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Microsoft/OpenAI AGI argument unlikely to impact enterprise IT – Computerworld
Vinod Goje, the VP engineering manager at Bank of America, said Microsoft is well-positioned for a post-OpenAI model future. It has the cloud infrastructure, the enterprise relationships, and the financial firepower to pivot faster than most realize, he pointed out, stressing that he was speaking personally and not representing his employer. While losing exclusive access to OpenAI’s latest models would…
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Financial impact of cyber attacks on UK retailers laid bare in new report
Cyber attacks against M&S and Co-op earlier this year cost anywhere between £270 million to £440m, according to analysis by the Cyber Monitoring Centre. In April, British retailers were targeted with a series of ransomware attacks, with M&S taking down online sales and later admitting customer data was stolen. Co-op shut down aspects of its own IT system to limit…
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ChatGPT o3 API 80% price drop has no impact on performance
ChatGPT o3 API is now cheaper for developers, and there’s no visible impact on performance. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced it’s cutting the price of its best reasoning model, o3, by 80%. ChatGPT price reduction This means o3’s input price is now just $2 per million tokens, while the output price has dropped to $8 per million tokens. “We optimized our inference…
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Questions raised over AI’s impact as studies tout conflicting adoption outcomes
How much value does generative AI bring to the workplace? It depends who you ask. A report by the Danish National Bureau of Economic Research suggests very little impact at all – but a separate study by PwC noted AI adoption leads to a fourfold increase in productivity growth and 56% higher wages. The conflicting reports highlight how difficult it…
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Genshin Impact Will Require US Players to Verify Their Age or Face Suspension
Genshin Impact has a massive player base globally, with the community heavily invested in the lore and character development. Well, before the release of Nod-Krai, Hoyoverse has announced that it now requires players in the US to undergo an age verification process to prevent their accounts from getting suspended. This move comes in response to the FTC settlement over the…
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Commvault says recent breach didn’t impact customer backup data
Commvault, a leading provider of data protection solutions, says a nation-state threat actor who breached its Azure environment didn’t gain access to customer backup data. Listed on NASDAQ since March 2006, Commvault is included in the S&P MidCap 400 Index and provides cyber resilience services to over 100,000 organizations. As the company first revealed on March 7, 2025, Commvault discovered the…
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Analysts weigh in on enterprise impact if Google forced to sell Chrome – Computerworld
Could disrupt the browser market Harrington countered, “this is not as simple as selling off a product; it’s a complete platform. And it’s moving from Google, where data collection is about selling ads, to OpenAI, where data collection is about training AI to then sell to a ridiculously wide variety of purposes. A ‘devil you know versus the devil you…
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Landmark Admin data breach impact now reaches 1.6 million people
Landmark Admin has issued an update to its investigation of a cyberattack it suffered in May 2024, increasing the number of impacted individuals to 1.6 million. Landmark is a Texas-based third-party administrator (TPA) handling policy accounting, regulatory reporting, reinsurance support, and IT systems for major insurers nationwide like Liberty Bankers Life and American Benefit Life. In October 2024, the company…
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IDC warns US tariffs will impact tech sector spending
IDC has warned that the US government’s sweeping tariffs could cut global IT spending in half over the next six months. The research foundation said the new wave of trade tariffs will drive up technology prices, disrupt supply chains, and ultimately weaken global IT spending. As a result, the organization said it was developing a ‘downside scenario’ that would reflect…
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Environmental Impact of Satellite Internet
Satellite internet, with services such as Starlink, OneWeb, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, promises to revolutionize global connectivity. It offers unprecedented access to high-speed internet in remote and underserved regions of the world. However, as the deployment of thousands of satellites becomes a reality, significant environmental and ecological concerns arise. This report examines the environmental impact of satellite internet, focusing on…
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