Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:32

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you


Gartner warns

According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
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Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:19

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump


Censors the democrat hashtag

Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.

Trump pardons Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht
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Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:10

Trump pardons Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht


Squashes life sentence

US President Donald Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the operator of Silk Road, a notorious dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

OpenAI shares the Volish cloud as Stargate Project launches
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Microsoft to share

OpenAI is widening its cloud structure to include OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, along with its old chum, Microsoft.

Sophos X-Ops spots two active cyber threat campaigns
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Microsoft Office 365 and Remote Management tools targeted

Sophos X-Ops has uncovered two active cyber threat campaigns. In these campaigns, separate teams of cybercriminals exploit the Microsoft Office 365 platform and remote management tools like Quick Assist to breach companies' IT networks, steal data, and deploy ransomware.

Distributed Cloud Networking to reach $17 Billion by 2028
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Dell’Oro Group report

According to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group, the distributed cloud networking market is poised for explosive growth, expanding from $4 billion in 2023 to a projected $17 billion by 2028.

Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant
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Wednesday, 22 January 2025 07:13

Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant


You get this sort of thing when you are popular

As its popularity has risen, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become the focal point of a new counterfeit chip scam.

Musk, Global Foundries and Qualcomm team rumoured to buy Intel
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Today, Intel; tomorrow the world

Elon [look at me] Musk, Global Foundries, and Qualcomm are in Florida, where they will are rumoured to be plotting to buy Intel.

IntelBroker takes out HPE
Published in News
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:43

IntelBroker takes out HPE


Flogged data online

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a cyber attack from the notorious threat actor IntelBroker, who announced it had data stolen from HPE.

Apple pulls botched AI news product
Published in AI
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 11:20

Apple pulls botched AI news product


Half baked

Red-faced cargo cult Apple has pulled its AI news product after it was universally declared as accurate as a Russian government announcement about the Ukrainian war.