
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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What Anthropic's constitution changes mean for the future of ClaudeNews The developer debates AI consciousness while trying to make Claude chatbot behave better
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90% of companies are woefully unprepared for quantum security threatsNews Quantum security threats are coming, but a Bain & Company survey shows systems aren't yet in place to prevent widespread chaos
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‘Resilience debt’ is now one of the most pressing cyber challenges for enterprisesNews Research from Dell Technologies suggests the gap between cyber resilience and perception of readiness is getting bigger
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OpenAI CFO touts future plans in wake of revenue gainsNews OpenAI made $20bn in 2025 as it continues to expand revenue streams with ads and upcoming AI-powered devices
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Microsoft just took down notorious cyber crime marketplace RedVDSNews Microsoft worked closely with law enforcement to take down the notorious RedVDS cyber crime service – and found tools like ChatGPT and its own Copilot were being used by hackers.
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Shareholder lawsuit over 2024 CrowdStrike outage dismissed as cybersecurity firm welcomes court rulingNews A US court has dismissed a CrowdStrike shareholder lawsuit alleging "inadequate software testing" in the wake of the 2024 outage that bricked Windows devices worldwide.
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Not keen on Microsoft Copilot? Don’t worry, your admins can now uninstall itNews The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview will include a policy for removing the app entirely — but only in certain conditions
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Everything you need to know about Claude CoworkNews Users can give Claude Cowork access to specific folders on their computer, allowing the bot to autonomously sort and organize files in the background while you're working away.
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Nearly half of software developers don’t check AI-generated codeNews A concerning number of developers are failing to check AI-generated code, exposing enterprises to huge security threats
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New Gemini features are coming to GmailNews Google has announced plans for deeper AI integration within Gmail to help users automate inboxes, here's how to turn the features off.
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Businesses aren't laying off staff because of AINews It's sexier to say AI caused redundancies than it is to admit the economy is bad or overhiring has happened
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Hacked London council warns 100,000 households at risk of follow-up scamsNews The council is warning residents they may be at increased risk of phishing scams in the wake of the cyber attack.
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Google drops $4.75bn on data center and energy firm IntersectNews The investment marks the latest move from Google to boost its infrastructure sustainability credentials
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OpenAI says prompt injection attacks are a serious threat for AI browsersNews OpenAI details efforts to protect ChatGPT Atlas against prompt injection attacks
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European Commission approves data flows with UK for another six yearsNews The European Commission says the UK can have seamless data flows for another six years despite recent rule changes
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Amazon says Russian-backed threat groups were responsible for multi-year attacks on edge devicesNews Russian-backed hacker groups are exploiting misconfigured edge devices – now preferring that tactic over hunting down traditional vulnerabilities to gain access to company networks.
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UK government confirms October cyber breach: Everything we know so farNews Details around Foreign Office hack remain sparse and government says it's unclear who is behind the attack
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What Palo Alto Networks' $10bn deal with Google Cloud means for customersNews The extension of an existing partnership between Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud is designed to boost security amid rise in AI
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Coursera and Udemy eye AI training dominance in $2.5bn mergerNews The deal between Coursera and Udemy will create a $2.5bn company to help workers learn AI – and retrain for jobs replaced by it
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AI is creating more software flaws – and they're getting worseNews A CodeRabbit study compared pull requests with AI and without, finding AI is fast but highly error prone
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Everything you need to know about Google and Apple’s emergency zero-day patchesNews A serious zero-day bug was spotted in Chrome systems that impacts Apple users too, forcing both companies to issue emergency patches
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The Microsoft bug bounty program just got a big updateNews Microsoft is expanding its bug bounty program to cover all of its products, even those that haven't previously been covered by a bounty before and even third-party code.
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OpenAI says future models could have a ‘high’ security riskNews The ChatGPT maker wants to keep defenders ahead of attackers when it comes to AI security tools
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Oracle's huge AI spending has some investors worriedNews Oracle says in quarterly results call that it will spend $15bn more than expected next quarter
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