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Microsoft’s latest AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia

The Maia 200 chip is being produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

The filing says Musk is entitled to a chunk of OpenAI’s current US$500 billion valuation after he was defrauded of the US$38 million in seed money he donated to OpenAI.

Musk seeks up to US$134 billion damages from OpenAI, Microsoft

ELON Musk wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of US$79 billion to US$134 billion over his claims that the generative AI company defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots a...

Farmers using biochar for their farms. The project sources cotton stalks from smallholder farms in Maharashtra, India, for use as feedstock for biochar production.

Indian startup Varaha inks deal with Microsoft to remove 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

Project puts spotlight on smallholder companies and their capability to deliver on carbon removal, says Varaha CEO

Being carbon negative means Microsoft plans to ensure it facilitates more removals of carbon than the amount its operations globally emit.

Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as data centres surge

It will buy a record 2.85 million soil carbon credits linked to regenerative agriculture

A slew of new tech rules adopted in recent years by the European Commission sparked criticism from the United States which says it targets US tech giants.

Big Tech spared strict rules in EU digital regulations overhaul, sources say

The tech giants will be subject only to a voluntary framework rather than binding rules

Nvidia's US$20 billion “non-exclusive licensing arrangement” with Groq sounds like an outright purchase, but is more of a backdoor acquisition aimed at dodging an antitrust review, says the writer.

How Silicon Valley will eat its AI competitors in 2026

A loss of confidence in AI could lead to a fire-sale for startups and accelerate consolidation among Big Tech

ChatGPT adoption on campus has happened quickly as students and faculty used it more than 14 million times in September.

OpenAI inks deals with US colleges, seizing early lead in education market

The company has sold more than 700,000 ChatGPT licences to about 35 public universities

Microsoft regularly announces multiyear investment pledges in countries around the world.

Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India

The country is also home to some of the world’s largest technology services companies, such as Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys

“We’re always looking at the opportunities to grow in Singapore", said Microsoft's vice president for energy Bobby Hollis

Microsoft ‘aggressively’ looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom

The tech giant will also ‘take a very close look’ at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres