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Oracle deepens OpenAI tie-up with new business tools
The deal widens access to AI inside corporate systems, with a free-to-start SMB bundle offering USD $12,000 in cloud credits a year.

Oracle adds semantic layer to Autonomous AI Lakehouse
The update aims to help firms and AI agents make better decisions from enterprise data by adding shared definitions, governance and planning tools.

Google Cloud outlines SAVE method for generative media
The framework aims to cut hallucinations and costly production rework by forcing teams to verify facts before any video or audio is generated.

Oracle unveils 25 agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud
The update lets finance, HR and supply chain teams delegate more complex tasks to AI agents while keeping approvals and controls in place.

A developer shrank Windows 11 down to just 667MB. It fits on a CD
One developer has shrunk Windows 11—which, when fully installed, typically takes up to 35GB of storage space—down to an astonishing 667MB prior to installation and only 883MB after installation. That’s a 97.5% shrinkdown, and the end result is small enough to fit on a single CD. The project, called Pico11, is...

Is the double drop from the Premier League becoming more common?
Back-to-back relegations to the third tier of English football are becoming more common and this season Burnley could make it a hat-trick after Luton Town and Leicester.

Shock of rail tragedy gives way to sorrow and outrage in politically divided Spain
The latest train crash will pile pressure on the government of Pedro Sánchez, one month before the general election.

Poundland's future hangs in the balance as chain edges towards collapse
Poundland's bosses is filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators to the business.

Chrono opens private beta for temporal CRM platform
Businesses can now request invitation-only access as Chrono tests whether its temporal CRM can unify marketing, sales and service work.

Cerebras to bring fast AI inference to Oracle cloud
The addition will give Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers a faster option for AI agents, with Cerebras inference due in calendar year 2027.

Alice helps train NVIDIA Nemotron models for safety
The collaborations aim to curb harmful behaviour in open AI models while preserving performance, as enterprises face growing prompt-injection risks.

Oracle adds AI networking upgrades to Acceleron
The changes aim to reduce bottlenecks and outages for customers running large AI workloads across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Freshworks buys Robusta Dev to boost Freshservice AI
Customers should see faster outage triage, as Freshworks folds Robusta Dev's AI incident analysis into Freshservice and FireHydrant.

'Hungrier than ever' - Paul to return on 24 December
Jake Paul returns to the ring for the first time since losing to Anthony Joshua against a yet to be confirmed opponent on 24 December.

Sometimes managers need sacking for own good - Neville
Gary Neville says managers sometimes need to be sacked "for their own good" as Manchester United persist with under-pressure boss Michael Carrick.

Michelle O'Neill says DUP has blocked her from PM meeting in Glasgow
The move follows unionist anger over Sinn Féin's involvement in protests which prevented a contentious Orange Order march in Portadown.

Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to same-name candidate
The Republican governor was responding to allegations in the New York Times that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate, Dan Sullivan.

Rock collapse kills two in Turkey's Cappadocia, local media reports
One of the regions famous rock formations, known as "fairy chimneys", reportedly collapsed outside an open-air museum.