Microsoft Microsoft open-sources unique “Garnet” cache-store; a Redis rival? Garnet’s server can talk to any existing Redis client owing to its use of the RESP protocol. Its storage layer is a customised fork of Microsoft’s own open source FASTER project
cybersecurity China's I-Soon-linked threat group hit 70 organisations in 45 countries Group screwed up their opsec, let Trend Micro pull samples, configuration files, and log files from attackers' servers.
Sponsored Elastic’s newest query language deserves closer attention A “new foundational technology" says CPO Ken Exner
Dynatrace From operational resilience to application performance – whilst cutting your carbon footprint At an exclusive event from The Stack, sponsored by Dynatrace, speakers from Citi, HSBC and Morningstar joined...
Africa “Multiple major fiber cables” reaching Africa are broken Microsoft vows to "add additional fiber links within the region over the weekend, and then further capacity into next week"
AI Europe’s AI Act demands extensive "logs" - targets biometrics, bias, black boxes Emotion recognition banned in workplaces, classrooms.
Opinion The key to making Large Language Models work is becoming clearer. "GenAI with too low a temperature lacks creative spark... Too high a temperature and it will strongly hallucinate" -- Neo4j’s Jim Webber discusses new ways of delivering GenAI value.
Alation Alation overhauls its platform, launches data services offering "Less scrolling and clicking"
Fortinet Fortinet warns on critical SQL Injection bug after NCSC disclosure More pre-auth RCE bugs in Fortinet appliances? Colour us shocked!
operational technology Missing vulnerabilities and threadbare staff: CISA ill-equipped to support on OT security: Watchdog CISA has just two federal staff and five contractor staff working on its OT-specific threat hunting and/or incident response services...
cybersecurity US gov tells software suppliers exactly how it wants them to develop secure code As CISA reportedly admits two of its systems were breached in February due to Ivanti flaws
Bank of England Bank of England warns on expanded operational resilience regime – cloud providers put on notice New demands of "critical third-parties" will "require some adjustments all round" says senior BoE official.
Members only AI cloud Oracle Q3 numbers show it really is a cloud co now “We’re building an AI data center in the United States, where you could park eight Boeing 747s nose to tail..."
CISO Anthropic’s CISO drinks the AI kool aid - backpedals frantically on security analysis claim "The entire analysis from the original post is wrong. It shows only the negative value of using LLM in such cases..."
DDoS France fends off unprecedented DDoS attacks as it gears up for Olympian challenge Low tech, highly inconvenient cyber assault comes just weeks after Ukraine cooperation deal
News techUK calls on next gov to lead on AI – though tech leaders just want lower energy costs Wish list also features deregulation, tax breaks
Microsoft EDPS: European Commission breached data infringement rules over Microsoft 365 use EU watchdog says the institution failed to take appropriate data-transfer safeguards while using Microsoft 365
UK government UK.gov's “ostrich” approach to cybersecurity leaves country “exposed and unprepared” Departments need to go away and rethink how to protect country from ransomware
skills Skills shortage: Data-centric jobs set to drive tech recruitment this year Companies still struggling to fill software development, software testing, cyber security and data centric roles
ransomware US healthcare ransomware attack impact worsens, as government ramps up pressure and lawsuits start "An immense crisis demanding immediate attention" says the American Medical Association
CIO Schneider Electric CIO Elizabeth Hackenson on AI, IT's energy consumption, and CFO demands... "I don't think there's enough energy in the world for what we're going to need for AI."
Microsoft Featured Microsoft customers are being targeted after Redmond's source code, secrets were stolen A raid by Russian hackers penetrated deeper than first thought: "Some of these secrets were shared between customers and Microsoft..."
automation TfL eyes chatbots to drive down contact centre demand: Beware "deviations" and "harsh" voices... London transport organisation also "interested in any capabilities related to technology in contact centres that go beyond these five capabilities"