
Ross Kelly
Ross Kelly is ITPro's News & Analysis Editor, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies.
He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro in 2022 after four years working in technology conference research.
In his spare time, Ross enjoys cycling, walking and is an avid reader of history and non-fiction.
You can contact Ross at ross.kelly@futurenet.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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OpenAI sets February retirement date for popular GPT-4o modelNews OpenAI has confirmed plans to retire its popular GPT-4o model in February, citing increased uptake of its newer GPT-5 model range.
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UK cyber jobs have tripled since 2021News While the number of cyber jobs is surging, there’s still much work to be done tackling the country's skills gap
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The UK government wants to upskill 10 million Brits in AI by 2030News The nationwide upskilling push aims to help UK workers capitalize on the generative AI boom
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Everything we know so far about the Nike data breachNews Hackers behind the WorldLeaks ransomware group claim to have accessed sensitive corporate data
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AMD helps supercharge Dawn supercomputerNews The Dawn supercomputer in Cambridge will be powered with AMD MI355X accelerators
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Nationwide forges closer ties with AWS in cloud transformation pushNews The building society is “consolidating and modernizing” cloud infrastructure and focusing heavily on internal skills development
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If Satya Nadella wants us to take AI seriously, let's start with ROI for businessesOpinion The Microsoft chief said there’s a risk public sentiment might sour unless adoption is distributed more evenly
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Lloyds wants to train every employee in AI by the end of this yearNews The new AI Academy from Lloyds Banking Group looks to upskill staff, drive AI use, and improve customer service
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Open source project scraps bug bounty scheme over AI 'slop' submissionsNews Curl isn’t the only open source project inundated with AI slop submissions
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Experts welcome EU-led alternative to MITRE's vulnerability tracking schemeNews The EU-led framework will reduce reliance on US-based MITRE vulnerability reporting database
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Jensen Huang says the traditional computing stack will never look the same because of AINews The Nvidia chief says new applications will be built “on top of ChatGPT” as the technology redefines software
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Satya Nadella on the "telltale sign" of an AI bubbleNews Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appears confident that the AI market isn’t in the midst of a bubble, but warned widespread adoption outside of the technology industry will be key to calming concerns.
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DeepSeek rocked Silicon Valley in January 2025 – one year on and it looks set to shake things up againAnalysis The Chinese AI company sent Silicon Valley into meltdown last year and it could rock the boat again with an upcoming model
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26% of privacy professionals are bracing for a breach this yearNews Overworked, underfunded privacy teams are being left hung out to dry by executives
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Wasabi Technologies has hyperscalers in the crosshairsNews The cloud storage provider plans to ramp up AI infrastructure investment and boost global expansion
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Marc Benioff says hiring in software engineering is ‘mostly flat’ at Salesforce because of AINews Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has revealed hiring for software engineering has dipped as a result of AI, but the CRM giant is ramping up recruitment in other key areas to push its agentic agenda.
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What the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud means for enterprisesNews AWS has announced the general availability of its European Sovereign Cloud. Here's what the launch means for enterprises operating in the region.
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Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot is down as company confirms ‘elevated error rates’ for Opus 4.5 and Sonnet 4.5News Users of Anthropic's Sonnet 4.5 and Opus 4.5 models are being met with "elevated error rates"
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MoD and Oracle forge closer ties as IT modernization acceleratesNews The UK’s defence ministry will move legacy systems to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as part of the expanded agreement
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Nobody asked for AI PCs, but they’ve been thrust upon us – at least Dell realizes it’s probably made a mistakeOpinion The company is bringing back the iconic XPS laptop range in a move that will please consumers bombarded with AI slop
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Google's Apple deal shows it's pulling ahead in the AI raceAnalysis Apple opting for Google's models to underpin Siri and Apple Intelligence is a major seal of approval for the tech giant's Gemini range – and a sure sign it's pulling ahead in the AI race.
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Microsoft is shaking up GitHub in preparation for a battle with AI coding rivalsNews The tech giant is bracing itself for a looming battle in the AI coding space
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Copper supply shortages could hamper big tech infrastructure plansNews Copper supply bottlenecks could put a huge dent future big tech infrastructure plans
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Salt Typhoon behind attack on US Congressional email systemNews The Salt Typhoon campaign marks the latest in a string of attacks on US government communications networks
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