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Big Tech Carbon Neutral?

Amazon claims 100pc renewable energy target reached, seven years earlier than planned. That’s very good. Albeit with a teeny smidge of ‘Trust us’. Does matched = offset? Amazon claims breakthrough with ‘100pc’ renewable energy target reached for data centresAmazon claims that it “matched” its operations’ entire electricity consumption with renewable

The Goldman Report

I linked to the Goldman report when it first came out. But I’m more than happy to link to someone who does a far better commentary than I ever could. Long, well researched (and linked) read. Grab a beverage because it’s good: Pop CultureHi there. Do you like

Not the Presidents men

Security is all about risk. Identify then mitigate or accept. It’s all a balance. It’s never just about technology or process. Where I’ve seen potential burnout is when security folk just cannot get past the ‘accept’ part. Sometimes with very good reasons. 99% of them are driven

There will be lawsuits

This is interesting, Suno is baked into Copilot. These kinds of lawsuits are going to be eye opening. Listen to the AI-Generated Ripoff Songs That Got Udio and Suno SuedThe record industry has filed a list of thousands of songs it believes have been scraped without permission, and has recreated

Sellafield trouble

This is the kind of thing that just makes you want to scream into the void. I did read about it last year Nuclear Leaks | The Guardian<p>An investigation into the UK’s Sellafield nuclear waste dump, examining the security and safety of one of the most

Deliciously sweary

The linked post below is a bit (actually very) sweary, Australia eh 🤷‍♂️ It’s good though. I’ve noticed recently if you have a beverage or a chat with a Data scientist* that isn’t part of a Sales team**, this is increasingly becoming the kind of response they’ll

RTO mandates aren't worth it

RTO mandates aren’t worth it. It must be true as it’s Gartner. You can’t point at a quadrant and then just dismiss other things. I’ve been a multi-country and multi-site manager for a long time. No chance you’re all going to be in the same

MSFT choose profit over security

Well. This is a long read but a bit 💥💣💥 Whistleblower Says Microsoft Dismissed Warnings About a Security Flaw That Russians Later Used to Hack U.S. GovernmentFormer employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness

Payoff from AI projects is dismal

An interesting report from Lucidworks: “Delays, Implementation Issues, and Unrealized Benefits Challenge Generative AI Initiatives in 2024” Delays, Implementation Issues, and Unrealized Benefits Challenge Generative AI Initiatives in 2024Only 1 in 4 companies have successfully launched AI initiatives in the past 12 months according to second annual generative AI survey