Workforce reductions are mounting across the tech sector globally as firms attempt to free up more resources for their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments. According to tracking website Layoffs.fyi, tech companies laid off more than 165,000 people in 2022 and 264,000 people in 2023, with the latest data showing that 410 tech firms have laid off…
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The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the iPhone.While I think Apple hurt itself by not voluntarily making those changes to iOS after all these years, I won’t ever sideload…
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AMD’s Ryzen 9000 processors run very nicely under Linux it seems, based on recently conducted testing – and indeed it’s a better OS than Windows 11 when it comes to the performance of Team Red’s latest desktop chips, based on one set of findings.PC Games Hardware (PCGH) put the Ryzen 7 9700X through its paces…
Following the sinking of his luxury yacht on Monday, Reuters has reported that the body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered.Lynch was among six people who have been confirmed to have died when the yacht sank after being hit by a sea tornado, known as a waterspout, in the early hours of Monday…
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AMD’s Ryzen processors are seemingly being slowed down a fair bit during PC gaming sessions by a purported bug in Windows 11, and in some cases, Ryzen 9000 processors are slightly worse off.This comes courtesy of Hardware Unboxed (via VideoCardz) on YouTube, which noticed in its review of the Ryzen 9700X that the results for…
Imagine being in the same room as Google’s high-ranking Android execs discussing Apple’s WWDC announcements. Maybe they were following the live stream online to see what Apple Intelligence is all about and how it threatens Gemini.I bet Googlers were thrilled to see and hear that Apple Intelligence would not match the abilities of Gemini and…
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun looking at whether it should investigate Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. The CMA is already looking at Anthropic’s partnership with Google owner Alphabet, as well as Microsoft’s partnership with Inflection. In October 2023, Alphabet invested $2bn in OpenAI rival…
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Microsoft and CrowdStrike have defended themselves against a series of accusations by Delta, saying the US airline, which was particularly badly hit during the 19 July software outage, rejected their offers of help and had only itself to blame for cancelling thousands of flights, including some scheduled to deliver American athletes to the Paris Olympics.…
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It’s been a week since developers started trying Apple Intelligence with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. While not every feature is already available, there’s a lot of anticipation for Apple’s AI capabilities, as analysts expect this to be the company’s biggest sales driver for the next few years.Apple Intelligence consists of LLMs…
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Over the first seven-and-a-half months of 2024, the number of newly-disclosed common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) soared 30% year-on-year from 17,114 to 22,254, according to data published by Qualys researchers. However, out of this huge number of flaws, barely a hundredth – 204 or 0.9% – were weaponised by threat actors, said Qualys, the majority…
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