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Parliamentary committee’s demand for third party emails from Google, Meta is wrong: Business group
Canadian Chamber of Commerce says demand for external communications companies have with third parties is a threat
Total number of holes in Microsoft products rose last year but critical vulns down: Report
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U.S. proposes to safeguard $52bn semiconductor funding from China
The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed new rules to prevent $52 billion in semiconductor manufacturing and research funding from being used by China and other countries of concern. The measures are intended to prevent recipients of U.S. funding from expanding semiconductor manufacturing in foreign countries deemed to be of concern, such as China and Russia. […]
Old hard drives are more durable than new ones
Secure Data Recovery examined 2,007 damaged or defective hard disk drives (HDDs) and concluded that old drives are more durable and resilient than new drives in general. The firm, which has been in business since 2007 and has resolved over 100,000 cases, examined the HDDs it received in 2022, the majority of which ranged in […]
Book Publishers and Internet Archive face-off in court over library e-books
A federal court in New York is currently hearing arguments in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case, which could shape the future of library e-books. The hearing will decide whether libraries should rely on digital licenses provided by publishers or scan and lend copies of their books. It centers on the Open Library program, which […]
Nvidia to rent out Supercomputers for AI development
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp, has announced that the company will rent out its powerful supercomputers, which are used to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT, to a broader range of business customers. The move aims to accelerate an AI boom that has seen Nvidia shares rise 77% this year, making it […]
AWS to transition European Datacenters to hydrotreated vegetable oil
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a plan to transition its European datacenters from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). According to AWS, switching to HVO could result in a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to diesel. HVO is a renewable diesel biofuel derived from the processing of vegetable oils, which can […]
Only 44% of data and analytics leaders provide value, Gartner
A recent survey by Gartner has revealed that only 44% of data and analytics (D&A) leaders believe their team is effective in providing value to their organization. Donna Medeiros, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, stated that “the most successful Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) are outperforming their peers by projecting an executive presence and […]
TikTok updates content moderation policies
TikTok has updated its content moderation policies in light of the possibility of a ban in the United States. The new rules restrict the sharing of AI-generated deepfakes, which have grown in popularity on the platform in recent months. It falls under the category of “synthetic and manipulated media guidelines,” also referred to as AI […]
