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December 31
- 2025 will be another big year for MSPs as Kaseya CEO teases ‘earth-shattering’ announcements
December 24
- LockBit developer snared in latest blow for infamous hacker group
- Equinix acquires BT's Irish data centers in €59 million deal
- AI 'slop security reports' are driving open source maintainers mad
- SoftwareOne to acquire Crayon in $1.4 billion merger deal
- AWS expands Ohio investment by $10 billion in major AI, cloud push
- Black Duck continues leadership expansion with double hire
December 23
- Equinix and Dell Technologies want to transform AI infrastructure
- Data center power demand to triple in US off AI boom
- CMA raises concerns over Synopsys-Ansys merger
- Amazon's RTO mandate could spark a talent exodus
- TP-Link hits back at US ban proposals
December 20
- Almost half of US organizations still using Kaspersky, researchers claim
- Amazon's RTO mandate just hit a major roadblock – it doesn’t have enough office space
- Databricks targets steep growth after historic funding round
- IntelBroker leaks 2.9 TB of exposed Cisco records – and there’s more to come
- Westcon-Comstor targets further growth with executive promotions
- GitHub just launched a new free tier for its Copilot coding assistant – but only for a select group of developers
December 19
- The US could be set to ban TP-Link routers
- CISA issues new directive to bolster cloud security – and Microsoft was singled out
- More women are opting for computing degrees, but BCS warns there’s still a long way to go
- GPU cloud startup Vultr secures AMD backing in $333 million investment round
- Nearly all of the top US banks were impacted by third party breaches last year
- The data analytics market is booming – here's why
December 18
- Content creators wary of UK's AI copyright consultation
- LastPass breach comes back to haunt users as hackers steal $12 million in cryptocurrency
- Dashlane unveils new global reseller partner program
- Machine identity attacks will be top of mind for security leaders in 2025
- Broadcom records huge growth as CEO Hock Tan hails “successful integration” of VMware
December 17
- Government says breach to AWS-hosted MoD AI recruitment tool would have “concerning consequences”
- Considering an RTO mandate? Think again if you want to keep your best talent – ‘brain drain’ is causing havoc for companies pushing staff back into the office, with women and senior staff most likely to quit
- What do security pros want from generative AI?
- ‘SaaS dependency’ is becoming a major issue for tech leaders
- IT leaders fear a repeat of the CrowdStrike outage in 2025
- Infosys co-founder repeats calls for a 70-hour work week
- Security researchers set up an API honeypot to dupe hackers – and the results were startling
- Arctic Wolf to acquire BlackBerry’s Cylance assets for $160 million
December 16
- Researchers claim an AMD security flaw could let hackers access encrypted data
- Klarna has stopped hiring amid its relentless AI efficiency drive
- Nokia hails success of Europe’s first commercial 5G cloud RAN deployment
- Businesses know they have major skills deficits, but less than half plan on hiring more women
- Virtual reality could be the next frontier in software development: Devs are excited about productivity and virtualization benefits — but hefty price tags and health concerns may hamper adoption
- Orbus Software acquires business architecture specialist Capsifi
- Why the UK's "outdated" cybersecurity legislation needs an urgent refresh
December 13
- Enterprises are ramping up investment in private AI systems
- NetApp wants to talk about cold data and its impact on sustainability
- Threat of personal liability has CISOs sweating
- US charges 14 members of North Korean IT worker scam that bagged $88 million in six years
- CirrusHQ names AWS’ Craig Ridsdill as new head of sales
December 12
- Google jumps on the agentic AI bandwagon
- AWS wants to drastically cut down AI hallucinations – here's how it plans to do it
- Developers using these programming languages were the best paid in 2024
- Ireland has become a “data dumping ground” for big tech
- Europol just took down 27 DDoS-for-hire sites
- Cognizant and Zscaler expand partnership to launch new AI-powered zero trust security tools
- Everything you need to know about the Cleo file transfer vulnerability, including affected products, patches, and temporary mitigations
- Google wants regulators to break up Microsoft's OpenAI deal
December 11
- AI is causing a data storage crisis for enterprises
- Node4 names Richard Moseley as new CEO
- Open source malware surged by 156% in 2024
- What HPE's results say about the direction of enterprise AI
- Apple CEO Tim Cook hails company's "deep connection" with UK as figures show it's invested £18 billion since 2019
December 10
- Data center water consumption is skyrocketing, but Microsoft thinks it has a solution – the company's new closed-loop cooling system consumes zero water and could save millions of liters per year
- Everything you need to know about ChatGPT Pro, including pricing, features, and available models
- Salt Typhoon hacker group recorded conversations of ‘very senior’ US political figures
- Recall arrives for Intel and AMD devices after months of controversy
- UK banks weathered the storm of cyber threats in 2024 – here’s why
December 9
- AI tools are growing in popularity at enterprises, but not all of them are approved by employers – and that’s a serious problem for IT and security leaders
- Kyndryl and Nokia extend partnership to drive data center networking gains
- Generative AI's cybersecurity potential is clear, but so far it's given hackers the upper hand
- SonicWall and CrowdStrike team up to launch new MDR offering
- Termite ransomware gang claims responsibility for Blue Yonder cyber attack
- Meta wants to join the big tech nuclear club
- “Significant concerns” raised over impact of data center growth on regional energy grids
December 6
- Alteryx names Andy MacMillan as new CEO
- Sharp continues European IT services push with latest acquisition
- Meta just unveiled plans to spend $10 billion on its largest-ever data center
- AWS sharpens sustainability focus as AI environmental concerns rise
- BT Group’s Conferencing division attacked by Black Basta ransomware gang
December 5
- Microsoft refuses to back down on Windows 11 hardware requirements
- Vodafone–Three merger cleared to proceed with commitment to invest heavily in UK 5G rollout
- Warning issued after Chinese hacker group breaches telco firms in "dozens of countries"
- Four-day week medical trials just showed huge physical and mental health benefits – staff reported higher wellbeing, less burnout, and better sleep
- Regulatory uncertainty is holding back AI adoption – here’s what the industry needs going forward
- Integrity360 expands European presence with Adsigo acquisition
December 4
- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital confirms hackers gained access to patient data through digital gateway service
- The open source community relies on a loyal army of committed developers – but their security practices are putting the whole ecosystem at risk
- US energy contractor ENGlobal reveals ransomware attack
- Microsoft hit with £1 billion lawsuit over claims it’s “punishing UK businesses” for using competitor cloud services
- AWS goes all in on AI agents with new features for Bedrock and Amazon Q
- Salesforce thinks the UK is ready to lead the next wave of AI
December 3
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy just unveiled a powerful new AI model to compete with Google Gemini and OpenAI's GPT-4
- AWS re:Invent 2024 live: All the news and updates from day-three in Las Vegas
- Employee accuses Apple of surveilling staff using iCloud
- BT orders staff back into the office with "three together, two wherever" policy change
- OpenAI says ads aren't coming soon – if ever
- UK underestimates threat from hostile states, says new NCSC head
December 2
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announces retirement
- Westcon-Comstor bags major European distribution deal with AWS
- Rapid7 announces new chief technology officer for EMEA
- Your office is now absolutely riddled with surveillance equipment
- AWS opens physical sites for fast data uploads – but it could cost you up to $500 an hour
- Data center firm Latos introduces itself with plans for 40 new facilities in the UK
- AWS adds new generative AI capabilities for Amazon Connect