Latest articles by Ross Kelly
Big tech’s sleeping giant has finally entered the generative AI arena
Analysis Apple unveiled a raft of new AI-powered tools and features at its WWDC conference this week
CISPE rebuffs "pay off" claims in Microsoft antitrust case
News CISPE has denied it has struck a deal with Microsoft to drop an antitrust claim against the tech giant
Zscaler chief exec rebuffs Broadcom acquisition rumors
News A Broadcom-led acquisition of Zscaler isn’t on the cards, according to CEO Jay Chaudhry
Mistral just launched its own competitor to GitHub Copilot
News The launch of Codestral marks Mistral AI’s first foray into the coding assistant market, pitting it against major platforms like GitHub Copilot and Code Llama
What is the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and what does it do?
Explainer The NCSC plays a critical role in keeping the UK safe from cyber attacks, but can also help businesses get ahead of attacks through strategic changes
Former OpenAI exec claims ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘outright lying’ prompted Altman coup
News OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn’t truthful with the board on “multiple occasions”, prompting backroom discussions over his dismissal as early as October last year
Snowflake’s AI strategy is cooking up a storm with enterprise customers
Analysis Snowflake product revenue has skyrocketed on the back of the firm's ambitious AI strategy, offering the firm a springboard as it moves deeper into the generative AI space
Christie’s given Friday ransom deadline after threat group claims responsibility for cyber attack
News Christie's has been handed an ultimatum by RansomHub
Spain is rolling in hyperscaler data center investment
News AWS is the latest hyperscaler to announce significant investment in Spain, unveiling an extra €15.7 billion to expand infrastructure in the Aragon region
‘Multi-cloud all the way’: Why Google Cloud’s UniSuper fiasco shows you shouldn’t rely on a single cloud provider
News Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper’s private cloud account, which crippled services for more than a week
Sluggish growth and blindsided by generative AI: Adam Selipsky’s predictable departure from AWS
Analysis Adam Selipsky has manned the helm at AWS since 2021, guiding the hyperscaler through a boom time and downturn
Meta's Workplace productivity platform was always destined to fail
Opinion Meta’s attempts to dabble in the workplace productivity software space have fallen flat amidst a sharpened focus on AI
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June
News Adam Selipsky has served as chief exec at AWS since 2021, and has spent nearly 15 years at the firm over two stints
LockBit mastermind unmasked by law enforcement
News Dmitry Khoroshev, a leading figure in the LockBit ransomware gang, now has a $10 million bounty hanging over his head
Enterprise sustainability efforts mean pre-used hardware could be the key to reducing e-waste
News While IT leaders want to see more second-hand device options, manufacturer practices could prevent widespread adoption over the next decade
Ransomware group publishes stolen NHS Scotland data to dark web
News NHS Dumfries and Galloway said it is working with the NCSC and Police Scotland to support those affected by the cyber attack
Google set to lay off its entire Python team - reports
News The move follows a period of significant cutbacks at Google in a bid to “drive velocity” and reduce costs
Everything you need to know about IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition
News IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp represents a major signal of intent for the tech giant and its hybrid cloud and AI ambitions
Google Workspace Review
Reviews From free to enterprise, Google’s ever-popular productivity suite has a range of tiers and functions for all sizes of business
One of our favorite productivity suites of 2023 just got a bunch of new AI tools — but they come with a steep price tag
News Updates to Google Workspace are designed to reduce pressure around taking notes and let workers be more engaged during meetings and calls
Linux Foundation unveils Redis alternative, 'Valkey', with backing from AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle
News Valkey will provide developers with an open source Redis alternative following the firm’s move to a more restrictive licensing scheme in March
Anthropic researchers just uncovered a new LLM jailbreaking technique
News LLM jailbreaking techniques have become a major worry for researchers amid concerns that models could be used by threat actors to access harmful information
Apple’s generative AI slumber is ending – Microsoft and Google should be on alert
Opinion Apple’s generative AI ambitions have been highly secretive, but recent developments put the tech giant in prime position for a major push in 2024 and beyond
