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Restructuring process

Atos sells Worldgrid division to engineering services provider

05. November, 2024 - 08:35

The struggling French IT service provider Atos is divesting its Worldgrid unit. As announced by the company on Tuesday, an agreement has been signed with the French engineering services provider Alten for a sale at an enterprise value of 270 million euros.

Important breakthroughs achieved

KIT opens test facility: Encryption with quantum physics

04. November, 2024 - 14:09

Confidential patient data, bank details and highly sensitive government and military information must be increasingly protected against eavesdropping and hacking. The necessary basis for this is provided by quantum physics, which goes far beyond conventional mathematical techniques for encryption.

Tech giant

Apple makes 14.7 billion dollars profit despite EU fine

01. November, 2024 - 07:41

Apple posted a profit of 14.7 billion dollars in the last quarter despite the huge back tax payment in Ireland. At the same time, this was a significant decline compared to the black figures of almost 23 billion dollars a year ago.

New AI search engine

SearchGPT is live: ChatGPT takes on Google

31. Oktober, 2024 - 21:42

With SearchGPT, OpenAI is integrating a real-time search into ChatGPT and positioning itself as a direct competitor to established search engines. The AI search is now available.

US software company

Siemens acquires Altair Engineering for 9.2 billion euros

31. Oktober, 2024 - 09:30

Siemens wants to strengthen its software business with a billion-dollar takeover. The Munich-based company intends to take over the US company Altair Engineering Inc. for around 10 billion US dollars (around 9.2 billion euros), as Siemens announced.

"Hiring Assistant"

LinkedIn introduces AI agent for recruiting

30. Oktober, 2024 - 12:41

LinkedIn is taking a step towards automated recruitment. With the newly unveiled „Hiring Assistant“, the company is presenting an AI-supported digital assistant for the first time, which is intended to take over key recruiting tasks.

Competition for SearchGPT and Perplexity

Meta plans its own AI search engine

29. Oktober, 2024 - 09:54

Meta is apparently working on its own search engine supported by artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to reduce the group’s dependence on the services of competitors Google and Microsoft.

Serious accusations

Delta Air Lines sues CrowdStrike

28. Oktober, 2024 - 12:08

The American airline Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit against the cyber security service provider CrowdStrike in the Superior Court of the state of Georgia on Friday. The reason for this is the serious mishap in July, which led to massive flight cancellations and, according to the company, caused

AI boom continues

Nvidia overtakes Apple as the world’s most valuable company

28. Oktober, 2024 - 09:59

Nvidia has overtaken Apple as the world’s most valuable company for the first time. The chip manufacturer’s market capitalization briefly reached USD 3.53 trillion, narrowly surpassing Apple’s market capitalization of USD 3.52 trillion.

Kamala Harris also affected

Hackers targeted phone data of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance

26. Oktober, 2024 - 10:57

Weeks ago, an attack by suspected Chinese hackers on American telecommunications providers became known. Now it appears that prominent targets could be affected.

Atos sells Worldgrid division to engineering services provider

KIT opens test facility: Encryption with quantum physics

Apple makes 14.7 billion dollars profit despite EU fine

SearchGPT is live: ChatGPT takes on Google

Siemens acquires Altair Engineering for 9.2 billion euros

LinkedIn introduces AI agent for recruiting

Meta plans its own AI search engine

Delta Air Lines sues CrowdStrike

Nvidia overtakes Apple as the world’s most valuable company

Hackers targeted phone data of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance

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