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Ransomware gang demands $2 million from Tennessee school district after cyber attack
Ransomware gang Rhysida today claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee. Rutherford County Schools on December 1 confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack that occurred on November 25, 2024. The district’s website says, “Rutherford County Schools recently became aware of a network disruption affecting its systems. We promptly launched an investigation into…
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Small businesses could see electricity bills surge 70% as AI data center energy demands skyrocket
Smaller firms will feel the strain from data center development as surging energy demands ramp-up costs, new research shows. The research, co-authored by the Jack Kemp Foundation and Capital Policy Analytics, suggested that US consumers and small businesses could see a 70% uptick in their energy rates on the back of data center power consumption. Already struggling against inflationary pressures,…
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Ransomware gang demands $1.4 million from Louisiana school district
Ransomware gang Rhysida is demanding $1.4 million from a southern Louisiana school district. Rhysida yesterday claimed responsibility for an October 7, 2024 cyber attack on Vermilion Parish School System that forced schools in the district to take their computer systems offline. The cybercriminal group says it stole confidential data from the school, and it gave Vermilion Parish seven days to…
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DoJ demands Google sells Chrome — and potentially Android too
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally called for Google to sell Chrome. Confirming reports earlier this week, the DoJ lists in a court filing a series of remedies in response to an anti-competition ruling in August, in which Google was found to have violated antitrust laws through its online search business. In particular, regulators focused on the use…
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Microsoft’s Azure growth isn’t cause for concern, analysts say – but as it battles AWS and Google its ability to meet data center AI demands could become a problem
The big three cloud providers have posted largely strong growth despite a slight falter from Microsoft Azure, but experts have told ITPro that flagging cloud earnings are to be expected. All three hyperscalers recently delivered Q3 earnings results, with AWS posting a 19% increase in sales year-on-year to $27.5 billion. The Amazon-owned cloud provider clocked an operating income of $10.4…
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Why ‘space as a service’ is helping businesses meet worker demands – even as tech execs push ‘return to office’
Businesses have made seismic shifts in how they organize their workforces throughout the 2020s so far. A hybrid approach that enables flexible working has also allowed firms to foster higher levels of well-being and mental health support for their workers and technology, of course, has been essential for enabling these new ways of working. Where and how work is now…
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Europe needs more energy and better grids to meet data center power demands in the age of AI
Data center energy demands in Europe are set to triple by the end of the decade, and that means countries will need to boost investment in sustainable power sources and upgrade grid infrastructure. That’s according to a report from consultancy McKinsey, which said the rise of AI is driving this demand, with the power needed to fuel European data centers…
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American utilities firms need to invest now to feed AI energy demands
AI is so energy hungry that American utilities companies must upgrade their capacity and networks to meet growing demand. That’s according to consultancy Bain & Company, which warned that demand for power could soon be outstripped by supply in the US, home to many of the biggest AI developers. The warning follows Amazon investing in a nuclear-powered data center and…
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Microsoft’s Three Mile Island deal is a big step toward matching data center energy demands, but it’s not alone — AWS, Oracle, and now Google are all hot for nuclear power
Microsoft has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy provider Constellation in a move that will power data centers with nuclear energy. Under the agreement, Microsoft will buy energy from a newly reopened plant as part of its wider goal to match the power use of its data centers in Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland (PJM) with carbon-free energy. The partnership will…
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OpenAI demands investors shun rivals such as Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI – Computerworld
“These arrangements have traditionally been more common in fast-moving, high-stakes industries like ridesharing, where firms like Uber and Lyft sought to secure conflict-free funding during critical growth periods,” George said. However, such agreements were typically limited to defined periods, such as six or 12 months, he added. The move could significantly reshape the venture capital landscape, potentially intensifying competition for…
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