Kubernetes costs less, but less than what? Let’s start with some gospel: In IT, there is no gospel. No definite “thou shalts” that always apply, 100% of the time. Thus spake Werner Vogels,…
Month: May 2023
Sigstore: Roots of trust for software artifacts
Sigstore: Roots of trust for software artifacts For the roughly five billion people who use the internet, only a tiny fraction have any knowledge of how Transport Layer Security (TLS), digital certificates,…
How to explain data meshes, fabrics, and clouds
How to explain data meshes, fabrics, and clouds Your CEO knows what a database is and probably thinks a data warehouse is a large data vault used for reporting and analytics. They…
U.S.-Made Technology Is Flowing to Sanctioned Russian Airlines
Aeroflot planes in Moscow in early 2022. Data obtained by The New York Times shows that tens of millions of dollars of aircraft parts were sent to Russian airlines including Aeroflot after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
M-KOPA snaps up $250M+ debt, equity for its asset financing platform
M-KOPA snaps up $250M+ debt, equity for its asset financing platform M-KOPA, the asset financing platform that offers underbanked African customers access to “productive assets” and the ability to pay for them…
Cyberdefense will need AI capabilities to safeguard digital borders
Cyberdefense will need AI capabilities to safeguard digital borders />
Apple partner Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana
Apple partner Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the latest in a series…
Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the roll out of data-driven perishables insurance
Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the roll out of data-driven perishables insurance Oghenetega Iortim built Nigerian-based cold chain startup Figorr after imagining better means of storage and transportation of temperature-sensitive products,…
The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up
The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up WIRED first reported the existence of the ICR trial in March 2021, when there were even fewer details about the test. It is still…
More Penguins Than Europeans Can Use Google Bard
More Penguins Than Europeans Can Use Google Bard Google Bard, the search giant’s ChatGPT rival, is already available in 180 countries and territories. But even though it’s been widely available for months and…