Experimental News Clipping Site

Tag: geo

  • The Register: Pulsant and Nine23 offer sovereign service for UK govt, regulated sectors

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/pulsant_nine23_sovereign_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: Pulsant and Nine23 offer sovereign service for UK govt, regulated sectors Feedly Summary: Amid growing unease that US may compel cloud providers to hand over European data Capitalizing on the new interest in sovereign cloud, UK datacenter biz Pulsant has teamed up with Nine23, a firm specializing in…

  • The Register: Amazon CISO: Iranian hacking crews ‘on high alert’ since Israel attack

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/amazon_ciso_agentic_acceleration/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon CISO: Iranian hacking crews ‘on high alert’ since Israel attack Feedly Summary: Meanwhile, next-gen script kiddies are levelling up faster thanks to agentic AI Interview Iran’s state-sponsored cyber operatives and hacktivists have all increased their activities since the military conflict with Israel erupted last week – but…

  • Slashdot: AI Will Shrink Amazon’s Workforce In the Coming Years, CEO Jassy Says

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/2041222/ai-will-shrink-amazons-workforce-in-the-coming-years-ceo-jassy-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Will Shrink Amazon’s Workforce In the Coming Years, CEO Jassy Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s memo highlights a significant shift towards adopting generative AI tools, signaling a reduction in the corporate workforce as some jobs become obsolete and new roles…

  • The Register: MiniMax M1 model claims Chinese LLM crown from DeepSeek – plus it’s true open-source

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/minimax_m1_model_chinese_llm/ Source: The Register Title: MiniMax M1 model claims Chinese LLM crown from DeepSeek – plus it’s true open-source Feedly Summary: China’s ‘little dragons’ pose big challenge to US AI firms MiniMax, an AI firm based in Shanghai, has released an open-source reasoning model that challenges Chinese rival DeepSeek and US-based Anthropic, OpenAI,…

  • Cloud Blog: Enhancing backup vaults with support for Persistent Disk, Hyperdisk, and multi-regions

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/backup-vaults-add-support-for-disk-backup-and-multi-region/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Enhancing backup vaults with support for Persistent Disk, Hyperdisk, and multi-regions Feedly Summary: To help protect against evolving digital threats like ransomware and malicious deletions, last year, we introduced backup vault in the Google Cloud Backup and DR service, with support for Compute Engine VM backups. This provided…

  • Cloud Blog: GKE workload scheduling: Strategies for when resources get tight

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/gke-features-to-optimize-resource-allocation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: GKE workload scheduling: Strategies for when resources get tight Feedly Summary: As a customer of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), you’ve selected a container runtime with a high degree of managed operations, encompassing everything from automatic upgrades to effortless node management. This inherent efficiency allows you to focus more…

  • Slashdot: Chinese AI Companies Dodge US Chip Curbs Flying Suitcases of Hard Drives Abroad

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/2134246/chinese-ai-companies-dodge-us-chip-curbs-flying-suitcases-of-hard-drives-abroad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese AI Companies Dodge US Chip Curbs Flying Suitcases of Hard Drives Abroad Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the evolving strategies employed by Chinese AI companies to circumvent U.S. restrictions on high-end AI technology sales, particularly focusing on advanced chips essential for AI…

  • Slashdot: Denmark Is Dumping Microsoft Office and Windows For LibreOffice and Linux

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/0335229/denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Denmark Is Dumping Microsoft Office and Windows For LibreOffice and Linux Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Denmark’s shift from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice highlights a significant movement towards digital sovereignty driven by security, economic, and political factors in the EU. This trend underlines concerns over reliance…

  • Slashdot: Apple Lets Developers Tap Into Its Offline AI Models

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1859253/apple-lets-developers-tap-into-its-offline-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Lets Developers Tap Into Its Offline AI Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is set to introduce the Foundation Models framework, enabling developers to leverage its AI models on devices while ensuring user privacy and reducing cloud dependency. This innovation allows for personalized experiences…