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May 31
- BT and Ericsson partner to offer private 5G networks in the UK
- Qualcomm open to investing in Arm as part of consortium
- Russian Killnet cyber attacks begin on Italian-linked businesses
- Zscaler and Siemens team up to provide all-in-one digital transformation solution
May 30
- IT Pro News In Review: Broadcom VMware takeover revealed, UK underprepared for modern workplace, Nvidia pauses hiring amid rising inflation
- Rugged servers market to hit $945 million by 2032
- India backtracks on biometric ID system warning
- World's first exascale supercomputer revealed
- Fresh Microsoft Office zero-day executes code on fully patched applications
May 27
- KPMG to double its technical staff as it invests heavily in enterprise digital transformation
- BT's cloud-based calling system now integrates fully with Microsoft Teams
- CISA adds 41 vulnerabilities to catalog of exploited bugs
- Intuit issues yet another phishing warning to QuickBooks customers
- Google adds new security vendor plugins for Chrome, improved Chrome OS policy controls for IT admins
- Microsoft to slow hiring as market dip hits the wider tech industry
- HPE and Nvidia unveil 'Champollion' AI supercomputer
May 26
- UK government opens public consultation on data centre security
- Huawei profiles next-gen data center facility
- Uptake for blockchain skills courses surges 450% in 2022
- Broadcom formally confirms $61 billion acquisition of VMware
- UK government begins scrutiny of Altice's mounting stake in BT under national security law
- Linux-based Cheerscrypt ransomware found targeting VMware ESXi servers
- DuckDuckGo CEO defends platform after Microsoft online tracker agreement uncovered
- Google Chrome branded the least effective browser for stopping phishing attacks
- Centreon to increase UK channel investment by 300% over the next year
May 25
- Red Hat and Samsung agree landmark software deal to develop next-gen storage
- Open University embarks on £10m scheme to offer more advanced technical courses across the UK
- McAfee appoints Greg Johnson as new CEO
- UK workforce is “unprepared and unskilled” for future of work, survey finds
- Tech CEO Dan O’Dowd calls out Elon Musk’s “false promises” in new US Senate campaign ad
- Microsoft finally adds Power BI integrations to PowerPoint and Outlook
May 24
- Microsoft launches low-code Power Pages for 'intuitive' web development
- Open source packages with millions of installs hacked to harvest AWS credentials
- DOE ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌funds‌ ‌development of Qunnect's Quantum Repeater
- Nvidia turns to liquid cooling to curb data centre energy consumption
- Klarna to cut 10% of its workforce due to "market restraints"
- Schneider Electric unveils Grid Operations Platform as a Service on Microsoft Azure
- T-Mobile unveils new 5G Advanced Network Solutions
May 23
- Nvidia pauses hiring to help cope with inflation
- Europe's first autonomous petrol station opens in Lisbon
- MediaTek announces new 5G mmWave chipset and Wi-Fi 7 platforms
- Broadcom reportedly looking at acquiring cloud company VMware
- Clearview AI fined £7.5m over improper use of UK data
- Windows 11's nifty new search feature has one major downside
May 20
- QuSecure launches industry-first 'quantum security as a service'
- Ethical hackers handed lifeline in controversial US cyber crime review
- Meta launches free WhatsApp Cloud API
- Elastic expands cloud collaboration with AWS
- Microsoft says it's provided over $100 million in tech support to Ukrainian government
- QNAP NAS drives targeted by DeadBolt ransomware for the third time this year
May 19
- Apple "completely redesigns" IT certifications, introduces two new exams
- Ukraine's vigilante IT army now has a DDoS bot to automate attacks against Russia
- AWS joins Argonne-led quantum research center
- Google Russia files for bankruptcy, ends operations in the country
- US security agency issues emergency alert over vulnerable VMware products
- Mainland Europe now outpacing UK in AI adoption
- CEOs place sustainability in top 10 business priorities for first time, study shows
- Acer unleashes new TravelMate business laptops built using Microsoft Pluton secure cores
May 18
- BT to invest almost £100 million in innovative 5G and edge business use cases
- Booz Allen Hamilton wins NASA’s $622m CyPrESS contract
- Apple executive rejoins Google over remote work policy
- Researchers demonstrate how to install malware on iPhone after it's switched off
- Ministry of Defence pledges resilience to all known vulnerabilities and cyber attack methods by 2030
- India to roll out 6G by end of decade
- Google unveils new Assured Open Source Software service
- Malwarebytes hires new channel chief to lead MSP and partner network
May 17
- Here’s the first look at Google’s new Bay View campus
- ERP transformation timeframes cut from years to weeks
- Ransomware group Conti threatens to overthrow Costa Rican government
- NTT adds private LTE/5G support to Albemarle’s Lithium mine
- (ISC)2 launches free scheme to get 100,000 UK citizens into cyber security
- Don’t hire North Korean IT workers, FBI warns
- Microsoft to double salary budget to retain workers
- US indicts heart doctor for allegedly spearheading high-profile ransomware operations
- Palo Alto and Deloitte to deliver managed security services in the US
- US and EU thrash out plans to avert chip production “subsidy race”
May 16
- Data centres that switch from HDDs to SSDs use 70% less power
- Microsoft warns of new botnet variant targeting Windows and Linux systems
- Linux Foundation unveils ‘World of Open Source’ research initiative
- IT admin deletes company’s databases and is jailed for seven years
- Russian hackers declare war on 10 countries after failed Eurovision DDoS attack
- SES GS wins US government’s TROJAN contract
May 15
- Manhattan Associates takes onboard IBM Cloud offerings
May 13
- IT Pro News In Review: Businesses cancel cyber policies, EE milestone, Costa Rica Conti attack
- Zoom to acquire customer support platform Solvvy
- EDB unveils world-first openly governed Kubernetes Postgres operator
- Tool that scans office software for vulnerabilities finds almost 100 in Word and Acrobat
- Meta partners with AMD on 4G/5G infrastructure project
- "Inevitable" Vodafone and Three merger won't benefit business customers
- Lone Russian RAT operator rivals large gangs with £5 "passion project"
- Zuckerberg teases Meta's Project Cambria VR headset
- IT sector urged to take advantage of sustainability "cash cow"
May 12
- Checkout.com to acquire identity verification provider Ubble
- Windows Server admins say latest Patch Tuesday broke authentication policies
- UK data watchdog cut IT spending by £1.2 million during pandemic
- Tesco to pilot in-store flexible working spaces
- Google launches Pixel 6a and new mobile wallet at I/O developer event
May 11
- Intel reaffirms commitment to expanding global supply chain
- Intel CTO: Open source ecosystem is “poorly written”
- Five Eyes leaders issue guidance for MSPs to prevent second SolarWinds attack
- Verizon’s Fios Forward makes FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program ‌widely‌ ‌accessible
- Microsoft reveals adaptive accessories lineup
- Actively exploited Windows vulnerability reaches peak severity when paired with popular attack
- Red Hat reveals new software supply chain security pattern
- Australia pledges $5 million to create tech skills passport
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 aims to fuel innovation in the open hybrid cloud
May 10
- GDPR “slowing innovation” in the Android app market, research claims
- Five Eyes and US governments finally confirm Russia was behind Ukrainian government, Viasat cyber attacks
- National security leaders fear Ukraine conflict could inform a 'blueprint' for cyber war
- NCSC unveils email security-checking tool for private sector organisations at CYBERUK
- Samsung debuts industry-first 512GB CXL DRAM
- Google offers UK SMBs £87,000 scholarships to boost tech skills
- Costa Rica declares state of emergency following Conti ransomware attack
- EE becomes first UK mobile operator to achieve significant 5G milestone
- Salesforce acquires financial comms specialist for Slack
- Western Digital unveils world’s first 22TB CMR and 26TB UltraSMR HDDs
- Red Hat and Accenture expand hybrid cloud alliance
May 9
- Microsoft announces new business security services led by in-house experts
- What we know about One Outlook so far
- Google Cloud confirms it is building a dedicated team to support Web3 developers
- FIRMUS raises $4.5 million for its AI-based construction platform
- Japan aims to reduce reliance on major cloud providers
- Nvidia settles cryptomining charges for $5.5 million
- 29% of UK SMBs cancelled cyber insurance policies in 2021
May 6
- Apple, Google, Microsoft expand their support for password-less sign-ins
- YouTube Go to be shut down from August
- Landmark amendments to international cyber crime treaty set to be signed next week
- UK government reveals new powers to curb big tech monopolies
- China plans to dump 50 million foreign PCs within the next two years
- Big tech firms struggle to recover after NASDAQ slump
May 5
- Intuit to pay $141 million settlement over misleading TurboTax ads
- Vodafone taps Google Cloud for unified network management platform
- Cisco develops technology to predict network issues before they happen
- Arm China CEO refuses to step down despite being dismissed
- GitHub to introduce two-factor authentication by 2023
- BT strikes five-year deal with AWS to drive cloud-first approach
May 4
- Researcher discovers simple tweak that neutralises Conti, REvil, WannaCry attacks
- Microsoft Edge overtakes Safari as the world's second most popular browser
- LinkedIn to pay $1.8 million to employees after settling gender discrimination charges
- SMBs expected to suffer as cyber security salaries equalise across the UK
- Google to add more Workspace data transfer controls in Europe
- Microsoft Teams now compatible with Iristick’s smart glasses
- Australian state transport agency hit by cyber attack
- Elliott Management encourages Western Digital to spin off flash business
- SAP turns to advisor for potential $1 billion Litmos sale, sources reveal
- Dell Technologies World 2022: Dell unveils fastest storage architecture in company history
May 3
- Microsoft makes Defender for Business generally available
- Accenture acquires German sustainability consultancy akzente
- EU claims Apple is breaking competition law on contactless payments
- Google to offer US businesses $100,000 worth of digital skills courses
- Phishing scam convinces US government to pay $23.5 million to cyber criminals
- Dell Technologies World 2022: Dell unveils security offerings for major cloud providers