
Nicole Kobie
Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007. As a freelance journalist covering technology and business, Nicole's work includes bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.
Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.
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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis steps aside amid Google leadership shake-upNews Google loses Jeff Dean after nearly three decades, while Demis Hassabis shifts to longer term work
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This new technique could improve AI output accuracy by 80%News Researchers believe the new method will improve accuracy and help reduce costs
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Reports: UK could consider regulation amidst growing 'rogue AI' concernsNews New AI minister said regulation is on the table, but only if public safety is at risk from AI
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AI helps Seagate sell out of exabyte hard drivesEven hard drives are in demand thanks to the AI-driven infrastructure build-out
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Microsoft may be making AI work — finally boosting its share priceMicrosoft's quarterly results featured better than expected figures on AI and cloud
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Gartner just revised its global IT spending projection for 2026 – here’s whyNews The analyst firm has made tweaks to previous predictions to reflect confidence in AI spending
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Microsoft unveils cut-price AI for security with latest in-house model launchNews Pairing the MAI security model with GPT-5.4 gives benchmark leading results at half the cost, according to the tech giant
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Companies are still paying ransoms to cyber criminals despite official adviceNews A Proofpoint survey found evolving ransomware techniques and the use of AI is exacerbating the situation for victims
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Google Cloud's record results can't quiet concerns on AI spending and model release timelinesNews Sundar Pichai defended the cost of AI rollouts and delays to frontier models following quarterly results
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Cisco launches cyber-focused small language modelsNews The Antares models unveiled by Cisco aim to cut costs in codebase analysis
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AI is changing team structures in cybersecurity and creating new rolesNews SANS Institute notes that companies are reworking security teams and salaries are going up
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Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis issues call to action on AI safety standardsNews The DeepMind co-founder has called for stronger safeguards to tackle AI risks
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CISPE teams up with EU trade groups in latest Broadcom spatNews Battle over acquisition and subsequent partnership and licensing changes continues
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UK firms still can't master the basics when it comes to AI adoptionNews Brit enterprises have doubled AI spending but won't see results until they sort IT foundations like data management and governance
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says enterprises shouldn’t be sharing so much data with AI providersNews The Microsoft chief warned that corporate data could be at risk thanks to AI models
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Developers are swerving programming fundamentals in favor of AINews O'Reilly has recorded a massive fall in programming fundamentals courses, but that’s not to suggest devs aren’t learning key skills
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The memory shortage is hitting PC sales hard, but vendor revenues are still growingNews AI-driven component shortages are hurting PC sales, but device vendors are recording solid revenue growth
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FCA recommends expanded powers to boost financial services AI regulationNews The regulator has called for another review about whether AI needs to be regulated
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Cyber experts say they've identified the first case of ‘agentic ransomware’News While the JadePuffer ransomware has alarm bells ringing, it still needed a human in the loop
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Opera browser thinks it has the solution to stopping ClickFix malware attacksNews The browser company is targeting a growing source of malicious links with its new Paste Protect feature
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Why the US imposed export controls on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos modelsNews Anthropic tightens up safeguards and offers expanded early access to US government to end export control issues
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Hackers are breaching networks and laying low for longerNews An ExtraHop survey found more intrusions are going undetected, leading to longer dwell times
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Why Apple is speeding up software patchingNews Apple is speeding up its software patching processes amid rising concerns that AI is helping hackers to spot and exploit flaws at a far quicker pace.
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Excessive AI use prompts drastic action at Accenture as staff told to stop using tools for unnecessary tasksNews Accenture has told some staff to roll back the use of AI for basic tasks while the consultancy grapples with surging AI token costs.
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