Chinese tech giants race to expand AI services market with latest open-standard protocol

Chinese tech giants race to expand AI services market with latest open-standard protocol

Major Chinese technology companies are racing to launch services based on the open model context protocol (MCP), which enables Manus-like artificial intelligence (AI) agents to connect with third-party online tools, data sources and systems – a trend that could expand the commercial adoption of such applications. Alipay operator Ant Group – the fintech affiliate of…

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IonQ Launches Forte Enterprise Quantum System Globally Through Amazon Braket

IonQ Launches Forte Enterprise Quantum System Globally Through Amazon Braket

IonQ (IONQ, Financials) made its Forte Enterprise quantum computer globally available through Amazon Braket, a managed quantum service from Amazon Web Services, and IonQ’s own cloud infrastructure, the company said in a statement. The Forte Enterprise system, which provides AQ36 algorithmic qubit performance, is IonQ’s latest commercial-ready quantum offering and is aimed at enabling the…

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Amazon Shares Plunge as Cloud Growth Slows and Q1 Revenue Forecast Misses

Amazon Shares Plunge as Cloud Growth Slows and Q1 Revenue Forecast Misses

Amazon.com (AMZN, Financial) shares plunged sharply in extended trading on Thursday following weaker-than-expected growth in its cloud computing division and a disappointing Q1 revenue forecast. The stock fell up to 5% in after-hours tradingerasing nearly $90 billion in market valuebefore settling at a 4.2% drop. CFO Brian Olsavsky said capital expenditures for 2025 will remain…

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Amazon Web Services to Reportedly Supply IBM with Nvidia GPUs for AI in $475 Million Deal

Amazon Web Services to Reportedly Supply IBM with Nvidia GPUs for AI in $475 Million Deal

Amazon’s (AMZN, Financials) Amazon Web Services is reportedly finalizing a $475 million agreement to provide IBM (IBM, Financials) with Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) processors over the cloud for artificial intelligence applications, Business Insider reported. The five-year agreement will provide IBM access to AWS’s EC2 servers, which have Nvidia GPUs, therefore allowing IBM to progress its AI…

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Why Amazon stock gains on earnings, unlike Meta and Microsoft

Why Amazon stock gains on earnings, unlike Meta and Microsoft

Amazon (AMZN) reported better-than-expected third quarter results and delivered strong guidance. CFRA Research senior equity research analyst Arun Sundaram joins Market Domination Overtime Hosts Alexandra Canal and Josh Lipton to discuss the results and break down why the market is less concerned with Amazon’s artificial intelligence (AI) spending compared to its peers. “Really, you got…

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