Veeam is getting into Software as a Service with a backup service for Microsoft 365 and Azure. The backup vendor has long partnered with Microsoft to protect Azure workloads. Now, it is expanding by making the Veeam Data Cloud available. Building this backup service on top of the Microsoft cloud... Read more
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Google has just completely reversed the integration of generative AI. Where developers are now used to talking to a model in order to apply genAI, Google has now eliminated that step. Google has made Gemini 1.0 Pro, its latest LLM, directly available in the BigQuery and AlloyDB databases. Through a... Read more
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Dozens of European media companies claim Google has deprived them of 2.1 billion in ad revenue. The tech company is accused of abuse of power. The group of media companies comes from 13 different European countries. Axel Springer, publisher of Politico, is also part of this collective. "Without ... Read more
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Automattic announced that it is negotiating with OpenAI and Midjourney for an AI deal. With this deal user data from WordPress users, among others, will enter training data for LLMs from these AI companies. WordPress has stated that it will not share data coming from its paying WordPress VIP users.... Read more
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Windows 10 Pro systems will receive a proactive invitation to update to Windows 11 in April 2024. These systems depend on Microsoft for updates. Microsoft is busy pushing current Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11. According to the tech giant, this stems from security concerns but perhaps... Read more
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Samsung is currently testing a new range of microSD cards based on the so-called SD Express (SD XC EX) standard. Samsung promises faster read speeds than those of current (micro)SD cards. This would theoretically make them suitable for storage capacity in PCs. With the new SD XC EX technology, ... Read more
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Many tech companies presented their quarterly results this week. In this round-up: Salesforce, Nutanix, Okta, HP, Splunk and Pure Storage. Salesforce managed to present better quarterly figures than analysts had predicted. Still, expected revenue for the coming year was below expectations. The r... Read more
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Lazarus Group hackers broke into systems via a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows AppLocker driver and gained access at the kernel level. An enhanced version of their rootkit allowed them to disable security tools on affected systems. According to Avast research, a zero-day vulnerability in t... Read more
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Hugging Face, ServiceNow and Nvidia recently introduced three open-access LLMs under the name StarCoder2. These LLMs are ideally suited for performing code-related tasks. The partnership of Hugging Face, ServiceNow and Nvidia has developed three LLMs in different sizes within the StarCoder2 port... Read more
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Update, 29/2, 11:55 am: Atos strengthens its Board of Directors with three new members. The company is restarting after the deal with EPEI was cancelled. This deal would take over the Tech Foundations unit, as well as much of Atos' debt. This deal fell apart, but businessman Křetínský appears to... Read more
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