Richard Speed
Richard Speed is an expert in databases, DevOps and IT regulations and governance. He was previously a Staff Writer for ITPro, CloudPro and ChannelPro, before going freelance. He first joined Future in 2023 having worked as a reporter for The Register. He has also attended numerous domestic and international events, including Microsoft's Build and Ignite conferences and both US and EU KubeCons.
Prior to joining The Register, he spent a number of years working in IT in the pharmaceutical and financial sectors.
Latest articles by Richard Speed

NCSC neutralizes fewer cyber crime campaigns for first time in six years
By Richard Speed published
News Drop in takedowns may be due to short lifetimes of extortion email servers and crypto scams

Iranian hackers targeted nuclear expert, ported Windows infection chain to Mac in a week
By Richard Speed published
News Fresh research demonstrates the sophistication and capability of state-sponsored threat actors to compromise diverse targets

Ubuntu publisher Canonical to assume control of LXD
By Richard Speed published
News Linux Containers team “regrets” decision to make tool a project of the Ubuntu vendor

Cyber insurance costs fall in 2023 despite steep rise in ransomware attacks
By Richard Speed published
News Premiums drop from historic highs as insurers eye a ransomware resurgence

HPE plans to spend $1 billion on high-volume servers in India
By Richard Speed published
News HPE said local demand and supply chain diversification is a key motivation behind the ambitious five-year plan

Swedish privacy concerns result in fines over Google Analytics
By Richard Speed published
News Swedish privacy authority ordered companies to stop using the ubiquitous web traffic analysis tool, in line with recent EU rulings

UK competition watchdog expresses concern over Adobe and Figma deal
By Richard Speed published
News Competition and Markets Authority is taking a closer look at Adobe’s plans

Red Hat: Distro vendors must abide by enterprise agreements amid source code ‘furor’
By Richard Speed published
News Ongoing confusion around how distro development teams can work around Red Hat’s latest restrictions has prompted a response

Oracle missed the cloud boat - is it doing the same with AI?
By Richard Speed published
Analysis Founder and chairman Larry Ellison says billions will be spent to lure AI companies to Oracle’s cloud, but is it too little too late?

MITRE publishes the top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses
By Richard Speed published
News The annual list features the usual suspects and some new entries too

OpenAI is being sued again - why is generative AI such a legal conundrum?
By Richard Speed published
News Legal woes continue to bedevil AI technology amid privacy and copyright concerns

Red Hat adds four years of extended support for RHEL 7
By Richard Speed published
News An additional three years are also added to RHEL 8 and 9's lifecycles, which are still both fully supported

Intel and Dell secure deal to build a digital twin of a UK fusion power plant
By Richard Speed published
News The simulation will be critical for meeting the ambitious goal of delivering fusion energy to the UK’s energy network in the 2040s

GitHub: 30% of Copilot coding suggestions are accepted
By Richard Speed published
News Senior developers say the steady increase in Copilot success rates may lead to a shortage of junior coders

Quantum 'toggle switch' will eliminate computing errors, researchers claim
By Richard Speed published
Analysis NIST says the new approach will cut down on so-called 'noise' that produces inconsistent results in many quantum computers

Mizuho bank says it will roll out generative AI to 45,000 employees
By Richard Speed published
News Japan’s Mizuho is providing access to Microsoft Azure OpenAI at a time when the US is placing greater restrictions on ChatGPT

What Red Hat's source code restrictions mean for businesses
By Richard Speed last updated
News Red Hat's source code restrictions for Enterprise Linux have caused a stir in the industry, with some users still investigating the degree to which they'll be affected

Report reveals the tech jobs worst hit by generative AI automation
By Richard Speed published
News Some roles could face as much as 26% of tasks being automated, although humans likely to remain an 'essential part of the workforce'

Google expands Classroom with new features in free and paid tiers
By Richard Speed published
News More analytics and support for educators as Classroom evolves

Researchers uncover novel RDStealer malware targeting remote desktop protocol
By Richard Speed published
News Bitdefender's experts said the level of disguise observed in this campaign “surpasses anything witnessed thus far”

Report: UK lags behind US in auditing code for security flaws
By Richard Speed published
News The CTO of open source software firm SUSE suggested the US’ DevOps maturity can be attributed to the difference in aptitude

Squarespace to acquire Google Domains: What it means for customers
By Richard Speed published
News Google will wind up its domain registration business while offloading assets and customers
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