Forward-looking: A small Finnish company has announced a new supply agreement with a major corporation for an innovative fingerprint-resistant coating, set to be applied to over a million laptops and tablets. While the client remains unnamed, Optitune notes that the company has a market capitalization in the trillions. The technology in question is a proprietary […]
In brief: Nvidia’s skyrocketing success over the last few years has been down to the company’s hardware dominating the lucrative AI market. With its next-gen Blackwell AI chips, however, Team Green is experiencing some rare slip-ups. Having already been delayed, new reports say the GPUs are experiencing overheating issues when installed in high-capacity server racks. […]
In a nutshell: Retrofuturism has made an unlikely comeback in office tech with Toshiba’s latest release, the Jimucon SJ-9500. This chunky all-in-one desktop boldly blends vintage components like a dot matrix printer with modern hardware into one eye-catching package. This office “workhorse” is the successor to Toshiba’s SJ-9100 model, continuing a line of quirky business […]
If you’ve ever asked a seasoned Linux user what desktop distribution is best for a new user, chances are pretty good you might be told Ubuntu. If you ask about server distributions, you might hear the same answer. You might also hear Debian added to the mix. Debian and Ubuntu are free and excellent Linux […]
VoIP fraud is a serious and growing threat to businesses, with attackers increasingly targeting cloud phone systems to exploit vulnerabilities for financial gain. This type of fraud involves unauthorized access to a VoIP network, often for making costly international calls or redirecting traffic to premium-rate numbers. But there are many types of VoIP fraud, and […]
Dell pulled the tarp off several new connected services during Microsoft Ignite, an annual conference hosted by Microsoft that is designed for developers and IT professionals. Several services are intended to take guesswork or security concerns from deploying generative AI, particularly on Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs. Dell takes on the management of APEX File Storage for […]
NVIDIA revealed various infrastructure, hardware, and resources for scientific research and enterprise at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, held Nov. 17 to Nov. 22 in Atlanta. Key among these announcements was the upcoming general availability of the H200 NVL AI accelerator. The newest Hopper chip is coming in December […]
A queue callback offers callers the option to request a return call from an agent instead of waiting on hold. This saves customers time and helps you make your call center operations smoother and more efficient. I love it when companies offer this option. I think most people would rather get back to their life […]
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the partnership between Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and artificial intelligence firm Anthropic of competition concerns. Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion in Anthropic last year and also received a 10% stake in return for a $300 million injection in late 2022. The AI safety and […]
During last year’s festive period, over £11.5 million was lost to online shopping scams in the U.K., with Black Friday serving as a prime target, according to a new report by the National Cyber Security Centre. This marks at least a £1.1 million increase over 2022. Britain’s cyber chief, Richard Horne, says that AI is […]