Posts by Mike Knight
AI Drone Swarms … Military Tests Successful
Munich-based Quantum Systems (a Small Unmanned Aerial Systems – ‘sUAS’ – company), has announced a successful test of AI-powered ‘drone swarm’ technology which could advance the role drones play in warfare. What Is A ‘Drone Swarm’? In short, Drone swarm technology involves coordinating multiple drones to operate as a unified system and it can be…
Read MoreHuman Right Abuses Linked To Lithium Batteries
New research compiled from AI-powered supply chain risk platform Infyos has revealed that 75 per cent of the lithium-ion battery supply chain may be linked to severe human rights abuses. Human Rights Abuses – Forced (and Child) Labour Infyos’s analysis, which drew on government datasets, NGO reports, news articles, social media, and proprietary data, has…
Read MoreNew macOS Update Disrupts Popular Cybersecurity Tools
Following its recent release, Apple’s latest macOS update, dubbed Sequoia (macOS 15), has disrupted the functionality of several widely used cybersecurity tools, including those from CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft. Continue reading … …Free MSP Standard Access Required Thank you for reading MSP Marketplace Create your FREE account or login to continue reading Login Username or…
Read More3D Printed Glass Blocks For Constructing Buildings
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. Fits Together Like LEGO MIT says the new multilayered glass bricks, each in the shape of a figure-of-eight, are designed to interlock, much like LEGO bricks. 3D Printed One of the big advantages of…
Read MoreChatGPT Now Offers Complex Reasoning
ChatGPT’s maker, OpenAI, has announced the introduction of its new OpenAI o1 large language model that can use “complex reasoning” to fact-check its own answers before giving them. ChatGPT Plus and Teams Users Can Try It Now The new o1 model is already available to ChatGPT Plus or Team users, and in OpenAI’s API. OpenAI…
Read MorePersonal Activities … On Work Laptops (Part 2)
In this second part article, where we review the issues around employees engaging in personal activities on company-issued devices, we look deeper into the legal and compliance implications and provide real-world case studies of security breaches. We also examine how businesses can protect themselves against these growing threats. Last Week In the previous article, with…
Read MoreNew Bill Makes Digital Possessions ‘Personal’
The UK government says the new Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill’ will, for the first time in British history, give protection to digital holdings, including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens such as digital art, and carbon credits by considering them as “personal property” under the law. What’s Been Happening Up Until Now? At the moment, UK law…
Read MoreData Centres Now ‘Critical National Infrastructure’
Prompted by the effects of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike, the UK has moved to protect UK data-centres by classing them as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ (CNI). CrowdStrike Back in July, a global IT outage caused by a faulty update (impacting Windows systems) from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike significantly affected multiple sectors in the…
Read MoreSecurity Concerns For New AI Powered iPhones
As highlighted recently by the Wall Street Journal, the range of AI-driven features in Apple’s latest iPhones could transform how enterprises operate, provided company data is protected and businesses understand how best to use these new features. Continue reading … …Free MSP Standard Access Required Thank you for reading MSP Marketplace Create your FREE account…
Read MoreRapidly Growing Water Demand For Data-Centres
Information recently obtained (by the Financial Times) has revealed that a huge spike in water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data-centre alley” likely means new initiatives to replenish or conserve water resources are urgently needed. Usage Up By Two-Thirds The county authority figures show that water consumption at the data-centres of hyperscalers which…
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