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April rundown: MITRE frights and Microsoft launches Recall (again)

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Episode notes

April has been a busy month for tech news – we recorded this episode with a week left in the month, but there’s already so much to discuss.

A major upset in the international database for tracking vulnerabilities had some in the cybersecurity field stunned – until a last minute U-turn.

Elsewhere, AWS is the latest hyperscaler to roll back on data center plans, but what does this mean for the market?

In this episode Jane and Rory speak once again to Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and analysis editor, to unpack some of the most noteworthy April news.

Read more:

• MITRE CVE program handed last minute reprieve amid funding lapse concerns
• Third time lucky? Microsoft finally begins roll-out of controversial Recall feature
• Microsoft's Recall delayed once again as roll-out fiasco continues
• New Microsoft Recall feature is a 'security nightmare' and could make Copilot+ PCs a top target for cyber criminals
• First Microsoft, now AWS: Why tech giants are hitting the brakes on costly data center plans
• Analysts think Microsoft's data center rollback is bad news for the AI boom – but the company says not to worry