cloud native
AI is really a cloud-native problem, CNCF boss argues
(Irrational) exuberance is part of the process says Priyanka Sharma
Intel
Intel scoops up CHIPS cash in semiconductor bounty
Intel is collecting cash from the US government to push manufacturing efforts in a number of US cities
News
SacrAI Bleu! France fines Google for stealing content to train robobrains
Google is in hot water over allegations it illegally scraped content from publishers without getting permission
Terraform
OpenTofu looks to 'business value' with 1.7 release as HashiCorp reportedly looks for buyer
IAC fork promises to serve up features community really want -- and companies like Peloton have switched.
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.
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...
LLMs
Musk open-sources 314-billion parameter LLM "Grok" (including weights), but...
Apache 2.0 licence and weights, but no training code/reproducible datasets.
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.
Alation
Alation overhauls its platform, launches data services offering
"Less scrolling and clicking"
News
EU to stress-test major platforms over gen AI election risks in runup to Euro poll
Fires out RFIs over risks. Also launches investigation into AliExpress