Amazon now has 900 data centers spread across 50 countries, report says

The exact size and shape of Amazon’s AWS global network of data centers has always been a closely guarded secret. A new report from Bloomberg and SourceMaterial sheds some light on AWS’s global reach.

Based on internal documents seen by Bloomberg, Amazon’s cloud operations include more than 900 data centers spread across 50 countries.

Amazon owns the majority of its data centers, but contracts with at least 180 different colocation entities, according to the report.

Amazon Data Center Tally Tops 900 Amid AI Frenzy, Documents Show

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Report: Microsoft tries to get back in the AI coding game with new model

Microsoft wants to fight its way back into the AI coding field by releasing a new model next week at its annual Microsoft Build developer conference, The Information reports.

The company is expected to announce a new family of models as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman seeks to shore up the company’s own AI offerings and gradually wean it off OpenAI’s technology over the remainder of their $13 billion partnership.

Microsoft was initially well positioned to meet software developers with AI-enhanced tools. It owns GitHub, the most popular platform for hosting and sharing code, and GitHub’s Copilot AI-powered coding tool was released months before OpenAI’s ChatGPT debuted in 2022.

But it fumbled one of the biggest first-mover advantages in history as Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor rolled out coding tools that developers loved.

Microsoft to Release New Coding Model Next Week in Comeback Attempt

But it fumbled one of the biggest first-mover advantages in history as Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor rolled out coding tools that developers loved.

Waymo to launch free robotaxi rides in its new Ojai vans

The new vehicles are less expensive — which is important for the service to really scale.

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Report: Tesla’s Robotaxi trainers don’t think it’s ready for prime time

If you listen to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, you might think rapid expansion of the company’s Robotaxi service is right around the corner. If you listen to the people tasked with reviewing the footage and training its AI, that future is a long way off.

An in-depth report from Reuters that interviewed nine former “data labelers” and a former Tesla self-driving engineer paints a picture of highly massaged safety stats, vehicles failing to execute basic driving functions, and a behind-the-scenes reality where the supposedly “autonomous” tech relies heavily on the exact kind of localized, labor-intensive mapping and training Musk has publicly mocked. The skepticism runs so deep that one former insider told reporters they wouldn’t ride in a Robotaxi “if you f---ing paid me.”

Currently, the service is operating about 30 unsupervised vehicles across three Texas cities — a much more circumscribed execution than Musk had initially planned. The problem, for Tesla, is that the success of its Robotaxi business is now integral to the company’s value proposition.

Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats

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How Meta is looking for revenue outside advertising to justify its ballooning capex bill

Recent pushes into subscriptions, enterprise, and floating a cloud business suggest it’s serious about new revenue sources.

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Salesforce beats expectations for revenue, earnings

The SaaS company reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings after the bell Wednesday.

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