Google Bard becomes Gemini and adds a mobile app
Google's chat-based AI tool Bard, launched last year, has been rebranded as Gemini. Google says that this is the most capable of its AI tools to date. So what does the change from poet to star sign deliver?
The Gemini Pro 1.0 model is available in over 40 languages and more than 230 countries and territories. Thee are also two new additions -- Gemini Advanced and a mobile app-- to make it easier to collaborate with Google AI.
Improving data analysis with AI [Q&A]
Generative AI is making its presence felt in more and more areas, but there are well-founded concerns about the accuracy of information that it provides.
Is it possible to provide the convenience of a large language model AI system, with the logic and accuracy of advanced analytics? Arina Curtis, CEO and co-founder of DataGPT, thinks so. We spoke to her to find out more.
Cybercrime tactics evolve to embrace AI and online ads
A new report from BlueVoyant looks at the new risks organisations face from outside the traditional IT perimeters.
In particular, cybercriminals are using AI to create more effective phishing campaigns, and employing online adverts to lure victims to malicious websites.
The cyber threats to 2024's elections
With many countries around the world holding elections this year, Tidal Cyber has released a new report looking at the threats to global elections and offering insights on prioritizing defenses against top adversaries and election interference tactics, techniques, and behaviors.
The report identifies the top ten countries facing the highest election cyber interference threats this year as: the US, the UK, South Korea, India, Belgium, Pakistan, Belarus, Mexico, Georgia, and Indonesia.
Blancco partners with Lenovo to offer secure data erasure for enterprises
Enterprises are dealing with ever greater volumes of data and that brings with it added risk as well as compliance issues and management costs.
In particular, it's important for security and compliance to be able to securely dispose of data that's no longer required. This is why data erasure specialist Blancco Technology Group is announcing a global collaboration with Lenovo to provide secure data erasure as part of the Lenovo ThinkShield security solution.
Web app attacks target security misconfigurations
New research from Barracuda finds that 30 percent of all attacks against web applications target security misconfigurations -- such as coding and implementation errors.
Analysis of incidents detected and mitigated by Barracuda Application Security during December shows 21 percent involved code injection. Though these were more than just SQL injections, generally designed to steal, destroy, or manipulate data.
Improving visibility into end-user computing [Q&A]
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic we've seen greater focus on workplace flexibility with many employees being in the office for fewer days each week.
But to make this work, enterprises must be able to track the state of their end-user computing to understand their access, performance and user satisfaction.
Tech businesses turn to AI to improve revenues and compliance
Process efficiency and cost-saving are top priorities for life sciences and high-tech executives, with greater emphasis placed on advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve these priorities according to a new report.
The study from Model N shows three-quarters of executives say their current approach to revenue optimization needs improvement, and survey responses show plans to bolster revenue operations by incorporating advanced analytics (68 percent), AI (59 percent), and robotic process automation (46 percent).
As-a-Service tools dominate the cyber threat landscape
Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) tools now make up the majority of malicious tools in use by attackers, according to a new study.
The report from Darktrace shows malware loaders (77 percent of investigated threats) are the most common tool, followed by cryptominers (52 percent), and botnets (39 percent).
Cisco adds new AI and security innovations
Security and networking specialist Cisco is announcing changes to its Cisco Security Cloud as part of its mission to simplify security.
Cisco Identity Intelligence -- available from July this year -- will run on top of customers' existing identity stores and provides unified visibility, as well as AI-driven analytics.
Enterprises hang onto mainframes as migration strategies shift
A new report suggests that faced with mounting competition and economic uncertainty, 92 percent of global enterprises are changing course to retain mainframes as part of pragmatic hybrid strategies, rather than pursuing wholesale cloud shifts.
The latest Mainframe Modernization Business Barometer Report from Advanced, based on a survey of 400 IT leaders worldwide, reveals hybrid infrastructure strategies taking hold to balance workloads across cloud and mainframe. In fact, only six percent expect outright mainframe replacement anytime soon.
IBM makes hybrid cloud easier for smaller businesses with a new version of LinuxONE
IBM is launching a new version of its LinuxONE system, engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments, and making the technology more accessible for smaller and medium businesses.
IBM LinuxONE 4 Express is a pre-configured rack mount system designed to extend IBM LinuxONE to startups and small and medium sized businesses and within new data center environments.
The ERP challenges that are keeping security teams up at night [Q&A]
Data is the lifeblood of modern business and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are where it's likely to live. ERP software integrates data and business functions across departments like finance, manufacturing, marketing, sales and more, and of course this makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals.
So what threats do ERP systems face and what can enterprises do to defend against them? We spoke to Kellie Synder, CCO of Onapsis, to find out.
Over half of companies experienced cybersecurity incidents last year
According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC) and Exabeam, 57 percent of companies experienced significant security incidents in the last year that needed extra resources to address.
North America experienced the highest rate of security incidents (66 percent), closely followed by Western Europe (65 percent), then Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) (34 percent).
How AI is changing the way developers work [Q&A]
The fear of software developers losing their jobs to AI is a concern for many people in the industry, but are these fears really justified?
Mike Loukides, VP of emerging tech content at O'Reilly Media, believes that AI can enhance the developer role rather than replace it. We spoke to him to find out how, with the right tools and training, the endpoint of this AI revolution won't lead to unemployment, but rather to better software.
Ian's Bio
Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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