File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so, but with adaptations to the use case, performance and cost constraints of cloud storage. In this article, we look at the fundamentals…
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Nic Granger isn’t your typical digital leader. Having spent time in the past with penguins on the Falklands Islands, she’s now director of corporate and chief financial officer (CFO) at the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), where she’s responsible for finance and technology. While her blended leadership role might seem unusual, Granger says it’s a…
Apple has just announced several iOS 18 accessibility features via a press release. Although the company only says these functions are coming “later this year,” this means they’ll be part of the iOS 18 update.This is not the first time Apple has announced big accessibility features ahead of the WWDC keynote, and it’s a trend…
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A critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server, and two zero-day flaws in Windows MSHTML Platform and Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library should be top-of-mind for administrators, as Microsoft releases its monthly Patch Tuesday update addressing over 60 bugs and issues. The SharePoint Server flaw – which stands as the only critical vulnerability in…
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OpenAI has debuted some big changes coming to its AI chatbot, including its new ChatGPT GPT-4o update, a desktop app, and some other big changes users can expect to see soon. Here are all of the biggest announcements from the OpenAI spring update.A new GPT model Perhaps one of the biggest announcements to come out…
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Amazon has been building artificial intelligence (AI) systems and using machine learning for well over 20 years. Personalisation and recommendations were among the early innovations introduced on the ecommerce site, and these and other technology concepts, such as the Alexa voice assistant, help to drive forward AI innovation in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public…
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OpenAI has been in hot water regarding data privacy ever since ChatGPT was first released to the public. The company used a lot of data from the public internet to train the large language model powering ChatGPT and other AI products. But that seems to have included copyrighted content. Some creators went ahead and sued…
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Australian flag carrier Qantas has apologised to fliers after a glitch in its mobile application temporarily enabled some customers to view the flights and booking details of other frequent fliers on two separate occasions. The airline said that no financial information was exposed, and nor were any users able to transfer or use frequent flier…
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As Apple plans to release iOS 17.5 soon, the company just seeded the RC version to developers. With the Release Candidate build, Apple is adding the recently announced 2024 Pride wallpapers to it.Apple says these wallpapers “bring bold, symbolic color to Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad. Signaling hope, strength, and fellowship to LGBTQ+ communities, the…
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Users of the Dropbox Sign document-signing service – until recently known as HelloSign – have been alerted to a data breach affecting their information after an undisclosed threat actor hacked into its systems. Dropbox first became aware that someone had attained unauthorised access to the Dropbox Sign production environment on 24 April – suggesting they…
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