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Expo, which develops a self-titled React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform applications, raised a $45 million Series B led by Georgian (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 19, 2026

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Expo, which develops a self-titled React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform applications,…

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Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant, capable of orchestrating and executing multi-step tasks on Creative Cloud applications, available in public beta in the coming weeks (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 15, 2026

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Adobe Unveils Firefly AI Assistant, Capable of Orchestrating and Executing Multi-Step Tasks on Creative Cloud Apps,…

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ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Meir Orbach / CTech: ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight…

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Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications and more than 40 channels to prevent market abuse and data loss (William Shaw/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

William Shaw / Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications…

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Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft offices in Japan as part of investigation into whether Azure customers were improperly blocked from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Japan’s FTC is raiding Microsoft’s offices in Japan as part of an investigation into whether Azure customers…

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Grafana Labs, which makes cloud and AI monitoring tools, is in talks for a $9 billion valuation, up from $6.6 billion in 2024; its ARR reached $400 million in September (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 13, 2026

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Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI agent service; many OpenClaw users run it on a Mac mini (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

Simon Sharwood / The register: Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI…

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Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as…

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HCLSoftware, a subsidiary of Indian IT company HCLTech, agrees to acquire business intelligence company Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240 million in cash (Urvi Malvania/Financial Express)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

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Filing: Oracle signed approximately $150 billion in data center leases in the three months ending November 30, bringing its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248 billion (Martin Peers/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 15, 2025

Martin peers / The information: Filing: Oracle signed approximately $150 billion in data center leases in the three months ending…

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for free

What a million dollars can buy you in real estate around the world

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Expo, which develops a self-titled React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform applications, raised a $45 million Series B led by Georgian (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant, capable of orchestrating and executing multi-step tasks on Creative Cloud applications, available in public beta in the coming weeks (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications and more than 40 channels to prevent market abuse and data loss (William Shaw/Bloomberg)

Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft offices in Japan as part of investigation into whether Azure customers were improperly blocked from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)

Grafana Labs, which makes cloud and AI monitoring tools, is in talks for a $9 billion valuation, up from $6.6 billion in 2024; its ARR reached $400 million in September (The Information)

Tencent Cloud, DigitalOcean and Alibaba Cloud add support for OpenClaw, giving users access to AI agent service; many OpenClaw users run it on a Mac mini (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

HCLSoftware, a subsidiary of Indian IT company HCLTech, agrees to acquire business intelligence company Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240 million in cash (Urvi Malvania/Financial Express)

Filing: Oracle signed approximately $150 billion in data center leases in the three months ending November 30, bringing its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248 billion (Martin Peers/The Information)