Tag: Azure
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Cybersecurity: Microsoft’s Azure woes and Google’s acquisition moves
That cybersecurity and its failures can impact large parts of the world was evident on Friday, when Microsoft’s Azure outage—reported to be on account of CrowdStrike, Azure’s first line of cyber defence—left large numbers of computer users staring at blue screens that did not budge, preventing work. That cybersecurity and its failures can impact large …
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China uses Nvidia chips via Azure, Google clouds
Chinese firms still have access to Nvidia Inc’s high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips by using cloud servers operated by Google and Microsoft despite the United States’ chip export ban. Microsoft permits its customers in China to use Azure cloud servers based outside of mainland China, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing an employee of the …