AWS charges hefty fee to use Anthropic’s Claude Opus LLM
AWS is now making all of Anthropic's Claude 3 LLM versions available through Amazon Bedrock. Recently, the hyperscaler added the largest variant Claude Opus to its portfolio. Using this model does come with a higher price tag.
The fact AWS is making all of Anthropic's Claude 3-LLMs available thr... Read more
Exploit in Palo Alto’s PAN-OS actively abused by malicious hacker group
A critical vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall software is actively exploited and used for attacks. The vulnerability was discovered as early as April 10, but tens of thousands of active firewalls were eventually found to be vulnerable. Updating to the latest version is the urgent ... Read more
2024 ‘transition year,’ ASML states after disappointing quarterly results
In the first quarter, ASML failed to meet analysts' financial expectations. However, the company's CEO Peter Wennink stresses that 2024 is a "transition year", and the overall guidance for the year remains unchanged.
Sales for Q1 2024 brought in 5.29 billion euros, significantly less than a quar... Read more
Pegasystems’ AI coach advises users on most efficient way of doing their job
Workflow automation platform Pegasystems has added an AI coach to the latest version (24.1) of its Pega Infinity platform. The Pega GenAI Coach advises users about their workflows based on best practices in sales, service and operational processes.
Pegy Infinity is a platform for digital process... Read more
Microsoft ends support for Office 2016 and 2019 in October next year
Microsoft will end support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 apps and servers on October 14, 2025. Anyone who continues to work with these versions of Office after this date risks security breaches, compliance issues and, as Microsoft states in a blog post, even reduced productivity.
However, the ... Read more
AMD claims lead in battle for fastest AI PC
Both Intel and AMD have recently released chips that accelerate AI workloads. With the latest Ryzen Pro 8000 CPUs for laptops and desktops, AMD claims it has gained a significant lead. In addition, business users benefit from better management features and higher efficiency.
According to AMD, th... Read more
Deepmind CEO expects to spend more than $100 billion on AI
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's AI subsidiary Deepmind, estimates that the company will spend more than $100 billion on AI, given enough time.
He was responding to questions from the audience at a TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. Someone asked about Google Deepmind's response to the announce... Read more
Broadcom makes concessions after criticism and extends perpetual VMware support
VMware customers with perpetual licenses will still be supported. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says the changed policy is in response to feedback from customers.
Shortly after Broadcom acquired VMware in November 2023, it quickly became apparent that the move to subscription-only licenses was imminent.... Read more
‘Vigilance required to counter infiltration attempts of open-source projects’
The backdoor in the Linux compression tool xz may not have been an isolated incident, say the Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation in a joint statement. They or their members recently intercepted multiple attempts to infiltrate open-source software projects.
The organization... Read more
Adobe adds third-party AI plugins to Premiere Pro
Adobe will expand its video editor Premiere Pro with plugins that allow users to deploy AI video generators such as Sora, Pika and Runway directly from within the program. This integration will make it possible to blend 'traditionally' shot footage with AI-generated content. Adobe has not yet annou... Read more