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Nicole Kobie

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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Microsoft and NCSC issue alerts over hacker campaigns targeting WhatsApp, Signal messaging apps

News Microsoft warns about a sophisticated attack that starts with WhatsApp messages, while the NCSC says such incidents are on the rise

IT admins are scrambling for alternatives in the wake of Microsoft’s MDT retirement

News OS deployment is up in the air after Microsoft's MDT retirement – but the time to take action is now

By Nicole Kobie Published 1 April 26

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Microsoft pauses Windows 11 update after installation errors

News Two weeks after pledging to improve Windows 11 updates, a preview suffers installation issues

By Nicole Kobie Published 31 March 26

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Red Hat, Google Cloud eye legacy modernization gains with partnership expansion

News Red Hat wants to make it easier to migrate and modernize applications

By Nicole Kobie Published 27 March 26

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Databricks unveils agentic Lakewatch SIEM to help security teams tackle growing AI cyber risks

News The company says security teams can no longer rely on manual workflows

By Nicole Kobie Published 26 March 26

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US bans foreign-made routers over security risks

News FCC says routers can be approved for sale, but so far, none are

By Nicole Kobie Published 24 March 26

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Google: we need more energy for AI

News Alphabet president calls for US to step up power generation to feed her company's AI ambitions

By Nicole Kobie Published 24 March 26

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1Password targets identity security gains with new agent platform

News The Unified Access system from 1Password will help enterprises manage AI agent access across different devices and users

By Nicole Kobie Published 20 March 26

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'AI-generated phishing became the baseline' for hackers last year

News Forget looking for typos and bad grammar, phishing campaigns are using AI to boost their attack success

By Nicole Kobie Published 19 March 26

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Researchers taught GPT-5 to learn an obscure programming language on its own

News OpenAI’s GPT-5 learned to code in Idris despite a lack of available data, baffling researchers

By Nicole Kobie Published 17 March 26

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Cyber experts hit out at Companies House security fiasco

News The incident at Companies House underlines the need for more robust public sector security capabilities

By Nicole Kobie Published 17 March 26

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Google Workspace just got a huge Gemini update

News Google is targeting deeper Gemini integration across a range of Workspace applications

By Nicole Kobie Published 12 March 26

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Thousands of Asus routers are being used to fuel a massive cyber crime spree

News Black Lotus Labs has spotted a massive botnet of Asus routers built by malware that uses a common peer networking tool

By Nicole Kobie Published 12 March 26

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Concerns mount over cognitive impact of extended AI use at work

News Research from Boston Consulting Group backs earlier studies in highlighting the negative cognitive impact of AI at work

By Nicole Kobie Published 11 March 26

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Anthropic's new Claude Code feature looks to speed up code reviews

News Anthropic’s new tool aims to address code review bottlenecks with AI tool — but it won't come cheap

By Nicole Kobie Published 10 March 26

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MacBook Neo: everything you need to know about Apple's £599 laptop

News £599 for a MacBook? Meet Apple's MacBook Neo – which could disrupt education markets and rival Microsoft

By Nicole Kobie Published 5 March 26

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Trump makes AI firms pay for power

News Agreement with Big Tech and AI giants at the White House designed to keep electricity prices from increasing

By Nicole Kobie Published 5 March 26

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Cloudflare warns state-backed hackers are ‘weaponizing legitimate enterprise ecosystems’ as ‘living off the land’ attacks surge

News Chinese, North Korean, and Russian-backed threat groups now favor longer-term compromises over brute force attacks

By Nicole Kobie Published 4 March 26

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Scalper bots are scouring the web and scooping up RAM as memory shortages continue

News DataDome says bots are driving up the price of DRAM even further thanks to AI demand

By Nicole Kobie Published 3 March 26

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Environmental campaigners call on UK gov to enforce stricter data center emissions rules

News UK government consultation on data center energy use should consider emissions and water use, activists say

By Nicole Kobie Published 3 March 26

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Claude Code flaws left AI tool wide open to hackers

News The trio of Claude code flaws could have put developers at risk of attacks

By Nicole Kobie Published 27 February 26

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Google talks up new Texas data center that uses minimal water

News New data center plans look to capitalize on air cooling and clean energy generation

By Nicole Kobie Published 26 February 26

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Anthropic and IBM lock horns on AI-powered COBOL modernization

News Research from Anthropic claims Claude Code can simplify modernization of COBOL systems

By Nicole Kobie Published 24 February 26

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CEOs aren't seeing any AI productivity gains

News A massive survey by National Bureau of Economic Research shows limited AI impact, but continued hopes it'll boost productivity eventually

By Nicole Kobie Published 20 February 26

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Microsoft Copilot bug saw AI snoop on confidential emails — after it was told not to

News The Copilot bug meant an AI summarizing tool accessed messages in the Sent and Draft folders, dodging policy rules

By Nicole Kobie Published 19 February 26

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