
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.
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Zoom charts course for ‘hybrid’ office returnNews The company briefly opened its Sydney offices but reversed course as COVID-19 remerged in the area
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Widely-used WhatsApp mod stuffed with malwareNews FMWhatsApp is embedded with the Triada Trojan which tracks device information and intercepts texts
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Intel and Qualcomm awarded chipmaking deal with US defence agenciesNews The US government wants to create a healthy stream of 7nm chips and smaller manufactured on-shore
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Samsung invests £150 billion to become global chipmaking leaderNews The three-year plan will also see the firm make 40,000 hires
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Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million recordsNews Sensitive data including contact tracing, COVID vaccine status as well as names and email addresses have been leaked
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Nvidia-ARM deal in danger as CMA raises ‘serious’ competition concernsNews The regulator is worried the joint entity will restrict access of Nvidia’s rivals to Arm’s IP
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Intel’s ‘Thread Director’ will boost CPU performance on Windows 11News This technology will be embedded in the next generation of 10nm hybrid Alder Lake desktop processors
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Facebook unveils VR remote working experience, Horizon WorkroomsNews Using the Oculus Quest 2, workers can beam their own Sims-style avatar into the ‘metaverse’
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Weekly threat roundup: Blackberry QNX, Cisco VPNs, Fortinet firewallsNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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LG hails 6G breakthrough with successful outdoor testNews Tech firm claims it has overcome a major hurdle to viable long-range 6G connections
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Qualcomm unveils first 5G and AI-compatible drone platformNews The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform aims to bring together several complex technologies into a single system
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GitHub Discussions is now generally availableNews The inclusion of Reddit-like features such as upvoting and discussion pinning aims to improve the user experience
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MoD launches callout for tech to plug cyber security holesNews The £300,000 call for submissions aims to address a landscape that’s “full of legacy systems vulnerable to cyber attack”
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Intel unveils Arc brand with new GPUs arriving in 2022News The first hardware generation, nicknamed Alchemist, will be based on the Xe microarchitecture
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Cisco acquires Israeli application monitoring startup EpsagonNews Technology and expertise from the cloud monitoring startup will feed into Cisco’s full-stack observability strategy
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Windows 11 will introduce ‘focus sessions’ to help with remote work distractionsNews 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
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Microsoft tests experimental “Super Duper Secure Mode” for Edge browserNews Developers will strip back buggy performance-boosting tech to make room for additional security features
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Microsoft shuts down Windows 365 free trials after significant demandNews The widely anticipated Cloud PC service launched on Monday with configurations available between £17 and £134.60 per user, per month
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Thales to offload railway signalling division to focus on cyber securityNews Hitachi set to acquire the transport business for approximately £1.4 billion
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Google bundles Android and web authentication APIs under one bannerNews Google Identity Services' SDK includes 'Sign in with Google' and 'One Tap' security tokens
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Rishi Sunak: Teams and Zoom are bad for relationship buildingNews The chancellor says young workers should return to the workplace if they want to develop their careers
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What's behind the explosion in zero-day exploits?In-depth Projections show the industry will detect almost three times as many exploits in 2021 as were found last year
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Starlink to establish Isle of Man base station to achieve full UK coverageNews Elon Musk’s satellite internet service will reach remote regions that aren’t yet covered by 5G or full-fibre networks
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Amazon faces £637 million fine over GDPR violationsNews If confirmed, the penalty would be almost 15-times larger than the current record fine
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