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Broadcom’s “harsh” VMware contracts are costing customers up to 1,500% more
Broadcom is accused of increasing VMware licensing costs by up to 15 times and trapping customers in unnecessarily long contracts. That’s according to a report by the European Cloud Competition Organisation (ECCO), set up by Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to monitor Microsoft’s compliance with last year’s settlement to avoid an antitrust complaint. Beyond Microsoft, ECCO has also…
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“It’s almost mind boggling” – Dell is betting big on AI PCs, but customers are less enthusiastic
The refrain that Dell is “all in” on AI PCs rang out across the company’s annual Dell Technologies World 2025. This sentiment has been underlined by the product and partnership announcements made throughout the event and indeed earlier in the year at CES. Customers, however, seem less convinced of the urgency to adopt AI hardware, particularly when it comes to…
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Amazon claims it’s ‘constantly inviting’ new customers to Alexa Plus
Yesterday, Reuters ran a story with the headline “Weeks after Amazon’s Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?,” in which it detailed its difficulty locating first-hand accounts of the AI-upgraded assistants’ use online. The Verge asked Amazon about the story, and the company has responded to say that the idea that Alexa Plus isn’t available is “simply wrong.”…
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Microsoft says it’ll protect EU cloud customers from shutdown demands
Microsoft has said it will protect European data from American overreach in the courts if necessary — and will increase its investment in data centres in the EU. The move is seen as a response to the Trump administration’s irritation over EU rules that have supposedly impacted American big tech firms, and suggested retaliation looms. Trump signed a memorandum earlier…
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Amazon Might Start Showing Customers Some Tariff-Related Price Increases
Amazon and the White House are not getting along at the moment. A report from Punchbowl News claims that Amazon had plans to disclose how tariffs are raising the price of products across the site. It seems that when you clicked on a product, you would not only see the current cost, but also the northward effect Trump’s tariffs had…
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Marks & Spencer confirms a cyberattack as customers face delayed orders
Source: Marks & Spencer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has disclosed that it is responding to a cyberattack over the past few days that has impacted operations, including its Click and Collect service. The company is a British multinational retailer known for selling various products, including clothing, food, and home goods. Marks & Spencer operates over 1,400 stores and employs 64,000…
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Seized database helps Europol snare botnet customers in ‘Operation Endgame’ follow-up sting
Europol has detained several people believed to be involved in a botnet operation as part of a follow-up to a major takedown last year. Following the Operation Endgame investigation, major malware droppers including IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader and Bumblebee, were shut down last year. According to Europol, analysis of the contents of a seized database enabled it to identify customers…
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Police detains Smokeloader malware customers, seizes servers
In follow-up activity for Operation Endgame, law enforcement tracked down Smokeloader botnet’s customers and detained at least five individuals. During Operation Endgame last year, more than 100 servers used by major malware loader operations (e.g. IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, SystemBC) were seized. In a press release today, Europol informs that the operation continues as law enforcement officers analyze the…
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Europcar data breach could affect up to 200,000 customers
Europcar has reportedly suffered a massive data breach affecting as many as 200,000 customers. The car rental firm has confirmed the hack to BleepingComputer, adding that it’s assessing the damage and notifying affected individuals. The statement follows a post in an underground forum from a hacker claiming to have obtained all the firm’s GitLab repositories, accessing more than 9,000 SQL…
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Europcar GitLab breach exposes data of up to 200,000 customers
A hacker breached the GitLab repositories of multinational car-rental company Europcar Mobility Group and stole source code for Android and iOS applications, as well as some personal information belonging to up to 200,000 customers. The actor tried to extort the company by threatening to publish 37GB of data that includes backups and details about the company’s cloud infrastructure and internal…
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