Kioxia talks again about merger with Western Digital and comforts SK Hynix
The Japanese manufacturer of NAND memory chips and SSDs, Kioxia, may yet be talking to Western Digital (WD) again about a possible merger of their NAND/SSD units. Also, the majority shareholder, Bain Capital, is said to want to give guarantees to fellow stakeholder SK Hynix.
About half a year af... Read more
AI and supply chain optimization are the biggest opportunities for retailers
SOTI answered the question: "What do consumers expect from the digital transformation in retail?" The survey revealed three expectations, but these expectations do not align with the challenges retailers are currently facing.
Retailers looking to tinker with a better customer experience in the ... Read more
SentinelOne expands threat hunting in WatchTower and WatchTower Pro
New enhancements should give security teams more insight into the threat landscape. Not only that, they should also make it possible to proactively neutralize more threats. "The threat hunting delivered as part of WatchTower two to three years ago, was like a sniper rifle targeting major threats. W... Read more
Windows Server updates can now be installed automatically
Microsoft recently presented the first Insider build of Windows Server 2025. Flighting is now possible in the new Windows Server version, allowing updates to be installed much faster than before.
The Windows Server Insider Preview 26040 is the first preview build of the upcoming Windows Server 2... Read more
AI’s rise is having an enormous environmental impact
Research by the International Energy Agency (EIA) on electricity consumption by 2026 shows that the meteoric rise of AI, as well as data centers and crypto currencies, is going to have a big impact on the environment. Tch giants need to do more work on solving this problem.
According to IEA rese... Read more
Windows on ARM bolstered by official Chrome support
Google has silently released a test version of Chrome with native Windows on ARM support. With that, the platform finally plays nice with the world's most widely used browser.
Although Windows on ARM has been around for over a decade, the platform has been an underachiever for quite some time. I... Read more
Privacy watchdog: ‘ChatGPT in violation of privacy laws’
Italy's privacy watchdog sees the tool ChatGPT as in violation of the privacy law. The regulator came to this conclusion after an investigation into the AI tool.
Italy's privacy commission opened an investigation into ChatGPT and imposed a ban on the AI tool after indications that the tool viol... Read more
Seagate introduces IronWolf Pro HDD for NAS deployment with up to 24 TB
Seagate has introduced the IronWolf Pro 24 TB HDD. This hard drive is designed for use in NAS applications. With it, the storage hardware manufacturer wants to help SMBs in particular manage their growing amounts of data.
The new Seagate IronWolf Pro 24 TB HDD is specifically designed for use in... Read more
Windows 11 update improves voice clarity with AI for all users
The AI feature Voice Clarity first available to Microsoft Surface users will soon come to all Windows 11 users. With that, this feature also lands on x86 systems, after being exclusive to ARM-based devices.
The AI feature Voice Clarity provides enhancements to voices during video calls. The tool... Read more
Five billion people being tracked by Patternz surveillance tool
The commercial surveillance tool Patternz is collecting data from billions of users without permission. This is according to the report "Europe's hidden security crisis" by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).
The report shows that in Europe, companies and governments are using Real-Tim... Read more