Latest articles by Ross Kelly
"Ill-informed" EU lawmakers risk blurring the definition of open source in Cyber Resilience Act
News Industry figures have criticized wording of the EU’s flagship cyber security resilience legislation, suggesting it shows a disregard for open source principles
OpenAI and Microsoft's regulatory probes explained
Analysis Regulators are concerned that OpenAI's relationship with Microsoft could constitute a merger, prompting initial probes in the EU, US, and UK in recent months
MoD IT vulnerabilities a serious national security risk, experts warn
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) isn’t the only government department with poor security posture, new data shows, with dozens of systems at critical risk of attacks
Perplexity AI, a startup that just raised $73.6 million from Nvidia and Databricks, wants to take on Google's search engine dominance
News Perplexity AI looks to position itself as a challenger to Google in the search industry, but despite rapid growth in 2023 the odds could be stacked against it
The race for AI assistants has grown boring
Opinion Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but AI assistants have hit a wall
BT misses key Huawei kit removal deadline, but the telco is “almost over the line”
News BT is still reliant on non-compliant Huawei equipment for 2G and 3G services
'Local' machine learning promises to cut the cost of AI development in 2024
Analysis Local machine learning inferencing will be a key trend in the year ahead, according to Hugging Face CTO Julien Chaumond
Lonely Planet taps cloud transformation for a fresh travel experience
Case study Through comprehensive cloud transformation and generative AI the travel guide firm Lonely Planet aims to improve the customer experience
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap
News As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility
History tells us ALPHV will likely recover from recent takedown
News A number of cyber criminal outfits have recovered from police takedowns in recent years, but that doesn’t mean authorities should stop trying
ALPHV leak site seized by law enforcement as decryption tool released
News The ALPHV takedown as been described as a "huge win" for law enforcement
Tech sector gender gap could take “nearly 300 years” to close without intervention
News Drastic action will be needed to address the UK's tech sector gender gap, according to BCS
Adobe has officially abandoned its $20 billion Figma acquisition
News Adobe’s Figma deal will be shelved - and it’ll cost the firm $1 billion to do so
VMware perpetual licenses on the chopping block following Broadcom acquisition
News Cuts to VMware perpetual licenses aren’t the only changes announced this week
Why Mistral AI could be Europe’s answer to US dominance
Analysis Mistral AI has raised a significant amount of investment amid a meteoric rise
Microsoft seeks to ward off potential union action over AI job risks
News Microsoft has partnered with a leading union federation to tackle lingering AI concerns
OpenAI drama prompts CMA review into Microsoft relationship
News The CMA will examine whether Microsoft and OpenAI’s relationship could be considered a merger
US and EU cyber agencies strike agreement to boost global threat response
News The US and EU authorities have struck a deal to improve cross-border cyber security cooperation
New Cisco AI Assistant looks to drive cloud security automation
News The Cisco AI Assistant for Security is the latest automated tool launched by big tech security vendors this year
Linux Blue Screen of Death gives users a taste of the dreaded Windows feature
News The Linux Blue Screen of Death has been added in a recent update
Apple just discreetly launched a raft of new machine learning tools, and they’re free
News The launch of Apple MLX sheds light on the tech giant’s future approach to AI innovation
Google Gemini shows tech giant is still in the generative AI race as model outperforms GPT-4
Analysis Google Gemini Ultra outperforms humans on benchmarks like MMLU
AWS joins Google in calling out restrictive Microsoft cloud practices
News Competitors are voicing their concerns over restrictive Microsoft cloud licensing rules
