Microsoft announced a major partnership with Spark for cloud computing that will also see Copilot rolled out to an additional 1,800 staff. Meanwhile a quantum computing breakthrough at Microsoft could accelerate the roadmap for useful quantum computers.

This blog themes up the discussions from ITP Members on the Crowdstrike outage including our reliance on SAAS, automated deployment, adequate testing and more.

After fumbling around on media policy for months, the Government had to do something to address the media industry crisis. It ended up taking the easy, least expensive option, which involves requiring tech giants like Meta, Google, and Microsoft to strike commercial deals with media publishers