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Richard Speed

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Richard Speed is an expert in databases, DevOps and IT regulations and governance. He was previously a Staff Writer for ITPro, CloudPro and ChannelPro, before going freelance. He first joined Future in 2023 having worked as a reporter for The Register. He has also attended numerous domestic and international events, including Microsoft's Build and Ignite conferences and both US and EU KubeCons.

Prior to joining The Register, he spent a number of years working in IT in the pharmaceutical and financial sectors.

NCSC neutralizes fewer cyber crime campaigns for first time in six years

News Drop in takedowns may be due to short lifetimes of extortion email servers and crypto scams

Iranian hackers targeted nuclear expert, ported Windows infection chain to Mac in a week

News Fresh research demonstrates the sophistication and capability of state-sponsored threat actors to compromise diverse targets

By Richard Speed Published 6 July 23

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Ubuntu publisher Canonical to assume control of LXD

News Linux Containers team “regrets” decision to make tool a project of the Ubuntu vendor

By Richard Speed Published 5 July 23

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Cyber insurance costs fall in 2023 despite steep rise in ransomware attacks

News Premiums drop from historic highs as insurers eye a ransomware resurgence

By Richard Speed Published 5 July 23

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HPE plans to spend $1 billion on high-volume servers in India

News HPE said local demand and supply chain diversification is a key motivation behind the ambitious five-year plan

By Richard Speed Published 4 July 23

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Swedish privacy concerns result in fines over Google Analytics

News Swedish privacy authority ordered companies to stop using the ubiquitous web traffic analysis tool, in line with recent EU rulings

By Richard Speed Published 4 July 23

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UK competition watchdog expresses concern over Adobe and Figma deal

News Competition and Markets Authority is taking a closer look at Adobe’s plans

By Richard Speed Published 3 July 23

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Red Hat: Distro vendors must abide by enterprise agreements amid source code ‘furor’

News Ongoing confusion around how distro development teams can work around Red Hat’s latest restrictions has prompted a response

By Richard Speed Published 3 July 23

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Oracle missed the cloud boat - is it doing the same with AI?

Analysis Founder and chairman Larry Ellison says billions will be spent to lure AI companies to Oracle’s cloud, but is it too little too late?

By Richard Speed Published 3 July 23

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MITRE publishes the top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses

News The annual list features the usual suspects and some new entries too

By Richard Speed Published 30 June 23

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OpenAI is being sued again - why is generative AI such a legal conundrum?

News Legal woes continue to bedevil AI technology amid privacy and copyright concerns

By Richard Speed Published 30 June 23

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Red Hat adds four years of extended support for RHEL 7

News An additional three years are also added to RHEL 8 and 9's lifecycles, which are still both fully supported

By Richard Speed Published 30 June 23

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Intel and Dell secure deal to build a digital twin of a UK fusion power plant

News The simulation will be critical for meeting the ambitious goal of delivering fusion energy to the UK’s energy network in the 2040s

By Richard Speed Published 28 June 23

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GitHub: 30% of Copilot coding suggestions are accepted

News Senior developers say the steady increase in Copilot success rates may lead to a shortage of junior coders

By Richard Speed Published 28 June 23

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Quantum 'toggle switch' will eliminate computing errors, researchers claim

Analysis NIST says the new approach will cut down on so-called 'noise' that produces inconsistent results in many quantum computers

By Richard Speed Published 28 June 23

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Mizuho bank says it will roll out generative AI to 45,000 employees

News Japan’s Mizuho is providing access to Microsoft Azure OpenAI at a time when the US is placing greater restrictions on ChatGPT

By Richard Speed Published 27 June 23

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What Red Hat's source code restrictions mean for businesses

News Red Hat's source code restrictions for Enterprise Linux have caused a stir in the industry, with some users still investigating the degree to which they'll be affected

By Richard Speed Last updated 27 June 23

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Report reveals the tech jobs worst hit by generative AI automation

News Some roles could face as much as 26% of tasks being automated, although humans likely to remain an 'essential part of the workforce'

By Richard Speed Published 27 June 23

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Google expands Classroom with new features in free and paid tiers

News More analytics and support for educators as Classroom evolves

By Richard Speed Published 23 June 23

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Researchers uncover novel RDStealer malware targeting remote desktop protocol

News Bitdefender's experts said the level of disguise observed in this campaign “surpasses anything witnessed thus far”

By Richard Speed Published 20 June 23

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Report: UK lags behind US in auditing code for security flaws

News The CTO of open source software firm SUSE suggested the US’ DevOps maturity can be attributed to the difference in aptitude

By Richard Speed Published 20 June 23

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Squarespace to acquire Google Domains: What it means for customers

News Google will wind up its domain registration business while offloading assets and customers

By Richard Speed Published 16 June 23

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Report: Businesses continue trend of wasting money on unused cloud resources

News For the second year running, the vast majority of businesses continue to spend needlessly, with many citing overprovisioning as the cause

By Richard Speed Published 15 June 23

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Docker tutorial for beginners: How to get started with Docker

Tutorials How to install Docker and start working with containerized applications

By Richard Speed Published 28 January 20

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