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Now Perplexity is trying to get into the local AI action
Amid talk of an Nvidia deal, the AI search biz is looking beyond the cloud
Self-hosted email is in steep decline, Microsoft and Google are taking over
Oh great, Big Tech is now in prime position to decide which messages get through
Microsoft warns that transitioning Excel workbooks to new Exchange connectors might not be smooth sailing
Current Exchange connector is retiring - and new ones won't work if you don't upgrade
Runtime: Managing Big Iron in Bayou Country; own, don't rent your code; and UK server surge
+ the Ministry of Defence has a new IT leader, and why Prevalent AI thinks you should build a graph of your data.
CISA slaps its tightest three-day patching deadline on perfect-10 Oracle flaw
Disclosed in January and honeypots buzzed soon after, CISA says it’s finally time for the USG to plug the gap
OpenAI's upcoming Jalapeño chip looks like it'll be an inference beast
128 chips, 1.7 exaFLOPS, and 27 TB of HBM give Altman and crew a leg up over Blackwell, and maybe even Rubin
Apple defies memory shortage with new Mac minis
The cost of memory makes this an expensive ML meal
Claude and Cowork now share what they know about you
Shared memory is live, with no option to separate it between services, Anthropic tells us; Claude Code stays apart for now
McKinsey says enterprise AI is finally 'on the road to ROI'
Fasten your seatbelt and empty that bladder: AI investment is rising, but reported enterprise earnings impact remains stubbornly flat
Google Cloud launches AI platform for financial professionals
Google Cloud has unveiled a purpose-built agentic AI offering engineered for financial professionals, with Deutsche Bank signed up as an early adopter.
Slop factory bans Russians for using slop factory to create slop
OpenAI wants you to thank it for keeping a permanent record of all your discussions with its bots
You could've applied all 1,449 Oracle patches and still been hit by this attack
Attackers now ready to exploit how things work, rather than just break them, says Oracle support expert
CISA spots Oracle bug exploitation seven months after patch
Government security teams given just three days to patch the CVSS 10 vulnerability.
Intel's 256-core Xeon 7 CPUs are a Diamond in the rough
US convicts ex-Philips engineer for exposing X-ray secrets to competitor
Dutch electronics giant saw right through ex-engineer’s plot, albeit over a year after it all unravelled
Paul Yates: What’s really driving the protection drought?
A 12% fall in new business activity during two exceptionally hot weeks suggests that protection demand is shaped by more than cost, fear and the mortgage market.
Windows XP was released to manufacturing a quarter of a century ago
So incredibly stable, govt branches, banks, and dentist offices still haven't figured out how to close it
Tata adds Porsche's IT arm to its consulting business
The Indian IT giant also takes on $1.5 billion of AI work from the automotive manufacturer.
SiFive pushes development server to take RISC-V into the datacenter
Rack-mount system intended for software porting, workload optimization, to bring open standard to the bitbarn
Is radical ownership the answer to tech's slop problem? This Microsoft engineer thinks so
Principal software engineer Raki Rahman says AI has made him 50 times more efficient, but has a zero slop tolerance.
Visa joins MAS-led project to pilot stablecoin settlement
Visa has joined a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-led project focused on connecting traditional payments and stablecoin networks.
Scalable Capital opens platform to AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT
Munich-based bank Scalable Capital has opened its platform to AI assistants, giving customers the option to let the likes of ChatGPT, Claude and Grok carry out trades on their behalf.
Aroma-Zone pop-up opens in Westfield White City
Natural skincare firm Aroma-Zone has unveiled a new pop-up experience at Westfield White City, designed to introduce consumers to the brand and its range of formulas. With the theme ‘France’s Favourite Serums.
Special Olympics GB athletes to test accessibility of UK deposit return scheme
Special Olympics GB athletes are help test the accessibility of the UK’s future Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) during the National Summer Games in Birmingham from 27 to 30 August.
Itoflow raises $2.5m for investment research AI agents
Startup Itoflow has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding for its AI platform helping professional investment teams scale research and portfolio management.
Barbour and ASOS unveil one-of-a-kind jackets, designed by Jimmy Turrell
Barbour, ASOS and British artist Jimmy Turrell have teamed up to reimagine Barbour’s Bedale Jacket using contemporary fashion and art. The Barbour Re-loved x ASOS: Jimmy Turrell Edition will be available exclusively on ASOS.
Strait of Hormuz faces renewed pressure as US threatens ‘economic D-Day’
The Strait of Hormuz is facing renewed uncertainty as the US prepares a major new package of sanctions against Iran.
