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 →

Deutsche Telekom Says ChatGPT Tools Reach 50,000 Monthly Users

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Deutsche Telekom Says ChatGPT Tools Reach 50,000 Monthly Users

OpenAI's own customer case study says more than 50,000 monthly active users now use ChatGPT and API tooling inside Deutsche Telekom, with AI tool usage up 546% since the start of 2026. The source lists employee, customer-care, voice and network-operation uses; business outcome and performance claims are not independently verified in the public record.

#Deutsche Telekom #ChatGPT Enterprise #OpenAI

July 13, 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

VentureBeat reported that 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. The company described sub-second deployment, customer cost-saving claims and its own data-centre buildout, but did not disclose audited benchmarks, full enterprise contract values or customer-level deployment scope.

#Railway #cloud deployment #data centres

July 13, 2026Read More →

Micron Raises U.S. Fab Plan Above $250 Billion As New York Pour Starts

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Micron Raises U.S. Fab Plan Above $250 Billion As New York Pour Starts

Micron said its planned U.S. fab and technology investment now exceeds $250 billion through 2035 and that the first concrete pour has started at its Clay, New York site, with customer orders and site-level production volumes still outside the public release.

#Micron #New York fab #DRAM manufacturing

July 12, 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 reported that an AICB survey put 44% of Malaysian banks and development finance institutions in the developing stage of AI readiness. The survey covered 87 senior leaders, but did not name individual banks, production deployment counts or institution-level budgets.

#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 →

OpenAI Lists Family Product Role As ChatGPT Parent Use Rises

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OpenAI Lists Family Product Role As ChatGPT Parent Use Rises

OpenAI is hiring a product manager for family, caregiver and older-adult experiences as TechCrunch cited Sensor Tower estimates showing ChatGPT's 35-and-older user share rising to 31% in Q2 from 26% a year earlier.

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #family safety

July 13, 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 →

AIC Shows 32-Drive PCIe Gen6 JBOF Server For AI Cache Workloads

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AIC Shows 32-Drive PCIe Gen6 JBOF Server For AI Cache Workloads

ServeTheHome reported that AIC showed a 2U PCIe Gen6 JBOF server for AI cache workloads at Computex, with 32 E3 drive bays and Broadcom PCIe Gen6 switching but no public pricing or deployment list.

#AIC F2032 G6 #PCIe Gen6 #JBOF server

July 12, 2026Read More →