Nicole Kobie
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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
Cisco confirms investigation amid data breach claims
By Nicole Kobie published
News The networking giant says its probe is ongoing amid claims a threat actors accessed company data
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants a serious discussion on AI dangers
By Nicole Kobie published
News Acknowledging both the benefits and dangers of AI will be key to future development of the technology, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes
American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
By Nicole Kobie last updated
News The investment required to generate enough energy for AI data centers could cost $2 trillion
OpenAI says hackers keep trying to use its services for cyber attacks
By Nicole Kobie published
News The AI developer has disrupted 20 attempts to use its tools for malicious purposes, saying there's been little impact to date
DoJ mulls potential Google services breakup in monopoly lawsuit – what happens next?
By Nicole Kobie published
Analysis The US Department of Justice’s first round of antitrust remedy proposals were called "radical" by Google, which argues open source developers would be first to suffer if it were forced to relinquish Android or Chrome
Once again, UK warned about data center need
By Nicole Kobie published
News Despite hundreds of data centers across the country, it's still not seen as enough
European bank aims to keep startups local
By Nicole Kobie published
News The lending arm of the European Union wants to boost funding to keep startups from heading stateside
British man arrested over hack-to-trade scheme using email password resets
By Nicole Kobie published
News Robert Westbrook allegedly accessed the Office 365 email accounts of execs at five American companies
OpenAI just raised $6.6bn in funding, but it drove a hard bargain
By Nicole Kobie published
News Investors have ignored last week's upheaval at OpenAI and pledged significant funding for the company
Microsoft is doubling down on Widows Recall, adding new security and privacy features
By Nicole Kobie published
News The controversial AI-powered snapshotting tool can be uninstalled, Microsoft says
Microsoft pulls Windows update after botched patch causes blue screens, reboot loops
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft has pulled a Windows 11 update ahead of next week's Patch Tuesday after encountering a raft of issues
Google files formal EU complaint over Microsoft's cloud practices
By Nicole Kobie published
News The long-running cloud licensing dispute continues to rumble on despite settlements signed over the summer
Blackstone confirms £10 billion data center in UK
By Nicole Kobie published
News The Northumberland site could become home to the largest AI data center in Europe
In the age of AI, finding staff with ‘soft skills’ has become a critical enterprise focus
By Nicole Kobie published
News Cornerstone research shows importance of so-called soft skills when it comes to finding work and driving innovation at enterprises
Why the world is about to be swamped with AI PCs
By Nicole Kobie published
News With adoption rates set to surge, AI PCs will become far more mainstream in years to come
Amazon unveils AI chatbot for sellers
By Nicole Kobie published
News The Project Amelia artificial intelligence assistant has arrived in beta
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