UK cloud services market not working
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:04

UK cloud services market not working


Not enough competition, says CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that competition in the UK cloud services market is not working as effectively as it should, potentially costing UK businesses hundreds of millions of pounds annually.

Microsoft was in the middle of the Gaza Conflict.
Published in News


Flogged cloud and AI to the IDF

A leaked document from Israel’s Defense Ministry and files acquired from Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary show that the software king of the world has been deeply involved in the Gaza conflict.

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza
Published in News
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:45

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza


AI services rushed to compete with Amazon

Google collaborated with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 07:13

Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant


You get this sort of thing when you are popular

As its popularity has risen, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become the focal point of a new counterfeit chip scam.

Amazon’s forced return to office a fiasco
Published in News
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 09:34

Amazon’s forced return to office a fiasco


No desks, packed parking lots, and furious workers

Amazon has landed itself in hot water again "after forcing workers to return to the office five days a week" to ensure they are engaged in tedious and pointless meetings with middle management teamwork meetings.

TV streamers are managing to kill off their industry
Published in News


Greed and too much competition

TV streaming companies are seeing their business die off as users give a thumbs down to their money-grubbing antics.

Amazon claims developers only code for an hour a day
Published in AI

But it is not really their fault

Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims the average developer spends a mere hour daily writing actual code—barely enough time to decide whether to indent with tabs or spaces.

Amazon stopped giving Prime service to black customers
Published in News


Even if they paid for it

The District of Columbia sued Amazon, claiming that the brown box shifter had secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighbourhoods while still charging for a membership that promised the benefit.

Amazon's Data Centres to become carbon capture machines
Published in News


Offsetting the CO2

Amazon’s Web Services are partnering with an AI company to build carbon capture machines, which could mitigate the harmful effects of the colossal energy required to operate them.

Tame Apple Press comes up with new Apple vapourware
Published in News


Apparently it is going to build a TV now

Desperate to create an illusion that Apple is on the cutting edge of something, the Tame Apple Press is claiming that Jobs’ Mob is working on a TV.