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Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivals
Financial Times: Race on as demand outstrips supply of Nvidia’s most advanced units.

Microsoft global exec on Collins’ AI strategy, security turnaround
Tech giant recalibrated after two serious breaches.

How Big Tech builds data centres
Amazon infrastructure boss reveals how it designs and powers massive data houses.

The AI wars: How Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta are investing
Big tech giants are investing billions to achieve AGI.

Microsoft opens giant data centre in NZ, owned by an Irish subsidiary: Where it is and what it cost
PLUS: The tech giant raises its pricing.

US stocks surge to records on tech gains, Fed rate cut hopes
Even strange behaviour in South Korea and France doesn't dent Wall St optimism.

Microsoft targets Egyptian linked to DIY phishing kits
Attacks have surged in recent months, with criminals increasingly using QR codes.

'Black Fraud Day?': Black Friday scams make for phishy business with QR cons, fake shops
Black Fraud Day? Desperate scammers may entice people desperate for deals.

Microsoft’s revenue beats estimates on AI boom's cloud demand, Meta sees AI spending accelerating
Financial Times: Boom in adoption of AI tools features strongly in Big Tech results.

S&P 500, Dow close at fresh record peaks on tech buying
Semiconductors were especially in vogue during a day of vigorous trading.

Jarden Wealth Weekly: Why global exposure is critical for Kiwi investors
OPINION: Earthquakes, disease, and tech stocks can make a global perspective lucrative.

US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
Financial Times: Justice Department could seek ‘remedies’ such as forced product sales.

Tech Insider: Spark puts some numbers around its big Transpower win
Plus: Infratil is downgraded, Microsoft reveals its plan to reboot a nuclear plant.

BlackRock and Microsoft plan US$30b fund to invest in AI infrastructure
FT: Nvidia and MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power grids.

US accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins
Financial Times: Latest clash as Google has landmark loss in separate case over search.

How AI could more than double NZ’s productivity
Report says New Zealand needs to improve on its 'relatively low digital maturity'.

Trump campaign says it was hacked by Iran
Iran’s foreign ministry has not commented on the Trump campaign's claims.

'Flooding the internet': Latest Microsoft outage explained
Paul Spain speaks to Michael Morrah about the latest Microsoft outage. Video / Jason Dorday, Alyse Wright

Microsoft outage: Customers coming back online after morning woes
There’s fresh grief for Microsoft on the heels of its CrowdStrike chaos.

Alphabet revenue jumps, shows no sign of AI denting search business
Financial Times: Cloud growth is hot as companies race to build large language models.

NZ law firm predicts legal class actions in wake of Crowdstrike global IT outage chaos
Shareholder claims against unprepared organisations are also a possibility.