Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer Interview Microsoft has a shocking level of control over IT within the US federal government – so much so that former senior White House cyber policy director AJ Grotto thinks it's fair to call R…
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Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

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AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold

No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity US energy provider Exelon has calculated that power demand from datacenters in the Chicago area is set to increase ninefold, in more evidence that AI adoption is will put further strain electricity supplies.…
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AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold

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Irish power crunch could be prompting AWS to ration compute resources

Users report being pointed to other EU regions if they need more grunt, plus Azure DC customers getting 'quotas' Exclusive Datacenter power issues in Ireland may be coming to a head amid reports from customers that Amazon's facility is restricting resources that users can spin up, even directing them to other AWS regio…
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Irish power crunch could be prompting AWS to ration compute resources

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Head of Israeli cyber spy unit exposed ... by his own privacy mistake

PLUS: Another local government hobbled by ransomware; Huge rise in infostealing malware; and critical vulns In Brief Protecting your privacy online is hard. So hard, in fact, that even a top Israeli spy who managed to stay incognito for 20 years has found himself exposed after one basic error.…
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Head of Israeli cyber spy unit exposed ... by his own privacy mistake

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