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Customers sue over ’embarrassing’ squeaky On Cloud shoes

Customers sue over ’embarrassing’ squeaky On Cloud shoes

Athletic shoe company On is facing a lawsuit from US customers who claim that its popular sneakers make a “noisy and embarrassing squeak”. The “CloudTec” sneakers typically cost around $200 (£150) and have holes in the sole designed to make users feel like they are “running on clouds”. Instead, the lawsuit says, they cause issues in daily life – especially …

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Largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected shows “surprising” activity

Largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected shows “surprising” activity

Astronomers are reporting a detailed analysis of the largest Oort Cloud comet ever detected – “C 2014 UN271.” Carbon monoxide gas is venting from its surface while it is still more than a billion miles from the Sun. Comet C 2014 UN271, also called “Bernardinelli Bernstein.” It is active at a distance where most comets should be quiet, or so …

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Oracle expects cloud sales of $166 billion by 2030 as business expands

Oracle expects cloud sales of 6 billion by 2030 as business expands

By Stephen Nellis and Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) -Oracle expects cloud infrastructure revenue to be $166 billion in fiscal 2030, one of its two CEOs said on Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Clay Magouyrk gave the prediction during a meeting with financial analysts, sending shares up 5%. Oracle said last month that it has racked up hundreds of billions of dollars …

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Microsoft wants your Word docs in the cloud, no questions

Microsoft wants your Word docs in the cloud, no questions

Microsoft held a special OneDrive and Copilot event today where it announced a number of new features for the cloud-storage service. Buried in the announcements is one change that Microsoft is soon making to Word that might ruffle some feathers among those who are still pushing back against OneDrive and the cloud. “Starting today, new documents in Word desktop on …

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Alibaba signs AI, cloud deal with NBA China (BABA:NYSE) – Seeking Alpha

Alibaba signs AI, cloud deal with NBA China (BABA:NYSE)  Seeking Alpha NBA games return to China for first time since Hong Kong pro-democracy row  BBC NBA looks to China for growth, renewing a foothold in its second-largest market  CNBC NBA China Games 2025: Everything to know  NBA NBA games in Macau test waters for China comeback  Reuters Source link

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Oracle Sinks on Report Its Cloud Margins Are Lower Than Expected

Oracle Sinks on Report Its Cloud Margins Are Lower Than Expected

(Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp. shares tumbled after a report that the software maker’s profit margin in its cloud computing business is lower than many on Wall Street have been estimating. While Oracle generated roughly $900 million in revenue from the rental of servers powered by Nvidia Corp. chips during the three months ended in August, the company only managed about …

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Microsoft’s adding an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft’s adding an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming

Xbox is planning to add a free, ad-supported tier to its cloud gaming service. That means you should be able to stream certain games without paying. The Verge broke the news, citing sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans. The tech site reported that Microsoft was getting ready to announce the news and had been testing ad-supported gaming internally. The ads would …

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