Microsoft

Regulator investigating the potential of a merger

Overreliance 'could impact UK financial stability if they were to fail or be disrupted'

'How do we grow and scale this?'

Aims to develop alternative to Big Three providers

Uses a vulnerability that was patched in March

Deal comes at a time when Amazon and rival Microsoft face increased scrutiny from the UK competition regulator

Uses malvertising to spread Danbot Trojan, then Cactus ransomware

But will constitute just 3% of the software giant’s total spending on datacentres in the next six years

Researchers employed reverse engineering techniques on both software and hardware

New chips for OpenAI and Copilot coming in 2024