million ($96m) hosting agreement signed in July 2025 for more than a decade of capacity, but the customer remains undisclosed.

#Meeza #Qatar data centres #hyperscaler hosting

July 13, 2026Read More →

Intel Commits 5 Billion Euros To Irish Fab 34 Expansion

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Intel Commits 5 Billion Euros To Irish Fab 34 Expansion

A 5 billion euro Leixlip investment puts Fab 34 back at the centre of Intel's European manufacturing plan for AI and high-performance computing processors. Most of the spending is due by the end of 2027, while a large external foundry customer for the Irish capacity remains unnamed, according to TNW.

#Intel #Fab 34 #Leixlip

July 14, 2026Read More →