DSA investigation opened into sale of illegal products on AliExpress
The European Commission today reports the third investigation for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). There are already ongoing investigations against social media platforms X and TikTok, but today, the first investigation into an online sales platform is opened. In it, the commission wil... Read more
Alibaba does not pursue cloud spin-off, loses 18 billion euros in market value
China's Alibaba is not spinning off its cloud business into a separate company after all. The e-commerce and tech giant announced this recently. This decision immediately cost the company as much as 18 billion euros ($20 billion) in stock market value.
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has deci... Read more
Belgium investigating Alibaba for possible espionage at Liege airport
Belgian authorities are investigating whether the presence of an Alibaba subsidiary at the Liège cargo airport is a national security threatt.
Alibaba placed its central logistics centre in Liège a few years ago, something that was supposed to create 900 new jobs, as Belgian authorities stated... Read more
Alibaba splits itself into six separate companies
Chinese e-commerce and tech giant Alibaba is splitting itself into six separate companies. According to the e-commerce and tech giant, this split would allow it to respond better to changes in the market. It should also enable the companies to innovate independently faster in their respective marke... Read more
Alibaba Cloud invests $1 billion to expand global footprint
Chinese cloud provider Alibaba Cloud boosts growth and expansion by investing $1 billion to increase overseas reach.
Alibaba Cloud is one of the world's largest public cloud providers and operates in various countries. The company enjoyed a 9.5 percent market share in 2021 and competes with nota... Read more
Microsoft’s licensing changes spur attacks from Amazon and Google
The revised Microsoft Cloud licensing terms inhibit competition, the company's rivals say.
Amazon and Google sharply criticized Microsoft's cloud computing changes on Tuesday, according to a report in Reuters. The two rival cloud providers say Microsoft's new terms limit competition and discoura... Read more
Alibaba founder Jack Ma will cede control of Ant Group
The move aims to keep Ma from being targeted by the government in Beijing.
In a filing this week, Alibaba announced that Ma “intends to reduce and thereafter limit his direct and indirect economic interest in Ant Group over time” to a percentage that does not exceed 8.8 percent. Ma currently... Read more
‘US investigates Alibaba Cloud as a potential national security risk’
Reuters reports that the US government is investigating Alibaba to determine whether the organization poses a national security risk.
According to three people briefed on the matter, the Biden administration is investigating Alibaba to determine whether the Chinese government has access to Ameri... Read more
Alibaba Cloud develops its own server chipset
Cloud giant Alibaba Cloud has recently developed the Yitan 710 server processor for its server portfolio. Among other things, Yitan 710 servers are to be used for general-purpose tasks and AI calculations. Additionally, Alibaba Cloud went open source with an existing RISC-V-based CPU.
Chinese pu... Read more
Alibaba is making a cloud OS for multiple chip architectures
Alibaba Cloud, the fourth largest global cloud service, announced that its Apsara operating system compatible with multiple chip processors like ARM, RISC-V, and x86.
The shift from chip servers to cloud technologies
Intel and ARM largely control the global chip market – Intel's x86 dominat... Read more