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Steve Ranger @steveranger

Writer, journalist and editor. High concept enthusiast.

Joined February 2010
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26 Sep 2024
New in C&I - Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to humanity. Now AI is helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms like the woolly mammoth and giant elk. soci.org/chemistry-and-indus…

How AI could fuel a mammoth antibiotic discovery

AI is speeding the discovery of much-needed new antibiotics and helping to identify promising antimicrobial compounds from some unusual sources – including the genomes of extinct organisms. Jasmin Fox

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First global inventory of plastic pollution details environmental impact soci.org/news/2024/9/first-g…

First global inventory of plastic pollution details environmental impa

Researchers at University of Leeds produce first global inventory of plastic waste.

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The Great Resignation is back: Workers are underpaid, overworked, and fed up – and they're ready to quit all over again > by me at @ITPro itpro.com/business/careers-a…

The Great Resignation is back: Tech industry workers are underpaid, overworked, and fed up – and...

After the disruption of the first Great Resignation, job hunting is high on the agenda for many – can AI help persuade them to stay?

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Generative AI is seeping into businesses whether they like it or not. That's a challenge and an opportunity for the tech chief. By me at @ComputerWeekly > Why AI could finally get CIOs a seat at the table computerweekly.com/news/3665… via @computerweekly

Why AI could finally get CIOs a seat at the table | Computer Weekly

Companies are looking for an exec to lead their corporate artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The CIO is the obvious choice - but there are some challenges ahead.

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This was interesting to write (and hopefully to read). When see how many GPUs it take to train an LLM - 24,000 Nvidia H100s for Llama 3 - then you can understand how AI is driving the chip giant's revenues. How Nvidia took the world by storm by me @ITPro itpro.com/hardware/how-nvidi…

How Nvidia took the world by storm

Riding the AI wave has turned Nvidia into a technology industry behemoth

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How BT is using Amazon’s generative AI coding tool to give its developers wings. computerweekly.com/news/3665… by me at @computerweekly

Case study: BT rolls out Amazon’s generative AI developer tool to m...

Amazon Q Developer tool has helped the telecoms giant write 200,000 lines of code.

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It’s time to face the open source security problem. Software companies have built on open source for decades. Now they need to give back. > by me at @ITPro itpro.com/software/open-sour…

It’s time to face the open source security problem

Software companies have built on open source for decades. Now they need to give back

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I took a look at why AI matters so much for where networking Cisco goes next. I think it maybe tells a different story about who is going to really win in the generative AI world. itpro.com/technology/artific…

Why AI matters so much for where Cisco goes next

Cisco has big plans for AI and is building a new strategy to match

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This new hacker group is targeting software developers with phony job offers and fake projects. Interesting dive into how these groups are building their own ecosystems of attacks > by me at @ITPro itpro.com/security/this-new-…

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Exclusive: Splunk will play a key role in Cisco's AI plans, claims former CEO > by me at @ITPro itpro.com/technology/artific…

Exclusive: Splunk will play a key role in Cisco's AI plans, claims former CEO

Former Splunk CEO Gary Steele, who has continued on at the firm post-acquisition, says the company will play a critical role in Cisco's AI roadmap

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Generative AI is everywhere – but policy is still missing (and your staff are using it more than you realise) computerweekly.com/news/3665… by me at @computerweekly

Generative AI is everywhere – but policy is still missing | Compute...

Use of artificial intelligence technologies is outpacing organisations’ ability to govern it, warns ISACA research.

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And also Amtix! for those of us stuck with an Amstrad…The 15 (ish) greatest UK video game magazines of all time theguardian.com/games/articl…

The 15 (ish) greatest UK video game magazines of all time

Part newspapers, part fanzines, these titles were a lifeline to information-starved gamers and generated a sense of community to rival any YouTube streamer

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Most developers will soon use an AI pair programmer — but don’t expect giant leaps in productivity. “The coding, that’s just the typing. The bottleneck on productivity was never keystrokes, it’s problem solving.” By me @ITPro itpro.com/technology/artific…

Most developers will soon use an AI pair programmer — but the benefits aren’t black and white

Generative AI coding tools can help developers work smarter, even if huge productivity gains may prove elusive

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Tech isn’t ever going to be a vote winner (unless your platform involves free iPhones or something). But that’s a symptom of a wider problem. The political classes have consistently underestimated the potential impact of technology: that needs to change. itpro.com/business/policy-an…

UK election: Five tech issues that should be in every manifesto

Opinion: Tech policy is never a vote winner, but having a solid plan for the UK tech sector is going to be critical for the next parliament

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AI is narrowing the performance gap between high and low skilled workers, but beware of trusting AI too much: by me at ITPro itpro.com/technology/artific…

AI is narrowing the performance gap between high and low skilled workers, but over-reliance is a...

Stanford University's Annual AI Index reveals the extent to which AI has influenced modern workplaces, and how it may shape business in the years to come

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Python extends its lead as the most popular programming language — but why does it have such widespread appeal? By me at ⁦@ITPro⁩ itpro.com/software/developme…

Python extends its lead as the most popular programming language — but why does it have such...

Enthusiasm for the Python programming language continues to grow and outpaces rivals, according to the Tiobe index

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10 cloud security tips every IT leader should know | ITPro itpro.com/cloud/cloud-securi…

Ten cloud security tips every IT leader should know

Cloud security threats have increased dramatically in recent years - these steps could help keep threat actors at bay

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For ⁦@TFinitive⁩ I had a look at Amazon Bedrock and spoke to some of the people using it to build generative AI apps techfinitive.com/features/th…

Thinking about building a generative AI app? Amazon’s Bedrock is one flexible option

Thinking about building a generative AI app? With its range of foundation models, Amazon Bedrock is one option worth considering.

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