Google’s Cloud Meltdown Shows Just How Fragile the Hyperscaler Structure Is
A three-hour outage at Google Cloud on Thursday didn’t just take down Gmail, Drive, and Calendar—it exposed a major weakness in how today’s internet is built. A single misconfigured quota update in Google’s API management system triggered cascading failures across some of the world’s most popular services. From 10:49 AM to 3:49 PM Eastern Time, […]
Open Source AI Adoption Surges With Cost Savings: New Study
A new Linux Foundation report reveals that 89% of organizations using artificial intelligence (AI) have adopted open source AI (OSAI) in some form. Two-thirds say it’s cheaper to deploy than proprietary tools, and nearly half adopt it specifically for cost savings. Smaller businesses are leading the charge, using open models to bypass costly licensing. “The […]
