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May 31
- Banking details of 30 million Santander customers exposed during breach allegedly up for sale on the dark web
- Mass exploitation of edge services could become the de facto attack vector for hackers in 2024
May 30
- Zscaler chief exec rebuffs Broadcom acquisition rumors
- The dark web is absolutely awash with stolen data on British MPs
- US data center power consumption is set to double by 2030 amid soaring AI demands
- BBC pension scheme data breach exposes more than 25,000 current and former employees
- Mistral AI just launched ‘Codestral’, its own competitor to Code Llama and GitHub Copilot — and it’s fluent in over 80 programming languages
- Speculation mounts over how Ticketmaster hackers stole half a billion customer records
- OpenAI says it’s charting a "path to AGI" with its next frontier AI model
- ‘Silicon Sands’ data center campus in Blackpool given green light
May 29
- AMD retains its position as the partner of choice for the world’s fastest and most efficient HPC deployments
- AMD strikes deal to power Microsoft Azure OpenAI service workloads with Instinct MI300X accelerators
- This new hacker group is targeting software developers with phony job offers and fake projects
- HP and Canva want to help users "design anything and print anywhere"
- ChatGPT answers still can’t be trusted as EU regulators cite GDPR non-compliance
- MSPs are struggling with cyber security skills shortages
- Generative AI security tools are a risky enterprise investment – WithSecure wants to change that
- Kyndryl extends deal to manage Bord Gáis Energy’s hybrid cloud
- AI risks harming scientific research, study warns
- Former OpenAI exec claims ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘outright lying’ prompted Altman coup
- WithSecure Sphere 2024 live: All the news and announcements from day-two
May 28
- Magnetic tape storage has found a new lease of life with a record 152.9 exabytes shipped worldwide in 2023 — and the rise of generative AI is a key factor
- Chromebook Plus devices are getting an AI boost with Gemini — and we’ve had an early preview
- Data center staff are getting burnt out – and this could be causing more frequent outages
- Christie’s given Friday ransom deadline after threat group claims responsibility for cyber attack
- Farewell VBScript: Microsoft confirms plans to begin phasing out the programming language
- New AI-focused Doncaster tech hub gets go-ahead
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux is coming to the Nutanix Cloud Platform — here’s what you need to know
May 27
- CMA review reveals conflicting views on UK cloud competition
May 24
- Acer is taking the plunge back into servers in EMEA, but it's keen to avoid previous mistakes
- Microsoft’s precarious AI ecosystem laid bare in wake of major service outage
- Old but gold: Why shoulder surfing is an underacknowledged cyber threat
- Creeping cloud complexity is hampering incident response
- Spain is rolling in hyperscaler data center investment
- Enterprises are bogged down with disparate cyber tools — here’s why a ‘platform security’ approach could tackle growing complexity
May 23
- Firms have paid out more than $4.8 billion in GDPR fines since 2018
- ‘Multi-cloud all the way’: Why Google Cloud’s UniSuper fiasco shows you shouldn’t rely on a single cloud provider
- 'Context switching' is a major drain on developer productivity — here’s how GitHub plans to solve that
- AI tools could cut staff working hours by almost half
- AMD expands CPU portfolio with new EPYC 4004 Series
- Healthcare cyber attacks have surged in 2024 — this new program aims to improve security
- Global AI agreement “impossible” and companies should avoid tech-specific policies, experts warn
- Sophos names Joe Levy as new CEO
May 22
- Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google just promised to halt AI development if models are too dangerous — but will they stick to their promise?
- CyberArk to acquire machine identity management specialist Venafi for $1.54 billion
- Sluggish growth and blindsided by generative AI: Adam Selipsky’s predictable departure from AWS
- Data center providers are pouring into secondary markets as key EU regions become increasingly cramped
- New Microsoft Recall feature is a 'security nightmare' and could make Copilot+ PCs a top target for cyber criminals
- Inside Google’s plan to use data center waste heat to warm nearby homes and businesses
- Rimini Street extends service offering to VMware products
May 21
- Microsoft's AI-fueled data center rush caused carbon emissions to surge by 29% in 2023 — and now the tech giant could miss critical sustainability targets
- Dell Technologies World 2024 live: All the news and announcements from day-two
- BT just extended the PSTN switch-off deadline — here’s what you need to know
- Productivity booms in sectors driving AI adoption, prompting a surge in upskilling efforts
- Kyndryl strikes new partnership with Nvidia to drive generative AI adoption
- Google says Microsoft can’t be trusted after email security blunders
- Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC brand heralds a “new era” in personal computing — here’s why we’re excited
- Dell doubles down on Nvidia partnership with ‘AI factories’ and models at the edge
May 20
- Dell Technologies expands AI ecosystem with Microsoft, Hugging Face support
- VMware discloses flaws in Workstation and Fusion Pro products after making them free for personal use
- Slack refutes claims that customer data is used to train AI models
- Labour teases AI strategy plans ahead of 2024 general election
- FBI seizes BreachForums infrastructure — but successor sites are already popping up
- Optiver partners with AMD to turbo charge data center modernization efforts
- AMD bags IEEE’s 2024 Corporate Innovation Award for pioneering chiplet design research
May 18
- Google shows off new smaller generative AI tools and an AI agent on your phone
May 17
- HPE GreenLake gets a slew of new storage features
- Microsoft swerves CMA investigation into Mistral AI deal
- How Sainsbury’s plans to become the UK’s “leading AI-enabling grocer”
- Fake invoice scams are still a major threat to enterprises — and they’re only going to get stealthier
- The debate over ‘open source AI’ has reached boiling point — this new OSI initiative looks to set the record straight
- Microsoft: Sluggish AI adoption could cost the UK economy £150 billion
- ‘Opposites attract’: Why the LogRhythm-Exabeam merger makes sense
- Hackers are targeting Windows Quick Assist remote desktop features to deploy ransomware
May 16
- UK releases draft code of practice for AI security
- HPE supercomputer push continues with Aurora
- NCSC CTO says what everyone is thinking about software security
- Sovereign cloud services are now the “bare minimum” expected by customers, and hyperscalers are scrambling to meet demand
- Why the Raspberry Pi IPO is a major seal of approval for the British tech scene
- This ransomware variant has now been used against 500 targets — here's what you need to know
May 15
- Nvidia thinks it’s time to start measuring data center efficiency by other metrics — is this the end of PUE?
- Christie's response to cyber attack underscores the fine art of resilience
- Security leaders report pressure from boards to downplay cyber risks
- Westcon-Comstor and Vectra AI expand European distribution agreement
- Poor ROI is no deterrent for AI-obsessed CIOs
- Palo Alto Networks and Accenture sharpen focus on AI security
- What you need to know about the new NCSC ransomware guidance
May 14
- AWS patches S3 storage flaw that racked up huge bill for customer
- AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June
- The HSE cyber attack was a "landmark event" in Ireland - has it learned from the experience?
- Everything you need to know about GPT-4o, including pricing, features, and how to get access
- ‘The pace of change is taking its toll’: Business leaders are becoming burned out by rapid technological changes
- Cloud investment “expected to continue” indefinitely after strong start in 2024, experts suggest
- Scattered Spider, the ransomware group behind the MGM cyber attack, is still on a rampage – and authorities are ramping up efforts to catch them
- Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful and sustainable supercomputer, is now up and running
May 13
- Dell hacker claims they had access to systems for nearly three weeks
- Zscaler praised for swift response amid data breach claims – but what happened?
- IBM and SAP expand partnership to drive generative AI capabilities
- CoreWeave expansion tops off impressive week for UK tech investment
- 'UK’s answer to Silicon Valley' planned for West of England and Wales
- One third of senior execs plan to ditch roles over return to office mandates
May 12
- Five things we learned from the 2024 RSA Conference
May 10
- Currys eyes cloud overhaul in a bid for generative AI adoption
- Dell says data breach affecting 49 million customers poses no 'significant risk’
- UK’s first national security center to open in Wales
- Stack Overflow hailed its OpenAI partnership as a boon for developers — but now disgruntled users say they're being banned for deleting posts
- Royal Academy of Engineering launches Scottish engineering hub
- Path traversal vulnerabilities have been ‘unforgivable’ for decades — developers still haven’t got the message
May 9
- Plans for a tech hub at Glasgow's iconic Met Tower scrapped
- Nearly 70 software vendors sign up to CISA’s cyber resilience program
- Google Cloud blames “combination of rare issues” for customer's mysterious outage
- Wasabi partners with Dell to offer affordable hybrid cloud solutions
- Most employees now worried about the encroachment of AI into their core job functions
- Microsoft is building a new AI model to rival some of the biggest
- 'You need your own bots' to wage war against rogue AI, warns Varonis VP
- CrowdStrike CEO: Embrace AI or be crushed by cyber crooks
May 8
- AWS hopes to "continue working closely" with Broadcom after clash over VMware services
- IBM just open sourced these generative AI coding models
- Medical equipment supplier NRS Healthcare confirms ransomware attack
- Telco cloud investment to reach $200 billion by 2028 amid surging network demands
- Businesses need to realize automation is not about cutting costs
- Sectigo names Dena Bauckman as its new product chief
- CrowdStrike and AWS expand deal to drive cloud security and AI
- Belfast digital twin center wins £37.6m funding
- Red Hat CEO: We’ll meet you at any stage of your AI journey
- Microsoft security boss warns AI insecurity 'unprecedented' as tech goes mainstream
- APIcalypse Now: Akamai CSO warns of surging attacks and backdoored open source components
May 7
- OpenAI’s deal with Stack Overflow just landed it a goldmine of developer data — here's why it'll transform LLM development
- LockBit mastermind unmasked by law enforcement
- Enterprise sustainability efforts mean pre-used hardware could be the key to reducing e-waste
- China blamed for Ministry of Defence attack that exposed military personnel data
- Ransomware group publishes stolen NHS Scotland data to dark web
- AI is changing the game when it comes to cyber security
- RSAC Chairman urges collaboration to ensure collective defense in security
May 3
- Microsoft just signed the biggest corporate renewable energy deal ever — and it's all to keep up with soaring AI data center power demands
- Oracle bets on vector search capabilities to drive enterprise AI value
- Three million Docker Hub repositories are being used to spread malware
- Neurodivergent workers are burning out at record pace — here’s what employers can do to improve support
- Security agencies warn of heightened threat to critical national infrastructure
- Hackers are exploiting critical GitLab password reset vulnerability — here’s what you need to know
- Nearly half of EMEA data breaches were due to internal blunders in 2023
May 2
- Why Java 17 growth is ‘exploding’
- Internal emails reveal the fear that prompted Microsoft's OpenAI investment and pushed Google into an AI panic
- C-suite to cyber pros: Try and tone down the technical jargon
- TCS strikes partnership with AWS to drive cloud transformations
- The Dropbox data breach is a classic case of “breach by acquisition”
- Developer burnout has reached 'epidemic' proportions — and manual toil is a key factor
- Everything you need to know about Amazon Q, including features, pricing, and business tiers
- UK councils are paying out a fortune in data breach claims
May 1
- InfoComm 2024 Best of Show Awards deadline has been extended to June 3
- Why remote desktop tools are facing an onslaught of cyber threats
- AWS keeps pace with Microsoft, Google in cloud sector war of attrition
- Human errors still a leading cause of cyber incidents, says Kaspersky
- “A monumental game changer” — Kaseya launches new all-in-one subscription service for MSPs
- New London business taskforce looks to support women in tech
- Percona appoints new chief technology officer
- Why responsible AI development relies on female leadership input