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Before you sprinkle AI on all your analytics, check data quality
Following a fortnight festooned with analytics and data management announcements, Gartner has warned that users are not keeping pace with analytics vendors' fashion-following desire to inject just about anything they get their hands on with some AI serum.…
So the FBI 'persistently' abused its snoop powers. What's to worry about?
Register Kettle If there's one thing that's more all the rage these days than this AI hype, it's warrantless spying by the Feds.…
Microsoft appeals UK's block on Activision deal
Microsoft has filed an appeal against the UK competition watchdog’s decision to block its takeover of game developer Activision Blizzard, just days after China became the latest country to approve the deal.…
Europe’s biggest city council faces £100M bill in Oracle ERP project disaster
Birmingham City Council is set to pay up to £100 million ($123 million) for its Oracle ERP system — potentially a four-fold increase on initial estimated expenses — in a project suffering from delays, cost over-runs and a lack of controls.…
Google wants to target you – yes, YOU – with AI-generated ads
Google plans to roll out generative AI tools that can automatically create online advertising campaigns personalized to users' search queries.…
Facial recog system used by Met Police shows racial bias at low thresholds
The UK Parliament has heard that a facial recognition system used by the Metropolitan police during the King’s Coronation can exhibit racial bias at certain thresholds.…
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support
Chip giant Intel has proposed something rather unusual: a potential simplification of the x86 architecture by removing old features.…
Ministry of Justice rapped by ICO for old fashioned data leak
We step back into the analogue world for this tale of woe that involves bags and bags of sensitive data being left unsealed in an “unsecured” area of a prison. The financial penalty for doing so? A slap on the wrist for Britain’s Ministry of Justice.…
Snowflake and Zoom celebrate shrunken cloud bills as margins swell
Two big SaaS operations – Snowflake and Zoom – have reported cloud cost cuts boosting their margins.…
Amazon to shutter its Chinese Appstore – the one used by hardly anyone, anywhere
Amazon.com has pulled the plug on the Chinese outpost of its Appstore.…
Singapore on track to reach cloud migration goals – asks suppliers to re-apply
Singapore will ask its current IT panel vendors to reapply for their positions, digital agency GovTech revealed on Wednesday.…
Five Eyes and Microsoft accuse China of attacking US infrastructure again
China has attacked critical infrastructure organizations in the US using a "living off the land" attack that hides offensive action among everyday Windows admin activity.…
AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU
After more than two years of soaring GPU prices – fueled by demand from cryptominers and then made worse by the semiconductor shortage – things are finally heading in the other direction on price.…
Get ready for Team America: AI Police
The US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has updated its National AI R&D Strategic Plan for the first time since 2019, without making enormous changes.…
This legit Android app turned into audio-snooping malware – and Google missed it
Google Play has been caught with its cybersecurity pants down yet again after a once-legit Android screen-and-audio recorder app was updated to include malicious code.…
Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers
Special report IBM spin-off Kyndryl was accused in a recent age-discrimination lawsuit of not only relying on IBM resources for its layoffs but also following Big Blue's frequently alleged playbook of ousting older workers.…
All Microsoft Surface Pro X cameras just stopped working
Users of Microsoft's Surface Pro X have found their Windows fondleslab cameras no longer function, apparently due to an expired security certificate.…
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition to review the legality of warrantless surveillance from a camera placed on a utility pole, leaving in place a conflicting set of interpretations about the scope of privacy protection in America.…
Philly Inquirer says Cuba ransomware gang's data leak claims are fake news
The Philadelphia Inquirer has punched back at the Cuba ransomware gang after the criminals leaked what they said were files stolen from the newspaper.…
Ford in reverse gear over AM radio removal after Congress threatens action
In the wake of a potential congressional mandate, one automaker is reversing course and adding the AM radio dial back to its dashboards.…