Spotify will display clickable ad banners in its app in the US while playing an audio ad in a podcast. The so-called call-to-action cards are intended to generate more visitors to advertisers’ websites. The clickable banners only appear in the US for now. As soon as a new ad for a product or service starts […]

Qualcomm and Google Cloud to Collaborate on Neural Architecture Search (NAS). With this, the companies want to make the development of AI models more automated instead of manual. The partnership powers Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets with Google Cloud Vertex AI NAS technology. This creates the first SoCs that deliver NAS for developers who want to develop

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix a Windows Server bug that caused a black screen or general speed issues for some users. It could also lead to Remote Desktop connectivity and performance issues. The out-of-band patch was released on Tuesday for Windows Server 2019 and 2012 R2, Microsoft reports. The remaining platforms affected

Hackers have long had undiscovered access to a server of the Japanese tech group Panasonic. This was discovered by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. In concrete terms, this involved an attack by hackers on a server in which a lot of confidential information was stolen. According to the Japanese public broadcaster, hackers gained unauthorized access

Security researchers have posted proof-of-concept code of an iOS spoof that hides the reboot process. That makes it more difficult for a user to reboot a phone, allowing spreaders to keep malware on a device. The code was created by ZecOps, which posted the proof-of-concept on GitHub. It is a trojan that the researchers call

Red Hat Ansible joins the Azure Marketplace. The automation platform is now available via an Azure license. In addition, the deployment and configuration of Ansible in Azure promises to be faster and easier than was possible with previous integrations. Red Hat Ansible includes an automation platform. With this you can, for example, automatically set up

Kyndryl announces an intensive partnership with Google Cloud. This is to better support the modernization projects of companies. Since Kyndryl officially launched in November as a managed infrastructure services provider, the company has been expanding its portfolio. Cloud services and data management are the focus of particular attention. The collaboration with Google Cloud is in

Lenovo launches the ThinkEdge SE450. An emphasis on CPU power, compact design, and cloud connectivity make the server suitable for running AI workloads at the edge. The model succeeds the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350, an edge server that was introduced in May this year. Both servers have a small size, relatively low power consumption and a

Investment company Permira is acquiring the listed security specialist Mimecast for approximately 5.1 billion euros (5.8 billion dollars). The takeover should enable the security specialist to grow further. The takeover by the private investment company means that Mimecast will disappear from the NASDAQ exchange. The end of October was already the last day that the

NXP announced a radio chip at CES that includes Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and IEEE 802.15.4. This should make it easier for manufacturers to add these radio protocols in one go to, among other things, smart home devices. Because manufacturers with this so-called ‘IW612’ chip now only have to build one chip in their devices