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VirtualBox 7.2.8

Razvan Serea — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:04 +0000

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.2.6

Razvan Serea — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:32:02 +0000

VirtualBox 7.2.4

Razvan Serea — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:24:01 +0000

Trump signs executive order finalizing $14 billion TikTok sale to U.S. investors

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:06:02 +0000

President Donald Trump has approved a landmark $14 billion sale of TikTok's US operations to a group led by Oracle and American investors. Read more...

OpenAI announces five new AI data center sites for Stargate Project

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:56:01 +0000

The Stargate Project has announced five new locations for its massive AI data center build-out in the United States. Read more...

Oracle will build and maintain the TikTok algorithm as part of the Trump-backed deal

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:10:02 +0000

Oracle is set to build and secure a new version of TikTok's algorithm as part of the deal backed by the Trump administration. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.2.2 fixes TPM, Windows on ARM issues, and more

Taras Buria — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:18:01 +0000

Oracle released a new VirtualBox update to address various issues with TPM, Windows on ARM machines, and more. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.2.0

Razvan Serea — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:30:01 +0000

VirtualBox 7.2 finally adds support for Windows on Arm guests

David Uzondu — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:28:01 +0000

VirtualBox 7.2 is now live, and alongside bug fixes and other improvements, it finally supports running Windows on Arm guests on Windows on Arm machines. Read more...

Birmingham City's Oracle migration still spells an impending disaster

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:50:01 +0000

Birmingham City Council is at risk of sinking over a hundred million pounds in a failed migration from SAP to Oracle Fusion for HR and financial management systems. Read more...

OpenAI expands partnership with Oracle for 4.5 GW of additional data center capacity

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:40:01 +0000

OpenAI announced expansion of its partnership with Oracle to add 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, bringing the total data center capacity to over 5 GW. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.1.12

Razvan Serea — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:10:01 +0000

Everyone seems powerless against Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark

Usama Jawad — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:32:01 +0000

The case against Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark has been dealt a significant blow, but hope persists as the petition from Node.js' creator has not been dismissed completely. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.1.10

Razvan Serea — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:28:01 +0000

VirtualBox 7.1.8

Razvan Serea — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:36:01 +0000

VirtualBox 7.1.8 is now available with fixes for 100% CPU utilization and other issues

Taras Buria — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:20:01 +0000

If your virtual machines suffer from 100% CPU utilization, VirtualBox version 7.1.8, the program's latest update, is here to fix that. Read more...

Amazon makes surprising last-minute bid to acquire TikTok ahead of April 5 deadline

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:10:01 +0000

With just 2 days remaining to decide the next owner of TikTok in the U.S., Amazon has come up with a last-minute offer. Read more...

Oracle details new features, performance improvements of Java 24

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:44:01 +0000

Oracle has announced the release of Java 24, including JDK 24, for developers to download. It introduces new AI and post-quantum crypto capabilities. Read more...

VirtualBox fixes Windows 11 24H2 BSOD, improves Windows driver installs, NVMe, and more

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:22:01 +0000

A couple of new VirtualBox releases are out. The updates bring Windows 11 24H2 BSOD fix and manymore improvements. Read more...

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 03:24:01 +0000

OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle, and MGX have launched The Stargate Project, a $500 billion initiative to build AI infrastructure in the US. Read more...

VirtualBox gets Windows 11 24H2 fix, many TPM improvements, Linux 6.12 support, and more

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:00:01 +0000

Oracle's latest updates to VirtualBox brings "multiple" TPM improvements for Windows 11 and 10, a fix for Windows 11 24H2, and more. Read more...

VirtualBox 7.1.2 is out with performance improvements for Windows VMs and more

Taras Buria — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:26:01 +0000

Oracle has released a new update for VirtualBox. Version 7.1 is now available with fixes for black screens in Windows VMs and more. Read more...

Microsoft and Oracle reveal even more partnerships for cloud and AI businesses

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:58:01 +0000

Microsoft and Oracle have just announced some new partnerships that extend their previous collaborations for cloud services and AI. Read more...

Oracle releases VirtualBox 7.1 Beta with a refreshed UI, ARM virtualization for Linux, more

Taras Buria — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:30:02 +0000

Oracle has released the first beta of VirtualBox 7.1, a major feature update for the popular cross-platform virtualization app. It includes a refreshed UI, ARM virtualization for Linux, and more. Read more...

VirtualBox fixes TPM Windows event viewer bug, shared clipboard issue, adds UEFI certs

Sayan Sen — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:30:02 +0000

Oracle's VirtualBox has received the latest update today in the form of a maintenance release. The update brings multiple bug fixes and improvements including for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Read more...

Oracle plans to open a $1 billion data centre in Madrid

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:38:01 +0000

Oracle has announced that it'll invest $1 billion in Madrid to expand its data centre presence in the region. It is pitching itself as a solution for the financial sector which thrives in Madrid. Read more...

Oracle Autonomous Database now available on Oracle Database@Azure

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 03:04:01 +0000

Oracle has revealed the availability of Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Database@Azure in the Microsoft Azure East U.S. region. To use it, you'll need to get a private offer on Azure Marketplace. Read more...

Microsoft will use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to help power Bing conversational searches

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 04:46:01 +0000

Microsoft and Oracle have announced another new multi-year agreement that will let Microsoft use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to power its Bing services. Financial details were not disclosed. Read more...

VirtualBox fixes Windows black screen, TPM save, nested virtualization, BIOS bugs

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:50:02 +0000

VirtualBox has received a major update today which fixes a TPM save issue, a black screen issue on Windows 11, nested virtualization, and lots more. Find the full changelog in the article. Read more...

Microsoft and Oracle joinly announce Oracle Database Azure services

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:24:01 +0000

The new joint Oracle Database Azure service will allow Oracle database services to be run directly on Microsoft's datacenters. Financial details on this new partnership were not revealed. Read more...

Microsoft and Oracle will be making a joint announcement on Sept. 14

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:22:38 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Oracle co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison will be making a joint announcement on Thursday, September 14. The event will be livestreamed starting at 1 pm Pacific time Read more...

VirtualBox major update fixes TPM crashes, Windows 11 graphics bugs, Mac performance issues

Sayan Sen — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:22:01 +0000

VirtualBox has received a major update today which fixes crashes related to TPM, graphical issues on Windows 11, and performance problems on Macs. Aside from that, Linux 6.5 and 6.4 are supported. Read more...

Huawei launches in-house ERP tool in major win following U.S. bans on vendors like Oracle

Usama Jawad — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:36:01 +0000

As a response to the growing tech export bans from the U.S., Huawei has announced the go-live of its in-house ERP system to reduce dependencies on U.S. vendors like Oracle, SAP, and more. Read more...

VirtualBox 7 is now available with SecureBoot and TPM 2.0 for better Windows 11 support

Taras Buria — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:36:02 +0000

Oracle has finally released a major update for its virtualization software. VirtualBox 7 is now available for download on all supported platforms, and it brings SecureBoot, TPM 2.0 support, and more. Read more...

Oracle VirtualBox finally gets support for Windows 11, macOS Big Sur, Monterey, and more

Sayan Sen — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 04:38:01 +0000

VirtualBox from Oracle has finally gained the ability to run on Windows 11 as the host with latest version 7.0.0 Beta 1. The software has also received support for macOS Big Sur, Monterey, and more. Read more...

Oracle starts laying off U.S. employees, will other companies follow?

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:34:01 +0000

Oracle is laying off staff in the United States. It's also planning to cut jobs in Canada, India, and Europe as it struggles to deal with a worse economy. Employees in SF Bay Area were affected. Read more...

Intense heatwave across UK brings down Google, Oracle cloud infrastructure

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:08:01 +0000

Google and Oracle have reported a hardware breakdown resulting in multiple service failures due to malfunctions in cooling systems in its data centres in the U.K. and Western Europe. Read more...

Apple and Google asked to ban TikTok by FCC Commissioner

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:28:04 +0000

The FCC Commissioner has urged Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores. He claims that TikTok puts user data privacy at risk by allowing Beijing to access sensitive data. Read more...

TikTok clears the air about suspected U.S. user data breach by Chinese workers

Anushe Fawaz — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:42:01 +0000

TikTok has denied claims that its workers have breached the data privacy of users in the U.S. and declared that Oracle will now store all such private information for enhancement of data security. Read more...

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Neowin Deals — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 17:00:01 +0000

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