Synopsys acquires Ansys for €32 billion
Synopsys plans to acquire simulation software company Ansys for $35 billion (€32 billion).
The acquisition of software developer Ansys could become the largest in the tech sector since Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of VMware last year. The two parties, working together in several areas, h... Read more
Androxgh0st botnet steals AWS and Microsoft credentials
CISA and the FBI warn of a campaign aiming to steal cloud credentials. Cybercriminals are attempting to use the Androxgh0st malware to create a botnet that steals credentials from cloud services. This data is then used to deliver malicious payloads.
Androxgh0st is known as an "SMTP cracker," whi... Read more
Hyperscalers’ AI chip capacity is heavily underutilized
Most of the AI capacity at major cloud providers remains unused. As a result, AWS, Microsoft and Google are missing out on billions of dollars in revenue, TechInsights analyst Owen Rogers asserts. Full utilization of AI hardware, however, is tough to achieve.
TechInsights estimates that with sev... Read more
Vodafone signs 10-year contract with Microsoft for AI, cloud services
Telecom operator Vodafone and Microsoft have announced a 10-year partnership. The two parties will collaborate on various AI solutions to support customer service, digital payment solutions and IoT applications.
The activities of the 10-year partnership between Vodafone and Microsoft will focus ... Read more
Critical supply chain attack possible via PyTorch
Using self-hosted runners in PyTorch for GitHub operations leads to several vulnerabilities, security engineer John Stawinski IV discovered. This can lead to many malicious actions.
According to security engineer John Stawinski IV, Meta's popular open-source framework PyTorch uses so-called self... Read more
More than 178,000 SonicWall firewalls vulnerable to simple DoS attack
More than 178,000 SonicWall firewalls are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks due to two vulnerabilities. The discovery was made by Bishop Fox security experts.
According to Bishop Fox, SonicWall's more than 178,000 next-generation Series 6 and 7 firewal... Read more
Copilot for Microsoft 365 comes to SMBs
Microsoft is expanding access to its virtual assistant Copilot a bit further, with a version aimed at small businesses.
In November, Microsoft made Copilot for Microsoft 365 available to enterprises. A company must purchase a license for at least 300 seats to use that version. Now Copilot for Mi... Read more
Korean chip industry challenges global competition with 430B investment
Europe, North America and East Asia are all competing for market share in global chip production. South Korea is the most ambitious among all players, it appears. Over the next two decades, it will invest the equivalent of 430 billion euros.
The South Korean government's goal is to provide 10 pe... Read more
FedEx will build data-driven e-commerce platform ‘fdx’
US delivery company FedEx will build the e-commerce platform 'fdx' for its services. This will allow companies to run and handle their entire shopping logistics from A to Z.
With the arrival of the platform, FedEx aims to make it possible for customers to provide an end-to-end shopping experienc... Read more
Salesforce supports retailers with Einstein 1 Platform updates
New Salesforce tools help retailers by providing customer behavior insight and content creation. The features leverage the Einstein 1 Platform, which links data from retailers and customers to LLMs.
For example, there will be an extension for Einstein Copilot, called Einstein Copilot for Shopper... Read more