VMware employees informed of upcoming layoffs
During an internal meeting, VMware management informed its employees of upcoming layoffs. It is not ruled out that some may have to leave even before the acquisition by Broadcom is fully complete.
Broadcom will take control of VMware at the end of October. This brings intern changes to the soft... Read more
CNCF: ‘Certification and training of developers must improve’
Companies need to give developers more time to take certifications and training to keep up with rapidly changing technology. They should also make more funding available for this purpose, concludes research by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
According to the survey by the cloud tec... Read more
Microsoft AI team accidentally discloses 38 TB of private data
A Microsoft AI research team accidentally disclosed 38 TB of private data and 30,000 internal MS Teams messages. This happened while publishing a bucket of open-source training data on GitHub.
Wiz routinely scans the Internet for misconfigured storage containers to discover accidentally publishe... Read more
Unity revises plan for license fee increase after revolt by end-users
Unity, a provider of a real-time developer platform for 3D development, is backtracking on earlier plans for new license fees. This follows a revolt by end-users who considered the new pricing structure "destructive" and "not fair".
Unity offers a popular engine that allows developers to develop... Read more
Open-source developers can get started on edge projects, ML and AI
The Linux Foundation is releasing solutions focused on edge infrastructure and the energy sector. It also announces collaborations around machine learning and AI with Fujitsu and ETSI.
The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe 2023 brings innovations to the open-source community.
The ... Read more
Dell COO predicts PC revolution in which users deploy multiple AI copilots
Artificial intelligence (AI) will bring a breakthrough to the PC market. This predicts Jeff Clarke, COO of Dell Technologies.
Jeff Clarke, COO and Vice President of Dell Technologies, predicts that generative AI will boost enterprise productivity by 15 to 20 percent. In doing so, the technology... Read more
Consulting group BCG gives clients direct access to Anthropic’s AI tools
AI developer Anthropic and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are teaming up to give companies direct access to Anthropic's AI models. BCG will additionally further develop the tools. This is to stimulate the use of AI further.
With its own Claude 2 generative AI assistant, Anthropic is a formida... Read more
Microsoft discovers vulnerabilities in ‘ncurses’ programming library
Security specialists at Microsoft recently discovered several vulnerabilities in the popular 'ncurses' library. Through these vulnerabilities, attackers can run malicious code in macOS, Linux and FreeBSD applications. A patch is available.
The widely used programming library 'ncurses' provides A... Read more
Arm sets record at IPO, stock market value gains nearly 25 percent
Arm's September 14 IPO became the biggest in recent years, according to figures after the first few days of trading. The stock rose from $51 each to over $60 in one day.
As expected, Arm's IPO has been a great success. On its first day of trading, last Thursday, September 14, the stock opened on... Read more
EU is going to denounce Teams’ market dominance after all
The EU will continue to sue Microsoft for possible unfair competition from its video conferencing platform Teams. This is despite the tech giant's proposal not to bundle the application with other software, such as Microsoft 365.
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft's proposal did not prove enough ... Read more