Nicole Kobie
Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007. As a freelance journalist covering technology and business, Nicole's work includes bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.
Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.
Latest articles by Nicole Kobie

Employee accuses Apple of surveilling staff using iCloud
By Nicole Kobie published
News California court filing claims Apple invades employee privacy through surveillance, suppresses free speech, and uses an illegal wage clawback system to enforce its rules

OpenAI says ads aren't coming soon – if ever
By Nicole Kobie published
News AI company downplays reports of advertising plans in its products as Musk files injunction over for-profit moves

Your office is now absolutely riddled with surveillance equipment
By Nicole Kobie published
News While workplace monitoring is shown to have a detrimental effect on morale, many firms are still charging ahead

Microsoft facing FTC antitrust probe over cloud, AI competition concerns
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft could be set for another antitrust battle, this time focused on cloud and AI

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt rejects claims Al scaling has peaked
By Nicole Kobie published
News AI doesn't has a scaling problem, despite reports to the contrary

AI could help UK government stretch budgets, says Google Cloud
By Nicole Kobie published
News The public sector needs to overcome significant barriers to make full use of AI

AI is finally delivering bang for its buck, according to Microsoft
By Nicole Kobie published
News Is generative AI worth the cost? A new report argues companies make significant returns on every dollar spent

OpenAI could be plotting a foray into the world of AI agents
By Nicole Kobie published
News The launch date for OpenAI’s "Operator" agent is believed to have been revealed at a staff meeting

Enterprises are ramping up IT observability investment – here's why
By Nicole Kobie published
News Increased developer speed and productivity are key factors in the IT observability drive

Microsoft admits users received unexpected upgrades to Windows Server 2025
By Nicole Kobie published
News Admins spotted last week that Windows Server 2022 had suddenly become 2025

Google eyes up agents in next big AI gamble
By Nicole Kobie published
News AI agents are the clear next step for LLMs, and naturally Google is on board

Python just became the most popular programming language on GitHub
By Nicole Kobie published
News The meteoric rise of Python shows no sign of stopping

Everything you need to know about Windows Server 2025
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft promises security, performance, and cloud agility upgrades for Windows Server 2025 — but bugs ruin the party

AWS dealt major blow in nuclear-powered data center deal
By Nicole Kobie published
News Amazon's deal with Talen to locate a data center at a nuclear power station can continue, but only at original 300 megawatts

The Open Cloud Coalition wants to promote a more competitive European cloud market
By Nicole Kobie published
Analysis The launch of the Open Cloud Coalition is the latest blow in a war of words between Microsoft and Google over European cloud

"Missed expectations" are driving the cloud repatriation trend – but it’s not as bad as you might think
By Nicole Kobie published
News While fewer than one-in-ten companies are migrating back in house, analysts say it's no surprise given costs

Apple is offering rewards of up to $1 million to find critical flaws in its private AI cloud systems
By Nicole Kobie published
News Apple is offering big bug bounty rewards to boost security of its Private Cloud Compute

Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages, claims "cutting corners" caused infamous July outage
By Nicole Kobie published
News The botched CrowdStrike update wreaked havoc with Microsoft computers globally

Iceland’s four-day working week trials have been a roaring success
By Nicole Kobie published
News Research suggests that reducing working hours actually boosted Iceland's productivity

Europe needs more energy and better grids to meet data center power demands
By Nicole Kobie published
News Data center energy demands in Europe are set to triple by the end of the decade, and that means countries will need to boost investment in sustainable power sources and upgrade grid infrastructure.

This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings
By Nicole Kobie published
News Investing in its own hardware will save 37 Signals $10m over five years — and offer better storage and compute

AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit
By Nicole Kobie published
News AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit

Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates
By Nicole Kobie last updated
News Companies know staff don't want to go back to the office, and that may be part of their plan with RTO mandates
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