Steve Ranger
Steve Ranger is an award-winning reporter and editor who writes about technology and business. Previously he was the editorial director at ZDNET and the editor of silicon.com.
Latest articles by Steve Ranger
Microsoft is building a new AI model to rival some of the biggest
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News Microsoft is working on a MAI-1, a new internally-developed large language model to rival some of the biggest around, despite its deal with OpenAI
IBM just open sourced these generative AI coding models
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News IBM has open sourced models trained on code written in 116 programming languages - and it could make life a lot easier for enterprise developers
OpenAI’s deal with Stack Overflow just landed it a goldmine of developer data
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News OpenAI's large language models will now be trained using millions of questions drawn from the developer knowledge site
The encryption stand-off is getting weirder
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Opinion Opinion: Governments have the powers they said they wanted, so why won’t they use them?
Why Java 17 growth is ‘exploding’
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News Java 17 is now the most popular LTS version, according to application data from New Relic, but what's driving this growth?
Everything you need to know about Amazon Q, including features, pricing, and business tiers
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Explainer Amazon Q can help developers write code faster and help workers with no coding experience build their own generative AI apps
Everything you need to know about IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition
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News IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp represents a major signal of intent for the tech giant and its hybrid cloud and AI ambitions
HPE’s new Aruba Wi-Fi 7 access points aim to supercharge IoT at the edge
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News HPE’s new Wi-Fi access points add more capacity for wireless traffic and the option to process IoT data faster
How Leo A Daly embraced cloud backups for scalability and security
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Case study Using cloud backups, Leo A Daly dramatically reduced file recovery times and improved collaboration across its sites
Microsoft issues warning over ‘GooseEgg’ tool used in Russian hacking campaigns
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News Microsoft researchers have observed the tool being used to help install backdoors and move across networks
Euro police chiefs rekindle end-to-end encryption battle amid continued rollouts
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News End-to-end encryption plans are putting users in danger and making it harder to fight crime, police claim, but tech industry stakeholders disagree
UnitedHealth reveals eye-watering cost of Change Healthcare cyber attack
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News The parent company said it is still recovering from the incident in February, considered one of the most significant and consequential cyber attacks against the US health system to date
DDoS attacks are still growing and there are new threats on the horizon
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Security Scale of DDoS is increasing – this is how the attacks are evolving
Fears over copycat XZ-style attacks mount as open source devs targeted with suspicious emails
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News A mysterious attempt to plant a backdoor in a widely used open source project was likely not an isolated incident
AI is narrowing the performance gap between high and low skilled workers, but over-reliance is a concern – report
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News Stanford University's Annual AI Index reveals the extent to which AI has influenced modern workplaces, and how it may shape business in the years to come
Most developers will soon use an AI pair programmer — but the benefits aren’t black and white
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News Generative AI coding tools can help developers work smarter, even if huge productivity gains may prove elusive
Palo Alto Networks issues fix for critical PAN-OS software flaw
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News The PAN-OS vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on some firewalls
UK election: Five tech issues that should be in every manifesto
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Opinion: Tech policy is never a vote winner, but having a solid plan for the UK tech sector is going to be critical for the next parliament
Why PC sales are bouncing back from a lengthy slump
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News Windows 11 and AI PCs are breathing new life into the notebook and desktop market
Devs defend PHP programming language despite dip in popularity
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News Supporters of the PHP programming language insist there are still plenty of cool projects being built with it, but it's popularity has waned in recent years
Inside the project management overhaul at the Special Olympics USA Games
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Case study Organizers swapped emails and spreadsheets for Smartsheet to enable project management rooted in collaboration
Google devs ditched C++ for Rust — here's what happened
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News Rust developers are twice as productive as their counterparts using other programming languages such as C++
Why major data center outages may soon be a thing of the past
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News Data center outages have declined significantly over the last year or so, but when downtime does happen, the financial repercussions are even more severe