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February 29
- The end of the mainframe in financial services? Banks are ramping up cloud migrations en masse amid generative AI excitement - but skills shortages could scupper efforts
- Healthcare sector cyber attacks are surging at an alarming rate, prompting frantic alerts by the FBI and CISA
- UK cyber security salaries are rising - but skills shortages continue to bite
- UK quantum computing ambitions need a 'pro-innovation' regulatory approach akin to AI
- Microsoft’s Mistral AI partnership has EU regulators concerned - here’s why
- Rust developers worry the programming language will get too complex
February 28
- FBI: Russian hackers are using these routers as part of their covert cyber attacks
- Nearly half of UK councils are letting staff use AI tools without any training
- Sage wants to "revolutionize" accounting for small businesses, and generative AI will do the heavy lifting
- ScreenConnect vulnerabilities are "incredibly trivial to exploit", researchers warn
- Microsoft Teams classic users now have more time to upgrade
- Irish managed IT services company IT.ie plans major growth drive
February 27
- Avast framed itself as a data privacy champion - it failed customers, and now it's paid the price
- US lawmakers are pushing for a shift to memory safe programming languages, but will it improve software security?
- Everything you need to know about GitHub Copilot Enterprise including pricing and features
- Scottish tech startups eye closer ties with Silicon Valley
- Vantage Data Centers announces double leadership hire in latest growth drive
- State-linked threat actors are ramping up attacks on cloud services - here’s what you need to know
- A senior Google Cloud exec just accused Microsoft of targeting a cloud industry monopoly
February 26
- Why Broadcom is offloading VMware’s end user computing division
- LockBit rises from the ashes, but will it pack the same punch as before?
- New East London data center proposals include plans to use waste heat for local homes
- Lenovo is doubling down on AI PC roll-outs as firm unveils new ranges at Mobile World Congress
- A lack of AI guidance is causing GDPR headaches for UK businesses
- GDPR costs are forcing firms to rethink data strategies
- SailPoint's new MSP program targets broader cyber offering
February 24
- Investment in UK AI firms plummeted last year despite the hype surrounding generative AI
February 23
- Developers relying on GitHub Copilot could be creating dangerously flawed code
- Agile development has a security problem - and developer ‘champions’ could be the key to ensuring safer software
- Nearly 80% of firms hit by ransomware in the last two years were compromised a second time
- Microsoft wants customers to start red teaming generative AI systems to prevent security blunders
- Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service
February 22
- NAB Best of Show Awards 2024 entry deadline is today
- Google’s new ‘Gemma’ AI models show that bigger isn’t always better
- IT leaders need to accept they’ll never escape technical debt, but that doesn’t mean they should down tools
- Ivanti Connect Secure flaws have been targeted 250,000 times a day since January - and hackers show no signs of stopping
- Surge in female computing degree applications shows the tide is slowly turning on tech sector gender diversity
- Kyndryl and Veeam unveil new global strategic alliance
- Adobe’s new AI assistant is here, and it wants to chat to you about PDFs
- Cloud security breaches surge on a wave of stolen credentials
February 21
- Life after LockBit: A fragmented landscape and wayward affiliates will still cause chaos for enterprises
- Why Microsoft is spending billions on AI and cloud computing in Europe
- AI skills are the ticket to the best paid tech jobs in 2024
- UK universities left scrambling in wake of cyber attacks
- ChatGPT has gone haywire, and nobody knows why
- VMware customers advised to ditch discontinued product due to critical vulnerabilities
- Conscia snaps up UK Cisco gold partner ITGL
- Check Point CPX 2024: All the latest news and updates live from Vienna
- Return to office mandates can be divisive - here are three things business leaders can do to help smooth the transition
February 20
- AI coding assistants might speed up software development, but are they actually helping produce better code?
- UK government pushes tech skills bootcamps for future 'comfy pay packet'
- IT leaders bemoan cloud skills shortages as digital transformation projects falter
- Dell and Nokia expand strategic partnership to drive network cloud transformation
- Schneider Electric confirms data was stolen in Cactus ransomware attack
- Virtus to build new Saunderton data center campus to meet AI, cloud demands
- LockBit could be done and dusted after NCA operation gained access to admin environments, source code, and affiliate info
February 19
- Magika, Google's new AI security tool, helps users identify malware at rapid speed - and it's free to access on GitHub
- Industry calls for tighter AI controls amid UK’s ‘agile’ approach to regulation
- Mark Zuckerberg: Tech layoffs in 2024 have been a natural response to pandemic-era overhiring
- Cyber security professionals admit “knowledge gaps” have led to serious security blunders
- Demand for European data centers is skyrocketing, and providers can’t keep up
- SAP just appointed its first chief AI officer
February 16
- Google Workspace price increases have arrived, and some users could expect to see a 20% hike in costs
- Akamai has high hopes for its new Gecko Edge cloud service, but can it target competition with hyperscalers?
- Legacy IT infrastructure accounts for more than a third of enterprise power consumption, and it’s creating a sustainability nightmare for IT leaders
- Sophos CEO steps down in sudden move
- Microsoft believes the UK can become a "global leader in AI", but regulation needs fixing
- Broadcom shakes up VMware licensing structure in collaboration with Google Cloud
- Apple is working on an AI coding tool similar to GitHub Copilot - and it could be a game changer for its generative AI ambitions
February 15
- Global power shortages mean data centers could struggle to shoulder the burden of energy-intensive generative AI demands in 2024
- DDoS attacks are getting bigger and costlier - here’s why
- Slack AI: Everything you need to know about the platform's new features
- Male workers say sexism in the tech industry is “rare” - women would disagree
- Why software 'security debt' is becoming a serious problem for developers
- Cisco to cut 5% of its global workforce despite a “solid Q2 performance”
- Bank of America wasn't directly targeted in a recent cyber attack, it was just "hit in the crossfire"
February 14
- Microsoft wants to help customers improve sustainability, so it’s betting on its Copilot AI assistant to help them reach targets
- Software supply chain attacks are rife - this is what developers need to watch out for
- The Southern Water cyber attack highlights the wave of threats faced by utilities companies
- HPE taps AI-driven cloud management to simplify GreenLake for Block Storage
- Microsoft and OpenAI warn state-backed threat actors are using generative AI en masse to wage cyber attacks
- nLighten continues UK sales leadership expansion with trio of hires
- NTT’s data center building spree continues as firm unveils first Paris location
- Rhysida ransomware encryption can be beaten - here’s how
- Bugcrowd eyes global expansion after securing $102 million in strategic growth funding
February 13
- Google’s Gemini rebrand shows it’s not afraid to go back to the drawing board to secure generative AI success
- The US just expanded funding for 5G Open RAN in a bid to help telecoms firms crack Huawei dominance
- TD Synnex buoyed by UK distribution deal with Nvidia
- Otter.ai thinks its new generative AI tools will give Microsoft, Google, and Zoom a run for their money
- Hundreds of enterprises are being targeted in a Microsoft Azure cloud account takeover campaign - here’s what you need to know
- Tech workers fear generative AI could "drive women out the workforce"
- Hunter-killer malware is on the rise, and security experts are seriously concerned
- Cyber crime cost UK businesses more than £30 billion in 2023, and small businesses were among the worst hit
- Google breaks ground on its first Norwegian data center as tech giant targets 99% carbon-free operations
February 12
- Fortinet will want to forget last week after botched vulnerability disclosures and a war of words over an electric toothbrush caused chaos
- Cisco layoffs show tech industry workforce “rebalancing” is well underway
- With talent pipelines pushed to their limits, Google just launched an ambitious new AI training program in Europe
- Scotland could be the next big data center powerhouse, offering greener options, significant savings, and direct access to renewable energy
- US government offers $10 million reward in bid to track down Hive ransomware leaders
February 11
- Cisco is ramping up AI features in Webex, but in a market dominated by Google, Zoom, and Microsoft, it may struggle to boost user uptake
February 10
- Hackers are lying low in networks to wage critical infrastructure attacks - here’s how they do it
February 9
- Does a cyber security degree help in the real world? Industry professionals have mixed feelings on whether they’re useful
- Windows is getting its own Sudo command, just like Linux - here’s what you need to know and how you can use it
- Cisco’s $28 billion Splunk acquisition could face a challenge from EU regulators ahead of March antitrust review deadline
- Two massive healthcare data breaches just exposed more than half of France's population
- Dell appoints new UK channel lead amid partner program revamp
- UK app developers issued warning amid concerns over user privacy
- Microsoft wants to avoid a costly EU antitrust battle as firm enters talks with cloud industry trade group
February 8
- Cloud computing or mainframe? Why the pendulum might be swinging back in the age of hybrid strategies and generative AI
- Opera browser’s new AI cluster in Iceland, powered by 100% renewable energy, showcases another example of the shift to energy efficient data center ops
- The Verizon data breach that exposed 63,000 employees is a reminder of how a simple mistake can have costly implications
- That electric toothbrush DDoS story you saw might have been a case of mistranslation
- Why the UK Ministry of Defence is teaming up with HackerOne to bolster security
- Five Eyes advisory raises alarm over state-backed 'living off the land' attacks
February 7
- Cisco plans to power 100% of its operations in Europe with renewables - but there’s a catch
- AI PCs are set to surge in popularity in 2024, but vendors might find it hard to differentiate offerings
- Office staff think they’re in safe hands with cyber security teams, but communication could be better
- UK leads international efforts to tackle 'hackers for hire'
- Sectigo appoints Mark Bilger as its new chief technology officer
- A future Labour government looks to pin its tech sector hopes on open source
February 6
- Cisco wants customers to ramp up AI adoption, so it’s partnering with Nvidia to bridge infrastructure hurdles
- How Satya Nadella's first decade at Microsoft took it from tech giant to undisputed industry titan
- The UK government wants to upskill regulators in the age of generative AI
- Analysts hail “significant opportunity” for UK quantum computing sector as government bolsters funding support
- Netskope promotes Raphaël Bousquet to EVP of worldwide sales
- Cisco just launched Motific, its first SaaS product aimed at supporting generative AI deployments
- Cisco Live 2024: All the updates and announcements as they happen
February 5
- Hugging Face just launched an open source alternative to OpenAI’s custom GPT builder, and it’s free
- Generative AI helped Meta get its mojo back
- AnyDesk, an enterprise remote software platform used by major firms including Raytheon and Samsung, suffered a security breach - here’s what you need to know
- The UK government’s AI goals are being stifled by ‘apocalyptic concerns’ over safety
- AMD reveals MI300 series accelerators for generative AI
- Workload-optimized 97X4 and 9004 EPYC processors showcased by AMD
- Qualys bolsters partnership with Orange Cyberdefense
- AI interest is fueling a surge in digital apprenticeships across the UK
February 2
- Financial services should look to processor-level data protections, report suggests
- Report: Power-efficient servers are the key to fully realized and environmentally sound 5G
- Data center efficiency should start at the processor level, report claims
- AMD and Microsoft cement relationship with cloud collaborations
- AMD takes the wraps off new Instinct MI300X chips for AI workloads
- AMD’s extended 3rd generation EPYC CPUs fill the “technology gap” left by the race for AI
- AMD celebrates AI advances with partner event
- The 'Big Three’ ransomware groups are losing their grip on the industry as gangs begin to fracture, study shows
- Once again, PayPal starts the year with another round of job cuts
- Struggling with mandatory password change policies? Here's the most effective way to get stubborn employees to comply
February 1
- Jailbreaking ChatGPT: Researchers swerved GPT-4's safety guardrails and made the chatbot detail how to make explosives in Scots Gaelic
- TechUK launches Scale-up Group to support fast-growing firms
- Epsilon Telecommunications appoints new group CEO
- Thousands of disabled people 'missing' from tech workforce
- Westcon-Comstor inks deal to list privately on AWS marketplace
- Firms need to implement hybrid liveness detection to catch out ever improving deepfake technology
- Insight strikes new Microsoft agreement to drive cloud growth
- GNU C Library vulnerabilities could impact Linux systems, security company says