
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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Europe needs more energy and better grids to meet data center power demands
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.
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This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings
News Investing in its own hardware will save 37 Signals $10m over five years — and offer better storage and compute
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AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit
News AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit
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Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates
News Companies know staff don't want to go back to the office, and that may be part of their plan with RTO mandates
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Cisco confirms investigation amid data breach claims
News The networking giant says its probe is ongoing amid claims a threat actors accessed company data
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants a serious discussion on AI dangers
News Acknowledging both the benefits and dangers of AI will be key to future development of the technology, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes
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American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
News The investment required to generate enough energy for AI data centers could cost $2 trillion
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OpenAI says hackers keep trying to use its services for cyber attacks
News The AI developer has disrupted 20 attempts to use its tools for malicious purposes, saying there's been little impact to date
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DoJ mulls potential Google services breakup in monopoly lawsuit – what happens next?
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
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Once again, UK warned about data center need
News Despite hundreds of data centers across the country, it's still not seen as enough
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European bank aims to keep startups local
News The lending arm of the European Union wants to boost funding to keep startups from heading stateside
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British man arrested over hack-to-trade scheme using email password resets
News Robert Westbrook allegedly accessed the Office 365 email accounts of execs at five American companies
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OpenAI just raised $6.6bn in funding, but it drove a hard bargain
News Investors have ignored last week's upheaval at OpenAI and pledged significant funding for the company
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Microsoft is doubling down on Widows Recall, adding new security and privacy features
News The controversial AI-powered snapshotting tool can be uninstalled, Microsoft says
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Microsoft pulls Windows update after botched patch causes blue screens, reboot loops
News Microsoft has pulled a Windows 11 update ahead of next week's Patch Tuesday after encountering a raft of issues
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Google files formal EU complaint over Microsoft's cloud practices
News The long-running cloud licensing dispute continues to rumble on despite settlements signed over the summer
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Blackstone confirms £10 billion data center in UK
News The Northumberland site could become home to the largest AI data center in Europe
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In the age of AI, finding staff with ‘soft skills’ has become a critical enterprise focus
News Cornerstone research shows importance of so-called soft skills when it comes to finding work and driving innovation at enterprises
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Why the world is about to be swamped with AI PCs
News With adoption rates set to surge, AI PCs will become far more mainstream in years to come
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Amazon unveils AI chatbot for sellers
News The Project Amelia artificial intelligence assistant has arrived in beta
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OpenAI Strawberry: What is o1-preview and what can it do?
News The newest model from OpenAI is capable of more powerful reasoning – but is slower than users might be used to
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Amazon demands workers return to office for five-day week
News The latest in a line of big tech firms to demand workers stop working from home, Amazon is set to limit all but certain remote work exceptions
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OpenAI seeks $6.5 billion investment as costs continue to mount
News OpenAI is in talks to raise more funds amid reports of heavy spending
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Microsoft patches rollback flaw in Windows 10
News Patch Tuesday includes protection for a Windows 10 "downgrade" style attack after first being spotted in August
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