
Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza
AI services rushed to compete with Amazon
Google collaborated with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps
$150 Billion globally in 2024
Demand for generative AI drove consumer spending on mobile apps to $150 billion globally in 2024 -- a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.

Trump’s Homeland security abandons Chinese telecoms hack investigation
Misuse of resources
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated all members of its advisory committees, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), which had been investigating a major Chinese cyberattack on large US telecom firms.

Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate
Vested interest
Elon [Roman salute] Musk appears to be using his position as Donald Trump’s budget advisor to sabotage his rival’s mega AI plans, Stargate.

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you
Gartner warns
According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
Censors the democrat hashtag
Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.

Trump pardons Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht
Squashes life sentence
US President Donald Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the operator of Silk Road, a notorious dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

OpenAI shares the Volish cloud as Stargate Project launches
Microsoft to share
OpenAI is widening its cloud structure to include OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, along with its old chum, Microsoft.

Sophos X-Ops spots two active cyber threat campaigns
Microsoft Office 365 and Remote Management tools targeted
Sophos X-Ops has uncovered two active cyber threat campaigns. In these campaigns, separate teams of cybercriminals exploit the Microsoft Office 365 platform and remote management tools like Quick Assist to breach companies' IT networks, steal data, and deploy ransomware.

Distributed Cloud Networking to reach $17 Billion by 2028
Dell’Oro Group report
According to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group, the distributed cloud networking market is poised for explosive growth, expanding from $4 billion in 2023 to a projected $17 billion by 2028.