Atos tries to refinance outstanding debts
Atos let a third party help with refinancing its outstanding debts. At issue is a debt load of more than two billion euros, for which the deadline for repayment is rapidly approaching.
Earlier today, Atos announced it is in talks with several banks for a possible refinancing of the company's ou... Read more
AnyDesk hit by hack, certificates have been replaced
AnyDesk was recently hit by a hack on its production systems in which certificates may have been stolen. It is said to not be a ransomware attack. No login credentials were captured, because they are not stored.
According to AnyDesk, after the incident, a security audit revealed that some of the... Read more
Windows Server 2025 tests ‘super user’ feature
Windows Server 2025 appears to be getting a 'sudo' feature similar to Linux. This will still give users with low privileges 'super user' privileges for certain commands. This is evidenced by a leaked new Insider Preview build for the upcoming version of Windows Server.
From the leaked Windows Se... Read more
European member states approve AI Act
The AI Act has received the approval of the various European Union member states. For the AI Act it was in particular important to get the approval of Germany, France and Italy. The Act is now in the final line to final finalization and implementation.
France, Germany and Italy previously threw... Read more
Cisco and Hitachi Vantara tackle hybrid cloud complexity
Cisco and Hitachi Vantara are expanding their partnership to make it easier for businesses to move to hybrid cloud environments. To this end, both parties are introducing new IaaS solutions and flexible consumption models.
In June 2023, Cisco and Hitachi Vantara entered into a comprehensive part... Read more
Google likely to switch from Bard to Gemini
Google's generative AI assistant appears to be renamed Gemini. The name Bard would disappear.
Several clues surfaced, including in code for the Google Assistant app and on X. Bard was Google's response to the introduction of OpenAI's first version of ChatGPT. Soon, "Gemini" appears to replace ev... Read more
Check Point Infinity AI Copilot helps with security
Users of Check Point solutions will soon be able to receive assistance from the Infinity AI Copilot. This should make the work of security experts easier.
Check Point has trained the new copilot with the security intelligence of its solutions. The company is 30 years old and can use the data fro... Read more
MessageBird rebrands as Bird and lowers prices
Dutch-based MessageBird has rebranded itself as Bird. The platform will also make price cuts and work toward a comprehensive tool rather than a collection of APIs.
With the rebranding to Bird, the omnichannel messaging platform aims to create a new look and feel and get serious about even more s... Read more
Amazon to save billions by extending its server lifespan to six years
From now on, Amazon servers will last a year longer. From now on, hardware will only be replaced after six years, a move that will save the company nearly a billion dollars per quarter.
Based on its research, Amazon found that it could stretch the useful life of its servers by a year. It's the s... Read more
Number of vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins doubled
The number of vulnerabilities in plugins and themes for WordPress has increased significantly over the past year. There is almost a doubling compared to 2022.
That's according to research by WordFence. 4,833 vulnerabilities were identified for the entire WordPress ecosystem in the past year. The... Read more