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• Amazon Web Services mencapai pertumbuhan tercepatnya dalam hampir empat tahun terakhir, didorong oleh solusi AI dan adopsi perusahaan. • Faktor pendorong utama mencakup inovasi seperti Bedrock dan Kiro di tengah melonjaknya pengeluaran cloud. • AI memicu gelombang baru investasi infrastruktur di pasar AS.

Claudio Neves Valente, yang melakukan bunuh diri setelah serangan maut tersebut, mulai merencanakan tindakan kekerasan pada tahun 2022, menurut pihak berwenang. Pelaku di balik penembakan mematikan di Brown University pada bulan Desember lalu tampaknya merasa tidak puas akibat kegagalan pribadi dan berupaya menuntut balas terhadap mereka yang ia anggap bertanggung jawab, ungkap otoritas federal pada hari Rabu. Lebih dari empat bulan setelah Claudio Manuel Neves Valente melepaskan tembakan di kampus Ivy League tersebut, menewaskan dua mahasiswa dan melukai sembilan orang lainnya, pejabat FBI divisi Boston mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah menyelesaikan sebagian besar penyelidikan terhadap pelaku penembakan tersebut. Teruskan membaca...

• GetReal Security appointed cybersecurity veteran Varun Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer to address surging enterprise needs. • The hire responds to rising deepfake and AI-powered identity attacks in the cybersecurity landscape. • Kohli's expertise will drive expansion of real-time protection solutions for businesses facing AI threats.

Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting economic fallout from the Iran war, surveys show, as businesses prepare to raise their prices and consumers brace for a fresh cost of living shock.Highlighting the knock-on impact of the Middle East crisis in Britain, several closely-watched surveys of business activity and consumer confidence blamed the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran for a marked deterioration in the outlook in April. Continue reading...

Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran could speed the EU’s green revolution – if panicking governments can hold their nerve on clean energy• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA surge in demand for electric vehicles across Europe may be evidence of what George Monbiot greeted as the silver lining of the Iran war. Sales of electric cars in continental Europe rose by 51% in March.The International Energy Agency has called the disruption in the strait of Hormuz the “biggest energy crisis in history”, but it appears, on one level, to be accelerating Europe’s green revolution. Yet, even if car-owners are rushing to the EV showrooms, some European governments, facing a groundswell of anger over soaring petrol and gas prices, are at risk of sending the clean energy transition into reverse. Continue reading...

Annual March rate adds to pressure on household finances and follows warnings of slowdown to UK economyUK inflation rose by 3.3% in March amid the surge in fuel prices for motorists triggered by the Iran war.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the consumer prices index increased last month from 3% in February, adding to pressure on household finances already battered by a cost of living crisis. The rise matched City economists’s forecast of an increase to 3.3%. Continue reading...

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.

Police say 29-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and drink driving after collision in WestminsterA woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday morning.A woman in her 30s is in hospital in a critical condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at around 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. Continue reading...