EU Antitrust Regulators Examine Oracle Cloud Licensing Practices

Oracle’s software licensing practices are drawing scrutiny from European Union antitrust regulators, according to a person familiar with the matter, potentially opening a new competition challenge for the US cloud computing giant. The European Commission has been seeking information from third parties about Oracle’s licensing practices, the person said. The information-gathering exercise could help regulators…

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Musk’s SpaceX Turbine Push Could Ease AI Power Crunch — but Raises Pollution Concerns

Elon Musk says SpaceX is developing an in-house manufacturing capability that could accelerate the production of natural gas turbines needed to power the rapidly expanding AI data center industry. Musk confirmed on Saturday that a SpaceX facility under construction in Bastrop, Texas, will include a foundry for manufacturing turbine blades and vanes. The move is…

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Microsoft Works on Fix as Outlook Outage Disrupts Exchange Online Services

Microsoft is testing a fix for a widespread, multi-hour outage that disrupted Outlook and other Exchange Online services, affecting email delivery, authentication and related functionality. The company confirmed the disruption on Monday, saying users were experiencing degraded performance across its cloud-based Exchange Online platform, which supports business email, calendars, contacts and tasks. Microsoft initially investigated…

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