Tue.May 13, 2025

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Noodlophile Malware Distributed Through Bogus AI Video Generators: Who Are the Targets?

Tech Republic Security

By downloading what they believe is an AI-generated video, victims have installed malware that can steal their data or offer attackers remote access to infected devices.

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How CIOs Can Prepare Their Successors

Information Week

Guiding future CIOs to eventually take the reins has evolved with the increasing depth of technology, says Michael Zastrocky, executive director of the Leadership Board for CIOs in Higher Education.

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Shell’s immersive cooling liquids the first to receive official certification from Intel

Network World

Air-cooling methods for processors and servers handling intense high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads have proven to be woefully inadequate, driving up energy use and subsequent costs. Alternative methods have emerged, such as liquid immersion cooling , which uses fluid instead of air to keep electronics from overheating, however, as of yet, there hasnt been a standard to prove the reliability and deployability of available immersion solutions.

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Leading high-performance engineering teams: Lessons from mission-critical systems

CIO Business Intelligence

As leaders in engineering, we are ultimately responsible for the quality of our product, the most important factor for user happiness and business success. Although feature deliverables are a regular focus, the complexity of modern software means that small performance deficiencies can lead to substantially larger impacts. This reality required my teams to persist through architectural endeavors, and the tightest scrutiny I experienced on my teams was often in team culture.

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How AI Is Transforming IT in 2025: A Playbook for Smarter IT Ops

IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. AI isn’t just hype—it’s already helping lean IT teams cut support volume by up to 60%, reduce cloud waste, and eliminate risk from their stack. In this executive playbook, you'll learn how mid-sized companies are deploying AI to automate tier-1 tickets, predict outages, optimize SaaS spend, and secure infrastructure without hiring a bigger team.

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Riverbed bolsters network acceleration for AI’s performance bottlenecks

Network World

Riverbed this week introduced updates to its SteelHead hardware and software products that the network performance and observability vendor says will help enterprises keep pace with the complex data flows that challenge artificial intelligence initiatives, providing them with an efficient way to manage the data requirements of AI infrastructure. Riverbeds SteelHead products, powered by the vendors RiOS 10 acceleration software, will help enterprises speed the movement of data across connected cl

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How IT leaders can say yes without killing projects — or their careers

CIO Business Intelligence

Last December, when discussing the hard truths of the CIO role with CIO.coms Mary Pratt, West Monroe managing partner Marc Tanowitz observed: The great CIOs always say yes. They say yes to what the business wants, but they say, But here are the implications. You have to be OK not doing these other things. Its a conversation IT executives are all too familiar with, especially now, with technology moving at ever faster speeds and paradigms like citizen IT, low- and no-code apps, agile, and IoT ta

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AI’s next big thing is here: how QCT and NVIDIA drive agentic AI use

CIO Business Intelligence

More than just a buzzword, agentic AI has emerged as a game-changer, enabling AI systems to operate with greater autonomy and decision-making capabilities. Using diverse large language models and sophisticated retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) stacks among other technologies, agentic AI has unlocked a wide range of new opportunities for businesses.

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Ask a CIO Recruiter: Where Is the ‘I’ in the Modern CIO Role?

Information Week

Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the CIO role, but adapting to next-gen technology in the business has been part of the job for years, says IT executive recruiter Tarun Inuganti.

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Las principales prioridades de los CEO para los líderes de TI en la actualidad

CIO Business Intelligence

Desde hacer crecer el negocio hasta capear las incertidumbres econmicas y remodelar las operaciones de la empresa, los directores generales de hoy en da confan en sus CIO para que les ayuden a resolver los principales retos empresariales a los que se enfrentan como mximos responsables. Entre sus funciones esenciales se incluyen mejorar la capacidad de la empresa para atraer a los clientes, colaborar con los directivos de las lneas de negocio para ofrecer soluciones innovadoras y proteger a la or

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Choose Your Fighter: Customer Advocacy Tech Options In A Shifting Market

Forrester IT

How can you make your customer advocacy program more proactive, more transparent, and more motivating to customers? With technology. Higher-performing customer advocacy programs lean on technology to scale customer advocate sourcing, management, activation, and measurement.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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La CNMC pone el foco sobre la IA y la inteligencia de negocios

CIO Business Intelligence

La Comisin Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) da un paso adelante en materia de transformacin digital y tecnolgica. Y es que la consultora Altia se ha adjudicado el contrato para el desarrollo y el mantenimiento de las herramientas de inteligencia artificial (IA) e inteligencia de negocio (BI) del organismo. En concreto, el contrato asciende a 1,7 millones de euros aproximadamente y tendr una vigencia de 24 meses.

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US Tariffs Have Upended The Asia Pacific Tech Outlook For 2025

Forrester IT

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region was remarkably resilient throughout 2024 and early 2025, navigating challenges such as ongoing geopolitical tensions and Chinas economic shifts. Initial projections indicated that the region would grow by 4.5% in 2025; we based our forecast of APAC technology spending on these assumptions.

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INE Security Alert: Top 5 Takeaways from RSAC 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Comprehensive Training Platform Delivers Solutions for AI Security, Cloud Management, and Incident Response Readiness. Fresh from a high-impact presence at RSAC 2025, where INE Security welcomed thousands of visitors to its interactive booth at San Franciscos Moscone Center, the global cybersecurity training and certification provider is addressing some of the top cybersecurity priorities emerging from the industry-leading event.

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S3NS Summit Highlights Sovereignty And Trusted Cloud Progress

Forrester IT

S3NS, established three years ago, is a cloud hosting company that aims to deliver a sovereign and secure cloud solution for the French market. Formed as a joint venture between Google and Thales, S3NS adheres to strict governance rules to ensure compliance with French sovereignty requirements.

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Turn Your Contact Center Into a Profit Machine with AI

Every year, $75 billion is lost to bad customer service — and your business could be bleeding loyalty without realizing it. AI is rewriting the rules. Imagine instant answers, 24/7 self-service, faster resolutions, and skyrocketing satisfaction scores. Companies like Amazon are already cashing in, and the technology is easier than you think — plug, play, and profit.

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NVIDIA powers QCT GenAI Dev Kit to accelerate customized GenAI use cases

CIO Business Intelligence

Despite generative AIs (GenAI) benefits of enhanced efficiency, decision-making, and innovation, many organizations struggle to fully leverage its capabilities. According to Bain & Company , 44% of executives attribute slow AI adoption to the lack of in-house expertise; this issue may persist for a while as demand for AI skills has grown 21% annually since 2019.

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How Backstage Is Transforming Platform Engineering

Forrester IT

An IDP is a framework for building DevOps platforms that offer discoverable, self-service IT infrastructure and automation services, helping developers manage IT services efficiently. IDPs can help streamline workflows, reduce context switching, and enhance governance among developers.

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VPN service cancels customers' lifetime subscriptions after takeover, says new owners didn't know they existed

TechSpot

In an email posted on Reddit from "The VPN Secure Team" sent to lifetime subscription holders, it's explained that VPNSecure was acquired in 2023. The deal included the technology, domain, and customer database, but not the liabilities.

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Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033

ComputerWeekly

Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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AI startup led by UW computer science whiz enables ‘superhuman hearing capabilities’

GeekWire

Shyam Gollakota. A new stealthy Seattle startup is taking sound technology to a whole new dimension. Hearvana was just founded by University of Washington computer science researchers. Shyam Gollakota , co-founder of Hearvana, told GeekWire that the company is “creating AI breakthroughs that are shaping the future of sound.” “Our AI algorithms enable on-device superhuman hearing capabilities and will be part of billions of earbuds, hearing aids and smartphones,” he said.

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Meta Scores $168M Legal Victory Over NSO Group for Spyware Abuse

SecureWorld News

In a landmark ruling that reverberates across the cybersecurity and tech policy landscape, Meta has won a $ 167.7 million judgment against NSO Group, the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware. The United States federal jury awarded $ 444,719 in compensatory damages and $ 167.25 million in punitive damages, marking the first time a U. S. company has successfully held a commercial spyware vendor accountable in a court of law, Reuters reports.

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Microsoft will cut nearly 2,000 jobs in Washington state as part of broader layoffs

GeekWire

The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. The company plans to lay off nearly 2,000 workers in Washington state starting in July as part of a global restructuring effort. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft will lay off 1,985 workers in Washington state effective July 12, part of its broader global workforce reduction announced Tuesday, according to a new filing with the state Employment Security Department.

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YouTube cracks down harder on fake movie trailer channels with new demonetizations

TechSpot

Fake trailers, sometimes known as fan trailers, have become a very common sight on YouTube. They usually show what is supposed to be clips from sequels or new franchise entries that aren't being made, such as Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie in James Bond. There are also those that place.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix

ComputerWeekly

Microsoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly-disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025.

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Philips Fixables program lets you 3D-print spare parts at home

TechSpot

Philips has introduced a program that allows consumers to 3D print replacement parts for some of its personal health devices, marking a new approach to product repair and sustainability. The initiative, called "Philips Fixables," launched in the Czech Republic in partnership with local 3D printing company Prusa Research, and the.

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Microsoft cuts nearly 3% of global workforce, about 6,000 jobs, in latest push for efficiency

GeekWire

A Microsoft sign on the companys headquarters campus in Redmond. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft began issuing layoff notices to thousands of employees Tuesday morning, two weeks after hinting at plans to streamline its workforce by cutting layers of management and making teams more agile. Fewer than 3% of Microsofts global workforce is expected to be impacted.

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Fake MSRP: AMD's Radeon 9070 XT $600 Launch Price Was a Fantasy

TechSpot

Two months after launch, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is still nowhere near its advertised $600 price. With global supply stabilizing, it's time to examine the real cost of AMD's top GPU across key markets.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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B.C. climate tech startup veritree raises $6.5M and lines up pledges to plant 100 million trees globally

GeekWire

A mangrove nursery in Kenya. (veritree Photo) Veritree , a Vancouver, B.C.-based climate tech startup supporting reforestation, announced $6.5 million in new funding on Tuesday. The company also hit a milestone of lining up commitments to fund the planting of 100 million trees worldwide within five years. The startup’s projects are being done at sites including areas damaged by wildfires, mangroves and terrestrial forests, marine kelp beds, and agroforestry initiatives that include crop pr

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Apple will use AI and user data in iOS 19 to extend iPhone battery life

TechSpot

Apple will likely announce iOS 19 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, but details about the update have already leaked. A new report claims the next-gen software will include an AI-powered battery management tool that uses data from users' iPhones to optimize apps and extend battery life.

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From Compliance to Confidence: How AI Is Reshaping Third-Party Risk

SecureWorld News

As geopolitical instability, supply chain disruption, and cyber threats continue to escalate, third-party risk management (TPRM) is evolving from a compliance function to a strategic business imperative. The 2025 EY Global Third-Party Risk Management Survey highlights a critical shift: organizations are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to manage growing risk complexity, but many still struggle to operationalize TPRM at scale.

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The ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air: where Apple may cut corners – and where it won't

TechSpot

Samsung has made a lot of headlines with the release of the Galaxy S25 Edge, which measures just 5.8mm thick, not counting the camera bump. But Apple's iPhone 17 Air expected to launch this fall is said to be even thinner at 5.5mm.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.