
Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
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Only 13% of firms are tracking their AI energy usage – here’s why that’s a problem
News While firms are rushing to adopt AI, they're not keeping on top of the associated power costs
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CoreWeave’s first two UK data centers are now operational
News The company's European plans for this year also include new facilities in Norway, Sweden, and Spain
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Tech industry welcomes UK's “ambitious” AI action plan
News The new policy, less cautious than that of the previous government, has been largely welcomed by experts
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Tech workers look elsewhere as workplace benefits decline
News While salaries are rising for tech workers, other benefits are in decline, leading to a fall in job satisfaction
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Data center hardware spending surged last year
News Largely thanks to the boom in AI, spending on public cloud infrastructure is driving an increase in overall spending
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2024 was a record year for commercial cyber attacks
News China-backed attacks on IoT systems helped keep numbers high
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Darktrace targets cloud security gains with new acquisition
News The firm plans to combine Cado's forensic investigation technology with its ActiveAI Security Platform
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AI in the retail industry is spreading beyond the IT department
News AI has become a strategic imperative for retailers, delivering marked productivity gains
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UK rural businesses set for broadband improvements
News New deal with Openreach sees underserved businesses getting full fiber, while Amazon applies for frequencies for a new satellite broadband service
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IBM and GlobalFoundries settle long-running legal cases
News The two companies settle intellectual property disputes and say they plan to collaborate again in the future
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US sanctions Chinese tech firm
News Integrity Technology Group has been linked to Flax Typhoon, a hacking group that has targeted US critical infrastructure and other organizations
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Four years on, how's UK GDPR holding up?
News While some SMBs are struggling, most have stepped up to the mark in terms of data governance policies
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The open source industry is booming
News Four-in-ten firms contribute open source code on a daily basis
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UK regulator to investigate IBM takeover of HashiCorp
News The CMA is concerned that the merger could affect competition in the cloud services market
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Atos hits back at ransomware attack claims
News The company says it has no evidence that systems have been compromised, but is investigating the report
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Equinix acquires BT's Irish data centers in €59 million deal
News As BT moves to an asset-light business model, Equinix looks to expand
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AI 'slop security reports' are driving open source maintainers mad
News Low-quality, LLM-generated reports should be treated as if they are malicious, according to one expert
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SoftwareOne to acquire Crayon in $1.4 billion merger deal
News The merged firm will be 'uniquely positioned' to capitalize on a $150 billion market
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Equinix and Dell Technologies want to transform AI infrastructure
News Dell AI Factory technology will be integrated into the Equinix global network of data centers
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CMA raises concerns over Synopsys-Ansys merger
News The CMA says that the companies need to make changes, or face closer scrutiny
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Amazon's RTO mandate just hit a major roadblock
News The company has told staff in several locations that it won't have room for them all in time
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More women are opting for computing degrees, but BCS warns there’s still a long way to go
News Figures show the gap in numbers between men and women is narrowing
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GPU cloud startup Vultr secures AMD backing in $333 million investment round
News The firm plans to use the cash to expand AI infrastructure and cloud computing globally
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Nearly all of the top US banks were impacted by third party breaches last year
News Third party data breaches continue to plague organizations despite globally
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