Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a writer and editor that specialises in public sector, cyber security, and cloud computing. He first joined ITPro as a staff writer in April 2018 and eventually became its Features Editor. Although a regular contributor to other tech sites in the past, these days you will find Keumars on LiveScience, where he runs its Technology section.
Latest articles by Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Microsoft product chief Panos Panay joins executive leadership team
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The Microsoft veteran has been a key player in the development of the Surface range and Windows 11
UK reveals post-Brexit data reforms alongside flurry of international agreements
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The US, Australia, and South Korea are among the countries the government is prioritising for multi-billion-pound adequacy agreements
Zoom charts course for ‘hybrid’ office return
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The company briefly opened its Sydney offices but reversed course as COVID-19 remerged in the area
Widely-used WhatsApp mod stuffed with malware
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News FMWhatsApp is embedded with the Triada Trojan which tracks device information and intercepts texts
Intel and Qualcomm awarded chipmaking deal with US defence agencies
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The US government wants to create a healthy stream of 7nm chips and smaller manufactured on-shore
Samsung invests £150 billion to become global chipmaking leader
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The three-year plan will also see the firm make 40,000 hires
Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million records
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Sensitive data including contact tracing, COVID vaccine status as well as names and email addresses have been leaked
Nvidia-ARM deal in danger as CMA raises ‘serious’ competition concerns
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The regulator is worried the joint entity will restrict access of Nvidia’s rivals to Arm’s IP
What is GDPR? Everything you need to know
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated
In-depth Does your organisation comply with the toughest ever set of data protection rules?
Intel’s ‘Thread Director’ will boost CPU performance on Windows 11
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This technology will be embedded in the next generation of 10nm hybrid Alder Lake desktop processors
Facebook unveils VR remote working experience, Horizon Workrooms
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Using the Oculus Quest 2, workers can beam their own Sims-style avatar into the ‘metaverse’
Weekly threat roundup: Blackberry QNX, Cisco VPNs, Fortinet firewalls
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
LG hails 6G breakthrough with successful outdoor test
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Tech firm claims it has overcome a major hurdle to viable long-range 6G connections
Qualcomm unveils first 5G and AI-compatible drone platform
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform aims to bring together several complex technologies into a single system
GitHub Discussions is now generally available
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The inclusion of Reddit-like features such as upvoting and discussion pinning aims to improve the user experience
MoD launches callout for tech to plug cyber security holes
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The £300,000 call for submissions aims to address a landscape that’s “full of legacy systems vulnerable to cyber attack”
Intel unveils Arc brand with new GPUs arriving in 2022
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The first hardware generation, nicknamed Alchemist, will be based on the Xe microarchitecture
Cisco acquires Israeli application monitoring startup Epsagon
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Technology and expertise from the cloud monitoring startup will feed into Cisco’s full-stack observability strategy
Windows 11 will introduce ‘focus sessions’ to help with remote work distractions
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This tool pairs tasks on a to-do list with Spotify playlists to allow workers to concentrate while working from home or in the office
Microsoft tests experimental “Super Duper Secure Mode” for Edge browser
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Developers will strip back buggy performance-boosting tech to make room for additional security features
Microsoft shuts down Windows 365 free trials after significant demand
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The widely anticipated Cloud PC service launched on Monday with configurations available between £17 and £134.60 per user, per month
Thales to offload railway signalling division to focus on cyber security
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Hitachi set to acquire the transport business for approximately £1.4 billion
Google bundles Android and web authentication APIs under one banner
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Google Identity Services' SDK includes 'Sign in with Google' and 'One Tap' security tokens