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• Dropbox admits security breach May 2, 2024
  “On April 24th, we became aware of unauthorized access to the Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) production environment,” a statement from the company read. “Upon further investigation, we discovered that a threat actor had accessed data including Dropbox Sign customer information such as e-mails, usernames, phone numbers and hashed passwords, in addition to general account settings […]
• Cryptocurrency back under microscope as former Binance chief pleads out May 2, 2024
  I was going to write that it has been a turbulent few months for cryptocurrency, but when is that not true? Bitcoin’s wild fluctuations have continued, shooting up as regulators approved the sale on stock markets of crypto-stuffed investment vehicles and falling as early investors cashed out.  As far as news goes this is ‘dog […]
• Insight research centre appoints new UCD site director May 2, 2024
  In sight, the Science Foundation Ireland research centre for data analytics, has announced the apoointment of Dr Brian Mac Namee as site director for University College Dublin. Dr Mac Namee is an associate professor at the School of Computer Science at UCD. His research focuses on interactive machine learning methods that place people, and their […]
• Microsoft agrees renewable energy deal with SSE Renewables, FuturEnergy Ireland May 2, 2024
  Microsofthas entered into a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland that will add 30MW of wind energy capacity to Ireland’s electricity grid by way of the newly commissioned Lenalea Wind Farm near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The renewable energy CPPA secures a sustainable route to market for one of Ireland’s […]
• Hacktivists exploiting poor cyber hygiene at critical infrastructure providers May 2, 2024
  Pro-Russia hacktivists are targeting operational technology systems in the water, energy and agricultural sectors by exploiting poor cyber hygiene techniques. Threat groups are looking to compromise industrial control systems at small-scale operations in Europe and North America that are exposed to the Internet and use default passwords or lack multifactor authentication, officials warned. The targeting […]
• Cloud, AI drive successful quarter for Amazon May 2, 2024
  Amazon is the latest tech giant to announce last quarter’s numbers, and like its competitors Google, Microsoft and Nvidia, Amazon is benefiting from the boom in artificial intelligence (AI). The Magnificent Seven major US tech companies have been trying to stay ahead of each other in the AI race. After previously Microsoft went completely all […]
• Arrow Electronics to become sole global provider of Broadcom’s CloudHealth from VMware offering May 1, 2024
  Broadcom has selected Arrow Electronics to be the sole provider for its CloudHealth from VMware offering. CloudHealth is designed to help businesses simplify financial management and operations (FinOps) across multi-cloud environments effectively. “Arrow is pleased to build upon our strategic relationship with Broadcom by becoming the exclusive provider of the CloudHealth offering,” said Eric Nowak, […]
• At Microsoft, years of security debt come crashing down May 1, 2024
  Years of accumulated security debt at Microsoft are seemingly crashing down upon the company in a manner that many critics warned about, but few ever believed would actually come to light.  Microsoft is an entrenched enterprise provider, owning nearly one-quarter of the global cloud infrastructure services market and, as of Q1 last year, nearly 20% […]
• Binance founder sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering May 1, 2024
  A judge in Seattle has sentenced Binance founder Changpeng Zhou, better known as CZ, to four months in effective prison for anti-money laundering violations. Prosecutors had argued for three years in prison versus the sustended sentence request by lawyers for the defence. CZ’s sentence comes somewhere in between: four months in prison. According to US […]
• IMRO working with London start-up on more accurate royalty collection May 1, 2024
  IMRO is working with music recognition start-up Audoo, the music recognition technology company on a mission to revolutionise public performance royalty distribution. Audoo’s Audio Meter device will be implemented as part of a trial programme in a selection of public spaces such as cafés, bars, restaurants, and retail locations across Ireland. This will help enhance […]