Fri.Jun 06, 2025

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Nvidia aims to bring AI to wireless

Network World

It’s been a busy few weeks for GPU and AI company Nvidia. In mid-May, the company held the Taipei edition of its GTC user event and then followed that up with CEO Jensen Huang keynoting COMPUTEX 2025. In late May, the company reported better-than-expected results, announcing that its fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 12% from the prior quarter to $44.1 billion— which is a 69% jump compared to the year-earlier quarter.

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OpenAI Report: 10 AI Threat Campaigns Revealed Including Windows-Based Malware, Fake Resumes

Tech Republic Security

OpenAI’s June 2025 report, which details 10 threats from six countries, warns that AI is accelerating cyber threats, lowering barriers for attackers, and calling for collective detection efforts.

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Broadcom grows revenues by 20% following VMware purchase, as customers fume about subscription costs

Network World

Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware continues to prove itself a worthy purchase, even as the semiconductor giant has faced harsh criticism, and lost some customers, due to significant price increases. The company this week announced its Q2 2025 results, revealing revenue growth of 20% year- over-year (YoY), to $15 billion. Net income, meanwhile, ramped up 124% YoY to $4.95 billion.

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CIO Chaos Mastery: Lessons from Vertiv's Bhavik Rao

Information Week

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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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Decoding The Naming Game: Why Standardizing Threat Actor Names Alone Won’t Enhance Your Security Posture Or Response

Forrester IT

Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Mandiant recently announced a new initiative to create an aggregate and standardized glossary of threat actors.

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Voice AI that actually converts: New TTS model boosts sales 15% for major brands

Venture Beat

A new spoken language model can quickly generate “infinite” new voices of varying genders, ages, demographics, based on a simple text prompt.

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Startup radar: Seattle companies apply AI to space imagery, security cameras, marketing automation

GeekWire

From top left, clockwise: Vinay Ahuja; Chris Jones; Vikash Kodati; and Ian McAllister. We’re back with another quick spotlight on some up-and-coming Seattle-area tech startups. Our latest cohort spans space, security, marketing, and productivity. Read on to learn more about the startups and their founders, and check out past startup radar spotlights here.

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Asus urges factory resets and strong passwords following botnet breach

TechSpot

The company's guidance follows the discovery of a widespread botnet attack that has compromised over 9,000 Asus routers globally. Known as the "AyySSHush" botnet, the campaign exploits a previously disclosed vulnerability to install a persistent backdoor, allowing attackers to retain remote access even after firmware updates or device reboots.

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Sam Altman calls for ‘AI privilege’ as OpenAI clarifies court order to retain temporary and deleted ChatGPT sessions

Venture Beat

Should talking to an AI chatbot be protected and privileged information, like talking to a doctor or lawyer?

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Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI

The Verge

Battlelines are being drawn between the major AI labs and the popular applications that rely on them. This week, both Anthropic and OpenAI took shots at two leading AI apps: Windsurf, one of the most popular vibe coding tools, and Granola, a buzzy AI app for taking meeting notes. "With less than five days of notice, Anthropic decided to cut off nearly all of our first-party capacity to all Claude 3.x models," Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan wrote on X this week, noting that "we wanted to pay them for t

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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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UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy

ComputerWeekly

The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition

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The best smart locks you can buy right now

The Verge

A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home upgrades you can make, a smart lock gives you remote control over access to your house from anywhere, plus easy, key-free ways to unlock and lock your door.

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Hacker arrested after exploiting 5,000 accounts in $4.5 million cryptojacking scheme

TechSpot

Authorities traced the breach to a 35-year-old who systematically exploited the company's security vulnerabilities. Using data gathered from public sources since 2018, the hacker compromised over 5,000 customer accounts. Once inside, he deployed virtual machines to mine cryptocurrency, diverting substantial computing power and causing an estimated $4.5 million in losses.

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Honeywell Report OT Under Siege

SecureWorld News

The Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report delivers a sobering snapshot of today's industrial cybersecurity landscape: cyberattacks targeting operational technology (OT) environments are no longer rare or speculative—they're persistent, highly targeted, and increasingly sophisticated. This year's report is a must-read for practitioners defending OT-heavy sectors like manufacturing, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure.

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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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Google Gemini can now handle scheduled tasks like an assistant

The Verge

Google is taking another step toward making Gemini a more helpful assistant. It’s rolling out “scheduled actions,” a feature AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers can use to ask the AI assistant to perform tasks at specific times, like providing a summary of their calendar at the end of each day or generating ideas for blog posts every Monday. Users can also have Gemini complete one-off tasks using this feature, such as asking for a summary of an award show the day after it happens, Google says.

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UK tech job vacancies up 21% to a pre-pandemic high despite AI layoff fears

TechSpot

According to new data from Accenture, a global professional services company specializing in IT services and consulting, the UK's tech talent pool has expanded to its highest level since 2019.

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Apple could show off revamped Phone, Safari, and Camera apps next week

The Verge

Apple is planning some significant design changes across its core apps, including Phone, Camera, and Safari, that it will announce at WWDC next week, according to a report from Bloomberg. For its Phone app, Apple will reportedly add a new view that puts favorite contacts, recent calls, and voicemails into a “single, scrollable window.” Bloomberg notes that this new view will be optional, and that users can switch back to the old layout using a toggle within the Phone app.

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Micron ships world's fastest and thinnest LPDDR5X memory for 2026 flagship smartphones

TechSpot

According to Micron, the 1γ-based memory modules deliver eye-popping speeds of up to 10.7 Gbps and offer up to 20 percent power savings compared to the company's existing LPDDR5X solutions. This boost in performance and efficiency is expected to be a key selling point as on-device AI processing becomes increasingly.

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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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How to maximize your privacy using Signal calls and chat

The Verge

When I first started using Signal, I would connect with friends using our phone numbers. Now, I use Signal to find people to interview for stories, which is why some of my social media posts and articles include a note telling folks how they can reach me on the app. Needless to say, I'd rather not plaster my phone number all over the internet. So it's a relief that Signal lets you create a username in order to keep your phone number private.

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Google speeds up Chrome, but its RAM appetite stays about the same

TechSpot

Google recently announced that Chrome is now "faster than ever," achieving its highest score yet on the Speedometer 3.0 benchmark. The search giant claims that the browser's speed has improved by about 10 percent since August 2024. Google estimates this could save users millions of hours annually waiting for web.

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Tech Moves: Dating giants add Seattle tech vets to boards; SeekOut and Slalom name new leaders

GeekWire

Bala Vishwanath. (LinkedIn Photo) — Bala Vishwanath is now chief marketing officer for SeekOut , a Bellevue, Wash., startup that sells recruiting software. Vishwanath, a computer and electrical engineer by training, has a held variety of leadership roles, including CMO for CoreStack; head of marketing at Edifecs and Roundglass Living; and CEO of Nimbic.

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB Review: Not Good

TechSpot

AMD's Radeon 9060 XT offers solid performance with 16GB of VRAM ( but not with half that amount), but a confusing dual-version launch – mirroring Nvidia's past missteps – raises serious concerns for gamers in 2025.

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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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iFixit says the Switch 2 is even harder to repair than the original

The Verge

iFixit has completed its teardown of the Nintendo Switch 2 and many repairs don’t look easy. | Image: iFixit After retroactively lowering the original Nintendo Switch’s repairability score from an 8 out of 10 to just 4 out of 10 to reflect 2025 standards, iFixit has found the Switch 2 to be even harder to fix. Following its full teardown of the new console , iFixit is giving the Switch 2 a 3 out of 10 repairability score thanks, in part, to a battery that’s once again “glued in with powerful adh

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DDR4 prices surge 50 percent as manufacturers pivot to DDR5 and beyond

TechSpot

A new report from DigiTimes highlights a surge in DDR4 prices. The Taiwanese publication describes a memory market in flux, with manufacturers phasing out production and multiple factors driving up DDR4 costs. Prices will continue rising, though future increases should be smaller than recent spikes.

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8BitDo’s controllers will work with the Switch 2 after a firmware update

The Verge

You can use many of 8BitDo’s wireless controllers with the Switch 2 following a simple firmware update. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo announced that eight of its flagship controllers are now compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2 following a firmware update. Although some companies had early access to the Switch 2’s specs to build accessories like cases and screen protectors , many had to wait until launch day to ensure their devices were compatible with the new console. 8BitDo has an extensive line of

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How New TURN Relay IP Range Enhances RDP Shortpath for AVD and Windows 365

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post How New TURN Relay IP Range Enhances RDP Shortpath for AVD and Windows 365 appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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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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The Vergecast’s WWDC 2025 preview

The Verge

This year's developer conference is coming to a close, but most years the last one is the biggest one: Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, when the company announces its software plans for the year to come. This year feels different, though. Apple is reportedly planning a redesign that will touch all its operating systems, and a new naming scheme to tie them all more closely together.

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FIFA Rivals brings sports brand Adidas into its universe with in-game content

Venture Beat

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How to choose which Apple Watch to buy

The Verge

It used to be easy to pick an Apple Watch. All you had to do was choose whether you wanted the larger model or the smaller one. Then Apple added optional cellular connectivity. Then, a more affordable Watch SE (now in its second generation ) and, in 2022, the rugged Apple Watch Ultra (also now in its second generation ). Suddenly, there are lots of options.

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Animo Stars Arena launches Kickstarter campaign

Venture Beat

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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.