France warns of Chinese threat to home and office routers
A group of hackers backed by the Chinese government may be expanding from state based targets to go after the private sector.
French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group.
APT31 (aka Zirco...
Survey: EU firms lag behind US peers in adopting digitalization
The EIB Corporate Digitalisation Index says EU firms are 30% slower to digitalise than their US counterparts.
By 2020, 37% of European firms had still not adopted any advanced digital technology, compared with 27% in the United States. That is one of are the key findings of the new edition of th...
Salesforce completes its acquisition of Slack
The multi-billion dollar deal has been in the making since last year.
This week Salesforce announced it has completed its acquisition of Slack Technologies, Inc. The companies say the deal, worth $27.7 billion, will allow them to create the "digital HQ for success from anywhere".
Marc Benioff...
ASML’s second-quarter net profits rise by 38% as demand rallies
One of the world's biggest semiconductors suppliers, ASML, had an optimistic 2021 sales outlook released on Wednesday, where it announced a new share buyback as sales went up. Given that we are in the middle of a chip shortage, it is not surprising that ASML is confident about the future.
On ear...
Google Cloud introduces intrusion detection security measures
Google's 'invisible security' plan is advancing after the company released several updates for its existing security services and introduced new ones. The announcement came during its Security Summit on Tuesday.
Sunil Potti, Google’s Veep and General Manager of Cloud Security, said in a blog p...
Microsoft has begun testing Teams integration with Windows 11
Microsoft began testing its Teams chat integration with Windows 11 on Tuesday, starting with a limited group of Windows Insider testers in the Dev channel. The new Teams chat button, which Microsoft wants to be built into the Windows 11 taskbar, will replace the Skype Meet Now button on Windows 10....
Google’s challenge of $2.8 billion fine gets ruling on Nov. 10
Europe’s second-top court will make a ruling on Google’s challenge against a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.8 billion) EU antitrust fine on November 10. The case will be the first of three, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Commission issued the fine on the world's biggest sea...
A severe flaw has been found in Linux Systemd
Systemd, the Linux system and service manager, has become more prevalent than init as a Linux startup and control program. However, it has always faced criticism from some quarters. Now, after the discovery of a security bug in systemd by Qualys, systemd will have even more critics.
How bad is t...
Nvidia’s TensorRT 8 is here to boost AI inference
Nvidia is accelerating artificial intelligence with the launch of its next generation of TensorRT software. On Tuesday, Nvidia launched the eighth iteration of its popular AI software, used in high-performance deep learning inference.
TensorRT 8 combines a deep learning optimizer fitted with a r...
Dropbox’s new features are built to support distributed work
Dropbox announced new features on Tuesday meant to facilitate distributed workforces. It is adding other features to help individuals organize and secure personal content, including photos and passwords.
Beginning March 2020, when the pandemic forced people to work from home, the cloud-based fil...
Pure Storage’s as-a-service portfolio just got bigger
Pure Storage announced it is expanding its as-a-service portfolio. The new offerings include FlashStack, as well as Portworx Cloud Consumption as a service. FlashStack is a converged infrastructure, which is delivered jointly by Cisco and Pure.
The infrastructure is AI-powered and software-defin...
IBM revenue grows for the second consecutive quarter, offering investors hope
IBM is showing signs that it is getting back on track, after reporting that Q2 revenue rose 3% from a year ago. Revenue of $18.75 billion was flat, when adjusted for fluctuations and divestments, but is well ahead of the estimated $18.29 billion.
Adjusted earnings rose 7% from a year ago, to rea...