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2 days ago | itpro.com | Kate O'Flaherty

In July last year, security firm KnowBe4’s systems detected unusual activity on a recently-hired software engineer’s account. As the firm’s security team deepened their investigation, they began to suspect the threat was coming from a malicious insider, linked to a nation state. When the attacker went dark and began to manipulate session history files and execute unauthorized software, KnowBe4’s security team acted quickly, containing the device.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Stuart Andrews

Today's best Acer Chromebook Plus 516 dealsThe biggest challenge with the Acer Chromebook Plus 516 is dealing with what it is, not what it isn't. Acer's latest big screen Chromebook is not a successor to its superb Chromebook 516GE: the 16in Chromebook that was built for gaming, but turned out to be brilliant for business. Nor is it an XL upgrade of 2023's Chromebook Plus 515: one of the best of the first wave of Chromebook Plus devices, with a spec that punched above its price.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Ross Kelly

Pure Storage’s big headline announcement this week is the launch of its Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC), and one senior company figure told ITPro it’s a key differentiator for the company. The new strategy is the culmination of more than a decade of ecosystem building for the storage giant, combining high-performance all-flash storage with a software portfolio aimed at simplifying operations with a dash of automation.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Jane McCallion

AMD's Advancing AI conference is one of the shortest flagship events I've been to, certainly this year and possibly ever, but still managed to be fairly action-packed. The one day event was centered around CEO Lisa Su's two-hour keynote presentation, in which she was joined on stage by numerous special guests – including a surprise appearance from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. I'll return to these guests in a moment, but first let's dig down into the news announcements.

1 week ago | itpro.com | Nicole Kobie

Nearly half of developers would quit their jobs over the "embarrassing" tech they have to work with – with three in ten considering resigning over a lack of AI. That's according to a survey by Storyblok of 200 senior developers, which found that nine in ten use AI to code frequently. The polled developers said they make use of AI in their coding in order to increase efficiency (30%), to automate routine tasks (23%), and to boost their own skills (22%).