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GUEST RESEARCH:  This is part 3 of Team82’s four-part series on our analysis of the Windows CE attack surface. CE is a legacy OS still found in many operational technology environments. In part 1 of this series, we wrote about simple Windows CE application development, which helped us understand the OS and further our research. In part 2, we examined Windows CE’s debugger constructs.

The Commonwealth Bank says using Artificial Intelligence to help protect its customers has reduced fraud by 30% and seen a 50% reduction in scam losses. 

GUEST OPINION:  The IT world is currently in the middle of an ‘AI rush,’ and we have just been hit by a new wave with the launch of DeepSeek, an open-source AI-powered chatbot that claims to rival OpenAI’s architecture. With any new artificial intelligence innovation, we must also discuss its potential data privacy impact. Coming off the recent Data Privacy Day, now is the time to take a closer look at the potential of this new AI tool and its related data protection considerations.

Datadog’s Security Labs team recently identified a whoAMI attack, a vulnerability in AWS’s Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that could be used to gain access to thousands of accounts if executed at scale, and estimated that 4% of organisations are vulnerable.

Telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson has launched an open source AI research initiative called Cognitive Labs, which will focus on leading edge technologies, such as Geometric AI and Machine Learning, that have applications in telecommunications.

Orange Jordan and open source communications software developer SoftAtHome plan to deploy the world’s first fully prpl-based broadband solution simultaneously on a home gateway and Wi-Fi repeater.

Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too. One development drawing increasing attention in both technical and executive circles is RISC-V, pronounced "risk five". While many industries have long relied on established processor architectures such as ARM and x86, RISC-V offers a fresh approach—particularly in areas of flexibility, customisability, and cost-effectiveness. Here's why it's worth keeping on your radar.

For years, fans and critics alike have debated the question of whether Linux has what it takes to move beyond the developer, hobbyist, and enterprise server space to capture the hearts and minds of average PC users. In 2025, the conversation seems more pertinent than ever. With sleek desktop environments, user-friendly installation processes, and a robust application ecosystem, is the Linux desktop really poised to dethrone proprietary alternatives, or is this another year of “almost” mainstream success?

Connects Kubernetes, applications, and all telemetry across the stack for faster incident resolution and maximised performance

D2L Introduces the All-New Creator+ with H5P to Transform Learning Experiences

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI becomes a preferred platform for AI deployments on Dell PowerEdge servers
• Dell PowerEdge servers to be the first servers validated for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI to help customers more seamlessly develop, test and run large language models (LLMs) to power enterprise applications

With a vivid demonstration of how fragile the world's technology ecosystem is when one cybersecurity vendor makes a configuration mistake, 45Drives president Dr Doug Milburn says it's time for organisations of all sizes to take greater control of their infrastructure, in a move he dubs demicrosoftification.

The container orchestration system Kubernetes hit a major milestone on 6 June 2024, enjoying its 10th anniversary. That's 10 years of changing the face of modern software.

COMPANY NEWS: Data and AI company Databricks today announced it has agreed to acquire Tabular, a data management company founded by Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks, and Jason Reid.

Snowflake has announced it is creating Polaris Catalog, an open standard implementation of Apache Iceberg, and that it will open source it in the next 90 days. This gives enterprises and the Iceberg community new levels of choice, flexibility, and control over their data.

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation has announced the general availability of AlmaLinux 8.10, a community-owned open-source alternative to CentOS.

Germany-based open source vendor SUSE has appointed technology and marketing veteran Pilar Santamaria as its new vice-president of AI.

The world's second-biggest open source company, SUSE, has a solution to offer those firms that are using CentOS 7, an enterprise Linux distribution that reaches its end of life on 30 June.

The Debian GNU/Linux project, which produces a free Linux distribution, does not appear to be interested in taking a position on allowing contributions generated through AI.

Veteran open source advocate Bruce Perens, creator of the open source definition that has provided the rules for open source software for the last 26 years, has proposed a new licence known as the Post-Open Zero-Cost Licence which, he says, will address existing problems faced by this genre of software.