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Intel awarded billions by US government to ramp up chip production
The Biden-Harris administration has announced Intel could receive up to $8.5 billion in potential direct funding to ram up domestic production of semiconductors. The US Department of Commerce has offered Intel a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide the funding under the CHIPS and Science act. The CHIPS…
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IT modernization is being driven by AI, security, and sustainability
Organizations are, once again, looking to modernize their IT infrastructure, with the majority seeing the use of hybrid multicloud as the way forward, driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), security, and sustainability. This is according to the Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI), the sixth global survey and research report, published by hybrid…
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Telecoms is evolving – and unfortunately, so are DDoS attacks
If you set up a Google news alert for DDoS (distributed denial-of-service), you’d quickly be overwhelmed by the weekly attacks. It’s been relentless for 25 years, and for telcos, which lie among the pile of victims, these attacks are growing more varied. They’re getting larger, too. It’s just that the…
Read MoreTelecoms is evolving – and unfortunately, so are DDoS attacks
If you set up a Google news alert for DDoS (distributed denial-of-service), you’d quickly be overwhelmed by the weekly attacks. It’s been relentless for 25 years, and for telcos, which lie among the pile of victims, these attacks are growing more varied. They’re getting larger, too. It’s just that the…
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Thousands of online systems could be hit by new DoS attack
Hackers can render network services completely useless, by putting them in an infinite communications loop. The loop generates large volumes of traffic, which is why the attack is being dubbed “Loop DoS”. This looped denial-of-service attack was discovered by cybersecurity researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz-Center for Information Security, BleepingComputer reports.…
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Microsoft just revealed a major surprise with two new editions of Office
In a world increasingly dominated by subscription-based models, Microsoft has announced the forthcoming release of Office 2024, the latest standalone version of its popular office software. The move is very much welcomed by those who prefer perpetual licenses over monthly subscriptions, with Microsoft 365 continuing to be pushed as a…
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