All articles by Greg Noone

Greg Noone

Greg Noone is a feature writer for Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.

Revolut achieves $45bn valuation

After years of waiting for a banking license from UK regulators, Revolut now joins the ranks of some of the world’s largest financial institutions.

Cisco cuts thousands more jobs despite strong demand for network products

Though it’s the second time this year Cisco has cut its headcount, markets greeted the news with aplomb – driving the networking giants’ shares up by 5%.

UK CAA approves delivery drones trial

The Prime Air pilot is among six UAV trials that potentially pave the way for delivery drones in UK skies.

Hackers exploit Proofpoint to send millions of phishing emails

Hackers have targeted Proofpoint to deliver millions of phishing emails, it has emerged. The campaign, named ‘EchoSpoofing,’ used vulnerabilities in…

OpenAI announces AI search engine SearchGPT

SearchGPT marks the first foray of the startup into a market that has proved tough to crack for AI-themed products.

Revolut finally wins banking license

While the license comes with restrictions, the decision ends a three-year wait for Revolut to compete against its more established banking rivals.

Atos appoints fifth chief exec in two years as firm enacts restructuring plan

Jean-Pierre Mustier succeeds previous chief executive Paul Saleh, who was appointed to lead Atos in January.

Google’s $23bn deal to buy Wiz abruptly cancelled

Though the offer by Google’s parent Alphabet was ‘humbling,’ Wiz has chosen instead to pursue an IPO.

Crowdstrike update blamed for global IT outages

A Crowdstrike patch appears to have bricked thousands of Windows devices and brought airlines, hospitals and broadcast television stations to a standstill.

Cisco patches vulnerability allowing attackers to change admin passwords

Named CVE-2024-20419, the bug affecting Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem carries the maximum possible CVSS rating.