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A botched network configuration update took down the Google Cloud VMware Engine service (GCVE), the hyperscaler has confirmed. The service went down for users in Sydney (australia-southeast1), Melbourne (australia-southeast2), and Frankfurt (europe-west3) for almost 12 hours on July 14. Only Stretched Clusters, which extend compute resources across distributed sites or data centers, were impacted, with no disruption reported for standard GCVE services.

The U.S. stock exchange debut of SK Hynix continued its rollercoaster ride with surges on the Nasdaq. The firm's newly listed American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) surged almost 28% to $193.92 on Tuesday. The jump was reflected in the memory chip giant's home country, with a 13% rise recorded on the Korea Exchange (KRX) as of Wednesday. Hynix's twists and turns followed its $26.5 billion initial public offering (IPO) last week.

Nokia claims to have launched the industry’s first commercial AI radio access network (AI-RAN) platform, promising to help carriers unlock “significantly more uplink and downlink capacity” from existing infrastructure. Built using the Finnish firm’s network architecture and with a little support from Nvidia's computing power, Nokia’s AI-RAN platform will be offered via a software subscription model.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) expanded its Security Hub to more multicloud environments, adding resource monitoring for Microsoft Azure. A blog post penned by security services director Michael Fuller revealed the cloud security posture management service was set to extend to its hyperscale rival, with it able to evaluate Azure virtual machines (VMs), container images, and function apps for potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Red Hat updated its OpenShift platform with new features designed to make it easier to migrate and manage virtual machines (VMs) across a cloud environment, updates that match many being put out by rivals that continue to highlight opportunities in attracting long-time VMware customers looking for alternatives in the market. The latest OpenShift 4.22 release includes a number of updates, but specific updates to its OpenShift Virtualization product is targeted at easing VM management.

OpenAI is building out the web infrastructure component of its tech stack, having poached Cloudflare engineering manager Kate Reznykova. Reznykova revealed the move in a post on X (Twitter), with her official title listed as "member of technical staff," per her LinkedIn. “ChatGPT has become part of how millions of people think, work, and build, and I’m really looking forward to helping shape what comes next alongside the remarkable team behind it,” the new hire wrote.

The Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) Top Talk Summit was held in June during MWC Shanghai 2026. The event gathered 150 industry experts, including mobile telecom operators, movers and shakers in the AI ecosystem, industry organization leaders, and renowned academics to discuss the next 10 years of mobile development, as well as the key paths to get there. The discussion largely focused on how the industry can make the most of intelligent connectivity and pave the way for new growth.

SK Telecom (SKT) will build out AI radio access network (AI-RAN) infrastructure in South Korea. The operator will lead the Hyper-AI Network Infrastructure pilot project as part of the South Korean government’s 10-year AI Highway plan, which was first unveiled last year. SKT's involvement will include testing three physical AI services under the initiative: self-driving cars, humanoid robots, and quadruped robotics of the more canine sort, as powered by 5G standalone (SA).

Zayo Group has named Sowmyanarayan Sampath as the company's new CEO. Sampath, a former Verizon executive and most recently consumer CEO at the carrier, will take over from current CEO, Steve Smith, who is retiring. Sampath will take the helm at the company on September 1, 2026. He previously departed Verizon earlier this year, where he worked for more than a decade. Zayo confirmed that Smith will continue to serve on the company's board of directors.

Iridium Communications, a legacy satellite operator and provider of services such as positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), announced the commercial availability of its Iridium PNT application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a jam-resistant chip optimized for GPS and GNSS-dependent devices.