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Amazon’s RTO mandate just hit a major roadblock – it doesn’t have enough office space
Amazon’s controversial crackdown on remote working appears to have hit a snag – there isn’t enough room in the office. Staff were originally told to come in five days a week from January. However, according to reports from Bloomberg, the company has now told staff at sites in at least seven cities to carry on working at home for up…
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Microsoft 365 users hit by random product deactivation errors
Microsoft is investigating a known issue triggering “Product Deactivated” errors for customers using Microsoft 365 Office apps. According to online user reports on Reddit and Microsoft’s own community website, affected users randomly received these “Product Deactivated” errors in Office apps, prompting confusion and disruptions. As Redmond explained in a support document published on Thursday, these problems stem from licensing changes…
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user’s region. According to DownDetector, the outage occurred at approximately 12:40 PM ET, with many users unable to access the services through the websites and apps or send messages through WhatsApp. When users attempted to access Facebook, they were greeted with errors stating,…
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Microsoft hit with £1 billion lawsuit over claims it’s “punishing UK businesses” for using competitor cloud services
Microsoft is facing a £1 billion lawsuit in the UK over claims that it’s been overcharging customers for using rival cloud platforms. Those using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Alibaba Cloud rather than Microsoft Azure, it claims, were charged higher licensing fees for Windows Server. Customers licensing Windows Server via AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Alibaba…
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GM and EVgo Just Hit a Big Milestone With EV Chargers
General Motors and its EV charging partner, EVgo, have doubled the number of public stations in their U.S. charging network to 2,000 in total, in just over a year and with hundreds potentially more on the way by the end of 2024. GM and EVgo constructed their 2,000th co-branded public charging station in Murietta, California, just off the 215 freeway…
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Forget expensive, power-hungry LLMs models, 2025 will be the year where small language models hit the mainstream
Small language models (SLMs) could hit the mainstream in 2025, according to analysts, as enterprises look to speed up training times, lower carbon emissions, and bolster security. While much of the generative AI boom has focused on LLMs and an industry arms race to create more powerful models, Isabel Al-Dhahir, principal analyst at GlobalData, believes the appeal of leaner options…
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Major incident declared as Merseyside hospitals hit by cyber attack – here’s what we know so far
Hospitals across Merseyside are cancelling appointments following a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident. Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral was the first to sound the alert, with patients asked to avoid attending the hospital’s A&E department except in cases of medical emergency, and outpatient appointments cancelled. The hack initially affected the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust, which also manages Clatterbridge Hospital, and…
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‘Squid Game’ showrunner teases ‘more intriguing games’ for season 2 of the Netflix hit
The Netflix series “Squid Game” is known for its deadly set of challenges — it even sparked a real-life spin-off with the reality TV competition “Squid Game: The Challenge” — and creator-showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk says there will be plenty more where that came from when “Squid Game” season 2 hits the streamer on Thursday, December 26. During a recent interview…
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Now BlueSky hit with crypto scams as it crosses 20 million users
As many more users are flocking to BlueSky from social media platforms like X/Twitter, so are threat actors. BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week. It didn’t take long Over the past few years, X/Twitter has become the hotbed of scammers from those targeting banking customers…
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Working all that overtime won’t help you hit KPIs – but it will impact your mental wellbeing
New research indicates sales staff working additional hours is common, but all the extra work did not help them meet their targets. CRM platform Pipedrive surveyed salespeople, founders, and CEOs, 69% of whom said they work overtime. One-in-10 respondents told Pipedrive they worked more than 16 additional hours a week, meaning that for some individuals the work week can be…
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