Europe's old power plants to get digital makeover driven by AI boom
World 15:28 05/08/2025PARIS - Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.
Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review
World 13:38 19/07/2025SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in investigative journalism outlet ProPublica sparked questions from a U.S. senator and prompted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a two-week review of Pentagon cloud deals.
Microsoft racks up over $500 million in AI savings while slashing jobs, Bloomberg News reports
World 13:07 10/07/2025Microsoft saved more than $500 million in its call centers alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
Malaysia PM says $10 bln committed to national grid upgrade
World 14:02 16/06/2025Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that state utility Tenaga Nasional has committed 43 billion ringgit ($10.1 billion) to upgrade the national grid infrastructure.
Amazon to invest $13 billion in Australia's data center infrastructure over five years
World 13:16 15/06/2025Amazon will invest A$20 billion ($12.97 billion) from 2025 to 2029 to expand, operate and maintain its data center infrastructure in Australia, bolstering the nation's artificial intelligence capabilities, it said in a blog post on Saturday.
Tech giants' indirect emissions rose 150% in three years as AI expands, UN agency says
World 16:34 08/06/2025Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150% from 2020-2023, due to the demands of power-hungry data centres, a United Nations report said on Thursday.
Microsoft unit in Russia to file for bankruptcy, database shows
World 12:50 31/05/2025One of Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) subsidiaries in Russia plans to file for bankruptcy, according to a note published on the official Fedresurs registry on Friday.
Over 2,000 Vietnamese join Microsoft Office World Championship qualifiers
Education 10:28 18/03/2024The competition opened on Sunday
Three Vietnamese schools recognized as Microsoft’s Showcase Schools
Education 16:24 26/09/2021The three schools will join more than 400 educational institutions worldwide to become Microsoft Showcase Schools in the 2021-22 academic year
Vietnamese security expert detects major vulnerabilities in Microsoft, Adobe systems
Vietnam News 09:07 26/09/2021They were deemed critical security flaws
Microsoft says in talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations from China's ByteDance
World 14:57 03/08/2020The U.S. tech giant formally declared its interest on Sunday after President Donald Trump reversed course on a planned ban of Tiktok and gave the two firms to 45 days to come to a deal
Vietnamese teacher honored at Microsoft Education Exchange
Education 10:48 17/04/2019Tran Huong Quynh joined five other Asian educators in Team 45, which took home top honors of the Educator Challenge
