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Happy Sunday, IT Professionals!

The other day I hung out with the N-Able Head Nerds to get a recap of what went down at their Empower 2025 Event in Berlin. If you’re an MSP or considering starting one, give it a watch!

On to the news!

-Stetson

Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

🛡️ Cyber-Security

• Major Breach: Frederick Health Data Leak Impacts Nearly 1 Million Patients

• Retail Giant M&S Halts Online Orders After Devastating Cyberattack

• Exposed: Lazarus Hackers' Sophisticated Watering Hole Attacks Against Six Companies

• Emergency: SAP Rushes Fix for Zero-Day Actively Exploited in the Wild

• Revealed: How Hackers Are Weaponizing OAuth 2.0 to Compromise Microsoft 365

☁️ Cloud

• Google Admits Skyrocketing Depreciation Costs Amid Massive Data Center Expansion

• Sustainability Crisis: Data Center Industry Still Ignoring Environmental Impact

• Microsoft's Remote Desktop Freeze Finally Thaws After Month of Complaints

• Too Hot to Handle: Hyperconverged Infrastructure Now Requires Liquid Cooling

• Vector Search Revolution: How Database Giants Are Racing to Stay Relevant in AI Era

💼 Business

• DoorDash Fights Back: Seeks Dismissal of Uber's 'Meritless' Lawsuit

• Deel vs Rippling: HR Rivals Escalate Battle with Countersuit and Serious Accusations

• Marks & Spencer Crisis Deepens: Online Orders Suspended and Systems Taken Offline

• IBM Hit Hard After Elon's DOGE Contract Cancellation Spree

• EU Slams Meta and Apple with €700M in Fines for DMA Violations

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

• Windows 11's Controversial Recall AI Feature Now Rolling Out to Copilot+ PCs

• Frustrated Users Rebel Against ChatGPT's 'Relentlessly Positive' Tone

• Elon's xAI Raising Massive $20 Billion, Second Only to OpenAI

• Study Reveals Why AI Models Fail at True Mathematical Reasoning

• AI Support Bot Creates Fake Policy, Triggers User Uproar and Company Apology

🎯 Misc

• UK Government Stops Video Game Controller Exports to Russia to Combat Drone Warfare

• Build Your Own Distraction-Free Writing Rig with DOS and a $2 USB Key

• Instagram Edits Dominates: 7M Downloads in First Week, Crushing CapCut

• Prince Harry Meets with Youth Groups, Funds Social Media and AI Safety Initiatives

• 4chan Down Since Monday After "Comprehensive Own" in Apparent HackShare This Newsletter, Get Cool Sh*t

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