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1 week ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Nvidia said it will incur a $5.5bn cost due to the US government’s tightened export rules imposed on China. The chip manufacturer is one of the key providers behind the boom in artificial intelligence technologies, but it will now require a license to export its H20 AI processors to China. An escalating trade war between the US and China has followed the sweeping tariff changes announced by US President Donald Trump at the end of March.
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1 week ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Automated bot traffic has surpassed human online activity for the first time in a decade, according to research from Imperva, accounting for 51% of all web traffic. The 2025 Bad Bot Report found that automated threats continue to rise, with malicious bots now making up 37% of all internet traffic. Attackers are able to create more advanced and evasive bots with AI.
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1 week ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Whether your next hardware refresh should include AI PCs will arguably be the biggest question for IT decision makers in 2025, as businesses prepare for a landmark year of hardware spending. Business PCs tend to be refreshed every five years, though it can be a shorter period if major trends drive the need for change.
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1 week ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Google has continued its long-running mission to streamline its operations with further cuts to Chrome, Android, and Pixel teams on Thursday (10 April). "Hundreds" of employees have been laid off from the devices unit, which works across Android software, Pixel smartphones, and the Chrome browser, according to a report from The Information.
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2 weeks ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
German SaaS company DocuWare is on a remarkable upward curve. As an independent subsidiary of Ricoh, the channel-focused business has found global success providing document storage and automation services. Incorporated in 1988 as “DOCUNET Gmbh”, the company has become an innovative cloud-based software provider and a leader in the paperless business space. More recently, the company has undergone a significant leadership change, promoting Dr Michael Berger as its new CEO.
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2 weeks ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
IDC has warned that the US government's sweeping tariffs could cut global IT spending in half over the next six months. The research foundation said the new wave of trade tariffs will drive up technology prices, disrupt supply chains, and ultimately weaken global IT spending. As a result, the organization said it was developing a 'downside scenario' that would reflect the possibility of a broader trade war with potential retaliatory measures from other countries.
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2 weeks ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Microsoft is entering the mini desktop PC market with the availability of its business-centric Windows 365 Link thin client. The small, neat-looking black box has a shiny Windows logo on the top and will be available for $349.99 in several countries (including the US and UK). Windows 365 Link was announced last November as a continuation of Microsoft's Cloud PC push. The device is easier for IT departments to manage than a traditional computer, reducing the need for hands-on support.
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3 weeks ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
A former GCHQ intern pleaded guilty to transferring data from a top-secret computer onto his work phone. Hassaan Arshad, who was arrested in 2022, is alleged to have downloaded the stolen data onto a hard drive connected to a personal computer. He pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 3ZA of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which relates to "unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage".
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1 month ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
Microsoft is expanding its Security Copilot service with new AI agents to help overworked IT teams deal with surging security threats. The company is adding 11 agents in total – six developed by Microsoft and five built by its partners – to the Security Copilot as part of an April preview. The generative AI-powered Security Copilot was launched by Microsoft a year ago as a $4 per hour consumption model (pay-as-you-use).
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1 month ago | 
itpro.com | Bobby Hellard
I’m currently learning to work with Google’s Gemini AI lurking in the top corner of my inbox and Workspace apps. I’m not enjoying the challenge, so far. I also don’t know what its icon is meant to be; it sort of looks like a hole in the screen until you hover the cursor over it. So far I’ve asked Gemini to skim some of my emails and get me the info I need, without having to read the whole message. Its replies have been almost as long as the email.
