All articles by Greg Noone

Greg Noone

Greg Noone is the editor of Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.

OpenAI and Apple in talks with publishers to license news content for AI training

The move comes a week after the New York Times announced that it was suing OpenAI for copyright infringement.

Xerox lays off 15% of workforce as it plots business ‘reinvention’

The printing giant says that its restructuring efforst will eventually boost its adjusted operating income to $300m by 2026.

Smallest-ever autonomous store opened by Carrefour

The AI-powered facility is the tiniest example yet of a format designed to streamline staff headcount in retail stores to the bare minimum.

Beazley completes $140m cyber insurance ‘catastrophe bond’

The financial instrument helps to secure the insurance and reinsurance giant against catastrophic cyber events incurring losses of over $300m. 

Decryptor developed for Black Basta ransomware, promptly patched by gang

Despite the criminals’ efforts, the program still allows victims to recover large files stolen between November 2022 and this month.

Quantum networking, AI ambitions and telecoms partnerships – October 2023 in review

October proved to be an important month for advanced technology breakthroughs.

New details emerge about £450m AWS contract with Home Office

The Home Office appears to contradict an earlier understanding that vetting was not required for AWS staff under the contract.

LinkedIn snubs parent company Microsoft’s Azure cloud to stay on-prem

The social media platform has had a change of heart and will stay on-prem instead.

SMEs ‘losing’ the battle against AI-powered cyberattacks, experts warn

More needs to be done to standardise security hygiene for AI and ML products and services, US politicians have been told.