Thought Leadership
Media report
Over decades, Apple has built up a network of contract manufacturers and suppliers in China. But with Donald Trump’s China tariffs, India is becoming more important as a location.
Job cuts
Intel once dominated the semiconductor industry – now the company is overshadowed by Nvidia’s AI chips. The new boss wants to cut back.
Observability for the entire data stack
Datadog, a platform for monitoring and security of cloud applications, has announced the acquisition of Metaplane – a provider of data observability.
New social engineering weapon in cyber warfare
What began as a ploy by commercial cybercriminals is now becoming a method used by state-supported hacker groups: The ClickFix technique. Originally used by financially motivated attackers to circumvent security mechanisms, it is now being used specifically by actors from North Korea, Iran and Russia for espionage purposes.
Exploding demand
In Google’s ongoing antitrust proceedings, internal data was disclosed showing that the AI chatbot Gemini had around 350 million monthly active users worldwide in March.
DMA violations
Brussels is once again clamping down on US tech companies and imposing fines on Apple and Facebook parent company Meta. But the last word has not yet been spoken.
In a breakup scenario
OpenAI has declared in court that it is interested in buying the Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell it. The head of product at ChatGPT, Nick Turley, made this sOpenAI has expressed interest in court about purchasing the Chrome browser should Google be forced to divest it.
More than analysts expected
Europe’s largest software manufacturer, SAP, benefited in the first quarter from its major job cuts in the previous year.
Monopoly process
The US government has called for Google to be broken up in court in Washington. The Department of Justice wants the internet company to be forced to divest its Chrome web browser business. Google is fighting back – and has already announced its intention to appeal.
ChatGPT
“Please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT devour electricity costs in the tens of millions – OpenAI boss confirms surprising figures.