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IBM dragged down by DOGE contract cancellation roulette
IBM beat Wall Street's expectations for both revenue and income in the first quarter of 2025, but its stock price still dropped more than six percent in after-hours trading.…
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a new crew, including Researcher and Analyst bots
The latest update to Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI-powered search, so-called reasoning agents, and a new Agent Store. Some users already have access to certain features, while others may have to wait through May.…
Blue Shield says it shared health info on up to 4.7M patients with Google Ads
US health insurance giant Blue Shield of California handed sensitive health information belonging to as many as 4.7 million members to Google's advertising empire, likely without these individuals' knowledge or consent.…
AI bigwigs urge AGs to block OpenAI's profit pivot
A group of AI heavyweights and ex-OpenAI staffers are urging the attorneys general of California and Delaware to block the ChatGPT shop's latest restructuring into a for-profit corporation. …
Hey Google, if Chrome is going to be single soon, OpenAI is interested
OpenAI's head of product for ChatGPT has flung the company's hat into the ring as a potential suitor for Google's Chrome browser should the search giant be forced to divest itself of the application.…
As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses
Students are increasingly turning to AI to help them with coursework, leaving academics scrambling to adjust their teaching practices or debating how to ban it altogether.…
Ripple NPM supply chain attack hunts for private keys
Many versions of the Ripple ledger (XRPL) official NPM package are compromised with malware injected to steal cryptocurrency.…
We’re calling it now: Agentic AI will win RSAC buzzword Bingo
The security industry loves its buzzwords, and this is always on full display at the annual RSA Conference event in San Francisco. Don't believe us? Take a lap on the expo floor, and you'll be bombarded with enough acronyms and over-the-top claims to send you straight to the nearest bar, which will likely serve specialty cocktails with names like The Great CASB and Firewall Fizz.…
Tesla's Optimus can't roll without rare earth magnets, and Beijing ain't budging yet
Elon Musk says supply chain disruption in China held up delivery of a key component for Tesla's "Optimus" robot, with authorities reportedly demanding an export license and guarantees about military applications.…
Only 3,000 staff jump from SAP after 10,000 earmarked to be pushed
SAP says 3,000 people have left the company in its restructuring plan but that it will wait to see if more employees might be affected after US tariff policies introduced global economic uncertainty.…
Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA
Meta and Apple have earned the dubious honor of being the first companies fined for non-compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act, which experts say could inflame tensions between US President Donald Trump and the European bloc.…
Nvidia rolls out NeMo microservices to help AI help you help AI
As Nvidia releases its NeMo microservices to embed AI agents into enterprise workflows, research has found that almost half of businesses are seeing only minor gains from their investments in AI.…
Who needs phishing when your login's already in the wild?
Criminals used stolen credentials more frequently than email phishing to gain access into their victims' IT systems last year, marking the first time that compromised login details claimed the number two spot in Mandiant's list of most common initial infection vectors.…
When Microsoft made the Windows as a Service pivot
Comment Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has weighed in on why Microsoft moved from paid upgrades to Windows as a Service. As ever, the old adage applies – when the product is free, the product is probably you……
European biz calls for Euro tech for local people
Danish consultancy Netcompany is the latest European business to warn of dependency on US technology as unpredictability in the White House continues to eat away at trust in the country overseas.…
Ex-NSA chief warns AI devs: Don’t repeat infosec’s early-day screwups
AI engineers should take a lesson from the early days of cybersecurity and bake safety and security into their models during development, rather than trying to bolt it on after the fact, according to former NSA boss Mike Rogers.…
Fujitsu promised to sit out UK deals ... then Northern Ireland called with £125M
Fujitsu has won a £125 million ($167 million) contract to build Northern Ireland's new land registry system, despite promising not to bid for UK public sector work in the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal.…
America's cyber defenses are being dismantled from the inside
Opinion We almost lost the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database system, but that's only the tip of the iceberg of what President Trump and company are doing to US cybersecurity efforts.…
NTT creates a drone that triggers and catches lightning – then keeps flying
Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, and survives the experience – all in the name of preventing damage from natural lightning.…
Boeing offloads some software businesses to private equiteer Thoma Bravo
Beleaguered aerospace giant Boeing has sold some of its “Digital Aviation Solutions” portfolio to private equity outfit Thoma Bravo.…