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Anthropic engineer declares the coding interview dead
Microsoft Azure revenue surges 48% to $33 billion
Microsoft executives credited improved operational "efficiency" for allowing it to grow at such a clip.
Google struggling to make AI Mode searches pay
That’s a problem, cos it just spent $51 billion on infrastructure and still needs to rent compute from others to run its cloud
GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going down
Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse
Visa doubles down on B2B AI commerce despite limited agentic transactions
Visa wants to drive mass adoption of agentic commerce, but there is a long way to go.
Google Cloud doubled revenue on AI momentum
Google appears to be gaining share on its hyperscaler rivals, and has a huge backlog to work through over the next few years.
Serial ransomware crook gets 70 months behind bars for Nefilim, Hive roles
Artem Stryzhak joined both gangs, which targeted businesses and a hospital during the pandemic
Please state the nature of the medical emergency: Google is building a robot medic for NASA
The AI medical assistant is still being tested. Now the space boffins want to give it hands
Oracle celebrates end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with quadruple trouble
Attackers probe another EBS bug, and ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft 0-day turns out to involve three vulns
LSEG CTO on AI unit economics, innovation, and P&L for tokenomics
“We want to develop the right evals to measure accuracy, quality, latency, feel and experience as well as cost.”
GitHub developers pushed more code in 2026 than in the last two years combined
And that code is increasingly generated by agents.
Monzo launches in Spain
British digital bank has officially launched in Spain, marking its first move onto continental Europe.
SK Hynix: The memory shortage will continue through 2030
The AI buildout will keep memory prices high for years to come, even as SK ramps up production.
Old GPUs, enterprise DPUs and 'guppy-level death'
Chris Jones: A financial plan for 30 years or a Budget for 30 months?
When you write a financial plan, there are always assumptions – market assumptions and people assumptions. The former can be more reliable, or at least easier to monitor. When the chancellor writes his plan, with the OBR and election promises in mind, he has three
Amazon tells tokenmaxxing devs to slow their AI roll
Focus more on what matters, please, like creating useful software and accomplishing company goals
Storms are brewing above the neoclouds. Where do they go from here?
The once buzzy sector has fallen on hard times as debt gets more expensive, and consolidation seems inevitable.
How Google fumbled the frontend with Angular 2
All Things Open Talk provided lessons in how not to upgrade a software package
Oracle taps Google for TPUs as hyperscalers hedge Nvidia exposure
Oracle has struck a deal with Google to become the first rival hyperscaler to natively offer its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to cloud customers.
Hackers are exposing the fashion world's cybersecurity weaknesses
With a wealthy customer base and an eye for style over security, fashion designers and retailers are falling prey to hackers.
Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions
Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030
STACKUP: The Stack's weekly tech startups and funding wrap
UK Government takes on till fraud with POS software standards
The UK government is introducing mandatory software standards for point-of-sale systems in an effort to clamp down on till fraud.
Budget 2026: What does it mean for UK retailers?
Business rates relief, lower energy and fuel costs offer some respite for retailers, but rising wages and continued cost pressures will keep margins under strain.
From GTA VI to TikTok Shop: Dave Morrissey flags the three digital marketing trends retailers can’t afford to ignore
The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, the growing power of creators and the hidden benefits of TikTok Shop are set to reshape digital marketing. These should be the key focus areas for retailer and brands’ digital marketing strategy says ecommerce and growth consultant Dave…
Fabletics VP of Media & Growth Europe Daniel Klarkowski on why authenticity, AI and influencers are reshaping growth
As an ecommerce native business, digital marketing has long been fundamental to Fabletics’ success. However, retail’s tectonic plates are shifting once again.
How Will Tokenisation Transform Cross-Border Payments and Settlement?
At Sibos 2026, Volante’s Nadish Lad reveals how tokenisation and programmable money will revolutionise cross-border payments and compliance.
Firms object to shares being part of OKX-ICE tokenised stock trading venture
A host of companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Microsoft, have registered their objection to their shares trading on a planned tokenised platform developed by Nyse parent Intercontinental Exchange and crypto exchange OKX.