The Register1d ago
Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just aren’t AI enough https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/cloudflare-to-fire-1100-staff-whose-jobs-just-arent-ai-enough/5235536 #theRegister #Offprem
Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just aren’t AI enough

Around 20 percent of staff get an ‘In one hour, you might not work here anymore’ email

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The Register1d ago
AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/aws-warns-of-ec2-impairment-as-power-loss-hits-notorious-us-east-1-region/5235509 #theRegister #Offprem
AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region

Things are heating up in a single datacenter, but not in a good way

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The Register1d ago
IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/07/ibm-cloud-evaporates-as-datacenter-loses-power/5234835 #theRegister #Offprem
IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power

Customers say services were down for at least 4 hours, while status page showed no issues

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The Register2d ago
Neocloud IREN buys OpenStack champion Mirantis https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/07/neocloud-iren-buys-openstack-champion-mirantis/5231644 #theRegister #Offprem
Neocloud IREN buys OpenStack champion Mirantis

Former bitcoin miner plans to build an easier cloudy AI on ramp while remaining a friend to FOSS

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