Microsoft to cut Windows 365 price for SMBs

Despite rising PC costs, the 20% price drop is unlikely to hasten adoption of the company’s Desktop-as-a-Service platform, say analysts.

Asana’s chief product officer: Why enterprise AI agents should be ‘multiplayer by design’

The work management vendor believes its collaborative approach gives it an edge over general-purpose agents, and argues its data layer remains valuable either way.

Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges

Microsoft for Startups member complaints about unexpected charges for models in Azure AI Foundry are escalating, prompting a petition urging Microsoft to fix what critics call a confusing billing design.

Amazon finds out AI programming isn't all it's cracked up to be

Companies are embracing the technology more than ever. But should they do so even when they finally figure out AI code isn't all that trustworthy?

Democratizing AI adoption with Tether's Bitnet LLM fine-tuning framework

Storage vendor offers a real guarantee — but check out those fine-print exceptions

It’s common for tech vendors to make guarantees about their products without saying what happens if they don’t deliver. But what good is a guarantee if it comes with a laundry list of exceptions? 

Gov't IT spending seen as key to building Europe’s tech ecosystem

At a recent Nextcloud-hosted roundtable, digital sovereignty backers in the EU looking to reduce reliance on US tech firms described how government IT spending could play a key role in the effort.

Online rights groups ask EU to put a stop to digital enshittification

An open letter from European consumer and online rights campaigners calls on EU institutions to stop big tech companies degrading digital services at users’ expense.

Lack of regulatory action on hyperscaler dominance prompts inquiry chair to quit

Despite finding last year that Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are dominating the market for cloud services in the UK, the regulator has taken no action.

OpenAI launches stateful AI on AWS, signaling a control plane power shift

While reaffirming its Microsoft partnership, the company is building a Bedrock-native orchestration layer that positions it firmly in multi-cloud territory.

AI agent platforms could push down SaaS license costs, report argues

Citrini Research imagines a future where software tools and expertise are rendered obsolete while AI unleashes job losses and economic chaos.

What really caused that AWS outage in December?

AWS now has confirmed its AI actually did delete and recreate an environment, but is blaming a human engineer for the mishap. AI firms blaming humans is becoming a recurring theme. 

Microsoft undercuts its kinder, gentler image with big ICE contract

Though publicly the company has kept its distance from the Trump Administration, it’s apparently all too willing to work with ICE in the US.