Microsoft has posted revenue of $56.5bn, up 13% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, partially driven by demand for its AI-infused (artificial intelligence) products and the Azure public cloud. CFO Amy Hood said the company’s Azure cloud platform had experienced higher than expected AI consumption, which contributed to revenue growth in Azure. The company … Leer más
Working at a company that is a giant of the tech sector has many advantages, but for Arvind Jain, the CEO of Glean, it also helps to work at much smaller organisations. Glean positions itself as the Google of enterprise knowledge and discovery. In fact, it was founded in 2019 by a number of Google … Leer más
Shifting all of the server farm capacity contained within five of Europe’s largest datacentre hubs to places that are powered by renewable energy could cut the sector’s carbon emissions by up to 91%, it is claimed. In a joint piece of analysis by Scottish datacentre provider DataVita and IT sustainability consultancy Posetiv, the “carbon intensity” … Leer más
A new block access quad-level cell (QLC) flash-based capacity array series, plus availability and capacity guarantees in NetApp’s Keystone as-a-service offerings, ransomware guarantees, plus cloud and Kubernetes management enhancements. Those are the key announcements from NetApp’s Insight event, being held in Las Vegas this week, as the company continues its evolution from NAS specialist to … Leer más
Anti-harassment and stalking charity Suzy Lamplugh Trust – one of the UK’s most prominent third-sector organisations working to protect women’s personal safety, and the body behind the National Stalking Helpline – has teamed up with the London Cyber Resilience Centre (LCRC) to improve its overall resilience to potential threats. The trust was founded in 1986 … Leer más
Researchers at the University of Sheffield said they have successfully fooled a number of natural language processing (NLP) generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools – including ChatGPT – into producing effective code that can be used to launch real-world cyber attacks. The potential for tools like ChatGPT to be exploited and tricked into writing malicious code … Leer más
During her keynote speech at The Future of AI event in London, secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, reaffirmed the UK’s principles-based approach to regulation. With generative AI (GenAI) driving disruption, the government hopes to unleash growth and prosperity across the country. It aims to put the UK at the forefront … Leer más
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Light Compact Powerful Quiet Cons Button placement better for right-handed people Included nozzles don’t attach and detach easily Our Verdict The MDLondon Blow is an excellent hair dryer: it’s quiet in use, compact and light, without compromising on power. Plus, its style gives it an edge over the competition. … Leer más
The European Union’s (EU) Digital Decade 2030 programme aims to ensure broadband internet speeds of at least 100Mbps across all member states by 2025 and to every EU household by 2030, but while this plan is on track, the UK’s similar infrastructure roll-out is paling by comparison, according to research from Ookla. Citing the EU’s … Leer más
Cisco has shed more light on speculation that has gathered around a sudden drop in the number of hosts known to have been infected with a malware implant delivered through two zero-day vulnerabilities in its IOS XE software platform. Late last week, scans conducted by threat researchers found many tens of thousands of hosts had … Leer más
