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Meta's planned entry into the cloud market

Meta in talks with Anthropic over compute power

20. July, 2026 - 18:20

Meta is in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic in a deal worth up to 10 billion dollars, marking Meta’s potential entry into cloud computing.

Directory Change Triggered Failure

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Accidentally Deletes User Files

20. July, 2026 - 15:16

OpenAI has confirmed that its new GPT-5.6 model can occasionally delete local files and databases when running in Full Access mode. The company is preparing security updates to address the issue.

Delayed Ad Hoc Disclosure

BaFin Fines TeamViewer Over Delayed Disclosure of Cyberattack

20. July, 2026 - 13:05

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has accused TeamViewer of failing to promptly inform the public about a cyberattack. The software company has now been ordered to pay a financial penalty.

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Glitch Shows False Trillion-Dollar Bills

20. July, 2026 - 12:22

A software bug in AWS Cost Explorer displayed false billing estimates in the billions and trillions. Amazon has corrected the error.

Acquisition Without Customers

CrowdStrike Acquires XM Cyber IP from Schwarz Digits

19. July, 2026 - 05:42

Schwarz Digits has agreed to sell the intellectual property of XM Cyber, including more than 45 patents and its proprietary source code, to CrowdStrike.

Suspension of Microsoft Accounts

Microsoft Deletes Hacked User Account and OneDrive Data

18. July, 2026 - 15:34

After a cyberattack, Microsoft has permanently suspended a user’s account. The deletion affects Xbox licenses as well as all OneDrive cloud data.

Routing system failure

AWS outage knocks thousands of websites offline worldwide

18. July, 2026 - 14:33

A routing failure in AWS CloudFront caused global outages, impacting thousands of services across North America, Europe, and Asia for over three hours.

VMware Pricing Dispute

Five Industry Groups Urge EU to Act Swiftly Against Broadcom

18. July, 2026 - 05:05

The dispute over VMware pricing is escalating. What began as a complaint from a single cloud industry association has now grown into a coordinated effort by five organizations calling on the European Commission to take immediate action against Broadcom.

Codex Micro

$230 USD: OpenAI Launches Codex Keyboard

17. July, 2026 - 07:14

OpenAI is making its first move into the hardware market with the launch of a backlit keyboard designed specifically for its AI coding assistant, Codex. The new device, called Codex Micro, is priced at $230 USD.