
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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AI skills shortages exacerbated by surging salary demands
News Hiring staff with AI skills continues to be a pain point for companies
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Alphabet commits $85bn to cloud spend to meet demand
News Google tops up AI and cloud infrastructure spending amid AI boom and positive results
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SharePoint flaw: Microsoft says hackers deploying ransomware
News Fallout from the serious zero-day SharePoint vulnerability continues with Microsoft warning about ransomware attacks
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Think AI coding tools are speeding up work? Think again – they’re actually slowing developers down
News AI coding tools may be hindering the work of experienced software developers, according to new research
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NCSC says ‘limited number’ of UK firms affected by SharePoint attack as global impact spreads
News The SharePoint flaw has already had a wide impact according to reports from government security agencies
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VMware partners face more disruption with latest Broadcom changes
News Broadcom’s latest VMware changes mean smaller partners could be pushed out
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Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s new agent for ChatGPT
News ChatGPT agent will bridge "research and action" – but OpenAI is keen to stress it's still a work in progress
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Meta working on a 5GW data center to supercharge AI infrastructure
News Mark Zuckerberg detailed plans for a huge infrastructure investment program in a post on Threads earlier this week – here's what you need to know.
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Cognition pips OpenAI with Windsurf acquisition
News The acquisition by Cognition comes after a rumored $3bn offer from OpenAI fell through
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A threat to Google’s dominance? The AI browser wars have begun – here are the top contenders vying for the crown
News Perplexity has unveiled its Comet browser while OpenAI is reportedly planning to follow suit
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M&S chair calls for mandatory reporting of cyber attacks after "traumatic" ransomware incident
News M&S chair Archie Norman has called for mandatory reporting amid claims two large UK companies were hacked without any public knowledge.
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Small businesses are ‘flying blind’ on carbon emissions and struggling to track sustainability goals
News Research from Wasabi shows small businesses are struggling to keep track of carbon emissions, and a key factor lies in the poor reporting from tech vendors.
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Apple launches appeal over ‘unprecedented’ EU fine
News Apple is pushing back against new app store rules imposed by the European Commission, suggesting a €500m fine is a step too far.
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Using WinRAR? Update now to avoid falling victim to this file path flaw
News WinRAR users have been urged to update after a patch was issued for a serious vulnerability.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy doubles down on the company's AI focus
News Amazon CEO Andy Jassy thinks companies need to "lean into" AI and embrace the technology despite concerns over job losses.
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Google emissions have surged 51% in five years
News While overall carbon emissions have increased significantly, the company is making solid progress in bolstering data center energy efficiency.
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Data center water consumption is out of control, but cloud providers want EU lawmakers to go easy on them
News The European Commission says water shortages are being exacerbated by leaks and pollution, but also points to high usage from data center operators.
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Gen Z workers are keen on AI in the workplace – but they’re still skeptical about the hype
News Younger workers could lead the shift to AI, but only think it can can manage some tasks
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Most agentic AI tools are just ‘repackaged’ RPA and chatbots
News Agentic AI might be the latest industry trend, but new research suggests the majority of tools are simply repackaged AI assistants and chatbots.
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Want to build more secure software? Follow these key memory safe language tips from CISA
News CISA has been pushing for a shift to memory safe languages - now it's published guidance on how developers can make the switch.
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So much for data sovereignty — AI infrastructure is dominated by just a handful of countries
News Oxford researchers suggest AI infrastructure will decide a nation's global impact in the future, just as oil production has over the last few decades.
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Financial impact of cyber attacks on UK retailers laid bare in new report
News Analysis from the Cyber Monitoring Centre shows the recent cyber attacks on a host of UK retailers could cost up to £440 million.
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HPE GreenLake gets the agentic AI treatment
News New AI tools and a wide-ranging agentic AI framework could take GreenLake to the next level
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Half of developers want to quit over "embarrassing" tech stack
news Upgrade CMS and offer AI or risk your devs walking away, finds survey
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