Open-source file syncing and sharing software company Nextcloud has gone the way of all flesh with the release version 2.0 of its Assistant: it is now pushing AI-as-a-service.



Chinese smartphone vendor Oppo has launched a new model in its Reno line, at a much lower price than previously, with the Reno11 F 5G priced at $599.

Where's an AA or AAA battery when you need it? Let alone C or D? PaleBlue has the answer with its brand-new rechargeable battery line that's easily topped up via USB-C giving you power when you need it, as well as reducing waste and other impacts of traditional single-use batteries.

The Victoria Police has tapped enterprise software company OutSystems to streamline its operational processes.

The world's largest software repository, GitHub, has introduced new updates for GitHub Actions, bringing stronger security and increased power to GitHub-hosted runners. These include Azure private networking, GPU-hosted runners for machine learning, and more. The new features bring a huge boost for enterprise customers.

Microsoft has been mauled over "a cascade of security failures" that led to a breach of the company's Azure cloud platform by a group known as Storm-0558, with the US Cyber Safety Review Board concluding that the intrusion "should never have happened".

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire

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