Security
The potential split up of Google that’s been proposed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) could weaken the company, and thus the position of the US in its tech war with China, said former President Donald Trump, who suggested he may not break up the company if he wins the presidency again in November….
Oh, hello Android 15. How’s that for an all-around excellent October surprise? Yes, indeedly: Google’s latest and greatest Android version is officially on its way to Pixel devices near and far this week, just over a month after Google dropped the source code in an unusually detached move. That means if you’ve got any still-supported…
I’ve been a happy WordPress user for almost 20 years. Before that, I wrote HTML by hand or used content management systems such as Drupal to run my websites. WordPress was so much better that I never looked back — and ‘m far from alone. WordPress is used by 43% of all websites, including business giants such as eBay, Sony,…
As expected, Apple has introduced a much faster Apple Intelligence-capable iPad mini equipped with the same A17 Pro chip used in the iPhone 15 Pro series. That’s a good improvement from the A15 Bionic in the previous model, and makes for faster graphics, computation, and AI calculation. It also sets the scene for the public…
Google has signed its first corporate deal to purchase power from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the energy needs of its AI systems, marking a key step as AI companies shift toward nuclear power. In a blog post, Google announced an agreement with Kairos Power to source nuclear energy, aiming to bring the…
Multinational consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) said generative AI (genAI) is “radically reshaping” the way it operates, and the company boasts a 96% adoption rate of the technology by employees. After spending $1.4 billion on a customized generative AI platform called EY.ai, the company said the technology is creating new efficiencies and allowing its employees…
AMD’s big Advancing AI event in San Francisco on Thursday underlined how quickly the microprocessor industry has pivoted to artificial intelligence (AI) as its main sales pitch. The company offered three hardware announcements across its processor line-up, each appealing to different parts of the AI market. The first was the new Instinct MI325X AI accelerator chip, a…
This month’s Patch Tuesday delivers a large set of patches from Microsoft that fix 117 flaws, including five zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-20659, CVE-2024-43572 and CVE-2024-43583). Though there are patches affecting Windows, SQL Server, Microsoft Excel and Visual Studio, only the Windows updates require a “Patch Now” schedule — and they’ll need a significant amount of testing because they cover…
You might not know it from all the panic-inducing headlines out there, but Android is actually packed with practical and powerful security options. Some are activated by default and protecting you whether you realize it or not, while others are more out of the way but equally deserving of your attention. So stop wasting your…
The devastation to a mountain town in western North Carolina by Hurricane Helene has brought to a halt the mining and refining of high-purity quartz, a mineral used to make semiconductors and other high-tech hardware. The Sibelco and The Quartz Corp mines in Spruce Pine, NC, are the two primary sources of high-purity quartz. Sibelco,…