AI usage in the cloud is often indirect and unclear

AI has quickly become an integral part of cloud environments. As a result, security challenges are shifting as well. According to new research by Wiz, organizations are increasingly using AI indirectly through third-party software, making risks in the supply chain less visible. W … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

FortiBleed linked to ransomware groups INC and Lynx

New research into the large-scale FortiBleed campaign points to a direct link with the ransomware groups INC and Lynx. This suggests that the theft of tens of thousands of Fortinet login credentials was part of a broader operation aimed at future ransomware attacks. The scale of … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Google Cloud gets Dutch public sector approval

Following a data protection impact assessment (DPIA), the Dutch government has approved Google Cloud for use in the central public sector. SLM Rijk concludes that no known high privacy risks remain if the recommended measures are implemented. This provides a formally assessed alt … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

AWS introduces faster log analysis for OpenSearch

AWS has added a new log analysis engine to Amazon OpenSearch Service. The new technology is designed to help organizations process the rapidly growing volume of log data more efficiently. According to AWS, processing speed doubles, storage costs drop significantly, and no additio … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Supermicro’s legal problems are piling up

Supermicro CRO Matt Thauberge denies reports that a Taiwanese police raid took place. He states that the company is cooperating with the authorities; four employees of the server manufacturer were questioned. Allegations regarding alleged GPU smuggling to China and the fraudulent … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Google loses battle over 4.1 billion Euro EU fine

The message from Europe’s highest court is crystal clear: even the world’s most powerful tech companies must abide by the rules. The European Court of Justice has definitively rejected Google’s appeal against the record 4.1 billion euro fine. This ruling not only marks the end of … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Meta plans to sell excess AI computing power as a cloud service

Meta is working on plans to sell access to AI computing power and its own models, Bloomberg reports. Although comparisons are often drawn with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, the new Meta Compute initiative sounds more like a new option for AI companies alongside CoreWeave, SpaceX, … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Anubis ransomware exploits CitrixBleed 2 and RMM tools

Since early 2026, Arctic Wolf has investigated multiple breaches carried out using the Anubis ransomware. The attackers combined stolen VPN credentials and exploitation of CitrixBleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777) with the misuse of legitimate RMM tools. This allowed them to remain under the … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

T-Mobile USA wants to move away from VMware and is fighting for support

T-Mobile USA has been trying to migrate away from VMware for some time. Meanwhile, the telco is fighting in court for extended support, which it claims Broadcom is obligated to provide. According to court documents, the telco runs VMware on at least 303,000 CPU cores, which form … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Memory shortages are only partly due to AI, says Micron

According to Micron, the global memory chip shortages are not solely the result of the explosive growth of AI. CEO Sanjay Mehrotra (photo) argues that years of price pressure from customers prevented the industry from investing enough, causing production capacity to lag behind wh … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

As Fable 5 returns, Anthropic wants to write the frontier AI rulebook

Since the beginnings of generative AI, new state-of-the-art LLMs have released at a fairly steady rate without any imposed audits or precautions. The age of self-imposed safeguards appears to be over, however, as a bruised Anthropic is set to finally redeploy its most capable mod … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

“Three years of LTS support for .NET is too short”

Microsoft is facing criticism over its .NET support policy. According to developers, the platform’s current lifecycle does not align well enough with the upgrade cycles of large organizations. As a result, many companies continue to rely on outdated versions or even the classic . … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Schneider Electric pays 3.1 billion for Cognite

Schneider Electric is acquiring software company Cognite for $3.1 billion. With this acquisition, the French technology group is bringing a specialist in industrial data and AI into its fold. Cognite will be integrated into AVEVA and is expected to significantly expand AI capabil … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Dawnguard promises true shift-left: “The only solution is to build something that isn’t vulnerable”

Cybersecurity starts at the foundation. And in many cases, that’s the underlying architecture or code. If it’s riddled with vulnerabilities, we’ll just be fighting a losing battle. The Dutch company Dawnguard (which, by the way, also has an office in New York) makes a platform ge … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Claude Sonnet 5: not powerful enough to be blocked?

Anthropic is facing a major problem. While Fable 5—by far their most powerful AI model—is supposed to be accessible only to U.S. users, the company behind Claude chose to withdraw the LLM entirely. Weeks later, Claude Sonnet 5 has now surfaced, a release that seems somewhat antic … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Claude Sonnet 5: not powerful rnough to be blocked?

Anthropic is facing a major problem. While Fable 5—by far their most powerful AI model—is supposed to be accessible only to U.S. users, the company behind Claude chose to withdraw the LLM entirely. Weeks later, Claude Sonnet 5 has now surfaced, a release that seems somewhat antic … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

119 malicious Edge extensions steal data from 2.6 million users

Microsoft has removed 119 malware variants disguised as extensions from the Edge Add-ons store. These extensions posed as ordinary tools. Together, they had 2.6 million users. The extensions stole login credentials and 2FA codes and acted as backdoors on infected systems. They ap … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Google restricts Meta’s use of Gemini

Google has restricted Meta’s use of its Gemini models because it does not have sufficient computing power available. The move is slowing down internal AI projects at Meta and demonstrates that even the largest tech companies are reaching the limits of their AI infrastructure. Acc … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Eye Security raises €60M for Expansion

The Hague-based cybersecurity company Eye Security has raised 60 million euros in a Series C funding round. The company plans to use the capital to expand its presence in Europe, further develop AI capabilities, and meet the growing demand for European cybersecurity solutions. Th … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Rubrik introduces AI agent and security layer for Claude Code

Rubrik announced a series of AI-focused security products during its FORWARD user conference. At the heart of this is Rubrik AI, which transforms the company’s platform into an autonomous AI agent that performs security tasks independently.  In addition, Rubrik is introducing Age … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

EU-US Data Privacy Framework shaken to its core

Privacy organization noyb describes the consequences of a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court as the “collapse” of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which has been in effect since July 10, 2023. Founder Max Schrems is calling on the European Commission to revoke the adequacy … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

EU-US Data Privacy Framework shaken to its vore

Privacy organization noyb describes the consequences of a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court as the “collapse” of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which has been in effect since July 10, 2023. Founder Max Schrems is calling on the European Commission to revoke the adequacy … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Siemens CEO Patrick Fokke: “Industrial software must support a business case”

At Realize LIVE Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, high-tech terms are flying left and right. From multiphysics simulations at the ORECA racing team to closed-loop agentic AI in the new partnership between Siemens and IFS. But how do you translate those marketing terms into the down-to-ea … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

groundcover makes its observability agent more versatile

groundcover has expanded Agent Mode with so-called Connectors, which allow the AI assistant not only to analyze observability data but also to perform actions in development and collaboration tools such as GitHub, Slack, Linear, Cursor, and Claude Desktop. Agent Mode is the AI as … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Amazon weighs OpenAI and Nova models as Anthropic raises costs

Amazon is reportedly considering OpenAI and its own Nova models for internal workloads after Anthropic raised the price of using Claude. According to The Information, the move centers on cutting costs rather than any notion of severing the seemingly positive partnership. The repo … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Red Hat OpenShift tackles the tough virtualization headache

Red Hat has made huge strides in virtualization. Managing virtual machines (VMs), containers and, more recently, heavier AI workloads demands constant attention from IT. At the same time, the virtualization issue is starting to extend beyond the traditional IT department because … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Hotpatching will remain available for Windows Server 2022

Hotpatching prevents downtime by deploying regular patches without requiring a reboot. This method was originally slated to be discontinued with Windows Server 2022. However, it turns out that this user-friendly feature will still be available for Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Siemens and IFS break down data silos in the manufacturing industry

Siemens and IFS have announced a strategic partnership to help manufacturers connect their engineering data with operational reality. Industrial AI plays a central role in this initiative. The goal is to link the entire product lifecycle into a single “closed loop.” The collabora … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Digital sovereignty: from idealistic theory to real-world practice

Over the past fifteen years, the move to the cloud was largely uncontested. Scalability, ease of use, and access to modern services offered advantages that the traditional on-premises world could not match. The downside, namely, a loss of control to American hyperscalers, is only … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

vCluster virtualizes Kubernetes for maximum GPU efficiency

Kubernetes cluster sprawl and underutilized GPUs are costing organizations millions of dollars. vCluster addresses both challenges with a virtualization layer that sits on top of Kubernetes, enabling teams to maximize hardware efficiency while maintaining strong isolation and sec … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Oracle promises greater community involvement in MySQL

Oracle has announced a new governance model for MySQL, including a technical steering committee and community contributor roles. The move follows months of pressure from the MySQL community. However, the OurSQL Foundation, which formed to flag the issues users have, says Oracle h … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

IBM, Red Hat, and Deloitte tackle open-source security

IBM, Red Hat, and Deloitte are set to collaborate more closely on the security of open-source software. Deloitte is joining the Lightwell initiative, launched earlier this year, which aims to help organizations address vulnerabilities more quickly without having to immediately pe … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

U.S. determines who gets access to the most powerful AI models

The U.S. government is taking the next step in its oversight of the most powerful AI models. Following the dispute with Anthropic over the export of Fable 5 and Mythos 5, more than 100 selected U.S. organizations are now permitted to use Mythos 5 again. This marks a shift in poli … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

ORECA replaces legacy software with a Siemens digital twin

Siemens has announced that the French motorsports giant ORECA Group is making a large-scale transition to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. The software will be used to develop high-performance race cars, including the prestigious Le Mans hypercar program with Ford. With this mov … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Samsung and SK Hynix invest $518B in expansion

South Korea aims to further strengthen its position in the global AI and semiconductor industry with a major investment program. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are each building two new chip factories. The project is part of a national program worth the equivalent of over 518 b … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Linux Foundation launches Akrites to protect open source from AI

The Linux Foundation, together with a broad coalition of technology companies, financial institutions, and open-source organizations, is launching the Akrites initiative . According to the organizers, AI has accelerated the pace at which vulnerabilities in open-source software ar … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Claude Cowork to get a mobile client

Anthropic is reportedly working on a mobile extension of Claude Cowork, the agent feature that allows long-running AI tasks to be executed autonomously on a computer. New screenshots suggest that users will soon be able to start, monitor, and adjust such processes from their smar … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Google Play gives developers more payment options

Starting at the end of this month, Google will implement significant changes to the Google Play revenue model. Developers in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States will have more freedom to use their own payment systems, while the commission structure will be adjusted … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

OpenAI postpones GPT-5.6 and IPO: why?

While a race between OpenAI and Anthropic to go public seemed imminent, the maker of ChatGPT is postponing its planned IPO. In addition, the U.S. government has asked OpenAI to severely restrict the release of GPT-5.6, meaning this model will not be widely available until later. … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Sovereign European chips could become a RISC-V-based reality

A sovereign IT infrastructure is open to interpretation. Only the American hyperscalers consider data residency sufficient to call an IT stack sovereign. Rarely, however, is the physical hardware discussed: how autonomous are you if your chips come from elsewhere? SUSE and Opench … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Workday Data Cloud connects HR data to AWS for AI agents

Following partnerships with Google Cloud, Snowflake, Salesforce, and Databricks, Workday is now also connecting its Data Cloud to AWS. This gives developers access to Workday data from within AWS, thereby avoiding the notorious egress costs associated with public clouds. Workday … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Why developer trust is fragile (and how to build it)

Speaking during a London media and analyst briefing this week on the subject of developer trust, bonding and allegiance, Sanjay Sarathy, VP for self-service and developer experience at Cloudinary shared his thoughts on how to forge bonds with the software engineering community th … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Micron reassures the market with record forecast and long-term contracts

Micron has temporarily allayed concerns about a slowing AI market. The U.S. memory chip manufacturer presented a revenue forecast that far exceeds Wall Street’s expectations and anticipates that demand for AI memory will continue to outpace supply in the coming years. Investors r … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Distillation is a major issue for AI labs, is it for anyone else?

Once again, distillation—the process of training AI models on the outputs of other models—is making headlines. Anthropic claims that Alibaba has carried out the largest “adversarial distillation attack” ever. 28.8 million conversations via 25,000 fraudulent accounts are said to h … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

GitHub removes model selection in free Copilot

GitHub is implementing changes to its free Copilot plans. Users of Copilot Free and Copilot Student will no longer be able to select an AI model themselves. From now on, an automated system will determine which model is best suited for each task. GitHub is making automatic model … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

Qualcomm scales up datacenter ambitions with $4B Modular buy

Qualcomm has confirmed it will acquire AI infrastructure startup Modular. The deal is valued at approximately $3.92 billion. The acquisition is designed to strengthen Qualcomm’s position in the AI inference market and boost its data center ambitions. The deal is expected to close … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

AI security doesn’t require a brand-new architecture

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence has thrown cybersecurity principles into disarray. The direct linking of models to business data, the emergence of thousands of invisible AI agents, and the unstoppable wave of “Shadow AI” are creating blind spots in virtually every I … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 months ago

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI Inference chip

OpenAI and Broadcom today unveiled OpenAI’s first in-house AI chip. The chip, named Jalapeño, is what’s known as an Intelligence Processor—in other words, an accelerator designed from the ground up for LLM inference. The launch marks the first step in a multi-year hardware platfo … | Continue reading


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