Chinese cloud firm Unisplendour eyes $1 billion via Hong Kong listing

Unisplendour Corporation, a Chinese cloud computing and IT infrastructure company, is planning a Hong Kong listing to raise around $1 billion. According to Bloomberg, the company has approached several banks to pitch for roles in the potential listing, although details such as size and timing are still being discussed. Unisplendour is currently listed on the … Read more

The countdown is on: Cloud Transformation Conference Global is opening its doors! 

With more than 7,000 attendees expected, including C-level IT professionals, the two-day Cloud Transformation Conference, held as part of TechEx Global, will take place on February 5-6 at Olympia London. The event will explore pressing issues at the heart of technological, security, and industrial transformation. Sessions will cover pivotal topics such as Cloud Transformation, Hybrid … Read more

How AI software firm One Data protected its Kubernetes environment with Kasten K10

One Data GmbH is a German software company and a specialist in the use of applied artificial intelligence (AI). With over 200 employees in Passau, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin, One Data offers an AI-powered Data Product Builder for innovative and collaborative data teams, which enables organisations to realise the full potential of their data. The … Read more

Alibaba’s LLM pricing challenges domestic and Western rivals

Alibaba Cloud LLM pricing strategy has taken a dramatic turn as the company announces an unprecedented 85% reduction in access costs for its most sophisticated large language models. The announcement, made via WeChat and reported by the South China Morning Post, positions the company’s flagship Qwen-VL-Max model at just 0.003 yuan ($0.00041) per thousand tokens, … Read more

ByteDance AI chip access strategy questions export control effectiveness

ByteDance’s strategies to access AI chips have taken a new turn, as TikTok – the social platform’s parent company – reportedly planning to spend $7 billion to secure Nvidia chips through facilities outside China in 2025, according to The Information. The move represents one of the latest attempts by Chinese technology companies to maintain access … Read more

How to delete application cache files on your Mac

Clearing application caches can free up valuable storage space in macOS, and address certain issues with the device. Although temporary cache files are typically system or user-generated, they can become quite large and numerous over time and may cause problems if left on the computer’s hard drive. There are several ways to delete cache files, … Read more

2025 UK public sector in jeopardy without tech investments

According to analysis from Scott Logic, a specialist software consultancy, technology improvements and investments are needed if public sector organisations in the UK are to achieve their goals for the upcoming year. The research found the public sector should boost technology investment to reduce the growing backlog of issues and increase overall productivity. Scott Logic … Read more

Netflix countersues Broadcom over VMware patents

Netflix has launched a counteroffensive in its long-running patent battle with Broadcom, filing a lawsuit over virtualisation technologies against the company’s VMware subsidiary. Filed [PDF] on December 23, 2024, in the Northern District of California, the streaming company’s complaint asserts five patents (originally developed by HP), marking an aggressive shift in Netflix’s typically defensive IP … Read more

Google’s quantum processor claims spark multiverse debate

The tech world is buzzing over Google’s latest quantum processor development, which isn’t just pushing computational boundaries – it’s challenging our fundamental understanding of reality. The early December unveiling of the Willow chip presents capabilities so extraordinary that Google claims they transcend the known limits of our universe, posing questions about the nature of quantum … Read more