The EU targets VPNs: the end of digital privacy? Virtual private networks (VPNs) have been an essential tool for years to protect online privacy, access geographically restricted content, and browse securely. However, a new European Union report has raised concerns: VPNs could be in the crosshairs of regulators due to their misuse by cybercriminals. What…
A global Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage paralyzes thousands of digital services worldwide, affecting everything from banks to entertainment platforms. The Digital Heart of the World Stops Last Monday, October 20, 2025, the digital world suffered one of its biggest disruptions in years. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud server platform, experienced a…
Microsoft incorporates OpenAI’s GPT-5 into consumer, developer and enterprise offerings Today Microsoft is incorporating GPT-5, OpenAI’s best AI system to date, into a wide variety of its products, to bring new reasoning capabilities and improvements to coding and chat across its platforms. GPT-5, which was trained on Azure, includes OpenAI’s latest reasoning models, along with a…
How L&G is reinventing customer care with AI L&G is using Microsoft to unify its customer service technology, creating a single “pane of glass” that simplifies life for its 2,800 colleagues and more than 12 million customers. For nearly 200 years, UK financial services giant L&G has helped its customers navigate life’s biggest financial milestones…
Microsoft is betting on data strategies and Artificial Intelligence to boost organizations. *The company has officially unveiled SQL Server 2017 in Spain, available on Linux, Windows, and Docker, to enable all organizations to embrace cloud-based Artificial Intelligence. *Microsoft, with the support of Intel, Red Hat, Attunity, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has delved into the strategies…
Microsoft’s New ‘Microfluidic’ Tech Cools AI Chips From Within New AI-optimized cooling system etches liquid channels directly into silicon, potentially transforming data center efficiency and chip performance. Microsoft has unveiled a breakthrough cooling technology that could fundamentally transform how AI chips handle heat, potentially revolutionizing data center design and efficiency. The tech giant said it…
Intel opens talks with Apple seeking foundry deals as pressure grows to diversify chips The technology sector never rests, and the strategic alliances that are quietly forged often set the course for the industry. Intel has reportedly begun preliminary talks with Apple to explore possible collaborations and investments. No agreements are on the table yet,…
Intel names new executives for its Data Center and Client Computing divisions With the recent appointment of Lip Bu Tan as CEO of Intel, the company is undergoing a series of changes aimed at redirecting its strategy and overcoming this financial slump. To this end, Intel has announced new leadership appointments in two of its…
New EDR-Freeze tool uses Windows WER to suspend security software A new method and proof-of-concept tool called EDR-Freeze demonstrates that evading security solutions is possible from user mode with Microsoft’s Windows Error Reporting (WER) system. The technique eliminates the need of a vulnerable driver and puts security agents like endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools into…
Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare’s Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338…
