Facebook parent Meta announces it will sack 11,000 employees; Medibank attackers seek US$9.7m ransom; 'bid to manipulate public opinion'; Nvidia GPUs boost MLPerf benchmark results

Microsoft has been accused of anti-competitive behaviour in its cloud computing licensing practices, with an European trade group making a complaint about this alleged behaviour to the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union.

Meta, the parent organisation of social media behemoth Facebook, has announced it will sack more than 11,000 employees, about 13% of the total workforce.
The ransomware group behind the Medibank Group attack claims it initially demanded US$10 million (A$15.55 million) as a ransom, but is willing to accept US$9.7 million instead – US$1 for each customer the company claims is at risk. Ransomware largely attacks Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Nvidia H100 GPUs have set new records in all eight of the MLPerf Training benchmarks, while the A100 came top in the latest round of MLPerf HPC benchmarks.
Technology services and IT consulting provider Tecala has formed a strategic partnership with business investment specialist Armitage Associates involving an $18-million investment in Tecala.
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