Microsoft is announcing the Maia 200, its latest in-house AI accelerator. It claims significant performance advantages over chips from Amazon and Google and will be used to run OpenAI’s GPT-5.2.
Real estate firm Lodha Developers has committed an additional INR 1 trillion ($10.9 billion) to build a 2.5GW data center park in Maharashtra. The move follows a previous $3 billion agreement, but turning a non-binding MoU into reality is a massive challenge.
Apple users are starting to receive payments from a $95 million class-action settlement over Siri privacy allegations. The payouts, stemming from a 2019 scandal, are around $8 per device. Apple denied wrongdoing but settled to avoid litigation.
AI assistants are getting a lot of buzz, but actual daily use in the workplace remains shockingly low. The jump from pilot programs to full-scale deployment is hitting major roadblocks around trust and security.
Xbox is trying to standardize day-one releases on PlayStation 5, but admits it’s been inconsistent. An executive says the delayed PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6 is due to development constraints, not a strategic holdback. The era of Xbox console exclusivity for its own sake is over.
Telecom infrastructure firm Cellnex has finalized the sale of its French data center unit, Towerlink France, to Vauban Infra Fibre. The all-cash transaction is valued at €391 million. This marks another major step in Cellnex’s plan to focus on its core telecom tower business.
A new wave of sophisticated vishing attacks is using real-time, customizable phishing kits to trick users and bypass multi-factor authentication. Okta’s Threat Intelligence team issued the alert on January 22, detailing how attackers pose as IT support to gain full account control.
The European Union has opened a formal investigation into X over the spread of illegal AI-generated images by Grok. This comes after X claimed to have implemented “technological measures” to curb the creation of sexualized images of real people.
A coalition of European photonic chip companies is sounding the alarm. They say the EU’s lead in this critical tech is at risk without decisive action to scale manufacturing and compete globally.
The relentless demand for AI infrastructure is creating a gold rush for data storage and memory chip companies. Stocks for firms like SanDisk and Micron have tripled or more, as industry leaders call memory the new “choke point” in the AI build-out.
