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.
Latest articles by Nicole Kobie

Google eyes up agents in next big AI gamble
By Nicole Kobie published
News AI agents are the clear next step for LLMs, and naturally Google is on board

Python just became the most popular programming language on GitHub
By Nicole Kobie published
News The meteoric rise of Python shows no sign of stopping

Everything you need to know about Windows Server 2025
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft promises security, performance, and cloud agility upgrades for Windows Server 2025 — but bugs ruin the party

AWS dealt major blow in nuclear-powered data center deal
By Nicole Kobie published
News Amazon's deal with Talen to locate a data center at a nuclear power station can continue, but only at original 300 megawatts

The Open Cloud Coalition wants to promote a more competitive European cloud market
By Nicole Kobie published
Analysis The launch of the Open Cloud Coalition is the latest blow in a war of words between Microsoft and Google over European cloud

"Missed expectations" are driving the cloud repatriation trend – but it’s not as bad as you might think
By Nicole Kobie published
News While fewer than one-in-ten companies are migrating back in house, analysts say it's no surprise given costs

Apple is offering rewards of up to $1 million to find critical flaws in its private AI cloud systems
By Nicole Kobie published
News Apple is offering big bug bounty rewards to boost security of its Private Cloud Compute

Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages, claims "cutting corners" caused infamous July outage
By Nicole Kobie published
News The botched CrowdStrike update wreaked havoc with Microsoft computers globally

Iceland’s four-day working week trials have been a roaring success
By Nicole Kobie published
News Research suggests that reducing working hours actually boosted Iceland's productivity

Europe needs more energy and better grids to meet data center power demands
By Nicole Kobie published
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.

This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings
By Nicole Kobie published
News Investing in its own hardware will save 37 Signals $10m over five years — and offer better storage and compute

AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit
By Nicole Kobie published
News AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees pushing back on RTO mandates should quit

Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates
By Nicole Kobie last updated
News Companies know staff don't want to go back to the office, and that may be part of their plan with RTO mandates

Cisco confirms investigation amid data breach claims
By Nicole Kobie published
News The networking giant says its probe is ongoing amid claims a threat actors accessed company data

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants a serious discussion on AI dangers
By Nicole Kobie published
News Acknowledging both the benefits and dangers of AI will be key to future development of the technology, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes

American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
By Nicole Kobie last updated
News The investment required to generate enough energy for AI data centers could cost $2 trillion

OpenAI says hackers keep trying to use its services for cyber attacks
By Nicole Kobie published
News The AI developer has disrupted 20 attempts to use its tools for malicious purposes, saying there's been little impact to date

DoJ mulls potential Google services breakup in monopoly lawsuit – what happens next?
By Nicole Kobie published
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

Once again, UK warned about data center need
By Nicole Kobie published
News Despite hundreds of data centers across the country, it's still not seen as enough

European bank aims to keep startups local
By Nicole Kobie published
News The lending arm of the European Union wants to boost funding to keep startups from heading stateside

British man arrested over hack-to-trade scheme using email password resets
By Nicole Kobie published
News Robert Westbrook allegedly accessed the Office 365 email accounts of execs at five American companies

OpenAI just raised $6.6bn in funding, but it drove a hard bargain
By Nicole Kobie published
News Investors have ignored last week's upheaval at OpenAI and pledged significant funding for the company

Microsoft is doubling down on Widows Recall, adding new security and privacy features
By Nicole Kobie published
News The controversial AI-powered snapshotting tool can be uninstalled, Microsoft says
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