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European companies are leaving US cloud providers

As Europe reacts to the fraying of ties with America, companies based in the EU are looking to reduce their dependence on a crucial piece of tech infrastructure: American cloud computing.

Cloud computing giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all offer computing services based in the EU, but some customers may be changing based on principle alone.

Companies in the EU are starting to look at European alternatives to US technology as Big Tech falls in line with Trump administration “America first” policies.

Wired reports that EU-based cloud providers Exoscale and Elastx have seen an increase in customers looking to shift to such businesses.

Last week, a group of 100 businesses wrote to EU President Ursula von der Leyen, urging investment in a “EuroStack” of sovereign technology.

Companies in the EU are starting to look at European alternatives to US technology as Big Tech falls in line with Trump administration “America first” policies.

Wired reports that EU-based cloud providers Exoscale and Elastx have seen an increase in customers looking to shift to such businesses.

Last week, a group of 100 businesses wrote to EU President Ursula von der Leyen, urging investment in a “EuroStack” of sovereign technology.

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Palo Alto Networks surges after it beats revenue and earnings estimates

Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks jumped more than 10% in postmarket trading after reporting fiscal third-quarter results that beat analyst revenue and earnings expectations.

The company posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.85, versus the FactSet analyst consensus estimate of $0.79 on $3 billion in revenue. (Wall Street had expected $2.94 billion.)

The company also boosted its guidance for the full fiscal year. The company now expects non-GAAP EPS in the range of $3.77 to $3.79, compared to its previous projection of $3.65 to $3.70 (and analysts’ expectations of $3.68). It also forecast revenue of $11.415 billion to $11.425 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 24%, compared to previous growth expectations of 22% to 23%.

Through Tuesday’s close, the stock had risen more than 60% in the past month.

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Microsoft releases 7 new models, next-gen quantum chip at Build conference

Microsoft is making it clear it can stand on its own as a competitor in the AI arena.

Today at its annual Microsoft Build developer conference, the company made a flurry of announcements that move it further away from the shadow of its complicated relationship with partner OpenAI.

Among the products announced:

  • New Nvidia-powered Windows PCs: the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.

  • Seven new homegrown AI models: MAI Image-2.5, MAI Image-2.5-Flash, MAIN Transcribe-1.5, MAI Thinking-1, MAI Voice-2, MAIN Voice-2-Flash, and MAI Code-1-Flash.

  • Majorana 2, the company’s next-gen quantum chip.

  • Microsoft Scout, an integrated always-on agent built on OpenClaw.

  • Project Solara, an AI gadget operating system.

Investors were unimpressed, however, as shares were down over 4% after the announcements.

  • New Nvidia-powered Windows PCs: the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.

  • Seven new homegrown AI models: MAI Image-2.5, MAI Image-2.5-Flash, MAIN Transcribe-1.5, MAI Thinking-1, MAI Voice-2, MAIN Voice-2-Flash, and MAI Code-1-Flash.

  • Majorana 2, the company’s next-gen quantum chip.

  • Microsoft Scout, an integrated always-on agent built on OpenClaw.

  • Project Solara, an AI gadget operating system.

Investors were unimpressed, however, as shares were down over 4% after the announcements.

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